The following post is from July 2:
The long and short of it is....it is already in process....the coming of the Son of Man in power and glory and righteous judgment. We are most definitely as in the days of Noah.
Oh you say....but God's word tells us that we will not know the day or the hour? Luke 9:51 reads like this...."Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem." The time had come. It was just after Jesus entered Jerusalem to palm branches and shouts of Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD....that Jesus said to His disciples....this in John 12:23...."The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified." The time had come....the hour had come!
Jesus laid it all out for us in what is called....The Olivet Discourse. The journey to Jerusalem from Capernaum was the culmination of the ministry of Jesus. He gave one astounding parable after another on the way....and brought the hammer down on the Pharisees. The disciples knew that something was up....and they out-and-out asked Jesus...."Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and the end of the age?"
Is this not the question? When? Jesus told His disciples....this two-thousand years ago....."But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only." (this was right after Jesus mentioned the days of Noah) That's all we need right...."no one knows"....when does the Steeler training camp begin? But Jesus followed this with...."Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming." He went on to say that if the master of the house did know the hour the thief would come that he would have protected his house....and then Jesus said...."Therefore you also be ready...."
Just after Jesus entered Jerusalem....after He said...."The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified"....He said...."Now is the judgment of this world..." Once again the theme....the time had come!
Friends....this is the time....this is the hour....of the coming of the Son of Man. 1948 was the most obvious starting point. What is happening in Israel right now....which began on the last day of Sukkot....last October....is totally unprecedented in the short history of modern day Israel. We underestimate this at our own spiritual peril. Israel is in legitimate...existential danger right now....unlike it had ever been. This alone should send us to our knees in prayer....into self-examination....and anticipation of what will transpire as Jesus returns!
Just before they came to get Jesus in the garden....He took Peter and James and John off to pray....but then had to say to Simon...."Simon, Are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour. Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation." He came a second time...."Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold the hour is at hand..."
To summarize where all of this is in God's Word....you might start to read at Luke 9:51....and read through to the end of chapter 21. Then you might want to read Matthew 24 and 25...no....start with chapter 23.....and then Mark 13....these....with Luke 21....being the three variations of the Olivet Discourse. One last thing....In John....you might want to read in John....beginning with chapter 14 to chapter 18 verse 6....for this describes the same evening.
