Word for the Day, Sunday, July 6, 2014 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed (Lk. 17:26, 30). The Doctrine of 17:23–37 strikes against the expectation of many that the world will grow morally better and ultimately become the Kingdom of God. But here the Lord gives a fearful picture of the state of the world and the professing Church at the time of His Second Coming. More than once Jesus pointed to Noah and the state of society in his day (Mat. 24:37) as prefiguring the condition of the nations when He shall appear. The Second Coming will contrast with His First. The First Chapter of II Thessalonians describes the Second Coming. It will not be local, obscure, or with great humility, but universal, powerful, and glorious. The glories of that day will have a relation to, and will be the result of, His Atoning Sufferings at Calvary. It will find the world as indifferent and corrupt as in the days of Noah and of Lot (17:26–30). All will perish, who, like Lot’s wife, have their hearts in Sodom, though, like her, they make a profession of having left it, as also will all those who put any interest, even life itself, above the claims of Righteousness. The Second Coming will be, in fact, the most cataclysmic event in the history of mankind. When the Lord comes the second time, He will not come to be mocked, criticized, jeered, and rejected. He will not come to be beaten and nailed to a Cross. Instead, He will come as “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Rev. 19:16). Every Saint of God who has ever lived, all the way up through the First Resurrection, will accompany Him at that glorious time. Then the very creation will rejoice, because the Saviour of men is at last coming to take control. And take control He shall! (Isa. Chpt. 11). The Expositors Word for Every Day. Baton Rouge, LA: World Evangelism Press, 2005.
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