Words From Jesus About The End That Is Only The Beginning.

What has been built?
How have they been adorned,
the religious temples we visit?

The inner castles, encrusted
with precious stones and gifts to God
that we think barter us goodness.

At the beginning of the end,
not one will stay atop the other.

What good is a razed temple?
If this is the apocalypse
what signs shall we see it by?

Kingdom against nation,
insurrection against war—
this must happen first.

But it is not the end.
Don’t go after them

coming in the likeness
of saviors. Coming to gather
all the people to themselves.

The divine quakes with fire
from the heavens. Famine
and plagues stalk the human.

These are the signs that
what we have built will not stay.

So, testify in your persecution.
Don’t prepare defensive statements
and arguments for your life.

Become the mouth of God
even in the betrayal that splits your soul
and the hatred that stalks your body.

Yet, you will not be perished; you shall live.
By your endurance you will save your souls.

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