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I draw the dabbingest™ Jesus comics and post every Friday.

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@L0botomizee I appreciate that very much. Thank you!

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@ZomboZammi Well, it's a great line. Very intense. I've gotta use that on my brother.

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@autistic68w I like that! 😂

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@big_literally I don't think I ever said it out loud like this as a kid, but I definitely didn't grasp the full picture of ANY Person of the Trinity, especially the Spirit. Not until much later.

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@scott_cadman Perfection.

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@ZomboZammi I've heard that quote before! What's it from again?

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What... what're THOSE?

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@Ben_Stadnik Thank YOU for reading and enjoying my cartoons!

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But then I'LL be all alone!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

1. The Great Commission
This Bible story is from the very end of Matthew's Gospel. Jesus has risen from the dead and has asked His disciples to meet him on a mountain in their homeland of Galilee. There, He gives them what's known as the Great Commission: the mission to go out into the world, teach God's commandments, make disciples of all nations, and baptize all people in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

2. I Am With You Always
Jesus ends the Great Commission by promising to be with the disciples always. This may seem a little ironic, because we're told in the Book of Acts that Jesus ascends to heaven shortly after making this promise. Of course, while Jesus leaves them in a certain sense, He also sends His Holy Spirit to guide them to all truth (as He promised in John 16:7-13), remains with them in the Eucharist, and dwells in the hearts of all the faithful on earth.

3. Until the End of the Age
"And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." In this verse (Matthew 28:19-20), Jesus is saying He'll remain with His disciples until this era has come to a close. In this cartoon, I pull from a different translation of this verse. Some older English translations, like the King James Version, say, "...until the end of the WORLD." The word "world" actually comes from Old English and used to mean something like "age of man," but nowadays we use "world" to mean the physical earth. So, in modern English, the verse is simply translated to "age," because that conveys Jesus's focus on the end of a certain era rather than implying the destruction of the planet. That being said, the end of the age is assumed by many to come at the end of humankind, and isn't that kind of the end of the world anyway? For this cartoon, I wrote "THIS world," which I think still implies the passing of a certain state of things while also allowing clarity for the joke, which reads better if "world" is used.

4. The Joke
In this cartoon, Jesus delivers His line about being with the disciples "until the end of this world." Peter assumes "until" means that Jesus will leave them at the end of the world, and asks who will take His place and remain with the disciples AFTER the end of the world. Jesus clarifies to Peter that everyone will be dead, by which He means the faithful will have passed on to the next world, where they'll be fully united to Jesus in heaven forever. Peter, however, takes it to mean that everyone will be gone from this world except for him, so he thinks he'll be all alone in the empty, ended world with no friends and no Jesus. Jesus clarifies that Peter will ALSO be dead (i.e. passed on) just like everyone else. This is a source of comfort to Peter, and of hilarity to all good-natured viewers, like you.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I usually summarize my Joke-ographies to fit them in X's alt text section. Let me know if this is better going forward!

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@psychlops924 Ooh, nice. I'll take a look!

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@Flammiferrus Thank you! You should see the source material I based it on.

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@pilifou244 Good question! I went back through my history to pull a few videos and articles I remember referencing. It's by no means exhaustive, but the ones I remember are linked at the bottom of today's Patreon post (it's a free post, don't worry!): https://t.co/h1uak0Cz0c

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@PdS2QC Thank God for theologians like Brant Pitre, Joe Heschmeyer, and a hundred other creators who've shared their insights and knowledge. I could never have put 2 and 2 together on these cultural and theological parallels without standing on the shoulders of titans like them!

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@ChampionsOTIce2 Best image I've seen on this internet.