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Jesus had just taught the Pharisees that the kingdom was not the kind of kingdom they were expecting, nor was the king the kind of king they were expecting.
But in verse 22, he turns to his disciples and directs his remarks to them.
Remember that he is talking to his disciples.
He teaches them and instructs them as loved children.
He is going to the cross for them because of his great love for them, so now he is giving them courage and comfort for the days ahead.
He says to all of us - the disciples of Jesus - the days are coming when we will long to see the days of the son of man.
The son of man refers to this prophecy in Daniel.
Notice several features - first, the prophecy is given to comfort the afflicted faithful.
They are crushed under the weight of the beast speaking pompous words and threatening them, and then the Son of Man descends bringing a new kind of kingdom, which will never be destroyed.
This is tremendous comfort for the downtrodden faithful!
And Jesus tells his disciples - that longing is going to be powerful, waiting for that day.
Especially when things are very very dark.
Jesus knows his church will be going through the same kinds of things as in the days of Daniel.
When the power is too great.
When the ones with the pitchforks and torches are winning.
And since the days that Jesus has spoken those words, there have been many, many dark days in the history of the church.
And one thing that always happens in those dark days is that someone will always say, “I know when Jesus is coming again.
Here.
Or there.
Look.
We are building the kingdom here and there will be no more hunger or thirst, everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree.”
And when things are hard and we are fearful, we are susceptible.
So many follow after those who say, “Here is the kingdom!
There is the kingdom!”
But Jesus gives us a warning.
“Don’t believe them.
Don’t follow them.”
Why?
Because when the Son of Man is revealed, it will be obvious for everyone.
The false prophet
You won’t need someone to tell you that “this is the kingdom” because when the king returns, it won’t be in secret.
It will be like lightening flashing across the sky and lighting up the world.
The scripture simply does not teach a secret rapture.
So what about this idea that we build the kingdom here through our child-bearing or out efforts or politics?
Jesus said, Don’t believe them.
When it is the kingdom and it is time, you won’t need to convince anyone of it.
Everyone will know, for they shall see the Son of Man descending.
But first - he must suffer.
He must be rejected.
He must conquer death and draw all nations to himself through the proclamation of the gospel.
A kingdom requires a king, a land, and a people.
The king has ascended, and now he is pouring out his spirit on the world and gathering them to himself into one fold.
We speak of the kingdom as “already” - meaning that the sting of death has been taken away, and the one with the power of death has been destroyed.
We now are no longer under the bondage of the curse.
We have been set free.
Jesus is heading to Jerusalem.
He again tells his disciples what is coming.
At no time will he lose control of the situation.
He MUST suffer many things.
It is God’s way for the kingdom of death and misery to be destroyed.
Glory comes through suffering, never through power.
Jesus goes to the cross, and death is conquered.
When Jesus rose from the dead, the kingdom was inaugurated - it is already.
And yet, it is not yet.
It is the “not yet” part that Jesus is speaking of now.
We pray, “Thy kingdom come” and the scripture teaches us that the kingdom grows in increments, and never the way we think it will, for it is in the hearts and minds of God’s people, as the gospel is proclaimed.
And the full revelation of that kingdom will not come until the “days of the Son of Man” - when he descends with the angels of glory to judge the living and the dead.
We get impatient and want to hurry things along.
We want to bring the kingdom in by force.
We want the followers and the power and the leadership - and build our vision of the kingdom.
We want strong government to reward friends and punish enemies, and when we see glimpses of power, or the false prophets start seducing, we are tired of hurting, so we want to see hope in them...
Jesus says to his disciples - Not yet.
Don’t believe them.
They have an agenda.
We trust, we wait, we serve, we love.
The kingdom is not like an earthly kingdom.
Like Jesus, we suffer before we enter glory.
We suffer, before we are revealed as who we really are.
We call the world to believe the gospel.
But the manifestation of the kingdom is not yet.
When the kingdom is finally revealed, when the Son of Man returns in clouds of glory, there won’t be anyone - not even one person - that will need to be convinced that this is “kingdom activity.”
They will all see.
They will all know.
But what help is that when the world is falling apart?
When the attacks are strong and it appears as if we are losing?
How can we just be patient and wait, when it seems like he isn’t listening?
He gives us two examples.
Noah and Lot.
In both examples, the point isn’t “Hey, you better repent before judgment comes.”
Although that is true, that isn’t what Jesus is saying here.
He is speaking to his disciples.
Those for whom he is about to die.
They are safe in his hands.
The one who died for us is the same one coming in judgment.
We don’t have to fear that we will somehow miss the mark for we are safe in his arms.
In the account of Lot- Lot, as messed up as he was, was under the protection of Jehovah.
And he was in trouble.
The whole city was ready to destroy them all in the ugliest way possible.
They were bursting through the door to brutalize the men and dominate them, And then - God knew how to save Lot.
He struck them with blindness, took Lot away, and fire came down and destroyed the city.
When we become afraid of the wicked, we become vulnerable to the allure of the false prophet.
But Jesus gives a better way -
Remember Noah?
Remember Lot? Remember God’s judgment?
God knows how to deliver the righteous.
God knows how to judge the wicked.
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