Son of Man in the Olivet Discourse as pointing forward to Jesus’ second coming at the end of the age to bring judgment on God’s adversaries and salvation to God’s people. The language of cosmic upheaval also shares several connections with the book of Revelation. In Revelation, we’re confronted with a visionary narrative of de-creation in judgment leading forward to a re-creation, the new heavens and the new earth. The celestial bodies were commonly worshiped as deities in the ancient world, so such
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