Jesus promises that nothing will ever be the same again.
But no one understands: Neither rabbis nor the government, neither his family nor the disciples.
But that is the word of Jesus: nothings will ever be the same again.
And then he tears down the temple: time shatters as a side effect.
The sky goes dark, the minutes become slippery and the future melts into the past.
Jesus promises that nothing will ever be the same again
And Lazarus knows it when he is resurrected from the dead, so does Jairus’ daughter.
Because after Resurrection, not one stone will remain upon another.
After Resurrection, everything changes in the world and the entire world is changed.
They are not the same people, and their relationships will change.
What is an apocalypse? It is the uncovering of what is real, and what is rote.
Why is it an apocalypse? Because it’s about time we wake up and pay attention.
As things crumble away, money becomes meaningless and hugs become everything.
Power desinigrates, but conversations become lifesaving.
Jesus promises that nothing will ever be the same again.
And we pray for that, when we pray thy kingdom come, thy will be done.
(As things change, as every single thing we do changes from work, to family, too finances. As this moment becomes a part of the social conscious memory, let us acknowledge that maybe it’s good that nothing will ever be the same again.
Maybe priorities will change, maybe relationships will strengthen, maybe the things that are breaking were already on the brink and it’s time to change the way we do those things: elder care, disabled care, work/life balance, the value of essential work, the need for healing, the way my health is wrapped up in your health, the way my money is economy up in your economy, the way my shalom is wrapped up in your shalom.)
We can taste the kingdom on our tongues, not because Jesus is coming tomorrow, but because has already been here.
And we, living in the grace of 2,000 plus years post Jesus, are just now realizing that nothing truly will ever be the same again. But the temple is being rebuilt, this too Jesus promises.
It won’t be the same temple, but the temple will be rebuilt.
Thanks be to God, for the good news.
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