Luke 17:24
The day when the Son of man comes will be just like lightning that flashes, lighting up the sky from one side to the other.
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25But first he will have to suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
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Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear over his people and his arrow will flash like lightning! The Lord God will blow the trumpet and march out like a windstorm from the south.
Malachi 4:1Watch out! The day is coming—it burns like an oven—when the proud and the wicked will be burned like straw. When that day comes they will be completely burned up, root and branch, says the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 24:30Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and in brilliant glory.
Matthew 26:64“You said it,” Jesus replied. “And I also tell you that in the future you'll see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
2 Thessalonians 2:2please don't become upset or concerned by any spiritual revelation, or message, or letter supposedly from us that makes you think that the day of the Lord has already come.
James 5:8You need to be patient too. Stay strong for the Lord's return is near.
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37
The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →