Thursday, October 29, 2009

LITN XVII, Verses 20 - 37

20. On another occasion, the Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. He replied, "The Kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation...with setting dates...or counting the days on the calendar...in fact, you can't even see it with the physical eye.

21. And no one can ever say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within human hearts and minds...why, it's even within you Pharisees!

22. Then he turned and said to His disciples, "The time will come when you'll want to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won't see it.

23. People will, no doubt, tell you, 'There He is!' or 'Here He is!' Don't bother to go running off after them.

24. For the Son of Man in His day will be revealed, and His revelation will come like lightning flashing...the kind that lights up the sky from one end to the other.

25. But first, it is inevitable that He must suffer many things, and even be rejected by this generation.

26. Then destruction will come on this nation, and it will be just as it was in the days of Noah. But the end result will be the days of the revelation of the Son of Man.

27. Prior to the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, right up to the day that Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and brought destruction.

28. The same was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. Life there was going on as usual.

29. But the very day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and destroyed them all.

30. It will be like this on the day the power of the Son of Man is revealed to this nation.

31. When that destruction comes, no one who is on the roof of his house with his goods inside should even take the time to go down to get them. In the same way, no one who is out working in the field should go back for anything.

32. To sum it up...just remember Lot's wife!

33. As I've said before, whoever tries to keep his life will end up losing it, and whoever loses his life will ultimately preserve it.

34. I tell you that when that happens, 'two men', as it were, will be in one bed...one will be taken, one left behind. The full revelation of the Son of Man will take away from you the man that needs to be purged, and will leave behind the real you...the righteous you...the man that He has chosen.

35. In the same way, 'two women' will be grinding at the mill...one will be taken in the Son of Man's flood, so to speak...the part of that woman that is subject to His judgment...but one...the real one...will be mercifully left behind, safe in the ark of His redemption.

36. And 'two men' will be working in the field...likewise, one will be taken, and the other will be left intact, safe and sound."

37. "Where is that place of redemption, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where the carcass is...in the same way that a gathering of vultures indicates that there is something dead nearby, so these signs will reveal that the end of an era is near."

6 comments:

Erik said...

On the post LITN v. 20 - 37.

Yes, the interpretation is solid. The Kingdom of God is within the worst enemy, whatever that perception is. It is ONE perception.

Death is new life, always.

It is always within, separating he chaff from the wheat internally, within ourselves. One of the joys of life here. A ministry of Joy.

Below copied from continued excellent post of LITN--

21. And no one can ever say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of God is within human hearts and minds...why, it's even within you Pharisees!

35. In the same way, 'two women' will be grinding at the mill...one will be taken in the Son of Man's flood, as it were...the part of that woman that is subject to His judgment...but one...the real one...will be mercifully left behind, safe in the ark of His redemption."

37. "Where is that place of redemption, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where the carcass is...in the same way that a gathering of vultures indicates that there is something dead nearby, so these signs will reveal that the end of an era is near."

Karl Cobos said...

The talk of one man being taken and the other left, for some reason, makes me think of both the Israelites AND the Egyptians who went into the Red Sea(sea of reeds). One was taken, the other left.

It's like there is an Egypt and an Israel in us, but only one passes all the way through and emerges. One dies (like in baptism), and the other survives.

That part of us that is purged by the flood of water...(the Pharoah and his army, the horse and its rider, the chariots, the unrighteous acts, the sin) is removed or sinks to the bottom, you could say, and the true Israel comes forth...

...leaving behind the real you...the righteous you...the man that He has chosen...safe in the ark of redemption...intact, safe and sound.


1 Corinthians 10:1,2
...they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.


word ver: migesse
"my guess"

Karl Cobos said...

The kingdom of God being within you makes me think of references like, "know ye not that you are a temple (dwelling) of the Holy Spirit God has given you?"

...and we are His dwelling place, took this out of Isaiah right after they came forth out of the Red Sea...

From Isaiah 15:13,17- "In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them to your HOLY DWELLING.

You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, O LORD, you made for YOUR DWELLING,the SANCTUARY, O LORD your hands established.

18 The LORD will reign
for ever and ever."

----an awesome day to all, and God's blessings!

Anonymous said...

Phil Stutzman said...

Powerful stuff!

Anonymous said...

Mike Collins said...

excellent

SCRIBE said...

The end of / dying out of the old and stagnant brings forth the renewed mindset, illuminating that / those things / that part of ourselves which is of the utmost important. The abandonment of the temporal and the grasping of the eternal, while the striving of both to coexist for a period. I see it as the trimming / cutting away of the outer layers of a vegetable. When stored for a while and when we decide to use it, we find that there are portions that may have decayed, esp. so in onions and potatoes. Those of us whom are wise, prudent, handy in the kitchen, our ingenuity kicks into overdrive, enabling us to realize that the entire vegetable is not necessarily a waste. We must carefully examine it to determine what must be cut away so that we may salvage the usable portions, kitchen surgery, so to speak. Then, after we have taken the time to cut and scrape away the dead or dying portions that could lead to sickness if ingested, we wash it it warm water, squirt it with a bit of lemon juice to preserve the freshness, throw away the decayed parts, then go forward in utilizing that which is good for consumption. And those that will partake of the meal that we have so painstakingly prepared will be none the wiser of the process that had to take place for all to enjoy the feast. Yet, had we been unwise and wasteful, thus tossing away those vegetables because of a few bruised and decayed parts that simply had to be cut away and tossed aside, perhaps some essential ingredients for the preparing of the feast may not have been available to finish off what could have been an impeccable dinner. Selah...