As Jesus continued to speak to His disciples on the Mount of Olives about the things to come, He warned of the days during the Great Tribulation, and what they would be like in Israel. The last 3 1/2 years of this most horrible time ever to come upon the earth will be particularly difficult…
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Luke 21:9 – Things That Must Occur
Are we close to the return of Jesus? If we believe what He said to His disciples on the Mount of Olives, we certainly are. The parallel passage in Luke to Jesus’ conversation with His disciples in Matthew 24 starts with them praising the temple in Jerusalem and how beautiful it is. Jesus shocks them…
Luke 20:36 – Equal to Angels
The scribes and chief priests, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, all came to Jesus with their own agendas hoping to catch Him as a false prophet and thus denounce Him. At one point, the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with questions about the afterlife. As opposed to the Pharisees, they didn’t believe in the…
Luke 20:19 – Prophetic Fulfillment
The parables that Jesus spoke were for the purpose of veiling His Words so that an unbelieving people wouldn’t be given truth that would do them no good. Mark 4:10-12 illustrates this: And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, “To you…
Luke 19:44 – Not One Stone
God is omniscient, i.e. He knows all things from past to future. Yet, isn’t it interesting how when something bad He knows will happen actually does occur, He still grieves over it? With the view God has of eternity as the Alpha and Omega – the beginning and the end – the Lord sees from…
2 Samuel 9:1 – Unmerited Grace
The practice of kingly succession typically involved extreme bloodshed. When a king died or was overthrown, the one who rose to power wanted to cement his authority and prevent any possible contenders for the throne. As such, the new king would execute all members of the family of the prior king. He would kill the…