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Mark 13:24-27·~1 min

The Return of the Son of Man

After the tribulation, the stars fall from the sky. Then the Son of Man appears in the clouds with great power and glory, and the angels gather his elect from every direction.

B24ut in those days, after that tribulation: 25the stars will fall from the sky, 26At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Verse 24Jesus marks the time as the days after that tribulation.

It sets the return in relation to the tribulation.

Verse 25The stars will fall from the sky.

It gives the heavens’ collapse in brief form.

Verse 26They will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

It names the visible appearing of the Son of Man.

Verse 27He will send out the angels to gather his elect from every direction.

It ends with the gathering of the chosen.

Passage shape

A quiet block diagram: each row is one authored paragraph movement, with verse numbers kept visible for scanning and deeper work.

  1. vv. 24-27

    After the tribulation, the stars fall from the sky. Then the Son of Man appears in the clouds with great power and glory, and the angels gather his elect from every direction.

    The paragraph moves from cosmic collapse to the Son of Man’s public gathering work.
Section summaryAfter the tribulation, the stars fall from the sky. Then the Son of Man comes in the clouds with great power and glory, and the angels gather his elect from every direction, from the earth’s corners to the ends of heaven.
Role in the chapterThis brief section answers the warnings with the Son of Man’s appearing and the gathering of the elect.