The Future Coming

Of The Lord

The Kingdom Within

A company of Pharisees came up to speak with Jesus and they said, “Rabboni, we have heard you say, ‘The kingdom is at hand.’ We read in the book of Daniel that the God of heaven will form a kingdom, and we ask, Is this the kingdom of the God you speak about? If so, when will it come?”
And Jesus said, “All the prophets have told about this kingdom of the God, and it is just at hand. But men can never see it come. It never can be seen with carnal eyes. It is within. Lo, I have said, and now I say again, none but the pure in heart can see the king, and all the pure in heart are subjects of the king. Reform, and turn away from sin. Prepare you, O prepare! The kingdom is at hand.”

Against False Christs

And then He spoke to His disciples and said, “The seasons of the son of man are past. The time will come when you will wish above all else to see again one of these days. But you cannot see it. And many men will say, ‘Behold, here is Christ. Behold, there is Christ. Be not deceived. Go not into their ways. For when the son of man will come again, no man need point the way. For as the lightning lights the heavens, so will the son of man light up the heavens and earth.

As It Was In The Days Of Noah

“But, behold, I say, that many generations will have come and gone before the son of man shall come in power. But when He comes, no one will say, ‘Behold, here is Christ. Behold, there.’ But as it was before the flood in Noah's day, so shall it be. The people ate, they drank, were filled with merriment and sang for joy, And did not know their doom until the ark was done and Noah entered in. but then the flood came on and swept them all away.

“So, also, in the days of Lot. The people ate and drank. They bought, they sold, they planted and they reaped, they went their ways in sin, and they cared not. But when the righteous Lot went from their city's gates, the earth beneath the city shook, and brimstone fires fell from heaven. The gapping jaws of earth flew wide, and swallowed up their homes, their wealth, and they went down to rise no more. So shall it be when the son of man comes in power.

The First Priority

“I charge you men, as I will charge men then, seek not to save your wealth, or you will lose your lives. Go forth, and look not back upon the crumbling walls of sin. Do not forget Lot's wife. Whoever tries to save his life, will lose his life. Whoever freely gives his life in serving life will save his life. Then comes the sifting time. Two men will be in bed. One will be called, the other left. Two women will be working side by side. One will be snatched away, the other left.”

Betrayal And Pentecost Anointing

And his disciples said, “Explain to us this parable. Or is it not a parable?”
And Jesus said, “The wise will understand, for where the bread of heaven is, there you will find the pure in heart. And where the carcass lies will gather all the birds of prey. But behold, I say, before these days will come, the son of man will be betrayed by one of you into the hands of wicked men, and He will give His life for you and all the world. Yes, more. The Holy Spirit will come in power and fill you with the wisdom of the just. And you will tell the wondrous story in Judea and in Samaria and in the farther lands of earth.”