Luke 17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
I was surprised listening to a documentary on the Branch Davidians, it seems the reason they joined the cult was because they desired to see one of the days of the Son of man. But the Lord Jesus is far too great, when He is revealed at the end fo the age He will light up the heavens.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Prior to the revelation of Jesus He must suffer and be rejected just as it was in the days of Noah.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
The context of this verse is this is how they rejected Noah and how Noah suffered. They will ignore him, he will be the butt of jokes, and they will think that this big feast they are eating or wedding banquet is evidence that they are right and he is wrong.
"As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man". There is a very clear parallel between the days of Noah and the days of the Son of man. Noah was 600 years old when the flood came, so let us look at the key days of Noah and see if we can see any parallels.
1. The first day is not his birth, the first day we are given for Noah is the day that he received the revelation of the coming flood and the design for the ark that he was to build. The Bible doesn't tell us exactly when that day was but it does say he was married and had three sons. So if I assume he was 30 that would be 570 years ago and the really big development in the age of grace 570 years ago where we got the vision of the coming judgement and the plans on how to build the church, that would be the Gutenberg Bible.
This of course raises a very big question, the age of grace began the year Jesus was raised from the dead and poured out the Spirit on Pentecost. The Gutenberg Bible was published more than a thousand years later. What happened? Well it is like the account in Genesis. God created the heavens and the earth and then the earth became waste and void. Genesis then gives us the account of the restoration of the earth and John tells us all things came into being through the word of God.
2. Now according to this word in Luke the next big days for us to look at are the days of Jesus being rejected. We are also told that Noah preached the gospel for 120 years and then the flood came. This would be when the world would be rejecting the gospel, suffering many things, eating, drinking and giving in marriage. So then, what happened around 1900 that could give us these 120 years? In 1898 the Gideon ministry began with three brothers and this ministry has distributed 2.5 billion bibles since then. They also have a website with the Bible in over 200 languages.
Many don't appreciate how much the gospel has exploded in these last 120 years. The world wars, TV, Radio and Newspaper have all contributed to a massive spread of the word of God on a scale not seen previously. Then the internet has increased that spread another ten fold. We now have astonishing tools like the Blue Letter Bible on the internet, and Youtube videos, and blogs and computer programs that will translate everything we share into various languages.
Billy Graham lived from 1918 to 2018 and over 100 million people listened to his sermons. So yes, we had some great missionaries in the 19th century, but none that spoke to 100 million people.
Have they rejected the gospel? Yes again, we see the apostasy in full bloom. King Charles who is supposed to be the head of the Anglican church says he wants to be the spiritual head of all faiths in his country. He said this while living in an adulterous relationship with a married woman while also being married to another woman. Clearly his concept of what it is to be a spiritual example of faith rejects the apostle's fellowship on this matter. We also see the UN setting up one world religion where the only one that is rejected are Evangelical Christians.
How about suffer many things? Yes again, the last 120 years have seen more wars and more suffering than in all human history prior to this. We also have numerous global pandemics during that time and with modern transportation and airfare this will only get worse. We have seen nuclear war as well. Although the two bombs dropped on Japan come to mind, the fact is that the use of "depleted uranium shells" is spreading low level radiation everywhere. We have also invented a new term "genocide" and saw the holocaust during WW2 as well as a number of other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.
3. The next day is when Noah and his family entered the ark and were shut in by God. This was 7 days before the flood came that washed everyone else away. This might refer to the pre tribulation rapture seven years before Armageddon, or it might refer to a 7 day warning prior to the rapture. I think entering the ark and having God shut the door sounds like the rapture itself and so I suspect the "seven day warning" is the rapture. When everyone sees Christians all over the world raptured that would be when they would get their warning that everything is about to take place.
4. Now we are told that on the 17th day of the 2nd month the rain started. We also know that when the rapture takes place the restrainer steps aside and the Antichrist is revealed. The fallen angels and Satan are cast out of heaven when the manchild is caught up and that may be comparable to the rain falling.
The 17th day of the 2nd month at Noah's time would be the 17th day of the 8th month today since the calendar (Hebrew) has changed by six months due to the Exodus from Egypt. Still, the 17th day of the 2nd month on this calendar would certainly be "as the days of Noah". This is a particularly notable "day of Noah" as we are given the exact date.
On our modern Hebrew Calendar the 17th day of the 2nd month would be approximately May 7th, the Lord's day. The days in the Bible begin at sundown, not midnight so there is a little overlap with May 6th. They are also based on the new moon and that too might change things by a day.
I was surprised listening to a documentary on the Branch Davidians, it seems the reason they joined the cult was because they desired to see one of the days of the Son of man. But the Lord Jesus is far too great, when He is revealed at the end fo the age He will light up the heavens.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Prior to the revelation of Jesus He must suffer and be rejected just as it was in the days of Noah.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
The context of this verse is this is how they rejected Noah and how Noah suffered. They will ignore him, he will be the butt of jokes, and they will think that this big feast they are eating or wedding banquet is evidence that they are right and he is wrong.
"As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man". There is a very clear parallel between the days of Noah and the days of the Son of man. Noah was 600 years old when the flood came, so let us look at the key days of Noah and see if we can see any parallels.
1. The first day is not his birth, the first day we are given for Noah is the day that he received the revelation of the coming flood and the design for the ark that he was to build. The Bible doesn't tell us exactly when that day was but it does say he was married and had three sons. So if I assume he was 30 that would be 570 years ago and the really big development in the age of grace 570 years ago where we got the vision of the coming judgement and the plans on how to build the church, that would be the Gutenberg Bible.
This of course raises a very big question, the age of grace began the year Jesus was raised from the dead and poured out the Spirit on Pentecost. The Gutenberg Bible was published more than a thousand years later. What happened? Well it is like the account in Genesis. God created the heavens and the earth and then the earth became waste and void. Genesis then gives us the account of the restoration of the earth and John tells us all things came into being through the word of God.
2. Now according to this word in Luke the next big days for us to look at are the days of Jesus being rejected. We are also told that Noah preached the gospel for 120 years and then the flood came. This would be when the world would be rejecting the gospel, suffering many things, eating, drinking and giving in marriage. So then, what happened around 1900 that could give us these 120 years? In 1898 the Gideon ministry began with three brothers and this ministry has distributed 2.5 billion bibles since then. They also have a website with the Bible in over 200 languages.
Many don't appreciate how much the gospel has exploded in these last 120 years. The world wars, TV, Radio and Newspaper have all contributed to a massive spread of the word of God on a scale not seen previously. Then the internet has increased that spread another ten fold. We now have astonishing tools like the Blue Letter Bible on the internet, and Youtube videos, and blogs and computer programs that will translate everything we share into various languages.
Billy Graham lived from 1918 to 2018 and over 100 million people listened to his sermons. So yes, we had some great missionaries in the 19th century, but none that spoke to 100 million people.
Have they rejected the gospel? Yes again, we see the apostasy in full bloom. King Charles who is supposed to be the head of the Anglican church says he wants to be the spiritual head of all faiths in his country. He said this while living in an adulterous relationship with a married woman while also being married to another woman. Clearly his concept of what it is to be a spiritual example of faith rejects the apostle's fellowship on this matter. We also see the UN setting up one world religion where the only one that is rejected are Evangelical Christians.
How about suffer many things? Yes again, the last 120 years have seen more wars and more suffering than in all human history prior to this. We also have numerous global pandemics during that time and with modern transportation and airfare this will only get worse. We have seen nuclear war as well. Although the two bombs dropped on Japan come to mind, the fact is that the use of "depleted uranium shells" is spreading low level radiation everywhere. We have also invented a new term "genocide" and saw the holocaust during WW2 as well as a number of other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.
3. The next day is when Noah and his family entered the ark and were shut in by God. This was 7 days before the flood came that washed everyone else away. This might refer to the pre tribulation rapture seven years before Armageddon, or it might refer to a 7 day warning prior to the rapture. I think entering the ark and having God shut the door sounds like the rapture itself and so I suspect the "seven day warning" is the rapture. When everyone sees Christians all over the world raptured that would be when they would get their warning that everything is about to take place.
4. Now we are told that on the 17th day of the 2nd month the rain started. We also know that when the rapture takes place the restrainer steps aside and the Antichrist is revealed. The fallen angels and Satan are cast out of heaven when the manchild is caught up and that may be comparable to the rain falling.
The 17th day of the 2nd month at Noah's time would be the 17th day of the 8th month today since the calendar (Hebrew) has changed by six months due to the Exodus from Egypt. Still, the 17th day of the 2nd month on this calendar would certainly be "as the days of Noah". This is a particularly notable "day of Noah" as we are given the exact date.
On our modern Hebrew Calendar the 17th day of the 2nd month would be approximately May 7th, the Lord's day. The days in the Bible begin at sundown, not midnight so there is a little overlap with May 6th. They are also based on the new moon and that too might change things by a day.