Gospel Luke Bible Study #46
Luke 17:20-37 It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

1. Are you ready for Jesus’ coming? No. Not really. I’m preparing. I am ready.

2. What don’t you know about the kingdom of God?
What didn’t the Pharisees know about the kingdom of God? 17:20a
=The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed
=when
=they really wanted to know when?
From Jesus’ answer what error did the Pharisees have in understanding the kingdom of God?
a. The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation. 17:20a
=visible
b. The kingdom of God is within you. 17:21
=within you: within your heart
=among you: Jesus
=invisible
c. Do you have the kingdom of God in your heart?
=if Jesus is in our hearts, there is the kingdom of God
d. Would the Pharisees be prepared for the kingdom of God?
=No, they missed the kingdom of God
=invisible

3. When is ‘the time’ when we’ll long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see it? 17:22
=tribulation
Why did Jesus move to His coming after pointing the Pharisees’ error?
=to warn his disciples
What error must not the believers make when they desperately seek Jesus? 17:23
=don’t go running off after them
How is the coming of Jesus different from hologram and drone technology? 17:24
=Son of man will be like the lighting, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other
What must Jesus go through first for the kingdom of God? 17:25
=crucifixion and suffering

4. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
a. What message of warning did God give to the world through Noah? Gen.6:13
=warning
b. How did Noah live until the flood came? Gen.6:13-22
=building the ark.
c. How did the people live until the flood came? 17:27
=eating, drinking, and marrying
d. How might they have responded to Noah’s message and Noah’s life of building the ark?
=ignore
e. Why didn’t the people have a chance to be saved from the flood?
=nature of God’s judgement
f. How many were saved from the judgment of flood?
=8

5. It was the same in the days of Lot.
a. What message of warning did God give through Lot? Gen.19:12,13
=God’s judgement
b. How did the people in Sodom live until they were destroyed by fire? 17:28
=the same in the days of lot
c. How did the son-in-laws of Lot respond to the message of coming judgment? Gen.19:14
=they didn’t believe it
d. Why didn’t the people of Sodom have a chance to be saved? 17:28,29
=fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all
e. How many were saved from the judgment of fire?
=three

6. How will the coming of Jesus be like? 17:26, 30
=just as it was in the days of Noah
What additional warning does Jesus give us? 17:31 What lesson must we learn from Mrs. Lot?
=worldly possession
=Run for the life
What decision must each believer make? 17:33
=people live for Jesus will have eternal life
=people don’t live for Jesus will lose eternal life
What event does Jesus talk about? 17:34,35
=Armageddon
Why does it happen at night in 17:34, and during day in 17:35, and in Mt.24:40?
=some places are night.
=the other places are daytime.
What does Jesus mean in 17:37
=so many dead bodies, there are the vultures

7. Are you prepared for the coming of Jesus?
=focus on Jesus coming
What will happen to those believers who are left behind (not raptured)?
=tribulation