A couple of weeks ago a massive storm woke me up in the middle of the night. Disoriented (I was traveling and in an unfamiliar room), it took a few seconds to remember where I lay and to recognize the booms as thunder. Glad to be in a warm bed, I dozed off and woke to a rain-washed city.

Even from a dead sleep I understood the action in the skies that night as a thunderstorm. Getting up and opening the curtains would have confirmed my belief. Lightning leaves no doubt.

Jesus predicted he will return to this earth in such a way that no one will miss it.

Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them. For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.

People claiming to be the son of god we consider crazy. Which, to be fair, many people back in the day considered Jesus crazy as well. But Jesus proved his crazy with miracles, teachings, and most importantly, his resurrection. Now there’s one more proof Jesus has in store—his return.

His second coming will leave no doubt. Like lightning from one end of the sky to the other, glorious beyond imagination, you and I and the rest of the world won’t miss it.

Amen, come Lord Jesus.

Luke 17 in Through the Bible in 2024

Photo by Micah Tindell