“And there will be strange signs
in the sun,
moon,
and stars.
And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil,
perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.
People will be terrified at what they see
coming upon the earth,
for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Then everyone will see the Son of Man
coming on a cloud with power and great glory.
So when all these things begin to happen,
stand and look up,
for your salvation is near!”
“Nation will go to war against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom.
There will be great earthquakes,
and there will be famines and plagues in many lands,
and there will be terrifying things
and great miraculous signs from heaven.
But before all this occurs,
there will be a time of great persecution…
And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
then you will know
that the time of its destruction has arrived.”
(Top of the cog train station from Zermatt, Verlais canton, Switzerland)
“Don’t let anyone mislead you,
for many will come in my name,
claiming,
‘I am the Messiah,’
and saying,
‘The time has come!’
but don’t believe them.
And when you hear of wars and insurrections,
don’t panic.
Yes,
these things must take place first,
but the end won’t follow immediately.”
(View from Harder Kulm Panorama Restaurant over Interlaken, Switzerland)
Jesus told him,
“I am the way,
the truth,
and the life.
No one can come to the Father
except through me.
(Jungfrau, Switzerland)
Because God’s children are human beings—
made of flesh and blood—
the Son also became flesh and blood.
For only as a human being could he die,
and only by dying could he break the power of the devil,
who had the power of death.
Only in this way could he set free
all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
(Gruyere, Switzerland)
The earnest prayer of a righteous person
has great power
and produces wonderful results.
…if someone among you wanders away from the truth
and is brought back,
you can be sure
that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering
will save that person from death…
So the Word became human
and made his home among us.
He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.
And we have seen his glory,
the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
From his abundance we have all received
one gracious blessing after another.
For the law was given through Moses,
but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness
came through Jesus Christ.
He came into the very world he created,
but the world didn’t recognize him.
He came to his own people,
and even they rejected him.
But to all who believed him and accepted him,
he gave the right to become children of God.
They are reborn—
not with a physical birth
resulting from human passion or plan,
but a birth that comes from God.
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.
