The Thunderbirds were in Boise last weekend performing at the Gowan Air Show, along with their Canadian counterparts, the Snowbirds. They practiced on Friday, which shut down the airport traffic also since Gowan Field and the Airport share air space. As I walked during my lunch hour on Friday I watched them practice. As they flew over in different formations they split the air with a thunderous roar. All the people lucky enough to have offices with windows facing the airport probably got very little work done. It was impossible to ignore the roar as those planes flew past at amazing speeds.
Every time they roared by, I looked up. I looked up.
In Matthew 24 and Luke 21, Jesus prophesies about end times. Some of the prophecy was fulfilled in the near term with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans in 70 AD. But His prophecy has an even greater fulfillment in what Christians refer to as “The End Times” when God restores His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
Jesus ends his prophecy in Luke with these words. “At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” [Luke 21:27-28 NIV]
As I listened to the jets roar through the skies Friday, I had to lift up my head and look. There was no ignoring the sounds of power that filled the sky. One day our Savior will come, with a roar of power unlike anything ever heard. He will arrive in glory brighter than the sun. All will look up … some to redemption, others to judgment.
