1 John 4:8
God is LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Mark 12:18-27
God is Our God of the Living
18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.23 At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
Mark 13:20-37
The Last Day and Last Hour are Unknown
20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 “But in those days, following that distress,
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”
1 Corinthians 13:8
Love Never Fails
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
John 17:3
God is Eternal
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
One day the sun will go dark and the moon will not give its light...The stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken...The time maybe an apocalypse and a revelation...When this happens, we will need help and we will need hope...
Scientists believe that in the next thousands and thousands of years the sun will lose its hydrogen and will eventually burn itself out...Some believe that the sun will gradually get warmer and warmer...But, regardless of how it happens, it will eventually die out...Without the sun, life on earth will burn out...And at that time there will be no life on earth...Heaven and earth will pass away...Every living creature will be gone, with no sun...No plants, no animals no man, no living thing as we know it will exist on earth...Everything maybe and go dead...
But for those who believe that Jesus is Truth and always spoke the Truth, He seems to address this situation in His usual subtle way...Jesus tells us that God is not a God of the dead, but is a God of the living...God told Moses, I AM the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob...Jesus seems to tell us that God's Word cannot be cancelled by death, because He offers eternal life...God is a God of the living, and not of the dead...God is the Ultimate Power...He has the final word...God LOVED the first three Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...God loves all His children...Death is not the final word, God's word will be the final word...Heaven and earth will pass away, but Jesus' words will never pass away...
God sent us Jesus...When God's Son was born, Hope was born...He is our help...God will not let the sting of death end His LOVE...LOVE never ends...LOVE never dies...