power and great glory’. No, you don’t imagine you will see Jesus flying around in the sky. You know that through these tribulations God will vindicate Jesus, and rescue his people. Up till now, the kingdom Jesus announced had been in tension with the continuing existence of the Jerusalem Temple, whose authorities had sent him to his death. Soon it will be clear which of the two God has vindicated. You cling on to these prophecies and promises for dear life. You have nothing else. Twenty years pass,