Galations 2:20
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Matthew 24:13
Jesus assured us that “he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
We know for a certainty therefore that this present age and our life will end in the glory of His presence if we trust in Him, are loved by Him, and endure. . There may be a bumpy road ahead, as was for our Master. May I endure and may you endure to the end!
Knowing what Jesus would gain for us and knowing His Father would raise Him from the dead before His great suffering he said:
Velimirovich, Saint Nikolai. The Prologue of Ohrid (pp. 382-383). Sebastian Press. Kindle Edition
On the Second Coming of Christ When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, Then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory (Matthew 25:31).
This is how our Lord spoke just before His most horrible humiliations, before being bound, before being spat upon, before being slapped, and before being ridiculed prior to His Crucifixion. In His darkest hour, He speaks about His greatest and most glorious hour. Before His most terrible and miserable departure from this world, He speaks about His Second Coming in His glory. At His first appearance, He came from the cave in Bethlehem, humble and unseen. The second time He will come on the clouds of His angels. The first time He appeared like a nobody from the earth, and the second time He will appear from the heavens. The first time He stood and knelt on the ground, and the second time He will sit on His throne of glory. When He comes again on His throne of glory, He will not be unseen by anyone. No one will ask, as did the Magi before His first coming: “Where is the King?” Everyone will see the King and recognize Him as the King. But this vision and recognition will be unto joy for some, and unto fear and terror for others. Just think of the joy of those who have fulfilled His commandments, those who have prayed in His name, those who have performed good works and especially those who have suffered for His name! Just think of the fear and terror of all those who spat on Him, struck Him, and crucified Him in Jerusalem. O Merciful Lord, forgive all of us who call upon Thy name, and who, because of our weaknesses, sin against Thee; forgive us before that great and marvelous hour when Thou shalt appear in Thy glory with all Thy holy angels. To Thee be glory and praise forever. Amen.
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My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Matthew 24:13
Jesus assured us that “he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
We know for a certainty therefore that this present age and our life will end in the glory of His presence if we trust in Him, are loved by Him, and endure. . There may be a bumpy road ahead, as was for our Master. May I endure and may you endure to the end!
Knowing what Jesus would gain for us and knowing His Father would raise Him from the dead before His great suffering he said:
Velimirovich, Saint Nikolai. The Prologue of Ohrid (pp. 382-383). Sebastian Press. Kindle Edition
On the Second Coming of Christ When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, Then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory (Matthew 25:31).
This is how our Lord spoke just before His most horrible humiliations, before being bound, before being spat upon, before being slapped, and before being ridiculed prior to His Crucifixion. In His darkest hour, He speaks about His greatest and most glorious hour. Before His most terrible and miserable departure from this world, He speaks about His Second Coming in His glory. At His first appearance, He came from the cave in Bethlehem, humble and unseen. The second time He will come on the clouds of His angels. The first time He appeared like a nobody from the earth, and the second time He will appear from the heavens. The first time He stood and knelt on the ground, and the second time He will sit on His throne of glory. When He comes again on His throne of glory, He will not be unseen by anyone. No one will ask, as did the Magi before His first coming: “Where is the King?” Everyone will see the King and recognize Him as the King. But this vision and recognition will be unto joy for some, and unto fear and terror for others. Just think of the joy of those who have fulfilled His commandments, those who have prayed in His name, those who have performed good works and especially those who have suffered for His name! Just think of the fear and terror of all those who spat on Him, struck Him, and crucified Him in Jerusalem. O Merciful Lord, forgive all of us who call upon Thy name, and who, because of our weaknesses, sin against Thee; forgive us before that great and marvelous hour when Thou shalt appear in Thy glory with all Thy holy angels. To Thee be glory and praise forever. Amen.
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