09.14.2021 TUESDAY

“Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?

How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”

“It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; We have blessed you from the house of the LORD [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].

For all the [pagan] nations of the world greedily seek these things; and your [heavenly] Father [already] knows that you need them. But [strive for and actively] seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

“Fear not, little flock, for your Father desires to give you The Kingdom.”

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?

The words I say to you I do not say on My own initiative or authority, but the Father, abiding continually in Me, does His works [His attesting miracles and acts of power]. First of all, know [without any doubt] that mockers will come in the last days with their mocking, following after their own human desires and saying,

“Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]?

For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation.” For they willingly forget [the fact] that the heavens existed long ago by the word of God, and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people. Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. But according to his promise, we look for The New Heavens and The New Earth, in which dwells righteousness.

So, beloved, since you are looking forward to these things, be diligent and make every effort to be found by Him [at His return] spotless and blameless, in peace [that is, inwardly calm with a sense of spiritual well-being and confidence, having lived a life of obedience to Him].

Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with [transcendent, overwhelming] power [subduing the nations] and with great glory. In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

“You have said it yourself,”

“But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works…

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:

All the nations will be gathered before Him [for judgment]; and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right [the place of honor], and the goats on His left [the place of rejection].