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JESUS THE COMING KING
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
Luke 17:11-37

Revelation 19:11-18

 

“And as it was in the days of Noe,
so shall it be also

in the days of the Son of man.”

 

JESUS THE COMING KING
 
Jesus made His way to Jerusalem by taking the border route between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a certain village, ten lepers, called out to Him for healing. Interestingly, Jesus did not say, “Be cleansed,” but simply told them to show themselves to the priests (cf. Lev 14). All ten obeyed His word without doubting. As they made their way to the priests, they were healed. One of them, seeing that he was cleansed, quickly turned back to thank the Lord. And he was not a Jew but a Samaritan. Surely there must have been Jews among the ten, but only the Samaritan was grateful and thankful. God has always remembered Israel and the covenant He made to their fathers, but Israel has forgotten their God time and time again. Jesus was truly saddened by this show of ingratitude. The nine were physically cleansed, but only the Samaritan was cleansed both physically and spiritually. His faith in Christ had made him whole indeed.
 
The Pharisees asked when the kingdom of God would come. The Messianic kingdom had already arrived in His person but they were too blind to see it. Then Jesus turned to His disciples and told them that there would come a time when men shall desire to see the kingdom, but would be unable to do so. This will happen during the Great Tribulation (cf. Matt 24:21-31). At the end of the Great Tribulation, Christ will return to establish His Millennial Kingdom. At that time, He will come with a lightning flash that will be seen throughout the world. But before Christ can come back as King, He must first suffer as a Servant in obedience to God for the redemption of man.
 
The end times will be characterised by great sin and evil just like in the days of Noah, and of Lot. When Christ comes back, He will destroy all unbelievers. The destruction will be sudden. Swift decisive action must be taken if one wants to live. Unbelievers will be taken away into judgment, but those left behind will survive to enter the millennium. Christ will put to death the Antichrist and all His enemies on that day, and the vultures will converge to feast on them (Ezek 39:4; Rev 19:17-18).
 
THOUGHT: “It behoves us to see by faith the near advent of Christ.” (Calvin)

PRAYER: “O Lord Jesus, how long, how long?”

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