"Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth."
Doctrine and Covenants 65:5
I love the image of Christ coming down clothed in brightness. :) I imagine cloth made out of light, which would be super cool (I mean, I'm sure the idea in the imagination could also be obnoxiously gaudy, but this is God we're talking about, so I know it is actually on the awesome side). D&C 50:24 tells us "that which is of God is light," Ephesians 5:8 tells us that we are children of light, and light and life and truth go together in a number of scriptures. Those things woven together seems pretty amazing, and the fact that we are part of all of it is even more so.
The fact that we need to be prepared for when Christ comes to meet the kingdom of God set up on the earth I think makes it very clear that we need to get moving on working on that kingdom of God that will be ready to meet him... and perhaps also get to work on developing our own brightness a little bit more. :) But when we talk about this stuff it shouldn't be giving us the "end of the world" blues either. ... Christ returning to us is amazingly good and will usher in brightness and goodness that we could never otherwise know. Nothing that God does is something we need to be afraid of... with him, it is all light, all the time, and we don't have to carry that darkness of fear and doubt with us to drag us down.
Today, let's cultivate brightness--especially the "perfect brightness of hope" that it talks about in 2 Nephi 31:20. Let's rejoice in light and truth and life and hope, and build up God's kingdom on earth so that we can be ready for his triumphant return, when we will be able to stand before him with joy. :)
Doctrine and Covenants 65:5
I love the image of Christ coming down clothed in brightness. :) I imagine cloth made out of light, which would be super cool (I mean, I'm sure the idea in the imagination could also be obnoxiously gaudy, but this is God we're talking about, so I know it is actually on the awesome side). D&C 50:24 tells us "that which is of God is light," Ephesians 5:8 tells us that we are children of light, and light and life and truth go together in a number of scriptures. Those things woven together seems pretty amazing, and the fact that we are part of all of it is even more so.
The fact that we need to be prepared for when Christ comes to meet the kingdom of God set up on the earth I think makes it very clear that we need to get moving on working on that kingdom of God that will be ready to meet him... and perhaps also get to work on developing our own brightness a little bit more. :) But when we talk about this stuff it shouldn't be giving us the "end of the world" blues either. ... Christ returning to us is amazingly good and will usher in brightness and goodness that we could never otherwise know. Nothing that God does is something we need to be afraid of... with him, it is all light, all the time, and we don't have to carry that darkness of fear and doubt with us to drag us down.
Today, let's cultivate brightness--especially the "perfect brightness of hope" that it talks about in 2 Nephi 31:20. Let's rejoice in light and truth and life and hope, and build up God's kingdom on earth so that we can be ready for his triumphant return, when we will be able to stand before him with joy. :)
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