The honourable counsellor renounced the expediency and prudence of the past, horrified, no doubt, at their counsel and deed to which he had not assented. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. That the setting up of this kingdom was a work that would meet with a great deal of opposition and interruption,Luke 17:22; Luke 17:22. Then it comes when it makes those humble, and serious, and heavenly, that were proud, and vain, and carnal,--when it weans those from the world that were wedded to the world; and therefore look for the kingdom of God in the revolutions of the heart, not of the civil government. In the gospel of Matthew, we find that Jesus was also discussing His second coming just before Matthew 24:40. Pfft. Nothing of the sort was uttered, but "Lord, remember me." In Jesus' name. Again, it is a scene peculiar to Luke, that, in the presence of the Saviour's death, Satan sifts one of the chief followers that belonged to the Saviour. It is man giving up himself as altogether bad, man resting upon God as altogether good to the bad, and both proved in the remission of sins by Jesus, whom man, Jew and Gentile, crucified and slew. His resurrection did not terminate their path of rejection. From 1Thessalonians 4:13-18, it would appear that the saved are the ones who shall be "taken." When God's judgments are laying all waste, he will take an effectual course to preserve those that are his, by remarkable providences distinguishing between them and others that were nearest to them: two in a bed, one taken and the other left; one snatched out of the burning and taken into a place of safety, while the other is left to perish in the common ruin. for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." We praise the Lord for His goodness to us. We have further the crafty spies, hired by the chief priests and scribes, that feigned themselves just, and thought to take hold of His words, and embroil Him with the earthly powers. It is possible that offences will come; but woe to him through whom they come! It would be wrong to say that the kingdom of God was in the Pharisees. This closes the direct teaching here addressed to His followers (Verses Luke 17:1-10.). On the other hand, the poor publican has neither clear light nor peace, but at least he realises the commencement of all true light he has learned enough of God to condemn himself. The other interpretation is that this actually is a reference to the rapture of the church. It was as if he said, "The whole offer and secret of God are here--and you will not accept them.". But now the Jew is left to abhor Him, the Gentile to despise and crucify Him. 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And the apostles, no doubt, felt the same thing, because when Jesus said this, they said, "Oh,". By Good Some of those changes are so in your face it's absolutely absurd. That's so hard, isn't it? And Lord, we would with Your disciples pray, increase our faith. Both were to be preached in His name. "This man hath done nothing amiss." For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors [or], [rather, lawlessness ]: for the things concerning me have an end. There are those in Christendom that descant upon Jesus as ignorant of His glory as a Jew or a Mahometan. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we haven't done any more than what was our duty to do ( Luke 17:9-10 ). It peculiarly fell within the domain of Luke. 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. It is not surprising that the disciples at that time failed to seize His meaning. These were lawful things, but the fault was that they minded these inordinately, and their hearts were entirely set upon them, as that they had no heart at all to prepare against the threatened judgments. "It has a spiritual influence: The kingdom of God is within you." Luke alone tells how graciously He noticed their perseverance with Himself in His temptations. In the present case, the cleansed Samaritan in going to Jesus was very simply under grace, in the spirit that animated his heart and formed his path, as Luke the evangelist here records. But the Lord adds more immediate blessedness now: "This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." But Jesus, the green tree(where there was all the vigour of holy ways and obedience), was far from honour, and now on His way to the cross. We shall find how much it was needed if we look into the Gospel of Luke. They were to be preached to all the nations, beginning with Jerusalem. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. In Luke we have not the charge of the work committed to the workmen, as in Mark, with signatures of God's gracious power accompanying; but here it is the message of a Saviour dead and risen, the Second Man, according to Scripture, and the moral need of man and the grace of God, who proclaims in His name repentance and remission to all the nations or Gentiles. "Lord, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom." There are those who interpret this as the person who is taken is the one in, who is in trouble, because he is taken to the judgment. "Now," say the Pharisees, "when will that glorious view open? That they continued in their security and sensuality, till the threatened judgment came. They are persons who live merely for the present. But it was truth that did not so directly build up the soul, nor did it so immediately concern the Lord Himself. I trow not. Teachers will be removed into corners, and solemn assemblies scattered. Always been this way for me. The Roman soldiers will hunt the Jews out of all their recesses and fastnesses, and none shall escape. Christ will not come with all this talk; it will not be set up in this or that particular place; nor will the court of that kingdom be here or there; nor will it be here or there as it respects the country men are of, or the place they dwell in, as if that would place them nearer to, or further from, that kingdom. Certainly God will not be heedless to the continual cry of His own seemingly desolate elect in their fiery trial, where all the might of man is against them; but still the duty always remains true. To this the Lord appends a peculiar, but not less solemn though brief word: "Remember Lot's wife! It is not necessarily a question of coming near, but simply of being in the neighbourhood. But, inLuke 16:1-31; Luke 16:1-31, blessedness and misery at once are felt by the soul in the dissolution of the link with the body. Out of this difficult passage we can pick only the things which are certain--and in truth they are enough. But here the Saviour is viewed in His absolute dependence and trust in Him, whom He had set before Him, as in life always, so with equal affiance of heart in death. They were very secure, went on in their business as unconcerned as you could imagine; they did eat, they drank, indulged themselves in their pleasures, and took no care of any thing else, but to make provision for the flesh, counted upon the perpetuity of their present flourishing state, and therefore married wives, and were given in marriage, that their families might be built up. 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It didn't mean the same thing 150 years ago. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} Materialism always is essentially infidel, though far from being, the only form of infidelity. He would erect no barricade of miracles to shelter Himself. "And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations." In Matthew and Mark, and even in John, their forsaking of Christ is very conspicuous a little later. Look here!' Therefore He takes all from God, and feels all, as it really was for His glory. Have you ever been in the position of trying to generate faith? This looks forward to his disciples in after-ages; they must expect much disappointment; the gospel will not be always preached with equal liberty and success. 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