is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." Luke, I Am Your Father. ), Yet was this the moment when, spite of a traitorous disciple, spite of another too confident that denied Him with oaths, spite of all who ought to have been faithful forsaking and fleeing, spite of the distant and saddened lookers on who had once followed Him devotedly, God emboldens a man of high station, who might have been then the least expected by us (and, as we are told elsewhere, Nicodemus). It was their reluctance to receive what Jesus taught that made the difficulty; and it is the same thing still with believers, as with others. (Verses Luke 24:13-29. At the same time we have particulars which demonstrate the weighty difference between this description of the judgment of the Jews and Jerusalem, and mark it off from the accounts of either Matthew or Mark. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Now in another place He said, "If your faith as a grain of mustard seed you can say to yon mountain be thou removed into the sea and it would happen." Next, Jesus said once again one will be taken and one left. They proclaim that Luke 17:34-35 said two people would be in the same bed, not two men. And he fell down on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan ( Luke 17:15-16 ). So two women at the mill; for here we have not to do with human judgments. Luke 17:35 (NASB). In the Gospel of John where the person of Jesus shines so conspicuously, the Holy Ghost is set forth personally, with equal distinctness at least, in Luke 14:1-35; Luke 16:1-31. Matthew 24:41). Two shall be in the field; one shall be taken, the other left. In remorse and despair, casting the price of innocent blood into the very sanctuary, and going away to hang himself; here no imprecation of His blood on them and on their children; here no detail of the guilty people's unconscious accomplishment of the living oracles of God in the Psalms and Prophets; nor here any allusion to the earthquake, and the rent rocks, and opened graves, or the subsequent appearing of risen saints to many in the holy city. 17:1-10 Jesus said to his disciples, "It is impossible that snares to sin should not arise; but woe to him through whom they do arise! The other interpretation is that this actually is a reference to the rapture of the church. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} He is to go to the priest and he's to show himself to the priest to examine him. He eats with them: He will not drink. Comes back again before the priest, and he looks over him again, and there's no new eruptions or blotches then the man is proclaimed cleaned by the priest. Accordingly, after this was duly reported to the apostles and the rest, one like another incredulous, we have the visit of Peter (accompanied, as John lets us know, by himself), who sees confirmation enough, and departed, wondering, in himself at that which was come to pass. Judaism, lowering the person, sees not or denies the position. Now the Jews had no dealings with a Samaritan nor the Samaritans with the Jews. This was especially of value for Gentiles, because it was one of the great problems for the heathen mind, whether the soul existed after death, not to speak of the resurrection of the body. This employment of the Scriptures by our Lord is very significant. In the field of psychology, the term "false memory" is applied to anything that a person remembers How it will be with sinners still (Luke 17:30; Luke 17:30): Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. His coming would be visible and unmistakable (Luke 17:22-25). As for the world, careless indifference and enjoyment of present things will characterise the future as the past; but they will be surprised by the Lord in the midst of heedless folly. Hence it would seem to give an open contradiction to those that deny the reality of the resurrection body, and of its proper affections. But he does not see man merely. It could not be. The kingdom of God will not change men's outward condition, but their hearts and lives. I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. More particularly remark this that he alone, of all the evangelists, here characterizes men, in the activities of this life, as "the children of this world," or age. It was a crucified robber! Certainly, too, His suffering, though not confined to the cross, there culminated, as there alone was sin judged; there God's necessary intolerance of it was proved, when only, but most really, imputed to Christ. When Messiah the Prince comes to set up his kingdom, they shall not say, Lo here, or Lo there, as when a prince goes in progress to visit his territories it is in every body's mouth, he is here, or he is there; for where the king is there is the court. That the kingdom of the Messiah was to be a spiritual kingdom, and not temporal and external. And so with this soul whom grace had now touched. Where shall those be safe that are taken? Press J to jump to the feed. And I'm about fall asleep driving home. He isn't referring to size at all, if you had faith as a grain of mustard seed. But Mandela was very much alive at the time of the conference, and when he died four years later in 2013, he was a free man. Anything short of this, anything other than this, whatever supplants it as fundamental truth, is false. ( Revelation 6:10.) One would have thought that this discourse of our Saviour's, which was public, and not long after published to the world, should have awakened them; but it did not, for the hearts of that people were hardened, to their destruction. "And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God." Even more bizarrely, you can still find all kinds of pictures and plaques with a lion and a lamb laying side by side in them that also included that original quote written above or below in them that have now been changed to "the wolf" invention with nary a wolf to be seen in any of those! If the death of our Lord does not unlock a man's heart and tongue, I do not know what will. There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. To serve was the Lord's place: may we prize it! WebNo phenomenon is as fascinating as the Mandela effect. (2.) And even if he trespasses against you seven times in the same day, and seven times in the same day he turns to you again, and says, I repent; thou shalt forgive him ( Luke 17:4 ). Web( Luke 17:1 ) You can't live your life unscathed. We see how truly miraculous this power was apart from any exertion of it on their own behalf. There will be an irreversible separation between those who have lived for themselves and those who have put Gods interests first (Luke 17:31-36). For example, an English professor once told my class that the word "plowing" in a poem meant sex. Man was not good God only. God does not leave man without witness. Was not He Himself, David's Son owned as his Lord by David? This is what He was looking for, whatever they were. THE RARITY OF GRATITUDE ( Luke 17:11-19 ), 17:11-19 When Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, he was going along between Samaria and Galilee; and, as he entered a village, ten lepers, who stood far off, met him. The 36th verse Luke 17:36 is, without doubt, an interpolation; see the margin. You have a choice between the two. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. "Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. Hence, it is said, "He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray." They do not eat the carcasses of people. The Greek word (skandalon, G4625) is exactly the same word as the English scandal. What grace! It is one of several teachings that Luke recorded that deals with the future (cf. Luke 17:34 and Matthew 24:40 both describe events that will occur at the Goat and Sheep Judgment. God may, and does, bear with the wound to His own grace; and He has His way of correcting such wrong; but there is no ground in the parable to warrant what is too often founded upon it. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part of the heaven, shines to another part under the heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day ( Luke 17:22-24 ). For what was in that cup? Surely you wouldn't be in the mess that you're in if you just had enough faith. It is only Luke who gives us this touch. Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it alive. The publican before us was not meant to give us a full view of the Christian state, or of the blessings of the gospel, but of a man taught of God to feel his own nothingness as a sinner before Him; and God's estimate of him, in comparison with the man who was satisfied with his state. I hope that I'll always preach a simplistic gospel. Luke 17:34 | New King James Version (NKJV) [ 34 ] I There was delight in "this man," Jesus, whose holiness made such an impression, that the poor felon, now a believer, could challenge all the world, and feel no more doubt of the Lord's blameless life than if he had witnessed it all through. (VersesLuke 23:27-31; Luke 23:27-31. Surely also we ought to feel it, instead of merely treating it as a thing, that must be, and which Scripture prepares us for, or which God's goodness turns to gracious ends. Look here!' 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. 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. . I take for granted now that there is a firm hold of His bearing God's wrath on the cross. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.'' Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Jesus hears this tale of sorrow from their lips, brings out the state of their hearts, and then opens the Scriptures, instead of merely appealing to the facts in the way of evidence. He is drinking the cup in Matthew and Mark; He, the true, but rejected Messiah, the faithful servant, now suffering for sin, who had laboured in grace here below. He saw God His Father above and behind all the secondary instruments, and bowed and blessed, even while He prayed with blood-sweat. 2. The state of the heart, as ever, was in question; the will was at fault, even though they were regenerate. And they shall say unto you, Look it's here; look it's there: now don't go after them, or follow them. It's impossible to live your life without having these things happen. The Revised Standard Version talks in these verses about temptations to sin. It is possible that offences will come; but woe to him through whom they come! Go not after them, nor follow them; do not heed such suggestions. The chapter closes with Jesus before the council of elders, chief priests, and scribes. not only its reckoning, but its experiences and its end! From 1Thessalonians 4:13-18, it would appear that the saved are the ones who shall be "taken." Both were to be preached in His name. (b) It then came to mean any stumbling-block placed in a man's way to trip him up. "And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen: saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest."(Ver. (Ver. I just don't say those things. The answer is no! If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him ( Luke 17:3 ); The Bible tells us that we should reprove, that we should rebuke. That they continued in their security and sensuality, till the threatened judgment came. Who could longer doubt that it was really the same Jesus who died, and will yet come in glory? The healing of the Lord was equally manifest in all; but there is a power superior to that which cleanses the body, even were it desperately leprous. And he said to him, "Rise and go! Does not the account of the rich man and Lazarus intimate the same thing? The design of the setting up of Christ's kingdom was not to make one nation great, but to make all nations good--some, at least, of all nations; and this point shall be gained, though the nations rage, and the kings of the earth set themselves with all their might against it. There is not a witness for Jesus now. But as to the cup before them, He says, "I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come." There are those who see that as the body of Jesus Christ, wherever the body of Christ is there will the eagles, His victorious saints, be gathered together. People will be going on with business as usual, eating, drinking, marrying wives, buying, selling, planting, building; business as usual. Those who confine Christianity and the church to this place or that party, cry, Lo here, or Lo there, than which nothing is more contrary to the designs of catholic Christianity; so do they who make prosperity and external pomp a mark of the true church. If flood surges over a piece of country and the wild animals congregate for safety on some little bit of higher ground, you will find standing peacefully together animals who are natural enemies and who at any other time would do their best to kill each other. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under. This, I apprehend, is the clear meaning of His altered language here. The opportunity of just growing in our walk and in our fellowship. Our Lord here gives this further lesson to the disciples, and uses a child as the text. for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. But it is the written word which, as the apostle himself shows, is the sole adequate safeguard for the perilous times of the last days. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Had he really known how good God is he would have soon seen God in Jesus. But, in truth it is impossible to go on with God aright, until the personal question is settled by divine grace. We are to be firm against ourselves; we are to be firm for our brethren, even where they touch ourselves. And Jesus said unless you become as a little child you won't be able to come in to the kingdom of Heaven. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} Oh, let me ask you a question. It would have been hardness, not love, had the cup been treated as a light thing: but this could never be with Jesus. (Verses Luke 22:24-27.). for if he had, he would, of course, have put it forward. The judgment of God is an individual judgment. The day of unleavened bread comes on, and the passover must be killed; and Peter and John go to prepare it. but woe unto him, through whom they come! He thought there was no demand of goodness but what he was able to meet; but the trial was too much for him. (Luke 19:1-10.). "Oh darn, if only I had been grinding grain like the Bible said, then I'd have had a 50% chance of getting taken.". The disciples thought they should carry all before them, and expected a constant series of success in their work; but Christ tells them it would be otherwise: "The days will come, before you have finished your testimony and done your work, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man" (one such a day as we now have), "of the prosperity and progress of the gospel, and shall not see it. 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