NOTES for Luk 21:5-11
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, |
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. |
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? |
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. |
9 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. |
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: |
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. |
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What Jesus says in this passage cannot fail to horrify His listeners. Terrible pictures of persecutions, deaths, and diseases that humanity will have to endure are supplied with such details that there is no room to doubt that what stands before us is not a figurative parable, but a description of reality. And therefore Christ gives us comforting words that help us overcome paralyzing fear: "I will give you a mouth and wisdom."
The Lord calls us to the impossible. On the one hand, He invites us to remember every minute that at any moment everything we build on earth can collapse. But at the same time He opens before us the road of complete trust in God, the path of confidence that every hair on our head has been counted by Him. And the path of Christian life runs between these seemingly opposite positions in life.
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