Moment of Meditation: Heavens Shaken (Matthew 24:29)

''Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken (Matthew 24:29).''

The Bible is filled with the image of the heavens being shaken when God comes down from Heaven. St. Peter culminates the great list of passages, saying, "But he Day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed" (2 Peter 3:10).

When Jesus returns to the earth, everything will be undone. This fallen creation. Sin. Death. Everything will be reborn as the long-awaited new heavens and new earth finally appear "in which righteousness dwells" (2 Peter 3:12).

Then the righteous of the Lord will live with Him forever in the Paradise He has promised to those who believe.

The tribulation will be severe, but it will be short. Thanks be to God for His wondrous mercy! Amen.