Daily Bible Thought > Luke.17:34-37. - The Vulture Also Be Gathered Together?
Luke.17:34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left. 17:35 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left." 17:36 {Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field: the one taken, and the other left."} 17:37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
Many have roved about searching for knowledge of the end of our world, they have went two and fro, for thousand's of years, but none have found the time or date of Christ coming! In Matthew chapter twenty-four Christ gives a list of things that must happen before the end, but at the same times gives us warning the things listed by him would be the very thing to mislead most of mankind, what? Yes, the list of things Christ gave, like wars, reports of wars, earthquakes, famine, would be the very signs that would mislead most of mankind, but why?
Matt.24:4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray. 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
Here is the point Jesus makes in Luke, where is the body? If one discern the body than there would be vultures, and/or eagles, but where is the body, and what body? No one ever found Christ physically body, and no one on earth will find Christ spiritual body unless it is revealed to them by God through faith! The world did not know Christ according to God's written word, they do not know Christ brothers, but why? Because they have God's Spirit, the world does not know God either, what do they know? Physical fleshly things, a fleshly person cannot know God, so how could they know where the body of Christ is at?
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
So how is the world mislead by signs, the very thing Christ warned his disciples about, The Jewish nation was very physical nation, one had no doubt for in the center of the city was their heavens by sight the very present of God, in the temple, representing where God resided in heavens in the holy of the holies. Many physical signs did befall the physical Jerusalem before its destruction, many were misled by physical signs, but where is Christ body today.
John 4:48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
Mark 13:22 For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Here is the point are you saved, or saved? Those in the body of Christ are saved or they can't be there, than there are those seeking signs to be safe so when the end come their knowledge of end-time prophecies saves them. In other words, what is required of all Christian's to be saved? Faith! If you have faith why seek salvation through prophecy, you are in the body of Christ where the feeding for the body is happening. Your in touch with Christ indwelling you, and you are being feed the bread of everlasting life, why would a person go out to of Christ for a false prophecy, or some new light, when they are in the light by faith?
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 2:8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
Here than is how one is taken and another not. Those in Christ are purchased by whom? Jehovah God they are his property, and are set as members in Christ, they can be taken at God's will at any time, not just at the end of our world. Now where the body is, is above where Christ is not upon earth in a religion, but above through faith we have approached a heavenly mountain Zion, by faith, mankind will not know the day or hours, even Christ upon earth as a servant of God did not know the time, are we faithful servants, do we trust the hand that feeds us, are we resting from our works, in the greater Sabbath, Christ Jesus trusting our lives are hidden with him?
Heb.12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 12:19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 12:20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"{Exodus 19:12-13} 12:21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."{Deuteronomy 9:19} 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels, 12:23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,{Jeremiah 31:31} and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel. 12:25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, 12:26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."{Haggai 2:6} 12:27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire.{Deuteronomy 4:24}
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Luke.17:34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left. 17:35 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left." 17:36 {Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field: the one taken, and the other left."}
17:37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
Many have roved about searching for knowledge of the end of our world, they have went two and fro, for thousand's of years, but none have found the time or date of Christ coming! In Matthew chapter twenty-four Christ gives a list of things that must happen before the end, but at the same times gives us warning the things listed by him would be the very thing to mislead most of mankind, what? Yes, the list of things Christ gave, like wars, reports of wars, earthquakes, famine, would be the very signs that would mislead most of mankind, but why?
Matt.24:4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray. 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
Here is the point Jesus makes in Luke, where is the body? If one discern the body than there would be vultures, and/or eagles, but where is the body, and what body? No one ever found Christ physically body, and no one on earth will find Christ spiritual body unless it is revealed to them by God through faith! The world did not know Christ according to God's written word, they do not know Christ brothers, but why? Because they have God's Spirit, the world does not know God either, what do they know? Physical fleshly things, a fleshly person cannot know God, so how could they know where the body of Christ is at?
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
So how is the world mislead by signs, the very thing Christ warned his disciples about, The Jewish nation was very physical nation, one had no doubt for in the center of the city was their heavens by sight the very present of God, in the temple, representing where God resided in heavens in the holy of the holies. Many physical signs did befall the physical Jerusalem before its destruction, many were misled by physical signs, but where is Christ body today.
John 4:48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
Mark 13:22 For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Here is the point are you saved, or saved? Those in the body of Christ are saved or they can't be there, than there are those seeking signs to be safe so when the end come their knowledge of end-time prophecies saves them. In other words, what is required of all Christian's to be saved? Faith! If you have faith why seek salvation through prophecy, you are in the body of Christ where the feeding for the body is happening. Your in touch with Christ indwelling you, and you are being feed the bread of everlasting life, why would a person go out to of Christ for a false prophecy, or some new light, when they are in the light by faith?
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 2:8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
Here than is how one is taken and another not. Those in Christ are purchased by whom? Jehovah God they are his property, and are set as members in Christ, they can be taken at God's will at any time, not just at the end of our world. Now where the body is, is above where Christ is not upon earth in a religion, but above through faith we have approached a heavenly mountain Zion, by faith, mankind will not know the day or hours, even Christ upon earth as a servant of God did not know the time, are we faithful servants, do we trust the hand that feeds us, are we resting from our works, in the greater Sabbath, Christ Jesus trusting our lives are hidden with him?
Heb.12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
12:19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
12:20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"{Exodus 19:12-13}
12:21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."{Deuteronomy 9:19}
12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
12:23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,{Jeremiah 31:31} and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
12:25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
12:26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."{Haggai 2:6}
12:27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
12:29 for our God is a consuming fire.{Deuteronomy 4:24}
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