In contrast to the faithful and sensible slave who was blessed by the master of the house for keeping watch and giving the other slaves in the household their portion of spiritual food at the proper time, what two things does Jesus say He will do to the unfaithful and foolish slave who grew lax,…
After answering His disciples’ request for when the temple would be destroyed and a sign of His coming and the end of the age Jesus has concluded for them the need to be on the alert and keep watch, lest His coming catch them by surprise like a thief in the night. For His coming…
We have come to understand that the Lord will reward those whom He has appointed over others for keeping alert and faithfully giving them their spiritual food at the proper time, and their reward will be that He puts them in charge of all His spiritual riches that are riches indeed. In what way was…
Jesus has warned His disciples that His coming will be at a time they do not expect; hence the most important thing for them to take-away from everything He has said in response to their request for a sign of His coming is that they must keep watch lest it overtake them like a thief. …
In summary to everything that Jesus has taught about His coming in judgment upon His enemies to establish His kingdom of righteousness He has warned His disciples to be on the alert. For although His coming following the signs He has given is as certain as summer following the signs of spring, the exact day…
Although the complete fulfillment of Christ’s words following the signs He has given in the Olivet discourse are as certain as summer following the signs of spring, He has also warned that the exact day or hour is unknown, even to Himself. Hence in summary to everything He has said in answer to His disciples’…
Jesus has warned His disciples that because they do not know the day or hour their Lord is coming they need to be on the alert. In a spiritual sense this means to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God in order to be of sober spirit for the purpose of prayer, rather than…
Jesus has just warned His disciples that while His coming and the end of the age that will follow the signs He has given in the Olivet discourse are as certain as the summer that follows the signs of spring, the exact day and hour when these things shall happen is unknown to any except…
What was Noah himself doing “in the days of Noah” that preceded the flood? See Gen 6:14. What is the significance that the word used for cover in Gen 6:14 (kaphar) is the same as that used for make atonement in order to find forgiveness (cf. Lev 4:20,26,31,35, 5:6,10,13,16,18, 16:16, Psa 65:3, 79:9, etc…), that…
Recall from our previous study that Jesus’ coming is much more than just His arrival at some future time when God’s enemies will be destroyed and His people suddenly desire to serve Him in ways they never did before. Rather, it is His parousia or the manifestation of His presence as the creative power of…