The King is on His Way!

In Mark 13 Jesus spoke of a time in the future when the trials and tribulations of mankind will be resolved. In verses 24-27 He said: "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give it's light; the stars of heaven will fail, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then He will send His angels, and gather His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth." The time will come, Jesus said, when Son will come and gather His people together to receive His eternal blessing. Jesus on to say in some passages that no one, not even the Son knows when this will happened. Therefore He told us "be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come." The church was born with the hope that the predicted by the prophet would come, and peace would prevail, the time predicted by the prophets would come, the time when, wars would cease, and peace would prevail, when evil and sin is replaced with love and justice, when this old house of our earthly body will be taken away and we will be given as Paul said; in 2 Corinthians 5:1 " a building from God a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." The church was born with this hope and one of the primary ways of reminding ourselves of it is the Lord's supper.

In 1 Corinthians 11:26 Paul wrote; " As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes." At this table we often stress His death for us, and all that means, which we should, but we cannot forget the last words of that verse. In that small phrase, " until He comes", our hope is summed up. Think about it. If the Son were not to returnwhat good did His death do? But Jesus knew He would return and His word to us was "Be on guard, keep awake, for you do not know when th time will come." But the time will come. He will return. We anticipate His coming. And in the meantime, we proclaim. His death until He comes.