Mark 1:14-15

The time is now. Salvation is at hand. Repent. Believe. 

Jesus fulfilled the law in His birth and death overcoming the darkness in His resurrection. He died in our place so that we could live in His.

He is the light that shines on the truth of God and we are one in Him…the Body of Christ.

Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. It was the subject of much OT prophecy, and the theme was familiar to Jesus’ listeners. Repent, and believe are both acts of faith. When a person accepts the only true and worthy object of faith, that person readily turns from inferior substitutes.

Mark 1:14-15

¹⁴ Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, ¹⁵ and saying,  “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

^12 lNow when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 

Matthew 4:12

²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 

Matthew 4:23

⁴ But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 

Galatians 4:4

¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, ³both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 

Ephesians 1:10

⁶ who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 

1 Timothy 2:6

²¹ testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Acts 20:21

²⁵ “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 

Daniel 9:25

1 Kings 14:12-13

There are consequences to our actions individually and collectively but If we humble ourselves, seek God and ask forgiveness He is merciful to forgive and bring us back into union.

 Without God, through Christ Jesus, life is void and without meaning. The sins of the past generation do not dictate our present if we are doers of God’s word and not just readers. 

Being a member of  a Church does not make us followers of Christ….. our actions do.  He sees the heart.

Abijah’s character receives special divine consideration. Although the age of Jeroboam’s son is not certain, he may have been quite young.

1 Kings 14:12-13

¹² Arise therefore, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. ¹³ And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

¹⁷ Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. 

1 Kings 14:17

¹² When he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah. 

2 Chronicles 12:12

³ Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.” 

2 Chronicles 19:3

Luke 12:1

Our life needs to reflect the truth of the Cross. 

The Church, the Body of Christ, shines through the darkness when we walk the walk and talk the talk in our daily life showing God’s loving compassion to all people. We cannot do this in our own power… we need the power of the Holy Spirit to live a life of humility, forgiveness and mercy. It is sufficient to say God hates hypocrisy and that Satan is the father of it. Anything but love creates disharmony and will be pruned from our life and thrown into the fire to be burned.

The Father wants no one to perish. NO. NOT. ONE

Practicing hypocrisy is senseless because eventually all deeds—both good and evil—will be exposed.

Luke 12:1

12 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

⁶ Then Jesus said to them,“Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” 

Matthew 16:6

¹⁵ Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 

Mark 8:15

¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

Matthew 16:12

³⁹ Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 

Luke 11:39

John 8:22-24

Just Believe! 

Believe that God loved you enough to send His only Son (all man all God) to die in your place.

I am was God’s designation of Himself. Jesus was claiming to be God. This assertion was not understood by the religious leaders at this time. Later, Jesus’ claim to be the “I AM” prompted the Jewish leaders to seek His life.

John 8:22-24

²² So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?” ²³ And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

¹⁴ And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” 

Exodus 3:14

³¹ He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 

John 3:31

¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 

John 15:19

¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 

John 17:16

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 

Mark 16:16

1 Corinthians 14:39-40

Where did speaking in tongues and prophesy go? When were they banished from our services? Shouldn’t we be desiring these outward expressions of the Holy Spirit in our Church? The time is coming or has already arrived that we need to clearly hear the direction of the Holy Spirit to survive. Room for thought.

1 Corinthians 14:39-40

³⁹ Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. ⁴⁰ Let all things be done decently and in order.

³¹ But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. 

1 Corinthians 12:31

²⁰ Do not despise prophecies. 

1 Thessalonians 5:20

³³ For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 

1 Corinthians 14:33

Nearly anything good can become unproductive if it’s abused or misused. Paul is all about embracing the side of spirituality that can seem a bit wacky to us today—gifts of tongues and prophecy, to name a few. But he is fully aware of the problems that can come from these gifts being used in a way that doesn’t fit within God’s will. And Paul’s primary concern is that spiritual gifts are used only within the bounds of love.

Love is what it’s all about. “Pursue love, and strive for spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries” (1 Cor 14:1–2). By tongues, Paul is likely referencing the “tongues of angels”—some angelic language (1 Cor 13:1)—although elsewhere the term is used in reference to people speaking in a language they don’t actually know for the sake of ministering to others in their native tongue (Acts 2:3–4).

Love—as manifested in Christ’s death and resurrection and in our living sacrificially for Him and others—is central, and spiritual gifts should support that cause.

Paul goes on to say: “Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy.… But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?” (1 Cor 14:5–6).

Spiritual gifts are meant to indwell believers. Christians are meant to be driven by God’s Spirit and to do miraculous things in His name. But none of it matters if it’s not for the purpose of showing Christ’s love.

What gifts do you resist using? How can you use the spiritual gifts God has given you to show love to others, and how can you correct your use of them if you’re not currently using them for this purpose?

John D. Barry

Luke 11:42

Without justice and mercy monetary donations are meaningless. 

We need to support our Church with tithing but tithing does not get you into God’s grace…..Jesus does. 

We should be living examples of God’s agape love that He gave to the world with the greatest of personal cost. We were given salvation without cost to us how much more should we freely give love, mercy and forgiveness to God's creation. 

Our Christianity is evident in our treatment of others. 

Without love….we have nothing of worth to give!

Luke 11:42

² “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 

Matthew 23:23

⁷Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 

Micah 6:7

⁸He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? 

Micah 6:8

⁴² But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 

John 5:42

Daniel 2:17-23

My prayer is that I always hear You and the knowledge and understanding that You give even if I live to be 100. From You alone comes knowledge and without You there is no understanding. By prayer and supplication to You we are given the answers that we seek. Whoever seeks finds. Whoever knocks the door is opened. Whoever asks is given. The key to understanding the things of God is prayer. Jesus is the light that exposes the darkness and reveals the truth of  salvation. His light overcomes the dark and the Holy Spirit takes the things of the Christ and explains them to us.

Daniel, despite his education and expertise, still knew that prayer to the omniscient God was the first step in any situation. Deep refers to something inaccessible. What is in the darkness is hidden from sight.

Daniel 2:17-23 

¹⁷ Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, ¹⁸ that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ¹⁹ Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

²⁰ Daniel answered and said:

“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

For wisdom and might are His.

²¹ And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and raises up kings;

He gives wisdom to the wise

And knowledge to those who have understanding.

²² He reveals deep and secret things;

He knows what is in the darkness,

And light dwells with Him.

²³ “I thank You and praise You,

O God of my fathers;

You have given me wisdom and might,

And have now made known to me what we asked of You,

For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 

Daniel 2:18

“With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. 

Job 12:13

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 

Psalm 147:5

You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings. 

Jeremiah 32:19

The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant. 

Psalm 25:14

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! 

Romans 11:33

Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” 

1 Kings 3:9

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 

James 1:5

Ephesians 6:10-20

Our fight on this earth is spiritual not physical. Evil is overcome by good…the God kind. We are protected in this fight by the spiritual weapons that God prepared before hand in Christ Jesus. Put on the whole armor of God and go out to do spiritual warfare. Be prepared with the truth of the Scriptures in the salvation of the Cross, shielded with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, in faith believing that all things are possible by the power of the Holy Spirit when we ask praying in His name.

Be strong may also be translated “be made strong.” The passive voice would suggest that we cannot do it ourselves.Without prayer, all the armor in the world would be of no use. Arrows could not penetrate the fireproof shield of the ancient Roman soldier, nor can the assaults of Satan penetrate to the believer who places his or her faith in God.

Ephesians 6:10-20

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴ Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; ¹⁸ praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

⁷ by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 

2 Corinthians 6:7

³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 

Romans 8:38

⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 

2 Corinthians 10:4

¹² For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

Hebrews 4:12

⁵Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. 

Isaiah 11:5

¹⁷For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. 

Isaiah 59:17

⁴ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 

1 John 5:4

Matthew 3:7-10

God will not leave you in the same state that He found you. You will be constantly maturing, precept upon precept, into the image of His only Son. He sees Jesus’s righteousness when He sees you so that it is not by works but by faith in Him and the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish what we cannot. Anything in your life that does not show the fruit of the Holy Spirit…love. peace. mercy. kindness. He will remove. He will give you empathy where before only sympathy or disdain existed.

John likened his ministry to God’s ax, clearing His orchard of dead wood—especially that which did not bear the fruit of repentance.

The Pharisees and Sadducees were two prominent groups in Judaism during the time of Christ. Both groups claimed to be true followers of Judaism, but their beliefs were considerably different. The Pharisees were primarily associated with the laymen of Israel. In doctrine, they held not only to the Law of Moses and Scriptures, but also to a whole body of oral tradition. Their activities were centered in the synagogue. On the other hand, the Sadducees were associated with the priestly caste, for whom worship was centered in the temple. Extremely conservative, they based their beliefs essentially on the Pentateuch—the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy.

Matthew 3:7-10

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, ⁹ and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

^34 bBrood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 

Matthew 12:34

⁹ Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 

Romans 5:9

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 

1 Thessalonians 1:10

1 Corinthians 1:2-3

We are all one in Christ. We are One Body. One Mind. One Spirit. We are made up of many parts and when we are using the gifts and talents that God gave each of us individually each part is working according to His great plan…together we make up the whole Body Of Christ and we can be doers of the Living Word….so that all glory belongs to God!

In this letter Paul proclaims the relevance of Christ Jesus to every area of the believer’s life. In the writer’s words, Jesus “became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption”. Paul goes on to assert that Jesus is living out His life in the world through the church. According to Paul, we are the body of Christ with individual gifts. As we discover our gifts and invest them in mutual ministry, Jesus continues to touch the world for which He died.

The work of Jesus Christ makes a believer holy forever in God’s eyes. But in everyday living, sanctification involves small, daily changes.

1 Corinthians 1:2-3

² To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

³ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 

Acts 15:9

⁶ yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. 

1 Corinthians 8:6

²² even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 

Romans 3:22

Matthew 21:34-36

There is so much going on in our everyday life that we can place our relationship with God at the back of our mind…thankful for our salvation and the hope of our calling but at the same time not front and center each and every day. This is a dangerous spiritual place to be. Jesus knew that it was expedient that He leave this world so that the Father would send the Holy Spirit to abide in us and guide us until we pass from this life into the eternal. He is our teacher and constant companion as we walk this earth and He will take the things of God in Christ and explain them to us. He will get us safely home.

Though the events of the end times may not come to pass for a long time, believers should continue to look for their arrival. The Day of Jesus’ return should not take us by surprise. We should live as if it is imminent.

Matthew 21:34-36

³⁴ “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. ³⁵ For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 John 2:28 

Jesus encouraged His disciples to be persistent in prayer and faith, looking for the day when the Son of Man exonerates the faithful in the judgment, so that they are able to stand before Him.

Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 

Matthew 24:42–44

and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 

Mark 4:19

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 

Romans 13:13

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 

1 Peter 4:7

“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” 

Revelation 16:15

Matthew 26:30-35

The hardest person to forgive is ourself. For our mental sanity we see ourselves as better than we are. When we are forced to see the reality of a situation we are shattered and incapable of accepting our failure except through Christ. When we acknowledge our sinfulness to ourself we cannot help but come to the reality  that we are not worthy to have the spotless Lamb of God die for our sins. Then and only then can we humbly beg for His forgiveness and mercy. Our pride masked as self hatred can stop us from doing the will of God in our life. Let the blood of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit clean up the mess that you have made and give you His righteousness. There is no one worthy NO.NOT.ONE.

All the disciples, not just Peter, would fall away.

Matthew 26:30-35

³⁰ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,

And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

³² But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”

³³ Peter answered and said to Him, “Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble.”

³⁴ Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

³⁵ Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!”

And so said all the disciples.

And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. ³² But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” ³³ But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” ^34 hThen He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.” 

Luke 22:31–34

⁵⁶ But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled. 

Matthew 26:56

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. 

Zechariah 13:7

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ²Let Israel now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ⁴Let those who fear the Lord now say, “His mercy endures forever.” ⁵ I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.

Psalm 118:1–29 

Isaiah 27:1

God wins. Nothing that comes against Him will stand. 

In the Father, as He sees Jesus in us, we are kept safe through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Leviathan was mythological, dragon-like deity who symbolized chaos and who battled unsuccessfully against God. Isaiah borrows the imagery of this battle myth to teach that God will triumph over all who oppose Him.

Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,

Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,

Leviathan that twisted serpent;

And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 

Genesis 3:1

You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. 

Psalm 74:13

You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 

Psalm 74:14

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. ²Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

Psalm 93:1–2

Amos 5:14-15

When you ask God into your life expect change. When we stray from the path that He has prepared for us God will do whatever it takes for us to return. When we call upon His name in our life He will prune whatever is not producing good fruit. If and when we sin… repent quickly and trust Him to get you back on track. What does He require of us? To be fair. To remain humble. To forgive easily. Micah 6:8

The prophet interrupted himself, as it were, to plead with Israel to return to God and avoid the judgment He otherwise would bring upon them.Worshiping in the Lord’s name, the Israelites invoked the Lord’s presence with them in their spoken prayers and blessings. If they began to live as God had taught them in the Law, He would indeed be with them.

Amos 5:14-15

¹⁴     Seek good and not evil,

That you may live;

So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,

As you have spoken.

¹⁵ Hate evil, love good;

Establish justice in the gate.

It may be that the Lord God of hosts

Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

“I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;Yet you have not returned to Me,”Says the Lord.

Amos 4:11

Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No harm can come upon us.” 

Micah 3:11

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. 

Psalm 97:10

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 

Romans 12:9

Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God? 

Joel 2:14

Luke 21:25-28

Every sin that was or will be committed pierced the One who loved us enough to die in our place for those very sins.

There will come an end to the world as we know it. This ending will usher in a new beginning for  those who have chosen salvation through Jesus Christ. No person knows the time but in these twilight hours it is our calling to spread the Word of God because He wants no man to perish and all to come into His house. Do not fear for He is near to those who call upon Him in the righteousness of His Son and all the power of the Holy Spirit is ours to accomplish the desires of His heart.

Jesus shifts His focus to the end times with His second mention of cosmic turmoil. The terror of cosmic chaos will cause apprehension about what is coming.The Son of Man has divine authority to judge the world.The Son of Man acts on behalf of those who have suffered in His name.

The tender buds that appear every spring on trees show that summer is approaching; the appearance of the signs Jesus describes will warn of the coming of the end times.

Luke 21:25-28

²⁵ “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; ²⁶ men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger. 

Isaiah 13:13

“I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. 

Daniel 7:13

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 

Matthew 24:29

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 

Revelation 1:7