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 Jesus teaches us the mystery of his second coming so that we will keep our lives focused on pursuing his mission. Well, as you can hear from our reading today, we are going to spend our time in the Word this morning in the area of eschatology, which is the theology of last things. And even as I say the word eschatology this morning, there’s probably a few different reactions happening in the room right now. Some of you are very excited to just talk about eschatology; you’ve been waiting for this, you love to search the scriptures, to learn about Jesus second coming and the new heavens and new earth, and the culmination of the kingdom of God. But sometimes, for some of you, maybe you’re a little too excited, huh? I mean, is that fair? Maybe a little too excited about it. And then on the other end of that spectrum, some of you are not excited at all. In fact, you heard the word eschatology. You just tuned out. You’re already tuning out right now, probably because you’ve interacted with too many people who have too much zeal and certainty on their views. They’ve got a chart. They’ve identified the Antichrist. They have awkward rapture ready conversations with you. And you’re just not into it. But this has caused you to pull away from what the Bible has given us in His Word on this topic, God’s Word on this topic. And there’s part of the Bible that you’re ignoring, and that’s not good either. Some of you are more in the middle in a position that I will label curiosity. You’re far from certain, but you’re not checked out either. Your certain Jesus is returning. You’re not certain how it will happen. I’d like to invite all of us this morning to take a little step closer to that middle position. Today we live right now in between Jesus first coming and his second coming. So, we believe in linear history. Some worldviews are circular. Some have no ending and no beginning. Christianity teaches a clear beginning to our universe, and a forward advancing timeline that culminates in the return of Jesus. So, while we don’t have endless information on exactly what Jesus coming second coming is going to look like, we do have substantial information. And as part of God’s Word, those passages are intended to shape the way that we as Jesus disciples live our lives today. So, eschatology is about the future, but it’s not given to us just so that we can speculate about the future. It’s given to help us to think and to live for Jesus today. So, while we should never claim to have certainty about Jesus return and become overly fixed on it, neither should we ignore it and act as if it doesn’t matter. Luke chapter 17, verses 20 to 37 is Jesus teaching on his own second coming and the judgment of sin that comes with that. It’s a detailed, detailed story. A lot of imagery and metaphor in it. Some of that imagery is clear. Some of it is mysterious. The portions that are mysterious are meant to be. Because part of Jesus point about his second coming is that we’re not supposed to have all the information that we want to have about it. That’s part of his teaching. Did you know that there there’s a part of Jesus teaching where he taught us that we’re not going to know everything that we want to know? It’s like, if I were your math teacher and you came into class one day and I had a math problem on the board, and I said, sit down. Today’s lesson is you are never going to figure this out, right? That would be odd. Now, the mystery, though, is not taught to us for no purpose. On the contrary, Jesus teaches us the mystery of his Second Coming so that we will keep our lives focused on pursuing his mission. Today, this life is fraught with meaningless directions. Some of them are worldly, and they end up in judgment. Some of them simply make followers of Jesus ineffective. And we’re going to see some of that today. But with eschatology, God keeps us on track. That’s the point of eschatology. It is God keeping us faced in the right direction and properly on track. So, I encourage you this morning, keep your Bibles open to Luke chapter 17. It’s a long passage, so it’s not going to be up on the screen this morning. We’re just going to walk through Jesus teaching beginning to end. And it has two parts to it. The first part is short. It’s addressed to the Pharisees, and it concerns the beginning of the kingdom of God. The second part is longer. It’s addressed to Jesus disciples, and it concerns the culmination of God’s kingdom that comes when Jesus return. So, we’re going to start with the beginning, and then we’re going to look at five things to know about Jesus second coming. So, here’s the beginning. It starts in verse 20 and 21. Jesus is once again he’s speaking to the Pharisees, who were Jewish leaders, mostly in opposition to him. I say mostly because some Pharisees did eventually put their faith in Jesus. Did you know this? Nicodemus famously, is one of ...
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