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Revised Common Lectionary, the season of Advent (Latin for <I>coming to</I>)
begins with a look to the future <B>coming</B> (παρουσία - <I>parousia</I> in
Greek) of the Son of Man. (NOTE: the phrase "second coming" doesn't occur in
scriptures!) The subsequent Sundays in Advent focus on the past <B>coming</B> of
Jesus as a baby in Bethlehem.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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signs "in the sun and moon and stars" allude back to the
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13:9-10<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>See, the day of the LORD comes,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>to make the earth a desolation,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and to destroy its sinners from it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>For the <B>stars</B> of the heavens and their
constellations<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>will not give their light;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>the <B>sun</B> will be dark at its rising,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and the <B>moon</B> will not shed its light.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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32:7-8<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>When I blot you out, I will cover the
heavens,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and make their <B>stars</B> dark;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>I will cover the <B>sun</B> with a cloud,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and the <B>moon</B> shall not give its
light.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>All the shining lights of the heavens<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>I will darken above you,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>and put darkness on your land,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>says the Lord GOD.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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2:30-31<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><FONT size=4>I will
show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of
smoke. The <B>sun</B> shall be turned to darkness, and the <B>moon</B> to blood,
before the great and terrible day of the LORD
comes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=4>These heavenly signs do not just point forward to the coming, but also
backwards as fulfillment of the prophets' word. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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size=4>Apocalyptic literature is written primarily to give hope and assurance to
people in the midst of suffering. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><o:p><FONT
size=4></FONT></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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href="http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/luke21x25.htm">http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/luke21x25.htm</A></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=4></FONT></o:p></SPAN> </P></SPAN>
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Stoffregen</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><FONT size=4>Whereas
Mark seems to tie these events to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem,
Luke – writing nearly two decades later – distances the promised end of history
and the Temple's destruction. Luke is, in fact, down right vague about when
Jesus will return, refusing to offer any hint of a timetable. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=11/29/2009&tab=4">http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=11/29/2009&tab=4</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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Lose, 2009</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT"><FONT size=4>Then
there will be “wars and insurrections” (v. </FONT><FONT size=4>9</FONT><FONT
size=4>), but “the end will not follow immediately” (as people expected).
Disastrous natural phenomena, cause for great distress, will occur (v.
</FONT><FONT size=4>11</FONT><FONT size=4>), and when Jerusalem is surrounded by
armies (v. </FONT><FONT size=4>20</FONT><FONT size=4>), the city will soon fall:
either physically or spiritually. Again the end will be delayed: the killing and
deportation of citizens will continue “until the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled” (v. </FONT><FONT size=4>24</FONT><FONT size=4>), i.e. until non-Jews
have had the opportunity to come to Christ.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv1m.shtml">http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv1m.shtml</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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Haslam</FONT></SPAN></P>
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“they will see ‘the Son of Man coming ...’”: Daniel <A
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says “As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming
with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented
before him.” </SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT size=4><EM>Verses 34-36</EM>: <> The terminology is so akin
to Paul’s that perhaps Luke is using a fragment from some lost epistle written
by Paul or one of his disciples: for v. </FONT><FONT size=4>34</FONT><FONT
size=4>, see 1 Thessalonians </FONT><FONT size=4>5:1-3</FONT><FONT size=4>; for
v. </FONT><FONT size=4>34a</FONT><FONT size=4>, see 1 Thessalonians </FONT><FONT
size=4>5:7</FONT><FONT size=4>; for v. </FONT><FONT size=4>36</FONT><FONT
size=4>, see 1 Thessalonians </FONT><FONT size=4>5:8-10</FONT><FONT size=4>,
</FONT><FONT size=4>18</FONT><FONT size=4>. Even the rare Greek word
<EM>agrypneo</EM> appears here and in 1 Thessalonians.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv1l.shtml"><FONT
size=4>http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/cadv1l.shtml</FONT></A></P>
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