The Thursday after the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on November 13, 2025 by under
Scripture: St. Matthew 24:29-35 (NKJV)
24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
Devotion
This continuation of the Gospel from Sunday shows what things will be when Jesus comes again to judge both the quick and the dead. The whole world will be in turmoil, indeed, the whole universe, for “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven.” For the unbeliever, that day will be a day of dread and woe. They will realize the great mistake they have made living their lives only for the pleasures of this world. All the things they strove for in this life will be revealed for the worthlessness that they are. The unfaithful will be judged and thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Those who cling in faith to Jesus will feel no such turmoil. The darkening of the heavenly bodies holds no fear for the Christian, for we have as our light the true Light which has come into the world and enlightens those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. He will appear on the clouds of heaven. We will get to see He who talked with Moses as with a friend, and who we have longed for all our lives to see. He will take us from this world of sin and pain to our eternal home with Him. The angels will gather us from the four corners of the world, and we will be joined with all the saints to sing our Lord’s praises forever.
Collect: Almighty God, we beseech Thee, show Thy mercy unto Thy humble servants, that we who put no trust in our own merits may not be dealt with after the severity of Thy judgment, but according to Thy mercy; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
