Luke 21:25 Meaning and Explanation
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”
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What Does Luke 21:25 Mean?
The discourse now rises from Jerusalem to the whole creation. Signs appear in sun, moon, and stars, the lights by which humanity has always steered; on earth, nations are in distress and perplexity, with no way through; the sea and the waves roar. The imagery gathers up the language of the prophets for the day of the Lord (Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:30-31).
When the most fixed things waver, human confidence fails with them. Jesus paints the scene not to feed dread but to prepare his people for the verse that crowns it: these shakings precede the appearing of the Son of man. What the world reads as unraveling, the watchful read as approach.
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What does Luke 21:25 mean?
Jesus lifts the horizon: signs in sun, moon, and stars, nations in anguished perplexity, and the sea roaring.