Post by poetsunshine on May 11, 2010 19:36:37 GMT -6
LUKE 21:7-19
TROUBLES AND PERSECUTIONS..
VERSE 7....AND THEY ASKED HIM, SAYING, MASTER, BUT WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? AND WHAT SIGN WILL THERE BE WHEN THESE THINGS SHALL COME TO PASS?
They asked Jesus, when will this be? And what is the sign that will show that the time has come for it to happen?
VERSE 8...AND HE SAID, TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT DECEIVED; FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND THE TIME DRAWETH NEAR; GO YE NOT THEREFORE AFTER THEM.
Jesus said; watch out; don’t be fooled, for many men will come in my name saying, and they will say they are the Christ, and the time has come; but don’t follow them. Jesus is warning them to not be lead astray. That there will false Christ come to deceive them. Jesus is saying that these men are false prophets.
VERSES 9-11....BUT WHEN YE SHALL HEAR OF WARS AND COMMOTIONS, BE NOT TERRIFIED; FOR THESE THINGS MUST FIRST COME TO PASS; BUT THE END IS NOT BY AND BY. THEN SAID HE UNTO THEM, NATIONS SHALL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM; AND GREAT EARTHQUAKES SHALL BE IN DIVERS PLACES, AND FAMINES, AND PESTILENCE; AND FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS SHALL THERE BE FROM HEAVEN.
Jesus is saying, don’t be afraid when you hear of wars and revolutions; such things must happen first, but they do not mean that the end is near. Jesus went on to say; one country will fight another country, and kingdom will attack another kingdom ; there will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be awful things and great signs from the sky. The troubled times of which Jesus was speaking will be periods of difficultly for the Christians. They will be persecuted; they will have difficulties.
VERSE 12...BUT BEFORE ALL THESE, THEY SHALL LAY THEIR HANDS ON YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, DELIVERING YOU UP TO THE SYNAGOGUES, AND INTO PRISONS, BEING BROUGHT BEFORE KINGS AND RULERS FOR MY NAME’S SAKE.
Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to trial in meeting houses and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for Jesus’ sake. Before world trouble there will be church trouble. We already seeing this happening.
VERSES 13-15...AND IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY. SETTLE IT THEREFORE IN YOUR HEARTS, NOT TO MEDITATE BEFORE WHAT YE SHALL ANSWER; FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM, WHICH ALL YOUR ADVERSARIES SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO GAINSAY NOT RESIST.
This will be your chance to tell the good news. Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves; for I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to resist or deny what you say. This is a great time to bear a testimony. Telling what God has done. Don’t prepare what you will say before the hostile authorities in time of persecution. But be ready to be lead by the Holy Ghost.
VERSES 16-17...AND YE SHALL BE BET RAYED BOTH BY PARENTS, AND BRETHREN, AND KINSFOLKS FRIENDS; AND SOME OF YOU SHALL THEY CAUSE TO BE PUT TO DEATH. AND YE SHALL BE HATED OF ALL MEN FOR MY NAME’S SAKE. BUT THERE SHALL NOT AN HAIR OF YOUR HEAD PERISH. IN YOUR PATIENCE POSSESS YE YOUR SOULS.
You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of Jesus. But not a single hair from your heads will be lost. Never give up, for in this way you will save your lives.
TROUBLES AND PERSECUTIONS..
VERSE 7....AND THEY ASKED HIM, SAYING, MASTER, BUT WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? AND WHAT SIGN WILL THERE BE WHEN THESE THINGS SHALL COME TO PASS?
They asked Jesus, when will this be? And what is the sign that will show that the time has come for it to happen?
VERSE 8...AND HE SAID, TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT DECEIVED; FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND THE TIME DRAWETH NEAR; GO YE NOT THEREFORE AFTER THEM.
Jesus said; watch out; don’t be fooled, for many men will come in my name saying, and they will say they are the Christ, and the time has come; but don’t follow them. Jesus is warning them to not be lead astray. That there will false Christ come to deceive them. Jesus is saying that these men are false prophets.
VERSES 9-11....BUT WHEN YE SHALL HEAR OF WARS AND COMMOTIONS, BE NOT TERRIFIED; FOR THESE THINGS MUST FIRST COME TO PASS; BUT THE END IS NOT BY AND BY. THEN SAID HE UNTO THEM, NATIONS SHALL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM; AND GREAT EARTHQUAKES SHALL BE IN DIVERS PLACES, AND FAMINES, AND PESTILENCE; AND FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS SHALL THERE BE FROM HEAVEN.
Jesus is saying, don’t be afraid when you hear of wars and revolutions; such things must happen first, but they do not mean that the end is near. Jesus went on to say; one country will fight another country, and kingdom will attack another kingdom ; there will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be awful things and great signs from the sky. The troubled times of which Jesus was speaking will be periods of difficultly for the Christians. They will be persecuted; they will have difficulties.
VERSE 12...BUT BEFORE ALL THESE, THEY SHALL LAY THEIR HANDS ON YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, DELIVERING YOU UP TO THE SYNAGOGUES, AND INTO PRISONS, BEING BROUGHT BEFORE KINGS AND RULERS FOR MY NAME’S SAKE.
Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to trial in meeting houses and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for Jesus’ sake. Before world trouble there will be church trouble. We already seeing this happening.
VERSES 13-15...AND IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY. SETTLE IT THEREFORE IN YOUR HEARTS, NOT TO MEDITATE BEFORE WHAT YE SHALL ANSWER; FOR I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM, WHICH ALL YOUR ADVERSARIES SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO GAINSAY NOT RESIST.
This will be your chance to tell the good news. Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves; for I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to resist or deny what you say. This is a great time to bear a testimony. Telling what God has done. Don’t prepare what you will say before the hostile authorities in time of persecution. But be ready to be lead by the Holy Ghost.
VERSES 16-17...AND YE SHALL BE BET RAYED BOTH BY PARENTS, AND BRETHREN, AND KINSFOLKS FRIENDS; AND SOME OF YOU SHALL THEY CAUSE TO BE PUT TO DEATH. AND YE SHALL BE HATED OF ALL MEN FOR MY NAME’S SAKE. BUT THERE SHALL NOT AN HAIR OF YOUR HEAD PERISH. IN YOUR PATIENCE POSSESS YE YOUR SOULS.
You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of Jesus. But not a single hair from your heads will be lost. Never give up, for in this way you will save your lives.
