We Will All See Him

In my review of Bruce M. Metzger’s book, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, published last February, I described a deliberate change in the text of Mark 14:62.  The statement of Jesus to the high priest that he, the high priest, would see the son of man “coming with the clouds of heaven” was deleted in order to avoid the appearance that the Lord had made a factual error, since, in fact, the high priest would die long before Jesus’ return.  (I added as an editorial comment that “the high priest may yet see Him coming on the clouds!” – by which I meant that the high priest will be raised on the last day along with everyone else, and both the living and the dead will see Him.)

Then at the end of church service last Sunday, the pastor pronounced a benediction which included Revelation 1:7, which says:

Look, he is coming with the clouds,

And every eye will see him,

Even those who pierced him. . . .

The textual critic who deleted Jesus’ statement, and Metzger and Ehrman, and I, too, we all overlooked the fact that scriptures themselves specifically address this very situation!

The Lord, He makes no mistakes.  And we will all soon see Him.

2 thoughts on “We Will All See Him”

  1. Hi Tom, I am really enjoying reading your Joshua letters. Just wanted you to know. I tried to write you a comment to that effect, but got caught in password hell, which often happens to me for some odd reason. ~john

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