Kingdom | Apocalyptic Jesus, November 14, 2021

Mark 13
November 14, 2021
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church

Dismantling this world is frightening.  But in Mark 13 Jesus describes a dismantling to realize God’s justice and love for all of creation.  God’s redemption and transformation of this broken world is good news for all; the comfort and privilege for which we work and to which we cling instantly pale in the light of God’s justice and love.

Fleming put it best, "No suffering can be properly understood until the Lord comes – but he will come. God is accomplishing his purposes in spite of all appearances to the contrary. Nothing can lie beyond the power of God to redeem and transform. We believe this because we have been seized by the unique authority of the voice of Jesus Christ."

Knowing God will get the last word, our acts of mercy and justice, along with our communal acts of faithfulness, become signs of the God Kingdom – Queendom, Kin-dom – that is yet to come.