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APRIL 24
And he said to her, “Look, I have not But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
explained it to my father or my mother; so 30 A sound heart is life to the body,
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should I explain it to you?” Now she had wept But envy is rottenness to the bones.
on him the seven days while their feast lasted.
And it happened on the seventh day that he Luke 17:20–37
told her, because she pressed him so much. 20
Then she explained the riddle to the sons of Now when He was asked by the Pharisees
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her people. So the men of the city said to him when the kingdom of God would come, He
on the seventh day before the sun went down: answered them and said, “The kingdom of
God does not come with observation; nor will
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“What is sweeter than honey? they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed,
And what is stronger than a lion?” the kingdom of God is within you.”
22 Then He said to the disciples, “The days
And he said to them:
will come when you will desire to see one of
“If you had not plowed with my heifer, the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see
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You would not have solved my riddle!” it. And they will say to you, ‘Look here!’ or
‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow
19 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him them. For as the lightning that flashes out of
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mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and one part under heaven shines to the other part
killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in
and gave the changes of clothing to those who His day. But first He must suffer many things
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had explained the riddle. So his anger was and be rejected by this generation. And as it
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aroused, and he went back up to his father’s was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in
house. And Samson’s wife was given to his the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they
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companion, who had been his best man. drank, they married wives, they were given in
Psalm 50:16–23
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My
statutes, 17:20 when the kingdom of God would
Or take My covenant in your mouth, come. They may have asked the question
17 Seeing you hate instruction mockingly, having already concluded that He
And cast My words behind you? was not the Messiah. does not come with
18 When you saw a thief, you consented observation. The Pharisees believed that the
with him, Messiah’s triumph would be immediate. They
And have been a partaker with were looking for Him to come, overthrow
adulterers. Rome, and set up the millennial kingdom.
19 You give your mouth to evil, Christ’s program was altogether different. He
And your tongue frames deceit. was inaugurating an era in which the king-
You sit and speak against your brother; dom would be manifest in the rule of God in
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You slander your own mother’s son. men’s hearts through faith in the Savior (v. 21;
21 These things you have done, and I kept see Rom. 14:17). That kingdom was neither
silent; confined to a particular geographical location
You thought that I was altogether like nor visible to human eyes. It would come qui-
you; etly, invisibly, and without the normal pomp
But I will rebuke you, and splendor associated with the arrival of a
And set them in order before your eyes. king. Jesus did not suggest that the Old
Testament promises of an earthly kingdom
22 “Now consider this, you who forget were hereby nullified.Rather,that earthly,visible
God, manifestation of the kingdom is yet to come
Lest I tear you in pieces, (Rev.20:1–6).
And there be none to deliver:
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Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; 17:22 The days will come. This introduces a
And to him who orders his conduct brief discourse that has some similarities to
aright the Olivet Discourse of Matthew 24 and 25.
I will show the salvation of God.” you will desire to see one of the days of the
Son of Man. I.e., desire to have Him physically
Proverbs 14:29–30 present.This suggests a longing for His return
29 He who is slow to wrath has great to set things right (see Rev. 6:9–11; 22:20).
understanding,

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