{"id":30622,"date":"2021-12-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?p=30622"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:05:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T22:05:17","slug":"the-return-of-the-king-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/the-return-of-the-king-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019The Return of the King\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"\u2019The Return of the King\u2026\u2019\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-01T01:00:00+11:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In these dramatically changed times the Word on Wednesday provides a mid-week ministry of Bible reading, reflection and prayer, turning hearts back to God.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"10.9\" \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2FThe-Return-of-the-King.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fanglicanconnection.com%2Fthe-return-of-the-king-2%2F&amp;artwork_url=https%3A%2F%2Fanglicanconnection.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpowerpress%2FWoW_logo_v3.jpg#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?powerpress_pinw=30622-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:54 &#8212; 10.9MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3oaVMRpfARBkj4dyfEZcC0\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Read&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">From New Testament times anyone who has said that Jesus Christ will return one day has been considered crazy. Certainly, the idea of him bursting through the skies in a blazing display of power and glory, doesn\u2019t come easily. And now centuries have passed and nothing has happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The return of the king<\/strong> (21:25-33). There are times when unexpectedly, momentous upheavals occur \u2013 events that can impact the course of history. We saw this with the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and with the destruction of the twin towers in New York on September 11, 2001. The first was accompanied with joy, the second with fear and anger \u2013 which led to war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Luke 21:25-28 we are taken to another of Jesus\u2019 key predictions. In Luke chapter 21 we read his prediction of events before his return: <i>\u201cAnd there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, \u2026\u201d<\/i> (21:25). The words about <i>signs in sun and moon and stars<\/i> are <i>apocalyptic<\/i> language, speaking of times to come in a highly metaphorical form of expression. People will <i>faint with fear and foreboding\u2026<\/i> at strange and forbidding events, he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Furthermore, he speaks his return as the coming of \u2018the Son of Man\u2019. His Jewish hearers would have understood this as the fulfilment of the prophecy of Daniel 7:13f: <i>\u201cI saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came from<\/i> <i>the Ancient of Days and he was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, \u2026\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Daniel 7 speaks of \u2018the Son of Man\u2019 being publicly enthroned at God\u2019s right hand.<\/b> <i>All peoples, nations and languages<\/i> will be brought under his rule. Everyone throughout the universe will see it and understand its significance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is important that we feel the narrative impact of this prophecy. Having spoken of his arrest, death and resurrection, the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, Jesus now speaks of his return. <b>His first predictions came true.<\/b> So too will his prediction concerning his return. On that day everyone <i>\u201cwill see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory\u201d<\/i> (Luke 21:27).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We can only begin to imagine what this will mean. It might be helpful to take the splendor and pageantry of royal occasions on earth \u2013 such as a royal coronation \u2013 and then multiply the scene a million times, and then a million times more. We might then begin to imagine the dazzling glory, might and majesty, power and purity of the coming of the Son of Man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That said, <b>we easily forget that it is a fearful thing to come near the living God<\/b>. Three thousand years ago the giving of the law to Moses caused people to tremble with fear as they stood at the foot of Mt Sinai (Exodus 19:16). Isaiah\u2019s vision of the Lord in the temple caused him to cry out, <i>\u201cWoe is me, \u2026\u201d<\/i> (Isaiah 6:5). And in 2 Corinthians 5:11, Paul the Apostle says: <i>Knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So it\u2019s essential to keep in mind Jesus\u2019 words to his people: <i>\u201cNow when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near\u201d<\/i> (Luke 21:28). We are not to be fearful or downcast, but rather <b>lift our eyes to see the fulfillment of all that our hearts have longed for<\/b> \u2013 the return of the great King in all his glory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus points to an end-time and the beginning of a totally new age \u2013 one where there will be no crying or mourning, where death itself will have passed away (Revelation 21:4).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>What then should we be doing before the end time?<\/b> (21:34-36) Jesus concludes with an exhortation. He wants us to start living in the light of his coming kingdom. In Luke 21:34, 35 he warns of dangers, <i>dissipation and drunkenness<\/i>. He speaks of lives dominated by short-term pleasures, dulling us to the deeper issues of life about which he is speaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an earlier parable he spoke of people worn down by the cares of the world, their lives dominated by a longing for success. But such people, Jesus warns, will not be ready for the events that will unfold. <b>To avoid disaster we need to be \u2018alert at all times\u2019<\/b>. This means being aware of the Lord\u2019s gifts and requirements to guide us through life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus wants to prepare us for his coming, which will be truly <i>the return of the King<\/i>. On that great and awesome day he does not want us to cower in fear but rather to stand before him, having the confidence of true and faithful servants. <i>\u201cStay awake at all times,\u201d<\/i> he says, <i>\u201cpraying that that you may have the strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man\u201d<\/i> (21:36).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>A prayer<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i> Almighty God, give us grace so that we may cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came amongst us in great humility: so that on the last day, when he comes again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9 John G. Mason<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"\u2019The Return of the King\u2026\u2019\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-01T01:00:00+11:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In these dramatically changed times the Word on Wednesday provides a mid-week ministry of Bible reading, reflection and prayer, turning hearts back to God.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"10.9\" \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2FThe-Return-of-the-King.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fanglicanconnection.com%2Fthe-return-of-the-king-2%2F&amp;artwork_url=https%3A%2F%2Fanglicanconnection.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fpowerpress%2FWoW_logo_v3.jpg#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?powerpress_pinw=30622-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The-Return-of-the-King.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:54 &#8212; 10.9MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3oaVMRpfARBkj4dyfEZcC0\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>From New Testament times anyone who has said that Jesus Christ will return one day has been considered crazy. 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