Is Jesus coming again?
A culture in crisis: A biblical exegesis of Luke 17 • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And they will say to you, ‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them.
For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
I. Blinding nature of sin.
I. Blinding nature of sin.
but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
II. The Kingdom is found in Jesus.
II. The Kingdom is found in Jesus.
III. The anti-Christs are many.
III. The anti-Christs are many.
IV. The disciples would seek it but not find it.
IV. The disciples would seek it but not find it.
V. Jesus will return in great power.
V. Jesus will return in great power.
A single bolt of lightning can contain up to a billion volts and about 100,000 or more amps of electricity.
Lightning produces 10 times more electricity than flows on high-tension wires.
It also produces heat energy hotter than the surface of the sun, and sound energy (thunder) that can travel 25 miles.
While only lasting a millisecond, a flash of lightning is thought produce up to 10 gigawatts (GW) of electricity.
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
VI. Jesus would have to suffer before God’s kingdom would come.
VI. Jesus would have to suffer before God’s kingdom would come.
VII. Hold on, it gets worse before it gets better.
VII. Hold on, it gets worse before it gets better.
