Title: The Transition May Be Bumpy

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: The vision of a Second Coming and heaven coming down to earth is very beautiful, but we are warned in Scripture that the transition from here to there will be spiritually turbulent, to say the least. Repentance is the best policy.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 7:17; 9:1
Exodus 14:4, 13, 22
Ezekiel 47:2; 7:1
Daniel 2:34-35
Revelation 18:1-4; 19:1; 20:12-15, Revelation 20:21-22; 3:3
2 Peter 3:9-13
Hebrews 12:26

Like most meanings in the Bible this can change depending on context to a meaning perverted into the opposite. Instead of a mind full of knowledge and love of the neighbor, the love can be twisted around to pride in one's own self-intelligence and lead toward evil instead of good. The elders and chief priests who sat in judgment on Jesus in Caiaphas' house show the other side of the representation. Elders are mentioned in the Bible mainly in two ways: First the elders of Israel: and second the 24 elders seated about the throne of God in Revelation. In both cases, they mean wisdom, which comes from using the truths we've learned to do what's right in our everyday lives. The elders of Israel mean the chief things of wisdom in the church called Israel. The elders mentioned in Revelation 4 mean the wisdom of the highest heavens, and by extension the whole of the heavens.