Posted by Luis [followthelamb] on October 28, 1999 at 13:02:42 {BrTq3yWfsYQr78U8rp0YTco2oJsp5U}:
In Reply to: ******Awake! 12/8/99 posted by Luis on October 28, 1999 at 12:15:28:
"....and great signs from
heaven.”—Luke 21:10,11 NIV
These words allude to what Jesus goes on to say in verses 25-27: "Also, there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and its agitation, while men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming...." This cosmic commotion, which the Society states is still future, precedes our Lords Parousia. The "sign of the Son of man" that is linked with this cosmic commotion is the "sign of your presence" that Christ's disciples asked for.