LUKE 21-
… And when ye shall
see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is
nigh.
Then let them which
are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it
depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
For these be
the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled.
But woe unto
them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there
shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
And they shall fall
by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.
When you see…
…flee.
Jews led away
captive- truth.
Jews led into all
nations as captive-truth.
Jews throughout our
entire history are an OUTCAST people in many ways.
Jews political and
religious.
Jerusalem-homeland
Israel- trodden down of the nations until the TIMES of the nations are
fulfilled. I say nations because the
same word for Gentiles is nations.
Jerusalem belonged
to God's people, the Jewish people for a long time and the Romans razed the
temple to the ground and overtook Jerusalem completely. There have been a
succession of other nations being in control of Jerusalem and many thought it
impossible for Jerusalem to ever belong to the Jewish people again. This is TRUTH. Up until 1948. Only 70 years ago. From the year 70 to the year 1948… for 1, 878 years Jerusalem was out of Jewish
control. Jesus said that a time WOULD come when Jerusalem would NO longer be
under the control of others.
Jesus told us that
the city would be surrounded by armies and it was.
Jesus told us that
Jerusalem would be taken over by non-Jewish nations and would one day revert to
the Jewish people again, and it was.
People who listened
to the prophecies, people who knew the signs and saw them acted and were spared
death when Jerusalem was taken over in the year 70.
What are the people
who see this sign, the sign that occurred in 1948, with a subsequent war in
1967, and yet another milestone in 1980 when Jerusalem was declared the actual
capital of the Jewish people, what were they supposed to do?
Luke 21 -… And take
heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon
you unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that
dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye
may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and
to stand before the Son of man.
We are to take heed
to ourselves.
Why? Because our
hearts could be overcharged with surfeiting, with drunkeness, with cares of
this life.
We are to take heed
that these things DON'T happen. That we don't let ourselves be fooled into
looking away from the signs, from the truth of our Savior's return.
Satan would have us
NOT concern ourselves with Jesus returning. Satan would have us put it off to
the future just far enough that it doesn't interfere with our day to day
present life. If we can keep pushing it
to the future just out of our current reach we won't treat it as a reality,
right? We'll treat it as that 'someday' with the little voice of Satan
whispering in our ears, that someday will never come. We will get so caught up in cares of this
life that we won't be prepared for Jesus.
What does it mean to
be prepared for Jesus? How can being caught up in cares keep us from salvation?
These are good
questions and by the grace and will of our Savior we will study on them
tomorrow, praying for comprehension, for enlightenment, for the Holy Spirit
guiding us in all things.
All in the name of
our Savior, Jesus Christ, now and FOREVER.
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