Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Luke Discusses The End Times, The Last Days



Luke 17:20-24, 26-37

Now, when He (Jesus Christ) was asked by The Pharisees when The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty) would Come, He (Jesus Christ) answered Them (The Pharisees) and SAID, “The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty) does NOT come with Observation; NOR will They say, ‘See here!’ OR ‘See there!’  For indeed, The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty) is WITHIN YOU (Believers).”

Then He (Jesus Christ) said to The Disciples, “The Days will come when YOU (Believers) will desire to SEE, One of The Days of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ), and YOU (Believers) will NOT see it.  And They (Unbelievers) will say to YOU (Believers), ‘Look here!’ OR ‘Look there!’  Do NOT go after Them (Unbelievers) OR follow Them (Unbelievers).  For as The Lightning that FLASHED OUT of One Part under Heaven, SHINES to The Other Part under Heaven, so also The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will be in HIS (Jesus Christ’s) DAY.”

“And as it was in The Days of Noah, so it will be also in THE DAYS of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ):  They (Unbelievers) ate, They (Unbelievers) drank, They (Unbelievers) married wives, They (Unbelievers) were given in marriage, UNTIL The Day that Noah ENTERED The Ark, and The Flood came and DESTROYED Them (Believers) All.

Likewise, as it was also in The Days of Lot: They (Unbelievers) ate, They (Unbelievers) drank, They (Unbelievers) bought, They (Unbelievers) sold, They (Unbelievers) planted, They (Unbelievers) built; but on The Day that Lot went OUT of Sodom, it RAINED Fire and Brimstone from Heaven and DESTROYED Them (Unbelievers) All.

Even so, will it be in THE DAY, When The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) IS REVEALED.  “In THAT DAY, He (Believers) who is on the housetop, and His (Believers) Goods are in the house, let Him (Believers) NOT come down to take them away.  And likewise The One (Believers) who is in the field, let Him (Believers) NOT Turn Back.  REMEMBER Lot’s Wife.  Whoever (Believers) SEEKS To SAVE His (Believers) Life, will LOSE it, and Whoever (Believers) LOSES His (Believers) Life, will PRESERVE it.  I (Jesus Christ) TELL YOU (Believers), in THAT NIGHT there will be Two Men in One Bed: The One (Believers) will be TAKEN and The Other (Unbelievers) will be LEFT.  Two Women will be grinding together: The One (Believers) will be TAKEN and The Other (Unbelievers) LEFT.  Two Men will be in the field: The One (Believers) will be TAKEN and The Other (Unbelievers) LEFT.”

And They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) answered and said to Him (Jesus Christ), “Where, LORD (Jesus Christ)?”  So, He (Jesus Christ) said to Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “Wherever The Body (Believers) IS, there The Eagles (Believers) will be Gathered Together (The Heavens).”

Luke 20:34-36

Jesus (Jesus Christ) answered and said to Them (The Sadducees), “The Sons of This Age marry and are given in marriage.  But Those (Believers) who are COUNTED WORTHY to ATTAIN THAT AGE, and The RESURRECTION from The Dead, NEITHER marry NOR are given in marriage; NOR can They (Believers) DIE anymore, for They (Believers) are EQUAL to The Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) and are SONS (Children of GOD Almighty) of GOD (GOD Almighty), Being SONS (Children of GOD Almighty) of The RESURRECTION.”  But even Moses, SHOWED in The Burning Bush Passage, that The Dead are RAISED, when He (Moses) Called The LORD (GOD Almighty) ‘The GOD (GOD Almighty) of Abraham, The GOD (GOD Almighty) of Isaac, and The GOD (GOD Almighty) of Jacob.’  For He (GOD Almighty) is NOT The GOD (GOD Almighty) of the dead, but of The Living, for All (Believers) LIVE to Him (GOD Almighty).”

Luke 21:10-19

Then He (Jesus Christ) said to Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “Nation will Rise AGAINST Nation, and Kingdom AGAINST Kingdom.  And there will be Great Earthquakes in various places, and Famines and Pestilences; and there will be Fearful Sights and Great Signs from Heaven.  But BEFORE All THESE THINGS, They (Unbelievers) will lay Their (Unbelievers) Hands on YOU (Believers) and PERSECUTE YOU (Believers), DELIVERING YOU (Believers) up to The Synagogues and Prisons.  YOU (Believers) will be brought before Kings and Rulers for My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake.  But it will TURN OUT for YOU (Believers) as an OCCASION for TESTIMONY.  Therefore SETTLE it in Your (Believers) Hearts, NOT to meditate beforehand on what YOU (Believers) will ANSWER; for I (Jesus Christ) will GIVE YOU (Believers) a MOUTH and WISDOM, which All Your (Believers) Adversaries (Unbelievers) will NOT be able to CONTRADICT OR RESIST.  YOU (Believers) will be BETRAYED, even by Parents (Unbelievers) and Brothers (Unbelievers), Relatives (Unbelievers) and Friends (Unbelievers); and They (Unbelievers) will PUT Some of YOU (Believers) to DEATH.  And YOU (Believers) will be HATED by All (Unbelievers), for My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake.  But NOT a Hair of Your (Believers) Head shall be LOST.  By Your (Believers) Patience, POSSESS Your (Believers) Souls.”

Luke 21:20-24

“But when YOU (Believers) SEE Jerusalem, Surrounded by Armies, then KNOW, that its (Jerusalem’s) Desolation is NEAR.  Then, let Those who are in Judea, FLEE to The Mountains, let Those who are in The Midst of Her, DEPART, and let NOT Those who are in The Country, ENTER Her.  For THESE Are The Days of Vengeance, that All Things, which are WRITTEN, may be FULFILLED.  But WOE to Those who are Pregnant and to Those who are Nursing Babies in THOSE DAYS!  For there will be Great Distress in The Land and WRATH upon This People.  And They will FALL by The Edge of The Sword, and Be Led Away CAPTIVE into All Nations.  And Jerusalem Will Be TRAMPLED, by Gentiles (Unbelievers), until The Times of The Gentiles (Unbelievers) are FULFILLED.

Luke 21:25-28

 “And there will be SIGNS in The Sun, in The Moon, and in The Stars; and on The Earth, Distress of Nations, with Perplexity, The Sea and the waves roaring; Men’s Hearts FAILING Them (Unbelievers) from FEAR and The Expectation of THOSE THINGS, which Are Coming on The Earth, for The Powers of The Heavens will be SHAKEN.  Then, They (Unbelievers) will SEE The Son of Man Coming in a Cloud, with Power and GREAT GLORY.  Now, when THESE THINGS begin to happen, LOOK UP and LIFT UP Your (Believers) Heads, because Your (Believers) Redemption DRAWS Near.”

Luke 21:34-36

“But TAKE HEED to Yourselves (Believers), lest Your (Believers) Hearts be WEIGHED DOWN with Carousing, Drunkenness, and Cares of THIS LIFE, and THAT DAY COME on YOU (Believers), Unexpectedly.  For it (That Day) will COME as a SNARE on All Those (Unbelievers) who dwell on The Face of The Whole Earth.  WATCH therefore, and PRAY ALWAYS, that YOU (Believers) may be COUNTED WORTHY to ESCAPE All These Things, that will COME TO PASS, and to STAND before The Son of Man (Jesus Christ).”

Luke 23:28-31

But Jesus (Jesus Christ), turning to them, SAID, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do NOT weep for Me (Jesus Christ), but WEEP for Yourselves and for Your Children.  For indeed, The Days are Coming, in which They (Unbelievers) will say, ‘BLESSED are The Barren, wombs that NEVER bore, and breasts which NEVER nursed!’  Then, They (Unbelievers) will begin ‘to say to The Mountains, “FALL on Us (Unbelievers)!” and to The Hills, “Cover Us (Unbelievers)!”’  For if They (Unbelievers) do THESE THINGS in The Green Wood, what will be DONE in The Dry?”

Luke 24:44-45

Then He (Jesus Christ) said to Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “THESE are The WORDS (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), which I (Jesus Christ) SPOKE to YOU (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), while I (Jesus Christ) was still with YOU (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), that All Things MUST be FULFILLED, which were WRITTEN in The Law of Moses and The Prophets and The Psalms (The Holy Bible: The Old Testament) CONCERNING Me (Jesus Christ).”  And He (Jesus Christ) OPENED Their (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Understanding, that They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Might COMPREHEND The Scriptures (The Holy Bible).

Fellow Believers, as We (Believers) KNOW, Luke was a companion of Paul (once called Saul), so I’m sure Paul had some influence on Luke and Luke’s Writings.  Luke GIVES Us (Believers), a Unique Look or Perspective on The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The Above Scriptures concentrate on what Luke Reveals to Us (Believers), about The End Times (also known as The Last Days).  I encourage YOU (Believers), as always, to read and study The Holy Bible, for Yourselves (Believers), so that in Your (Believers) Reading, GOD Almighty might REVEAL to (each of) YOU (Believers), what He (GOD Almighty) wants (each of) YOU (Believers) to LEARN, KNOW, UNDERSTAND, and yes, to SHARE with Others (Unbelievers, Yet-To-Be-Believers, and yes, Believers).

By THIS, He (GOD Almighty) Will OPEN Your (Believers) Understanding, that YOU (Believers) Might COMPREHEND The Scriptures (The Holy Bible).  Amen.

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