A Rescued Life
The one who seeks to save his life will lose it, and the one who loses it will rescue it. Luke 17:33 For many, life is actually made up of all the things, freedoms, and conditions that are valued as a part of a happy human life. But these things are not life. The Lord […]
Remember Lot’s Wife
Remember Lot’s wife. Luke 17:32 The judgement of God should be feared above all else. The reminder of Lot’s wife here serves as a warning to any who would hesitate if given a prior notice of the coming calamity. Heavenly Father, thank You for the comfort of Your Word! Though we are imperfect in our […]
Don’t Grab Anything
In that day, the one who is on the housetop, and his things in the house, do not let him go down to pick them up. And the one who is in the field, likewise do not let him not turn back. Luke 17:31 When the judgement of the Lord is coming, there is no […]
Just Like That
It will be just like that in the day of the coming of the Son of Man. Luke 17:30 We like to tell ourselves that everyone will know when Jesus is coming the second time. But few, if any, will. The Lord’s timetable is a mystery to all but the faithful. Heavenly Father, thank You […]
The Very Day
But the day Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them; Luke 17:29 Rain can come unexpectedly. The meteorologists try to predict it, but even then one must hear the warning. This rain was even more sudden and unexpected, as well as different. Heavenly Father, You […]
The Days of Lot
And it was the same in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built Luke 17:28 Just like the days of Noah, the days of Lot were carefree. They did not expect the coming judgement. They were oblivious to any signs of coming danger. And the judgement […]
The Cataclysm
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day came that Noah went into the ark, and the cataclysmic flood came and destroyed all of them. Luke 17:27 In other words, their lives proceeded relatively normally right up to the minute that catastrophe struck. This world will march along thinking […]
The Days of Noah
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man. Luke 17:26 Jesus is speaking here of His current visitation. Just like the world in Noah’s time, the world in the days of Christ largely ignored this Preacher of Righteousness. Heavenly Father, thank […]
Suffer Many Things
First, however, it is necessary for Him to suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Luke 17:25 Jesus had to do what He did. This verse is one of several that show us the plan concerning the first and second coming. All of history is impacted by Christ since His work on the […]
Glowing Like Lightning
Just as the lightning which flashes out of the one place under heaven into another place under heaven glows, like that will be the the Son of Man in His day. Luke 17:24 The Lord Jesus came in humility to this world. His humility has gone nowhere. He retains it. His submission to the Father […]