Mark 14:60-62And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?" But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
We can take Jesus at his word that he will come again in unmistakable power. This is what he was telling his judges when he added, "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."
When he returns, he will be the Judge who looks into men’s hearts, and yes, judges not by what he sees or hears, but by righteousness.
He will judge the hearts of men, and our hearts will be revealed for what they are according to our response to him. Do you know what those judges ought to have done when Jesus declared who he was? They ought to have fallen on their knees before him.
When the Day of Judgment comes they might protest that Jesus had not given enough evidence for himself, just as so many today make the same claim. But here already is the verdict of Scripture: Whoever believes in [Jesus] is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil (John 3:18-19).
Injustice was rendered at Jesus’ trial, but true justice will be rendered when he returns in power as Judge.
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