When nothing else matters..

"At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory." Lk21.27.NLT

After coming home from a clinic visit, as my clogged nose kept me awake all night, I just grabbed a book, turned on my ipod and hit the bed hoping to wheedle myself into sleep. I heard this track once again from Max Lucado narrating about a scene, describing Jesus' second visit. To some it could be just the sign of the end of days, period. But to Christians it's the day when nothing else matters but the exhilaration in seeing God's glory.

I like how M.Lucado portrayed the scene, it brings such a wonderful feeling of assurance and expectancy. It's not as terrifying as what I've recently seen in the sci-fi disaster film 2012 (nice CGI & effects btw), but it's more of a sight where everyone are, yes still surprised yet excited because it is a day to be anticipated for it is also a day of His promise.

and the narrative goes...

You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don't know, but you want to know. So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds.

And what they see, and what you see, has never before been seen.

As if the sky were a curtain, the drapes of the atmosphere part. A brilliant light spills onto the earth. There are no shadows. None. From whence came the light begins to tumble a river of color - spiking crystals of every hue ever seen and a million more never seen. Riding on the flow is an endless fleet of angels. They pass through the curtains one myriad at a time, until they occupy every square inch of the sky. North. South. East. West. Thousands of silvery wings rise and fall in unison, and over the sound of the trumpets, you can hear the cherubim and seraphim chanting, "Holy, holy, holy."

The final flank of angels is followed by twenty-four silver-bearded elders and a multitude of souls who join the angels in worship. Presently the movement stops and the trumpets are silent, leaving only the triumphant triplet: "Holy, holy, holy." Between each word is a pause. With each word, a profound reverence. You hear your voice join in the chorus. You don't know why you say the words, but you know you must.

Suddenly, the heavens are quiet. All is quiet. The angels turn, you turn, the entire world turns - and there he is. Jesus. Through waves of light you see the silhouetted figure of Christ the King. He is atop a great stallion, and the stallion is atop a billowing cloud. He opens his mouth, and you are surrounded by his declaration: "I am the Alpha and the Omega."

The angels bow their heads. The elders remove their crowns. And before you is a figure so consuming that you know, instantly you know: Nothing else matters. Forget stock markets and school reports. Sales meetings and football games. Nothing is newsworthy. All that mattered, matters no more, for Christ has come...


Thanks for reading. God bless you.

c",)