Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him—even those who pierced him. And all the nations of the world will mourn for him. Yes! Amen! “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” Revelation 1:7-8
I guess I’m one of those who has always
had trouble getting his mind around everyone seeing the
coming of Jesus at the same time. After
all, if you’re in Antarctica’s South Pole, and I’m in Alaska’s North Pole, we
cannot physically see what’s going on at the same time
(unless, of course CNN or some other technological wonder is broadcasting
it). Nikola Tesla understood that.
The passage below was written in 1904
and most striking is his [Nikola Tesla’s] precise and largely correct
description of a modern smartphone as being a cheap and simple device small
enough to carry in one's pocket.
"My scheme of intelligence transmission, for which the name
of "World Telegraphy" has been suggested, is easily
realizable. I have no doubt that it will prove very efficient in enlightening
the masses... Each of them will be preferably located near some important
center of civilization, and the news it receives through any channel will be
flashed to all points of the globe. A cheap and simple device,
which might be carried in one's pocket, may then be set up somewhere on sea
or land, and it will record the world's news or such special messages as may be
intended for it.
Thus the entire earth will be converted into a huge brain,
as it were, capable of response in every one of its parts. Since a single
plant of but one hundred horse-power can operate hundreds of millions of
instruments, the system will have a virtually infinite working capacity, and it
must needs immensely facilitate and cheapen the transmission of
intelligence." -21st Century Books, The Transmission of Electrical Energy
Without Wires[1]
Have you ever suspected something might
be true (or false) but couldn’t get your mind around it sufficiently to say a
definite yes or no, declaring your belief,
or disbelief? That’s exactly what many
people experience about the Second Coming, the moment that Jesus will return to
the earth with all His saints to judge and rule what is already His kingdom…and
every living creature will see it in real time.
A half century ago you had to wait for Walter Cronkite on the evening
news to verify something like that. But,
a half century before that, Nikola Tesla was firming it up in his mind that it
is a possibility for every creature on planet earth to know about the same
event as it happens.
It’s no longer speculation
that it’s possible; the reality is upon us like ugly on
the ape. For millennials, brought up on
the Internet, it’s no longer even a mild wonder that the moment I post this
article, cookies on my website will alert 80 gazillion telemarketers to alert
their robo-call machines that I need a new car warranty extension, and a
Superman helmet to ward off Judgment Day.
Stuff happens instantly…and the coming
of Jesus Christ will be just that!
Something else to
keep on the front burner today; Jesus’ coming will not just be instantaneous
and on everyone’s smartphone. It will
mark the beginning of His perfect Kingdom rule, where everyone, believer, and
unbeliever alike, will acknowledge there is none like Him!
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road; have
a blessed day in God’s light!
Title image: Unknown/Wikimedia & Pixabay.com
W Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
For other posts on Christ’s Second Coming see: The Lord is King and When the Thief Arrives
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