Through my lifetime I witnessed not just the majesty of God and of His Son but elements of judgment of greater and lesser scale and intensity. I saw the end of the Berlin Wall. The merely low key end of The County of Avon in the UK but no mere trivial eventuality as I lived in Bristol and worked in the authority headquarters. The twin towers ending so terribly. The rise of the fury of the West against the Middle East and the start of an age of surveillance. Now a resurgence of horror in the Middle East. But Jesus highlighted a prophesy of more terrible judgment and rage on the Earth when He alluded to Joel's prophesy of scourge. The sun turning black as crops burn and house after house is invaded by God's army. It seemed to happen in ancient times around the time of Celts appearing in history and the spread of conquest by Medes and Scythians and others around 600 BC yet Jesus alluded to a time of it leading up to or at the time before He comes, it seems to me. Perhaps worldwide. Terrible. After all, He will bring greater judgment still in His coming day so we cannot deny such things being in scope before He reigns a thousand years and then the End. Best seek Him and life from Him now while we can. The darkness comes.
