Matthew 24:30-35
Jesus Says His Words Will Never Pass Away
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32 “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. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Mark 2:18-22
Jesus Questioned on Fasting
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
Mark 4:35-41
Jesus Calms the Storm
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Jesus had come to earth and our Master and our Bridegroom was with us...He was questioned on the subject of fasting when John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting...Jesus told the Pharisees that His Disciples did not have to fast as long as He was alive and on earth...No one on earth need fast while He is still with them and alive on earth...Very unique words spoken to the religious officials, that the time would come when He would be taken from them and then His Disciples could fast...Jesus' being and living with His Disciples had suspended that "regular" rules of religion...Only after His death, would the rules of fasting return to the Scriptures...And not only were the rules of religion different and changed while He walked the earth, He did other things that changed the natural laws on earth when He was here...For instance, He was on a small boat during a raging storm...Unfrightened by the storm He only awoke when His frightened Disciples woke Him out of their fear...Then He spoke directly to the winds and the waves...And the heavy rain and wind listened to Him...And speaking to the wind and the waves is an unusual thing to do, but the winds and the waves listened to Him...He is surely in harmony with nature and what He has created...
So as we read through the gospels and what He taught and examine what He spoke and what He did, we see that He is quite different and unique...Who speaks to the wind and the waves?...He spoke words never spoken before, and His words are the Greatest Words ever to be spoken...His acts and deeds are like His words in the sense that His acts and deeds are so unique that they too are the Greatest Acts ever done on earth...So we can say that His words will never pass, and His acts will never be forgotten and thus never pass...