Fundamental Prophecies of Christ’s Return.
Exhortation to clearly discern the future - Heb 12:1-2; 2 Cor 4:18.
Christ will return when least expected - Rev l6:l5; Luke 12:40; 17:26-37; Matt 24:50.
Summary of subject - Luke 19:11-27+
To return personally and visibly - Acts 1:11+
With a reward – Rev. 22:12+ Isa. 40:10.
To raise the dead and reward his saints – Dan. 12:2.
To judge and rule the world - Acts 17:31.
To establish righteousness and peace – Isa. 61:11.
To set up God's kingdom - Dan 2:44, 7:27+
Exhortation on the subject - Luke 21:34-36+
Decline of Turkey - Rev 16:12
Return of the Jews - Ps 102:13,16,18, Rom 11:11-15+; Ezek 37:21-22.
Decline of Morals - 2 Tim 3:1-5.
False teaching - 2 Peter 3:3-5.
Preparations for war – Joel 3:9-10.
Growth of Russian power - Ezek ch 38.
The nations divided into two armed blocs - Dan 11:40-45.
Verse 11
'Jerusalem' - He had proclaimed that as his future capital - Matt 5:35. The
disciples thought they were walking to glory, not to the cross. See also Acts 1:6.
We suggest you epitomise the sequence suggested in this parable at the top of
the page as follows:
1. The Nobleman has gone to the far country to receive his authority.
2. His servants must mean while 'occupy till he come' (v13).
3. He returns to first reward them (v15).
4. He afterwards deals with his enemies (v27).
Acts 1:11
'Why stand ye gazing up into heaven' - This was to remind them that there was
work to do on earth and that Yahweh's purpose will be consumated therein.
Revelation 22:12
‘My reward is with me' - We do not go to it; he brings it with him cp Heb 9:28; Phil 3:20.
Dan7:27
Underline the word 'under'.
Luke 21:34-36
Verse 34
'Take heed’ - For the means provided
'To yourselves' - This is a personal responsibility; we owe it to ourselves to seek God's way.
'Overcharged' - Gr. BAREO = To be heavy, weighed down, hence drowsy through overeating
and the effect of gluttony. The word is rendered 'very heavy' in Matt 26:43. A
person weighed down through over-eating is in a drowsy state, and unfit for the vigilence
Christ would have him exhibit.
‘Drunkenness and cares' - The pleasure and cares of life. These can choke the growth of the
word (Matt 13:22).
Verse 35
'A snare' - Waymouth renders this as 'a falling trap'. The world will "be suddenly and
unexpectedly caught in such a trap.
'Watch' - Gr. AGRUPNEO = 'to 'be sleepless' Pron AGREUO = 'to chase' and HUPNOS =
'sleep', and thus to chase away sleep, or be watchful (see 1 Thess. 5:5-7).
'Therefore' - The Diaglott adds: 'At all seasons', i.e. even when Christ is least expected.
'To stand' - i.e. approved (See Psa. 1:5).
Romans 11:11-15.
Verse 11
‘They stumbled' - Jewry did that in rejecting Jesus.
Verse 12
'If the fall of them be the riches of the world' – The riches of Christ have "been
offered to the world because they were rejected by the Jews.
'How much more their fulness' - If great benefits accrued by the diminishing of the
Jews, much greater benefits will come through their restoration.
Verse 15
'Life from the dead' - The restoration of the Jews is the great sign of the
resurrection, i.e. of Christ's return.
Exhortation to clearly discern the future - Heb 12:1-2; 2 Cor 4:18.
Christ will return when least expected - Rev l6:l5; Luke 12:40; 17:26-37; Matt 24:50.
CHRISTS SECOND ADVENT
To return personally and visibly - Acts 1:11+
With a reward – Rev. 22:12+ Isa. 40:10.
To raise the dead and reward his saints – Dan. 12:2.
To judge and rule the world - Acts 17:31.
To establish righteousness and peace – Isa. 61:11.
To set up God's kingdom - Dan 2:44, 7:27+
SIGNS OF HIS IMMINENT APPEARANCE
Decline of Turkey - Rev 16:12
Return of the Jews - Ps 102:13,16,18, Rom 11:11-15+; Ezek 37:21-22.
Decline of Morals - 2 Tim 3:1-5.
False teaching - 2 Peter 3:3-5.
Preparations for war – Joel 3:9-10.
Growth of Russian power - Ezek ch 38.
The nations divided into two armed blocs - Dan 11:40-45.
FURTHER COMMENTS
(which we suggest you mark at the places indicated)
Luke 19:11-27Verse 11
'Jerusalem' - He had proclaimed that as his future capital - Matt 5:35. The
disciples thought they were walking to glory, not to the cross. See also Acts 1:6.
We suggest you epitomise the sequence suggested in this parable at the top of
the page as follows:
1. The Nobleman has gone to the far country to receive his authority.
2. His servants must mean while 'occupy till he come' (v13).
3. He returns to first reward them (v15).
4. He afterwards deals with his enemies (v27).
Acts 1:11
'Why stand ye gazing up into heaven' - This was to remind them that there was
work to do on earth and that Yahweh's purpose will be consumated therein.
Revelation 22:12
‘My reward is with me' - We do not go to it; he brings it with him cp Heb 9:28; Phil 3:20.
Dan7:27
Underline the word 'under'.
Luke 21:34-36
Verse 34
'Take heed’ - For the means provided
'To yourselves' - This is a personal responsibility; we owe it to ourselves to seek God's way.
'Overcharged' - Gr. BAREO = To be heavy, weighed down, hence drowsy through overeating
and the effect of gluttony. The word is rendered 'very heavy' in Matt 26:43. A
person weighed down through over-eating is in a drowsy state, and unfit for the vigilence
Christ would have him exhibit.
‘Drunkenness and cares' - The pleasure and cares of life. These can choke the growth of the
word (Matt 13:22).
Verse 35
'A snare' - Waymouth renders this as 'a falling trap'. The world will "be suddenly and
unexpectedly caught in such a trap.
'Watch' - Gr. AGRUPNEO = 'to 'be sleepless' Pron AGREUO = 'to chase' and HUPNOS =
'sleep', and thus to chase away sleep, or be watchful (see 1 Thess. 5:5-7).
'Therefore' - The Diaglott adds: 'At all seasons', i.e. even when Christ is least expected.
'To stand' - i.e. approved (See Psa. 1:5).
Romans 11:11-15.
Verse 11
‘They stumbled' - Jewry did that in rejecting Jesus.
Verse 12
'If the fall of them be the riches of the world' – The riches of Christ have "been
offered to the world because they were rejected by the Jews.
'How much more their fulness' - If great benefits accrued by the diminishing of the
Jews, much greater benefits will come through their restoration.
Verse 15
'Life from the dead' - The restoration of the Jews is the great sign of the
resurrection, i.e. of Christ's return.
