Worthy is the Lamb: LUKE'S TAKE ON THE END TIMES

Monday, October 24, 2016

LUKE'S TAKE ON THE END TIMES

By: Stan Arney

Luke 1:1-4

Inasmuch as Many Have TAKEN IN HAND, TO SET IN ORDER A Narrative OF Those Things, Which Have Been FULFILLED Among Us (Believers), JUST AS Those (Jesus’ Disciples) Who FROM The Beginning WERE EYEWITNESSES AND Ministers OF The WORD (The Gospel OF Jesus Christ) DELIVERED Them TO Us (Believers), IT SEEMED GOOD TO Me (Luke) ALSO, Having Had PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF All Things FROM The Very First, TO WRITE TO YOU (Believers) AN ORDERLY ACCOUNT, Most Excellent Theophilus (GOD Lover), That YOU (Believers) May KNOW The CERTAINTY OF Those Things IN Which YOU (Believers) WERE INSTRUCTED.

Luke 17:22-24a, 30-37

Then He (Jesus Christ) SAID TO The Disciples, “The DAYS WILL COME WHEN YOU (Believers) WILL DESIRE TO SEE One OF The Days OF The Son OF Man, AND YOU WILL NOT SEE IT. And They (FALSE Believers and Unbelievers) will say to YOU, ‘Look here!’ OR ‘Look there!’ DO NOT GO After Them OR Follow Them. FOR AS The Lightning That FLASHES OUT OF One Part UNDER Heaven SHINES TO The Other Part UNDER Heaven, EVEN SO WILL IT BE IN The DAY, WHEN The Son OF Man (Jesus Christ) IS REVEALED. “IN THAT DAY, He (Believers) Who IS ON The Housetop, AND His Goods ARE IN The House, Let Him NOT Come Down TO Take Them Away. And LIKEWISE, The One (Believers) Who IS IN The Field, Let Him NOT TURN BACK. REMEMBER Lot’s Wife. WHOEVER (Believers) SEEKS TO SAVE His Life WILL LOSE IT, AND WHOEVER (Believers) LOSES His Life WILL PRESERVE IT. I (Jesus Christ) TELL YOU, IN THAT NIGHT, There Will BE Two Men in one bed: The One (Believers) WILL BE TAKEN AND The Other (Unbelievers) WILL BE LEFT. Two Women will be grinding together: The One (Believers) WILL BE TAKEN AND The Other (Unbelievers) LEFT. Two Men will be in the field: The One (Believers) WILL BE TAKEN AND The Other (Unbelievers) LEFT.” And They answered and said to Him, “Where, LORD?” So He SAID TO Them, “WHEREVER The Body IS, THERE The Eagles WILL BE Gathered Together (Heaven).”

Luke 21:7-19

So They (Jesus’ Disciples) asked Him (Jesus Christ), SAYING, “Teacher, BUT When Will These Things BE? And What SIGN Will There BE, When These Things Are About TO TAKE PLACE?” And He SAID: “TAKE HEED That YOU NOT BE DECEIVED. For Many Will Come IN My Name, saying, ‘I am He,’ AND, ‘The Time Has Drawn Near.’ Therefore, DO NOT GO After Them (FALSE Believers and Unbelievers). BUT When YOU (Believers) HEAR of Wars and Commotions, Do NOT BE Terrified; For These Things MUST COME TO PASS First, BUT The END Will NOT Come Immediately.”

THEN He SAID TO Them (Jesus’ Disciples), “Nation WILL RISE AGAINST Nation, AND Kingdom AGAINST Kingdom. And There WILL BE Great Earthquakes IN Various Places, AND Famines AND Pestilences; AND There WILL BE FEARFUL SIGHTS AND Great SIGNS FROM Heaven. But BEFORE All These Things, They (Unbelievers) WILL LAY Their Hands ON YOU (Believers) AND PERSECUTE YOU, Delivering YOU up TO The Synagogues AND Prisons. YOU WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE Kings AND Rulers FOR My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake. BUT IT WILL TURN OUT, FOR YOU, As An Occasion FOR TESTIMONY. Therefore, SETTLE IT IN Your Hearts NOT To Meditate BEFOREHAND ON What YOU Will Answer; FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A Mouth AND Wisdom, Which All Your Adversaries Will NOT BE ABLE TO Contradict OR RESIST. YOU WILL BE BETRAYED, EVEN By Parents AND Brothers, Relatives AND Friends; AND They WILL PUT Some OF YOU TO Death. And YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL, FOR My (Jesus Christ’s) Name’s Sake. BUT NOT A Hair OF Your Head Shall BE LOST. BY Your (Believers) Patience POSSESS Your Souls.”

Luke 21:20-24

“BUT WHEN YOU (Believers) SEE Jerusalem Surrounded BY Armies, THEN KNOW That Its (Jerusalem’s) DESOLATION IS NEAR. THEN Let Those Who Are IN Judea FLEE to The Mountains, Let Those Who Are IN The Midst of Her (Jerusalem) DEPART, AND Let NOT Those Who Are IN The Country ENTER Her (Jerusalem). FOR THESE ARE The DAYS OF VENGEANCE, That All Things, Which ARE WRITTEN May BE FULFILLED. BUT WOE TO Those Who ARE Pregnant AND TO Those Who ARE Nursing Babies IN THOSE DAYS! For There Will BE Great Distress IN The Land AND WRATH UPON THIS PEOPLE. And They WILL FALL BY The Edge of The Sword, AND BE LED AWAY Captive INTO All Nations. And Jerusalem WILL BE TRAMPLED BY Gentiles (Non-Jewish Men) UNTIL The TIMES OF The Gentiles ARE FULFILLED.”

Luke 21:25-28

“And There WILL BE SIGNS IN The Sun, IN The Moon, AND IN The Stars; AND ON The Earth DISTRESS OF Nations, WITH PERPLEXITY (Confusion), The Sea AND The Waves ROARING; Men’s (Unbelievers) Hearts FAILING Them (Dying) FROM FEAR AND The EXPECTATION OF Those Things, Which ARE COMING ON The Earth, FOR The Powers OF The Heavens WILL BE SHAKEN. THEN They (Unbelievers) WILL SEE The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) COMING IN A Cloud WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. Now, WHEN These Things BEGIN TO HAPPEN, LOOK UP AND LIFT UP Your (Believers) Heads, BECAUSE Your (Believers) REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR.”

Luke 21:29-33

Then He (Jesus Christ) SPOKE TO Them (Jesus’ Disciples) A Parable: “LOOK AT The Fig Tree (Israel), and All The Trees. When They (All Trees) ARE ALREADY BUDDING, YOU (Believers) SEE AND KNOW, For Yourselves, That Summer IS Now NEAR. So YOU (Believers) ALSO, WHEN YOU SEE These Things HAPPENING, KNOW That The Kingdom OF GOD (GOD Almighty) IS NEAR. ASSUREDLY, I (Jesus Christ) SAY TO YOU (Believers), THIS Generation WILL BY NO MEANS, PASS AWAY, TILL All Things TAKE PLACE. Heaven AND Earth WILL PASS AWAY, BUT My WORDS WILL BY NO MEANS PASS AWAY.”

Luke 21:34-36

“But TAKE HEED TO Yourselves (Believers), LEST Your Hearts BE Weighed Down WITH Carousing, Drunkenness, AND CARES OF THIS LIFE (The Natural Body), AND THAT DAY COME ON YOU, Unexpectedly. FOR IT WILL COME, AS A SNARE, ON All Those (Unbelievers) Who Dwell ON The Face OF The Whole Earth. WATCH Therefore, AND PRAY ALWAYS That YOU (Believers) May BE COUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE All These Things That WILL COME TO PASS, AND TO STAND BEFORE The Son of Man (Jesus Christ).”

Fellow Believers, COMPARE Matthew 24:3-44 AND Mark 13:3-36 TO Luke 21:7-38, while both Matthew and Mark Describe The Same Events, Luke Describes The Destruction OF Jerusalem AND The Importance of Watching. A quick point of interest, The Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, while The Gospel of Mark was written by Mark (A Disciple of Peter) and The Gospel of Luke was written by Luke (A Disciple of Paul), ALSO, Luke wrote The Book of Acts, in fact, 28% of The New Testament was written by Luke.

1 Corinthians 15:50-53

Now THIS I (Believers) SAY, Brethren (Believers), that Flesh and Blood (The Natural Body) Can NOT INHERIT The Kingdom OF GOD (GOD Almighty); NOR Does Corruption (The Natural Body) INHERIT INCORRUPTION (The Kingdom OF GOD Almighty). Behold, I TELL YOU (Believers) A Mystery: We (Believers) Shall NOT All Sleep (Die A Physical Death), BUT We (Believers) Shall All BE CHANGED (The Spiritual Body), IN A Moment, IN The Twinkling of an Eye, AT The Last TRUMPET. For The TRUMPET Will Sound, and The Dead (Dead Believers) Will BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE (The Spiritual Body), AND We (Living Believers) Shall BE CHANGED (The Spiritual Body). For THIS Corruptible (The Natural Body) MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION (The Spiritual Body), and THIS Mortal (The Natural Body) MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY (The Spiritual Body).

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

For The LORD (Jesus Christ), Himself, Will DESCEND FROM Heaven, WITH A SHOUT, WITH The VOICE of an Archangel, and WITH The TRUMPET OF GOD (GOD Almighty). And The Dead IN Christ (Dead Believers) Will RISE First. THEN We (Living Believers) Who ARE ALIVE and REMAIN, Shall BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER, WITH Them (The Dead IN Christ), IN The Clouds, TO MEET The LORD (Jesus Christ) IN The AIR. And Thus We (Believers) Shall ALWAYS BE WITH The LORD (Jesus Christ).

Remember, The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond, So, there is NO Time to waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ!

©Stan Arney
Stand with GOD Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, Always, and They will Always, Stand with YOU !!!!