17 Luke - The Arrival of the King

By Richard

Jesus said to the disciples that, “The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes.” (Luke 17:23, the Message)

Jesus emphasis to the disciples is that they should not get discouraged by the dark days ahead or distracted by the deceitful claims of the arrival of the Messiah. For when Jesus returns it will be sudden and total. There will be no doubt for anyone that it is the end of the world.

But if we read on Jesus tells us how to prepare. “If you cling to life on your own terms you’ll loose it, but if you let life go, you’ll get life on God’s terms.” In a sense we’re all hanging over a cliff. Jesus is saying, strange as it may seem if hang on you’ll die (the hanging on itself won’t kill us but we’re hanging onto a cliff that will eventually fall down and we will be destroyed), but if let go I’ll catch you on the way down and you’ll be saved and live.