This is surely an insight into the ministry of love, and reflects in a humble and particular way the truth that the Son of
God tasted death for us all.8
Not exact matches
For Mark's Gospel, the connection occurs almost immediately, as Jesus's statement that some «will not
taste death until they see the kingdom of
God after it has come with power» prefaces the event of the transfiguration (Mark 9:1 — 2).
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered
death, so that by the grace of
God he might
taste death for everyone.
We all will have to
taste death and then raise on that day for accountability and there will be family reunion in heavens and outside of heavens where no one wish to be... what a great loss for the one who would be reunited outside of the heavens like the people of Noah who did not believe in him, people of Lot did things that they were not supposed to do, pharaoh with his army and many more... on the other hand Noah with the ones who believed in him, Abraham and his family who are submitted as Abraham submitted to The One
God Almighty, Lot and his daughters and many more...
According to Mark, Jesus said, «I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not
taste death before they see the kingdom of
God come with power» (Mark 9:1).
The advent hope was that they who through faith were learning with the help of
God's Spirit to share in Christ's
death and resurrection, would
taste fully in that life where
God would be «all and in all.»
@Jordan: Luke 9:27 — But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not
taste of
death, till they see the kingdom of
God.
That includes you, who were once alienated, enemies in your own minds to
God's purposes, immersed in evil actions; but now you are bodily reconciled in his fleshly body which has
tasted death.
But I tell you of a Truth, there be some standing here, which shall not
taste of
death, till they shall see the Kingdom of
God.»
And he said to them, «Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death before they see the kingdom of
God come with power.»
But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not
taste of
death before they see the kingdom of
God.
Then we do look, or we do
taste, or we do touch, and once we do, we feel so guilty, we can't face
God, we feel like
death, and so we decide to just enjoy the sin while we're in it, but that only makes things worse on us in the long run, until eventually, we feel so filthy and disgusting, and get so angry at ourselves for the way we behaved, we come slinking back to
God, begging and crying for forgiveness, and we confess our sin to our accountability group, and they forgive us, and tell us to try harder.
[Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death until they see the kingdom of
God.»
/ 9:1 / And he said to them, «Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death until they see that the kingdom of
God has come with power.»
/ 9:27 / But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death before they see the kingdom of
God.»
At the end of the day after the blood was spilled &
death made it's grand entrance; the people of
God, the Christians gathered for prayer, not because we had the answers or that we are somehow better than those who don't believe what we believe, but because even at the center of despair, we feel an undying need to
taste our Father's grace when all else seems to be lost.
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death before they see the kingdom of
God come with power.
And he said unto them «Verily I say unto you, there be some here of them that stand by, which shall in no wise
taste of
death, till they see the kingdom of
God come with power.»
An aging
death - metal rock
god, his
taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth.