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

3068. 'Let down now your pitcher' means submitting facts. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'letting down' as submitting, and from the meaning of 'a pitcher' as facts. The reason why a water-pot or a pitcher means facts is that 'water' means truth, 680, 739, 2702, and a pitcher is a vessel with water in it, even as factual knowledge is a vessel with truth in it. All factual knowledge is a vessel for truth, and all truth is a vessel for good. Factual knowledge without truth is an empty vessel, and so is truth without good; but factual knowledge in which truth is held is a vessel that is filled, as is truth in which good is held. Affection which is an attribute of love is what joins them together so that they may exist in order. For love is spiritual conjunction.