DAVID'S LORD TESTING MEN AND WOMEN Luke 20:41-47; Luke 21:1-4 It was the Master's turn to question. As man, He was David's descendant and son; as the Son of God, He was his Lord. Though it sealed His doom, our Lord tore the veil from before these hypocrites, that when He had passed, His followers... [ Continue Reading ]
DAYS THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS Luke 21:5-19 When we ask speculative questions, the Master bids us take heed to _ourselves._ His predictions in this passage were literally fulfilled in the events which culminated in the siege and fall of Jerusalem, forty years afterward. “The whole creation groaneth and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN GLORY Luke 21:20-28 This paragraph clearly has its first reference to the fall of Jerusalem, which took place a.d. 70. The directions given by our Lord were of the greatest service to the Christian church, the members of which in large numbers, fled to Pella, across... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEED OF CONSTANT WATCHFULNESS Luke 21:29-38 The summer of the world is yet before us! _This_ is but the springtide, when the seeds are beginning to sprout, but the winds are cold. Ah, halcyon days of unbroken summer glory, make haste to break! In a limited significance, our Lord's words were... [ Continue Reading ]