When Christ returns in glory, and ushers in the new Heavens and the new Earth, none of us will be able to say: “That’s exactly as I predicted!”

Richard Bewes writes:

‘In our fallenness, we can all to easily get it wrong, despite the clear signposts!

Few were ready for the birth at Bethlehem.

The disciples were demoralised at the death of Jesus – despite his predictions.

The resurrection, when it happened, was a bombshell among them.

The Ascension caught them gazing upwards in mystification.

The Gift of the Spirit, though prediction, was an amazing surprise.

Thus, when the sixth saving act of Christ – his return at the final triumph – takes place, once again we shall gasp, “I never thought it would be like that!’

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