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About-Him.Com Devotional 03-19-2005
Http://About-Him.Com/ My Thoughts on the Life of Christ, from His Baptism to His Ascension. 171: Discourse on the Second Coming - Lu. 17:20-37 20 . And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Jesus was asked by some Pharisees just when this kingdom He had been preaching would appear. They had visions of grandeur for the coming Messianic kingdom. The coming Messiah would rule the world from the holy city Jerusalem. All would be peace and tranquility. All Jews would be resurrected and saved. They really didn't see how this lowly itinerant preacher could fit into the picture. Jesus replied that His kingdom was spiritual. It resided in the hearts of the redeemed. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. Jesus then turns to His disciples and let's them know that dark days are on the horizon. The cross is just ahead. They will be cast out of the synagogues, beaten and persecuted, betrayed by their own flesh all because of their confession of Him.(Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-19). There will be many false messiahs in the future. They will hear of wars, famine, earthquake and pestilence. These will just be the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24:4-8). Jesus then gave a description of life at His coming. It will be just as it was during the days of Lot and Noah. Eat, drink, be merry, buy sell and trade, day in and day out with no thought to the future or the soul's eternal destiny. At some future point, He will be instantaneously revealed and judgment will soon follow. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. The phrase," in that day" (vs. 31) seems to continue the setting as the coming of the Lord. However the language is similar to Mark 13:25 and Matthew 24:17 which describes the destruction of Jerusalem. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. Life will be proceeding as usual. Some will be ready and some will not. There will be no time to make amends. It will be too late to repent and accept the Savior. Every eye is going to see Him and those who pierced Him will wail (Revelation 1:7). The days of His mercy will be over and the day of His vengeance beginning (II Thessalonians 1:8; I Peter 4:17) . Men will cry to the rocks and mountains to fall on them and to hide them from the sight of His face. It will be too late. The day of His wrath has come (Revelation 6:16). For us it will be a different story. We will be transformed instantly and changed into His image (I Corinthians 15:52). Something awaits us that we can't even imagine (I Corinthians 2:9). God will be with us and wipe all tears away and there will be no more pain sorrow suffering or death (Revelation 7:17, 21:4). As the apostle said, "Even so come Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20).
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