Luke 9:27

"But I tell you of a truth, there are some of those who stand here, who shall in no way taste of death, till they perceive the realm of Placer." Over the next several posts we'll look at the entire episode of verses 27-36.  After discussing, in the immediately preceding verses, the idea of trading one's selfhood for the entire system (a terrible bargain!), Jesus now speaks of perceiving Placer's realm.  But first he establishes the time frame, "who shall in no way taste of death".  That is, Jesus is speaking of a realized eschatology.  Before some, who are standing here now, taste death, i.e. fully experience death, they shall have this experience of perceiving the new realm.  It is a "this life" experience that Jesus is speaking of.  His emphasis is unmistakable, the promise is that we become able to see the realm of Placer now, as we live and work today in this too often repressive system.  In the next post we shall see how they began to perceive the new realm, but here Jesus is clear, "tell you...truth", this ability to see the new realm that is here, even now, is something to see (present tense) being realized within the current system, cultural, political and religious, that encompasses all of us.  Jesus' vision of human relationships is not an unrealistic, futuristic pipe dream.  It is a way to live today so that we can see the new divine realm unfold.