Before this chapter ends, we will have a view as to what will be going on right here on earth when the Lord Jesus come at the seventh trump. This earth age is a time of testing for each soul that must pass through it but once. Then at death each soul returns toheaven, to our heavenly Father who sent us here at conception. In the prior chapter we had a view of heaven to those that overcame, and to those that did not over come, that's hell. The shame that would come over them while they were held awaiting the time of the great white throne judgment. Christ described that hell fire that came after the judgment as a blotting out, complete erased from all memory anywhere. It would be as if that sinner had never existed.

Satan himself is condemned to die, but not even he has stopped existing as yet because God still has a negative roll for him to play in the testing of souls in this earth age of flesh man, as well as at the end of the millennium age of Christ's kingdom here on earth. However, before the end of this earth age, Our Lord gives us, through Luke 17, a view as to how it shall be for those that live on this earth just prior to Jesus return at the seventh trump. If is seems a bit confusing to you, don't worry about it, but use common sense and be honest with yourself and try to live your life in the way God's Word instructs us to live. Follow the commandments that Father has given to us, and try to please him, and let Him know that you love Him. When you repent, even the angels in heaven rejoice over you.

So the subject of this chapter runs in the same thought as we just finished in the prior chapter. This is to prepare you for that time when the true test will come, when Satan and his fallen angels are here on earth, living, and carrying on as other men and women are.

Luke 17:1 "Then said He unto the disciples, "It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!"

Note here that Jesus is now speaking directly to the disciples. You can count on the fact that the stumbling blocks and deceptions will come. This warning then is to those that would put those stumbling blocks in the path of God's election.

Luke 17:2 "It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones."

First of all, this was spoken with reference to the traditions of the Pharisees' teaching as given in Luke 16:15-30. God gives Satan strict orders to leave those little ones alone that are sealed with the truths of God's Word in their mind. But, the rest will be turned over to Satan to have his way with them. If you understand God's plan there is no way that you could be deceived by Satan and his tricks and wonders. You will expect Satan to do many supernatural acts, and even many of the Christians world will fall for it.

Revelation 9:4 "And it was commanded them that they would not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."

The "millstone" was used to grind grain at the elevator. In Jesus day it took two head of cattle to pull the millstone to grind the grain, so it was really heavy. Jesus is saying then it would be better for the person who causes one of God elect to stumble and fall for Satan and his tricks to fall into the sea with a milstone around his neck.

Luke 17:3 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Remember that Jesus is talking to His disciples, and telling them that if you love your brother, even Christian brother, and he wanders from the path that God has set for us, correct him. In the Greek text this "tresspass", is "hamartano", the verb, meaning missing the mark that we are to aim for. We are to rebuke him just as Jesus did in Luke 16:15-31. Jesus used Scripture to correct, and pointed out the error in the Pharisees thinking. After you have rebuked the brother, and if he repents, then bring him fully back into standing with you. Remember that trust doesn't come overnight, and he may even slip again in the future. Trust comes with time, but forgiveness is immediate. That is the wonderful thing that we have in Christianity. We can slip and then after repentance there is forgiveness by our loved ones.

Luke 17:4 "And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, `I repent;' thou shalt forgive him."

Matthew takes this far beyond the seven times. Matthew 18:21, 22 "Then came Peter to Him, and said, "Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" [21] "Jesus saith unto him, "I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."[22] Jesus made it clear that there is no limit to our forgiveness to our brother that trespasses against us. It's given here 490 times, 20 times an hour, or every three minutes if need be. By this repenting does not mean that he can play games with you, but that he has a change of heart. I doubt a person would miss the mark seven times in one day, but what ever that number, we are to forgive our brother or sister. As often as we are in these flesh bodies, we are to be open to grant forgiveness with true repentance.

Repentance will keep a family together, and hold the bond between Christian brothers and sisters. We are all going to do something that will brother a family member, and when we do, then apologize.

Luke 17:5 "And the apostles said unto the Lord, "Increase our faith."

Jesus disciples are now changing the subject, and asking Him to increase their faith. Faith is part of repentance, for you have to have faith in Jesus and His shed blood on the cross before you would even ask for repentance in Jesus name. Why would you even ask for repentance in Jesus name, if you did not believe that after three day He arose from the dead, and after fifty days Jesus ascended into heaven to be at the right hand of the Father? Of course it's because you believe it. You either believe and have faith that the Word is completely true, or you don't. Can you increase somebody's faith? No, they either have faith or they don't.

Faith generates from within the person, and by hearing the Word of God, it will either grow, or in disbelief it will die. You can't partly believe, for you either completely believe, or you do not. If you doubt that He was virgin born, or that He truly was the Son of God, or that everything that He said about Himself was true, then you do not have faith. If you do not have complete faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you are not a believer. However, we are to plant the seed of truth and allow it to grow as the Holy Spirit opens the mind of the individual to knowledge and understanding, and at a point in time faith and belief will come, or it will not come.

Luke 17:6 "And the Lord said, "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, `Be thou plucked up by the roots, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you."

This is Jesus parable to help His disciples understand faith. The mustard see is the smallest of all seeds. "Ye may say" is telling us that this parable is purely a hypothetical example of faith. The "sycamine tree" is a black mulberry tree, and it is so sweet that it draws all the bugs and worms in the area. Thus in turn it draws all the birds that are around that area. In Matthew Jesus spoke of the birds in a mustard tree, and here Jesus is comparing this to the dirty birds in a mulberry tree. In the Gospel of Mark Jesus compares it to casting a nation into the sea. That nation is the Kenite nation or people. There is no way that the Kenite nation or peoples, or their leaders should be able to deceive you. You have power over their deception by the knowledge in your mind from the Word of God. God's Word will alert you to everything that shall happen in these end times. When you are looking out for those events, and they come to pass, you prepare yourself for that time. We have the power over all of our enemies.

So with this example given, we can understand the thought that we are to set in our minds from it.

Luke 17:7 "But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, `Go and sit down to meat?' "

Remember, the subject is still faith. This servant is a shepherd, and Jesus is asking the disciples this question; he is hired to prepare the meal and serve you, so which of you would stop him in the middle of his job, and fix and serve the servant his meal first?

Luke 17:8 "And will not rather say unto him, `Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?' "

The normal thing for a servant to do is finish his job first, fix the meal and serve the boss, then the servant can have his meal. The servant is to serve his master, and that is just the way it works.

Luke 17:9 "Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not."

If the servant fulfills the duties he was hired for, does he get a thank you for it? No, he gets payment when the job has been fulfilled successfully. "I trow not." I think not, Jesus says. The point here is that "faith" will demand no special thanks. If you have faith, it deserves no thanks, for you either have it or you do not. Faith will cause the person with the faith to accomplish that which he sets out to do. Jesus uses the relationship of the shepherd to his master all the time, because that was a common thing then, just as it is today.

Luke 17:10 "So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, `We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do' "

Jesus is telling these disciples that after they have done all that was required of them, as servants of the Master, don't expect a special thanks. Why? Because of your faith, it required you to do those duties that you were suppose to do. You don't deserve any special thanks. God gave you the gifts that you used, the wisdom and the under-standing. You were a servant of the Master, and having received the faith by the Spirit of our heavenly Father, what you did was a requirement of a Christian. You first have to ask for faith, and faith comes by hearing the truths from the Word of God. You asked for it, and God gave it to you. When you do your work for the Master, from His instructions to you from the Word, your faith increases.

Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

Christ's Words are God's Word. Faith is increased by your hearing and doing the instruction from God's Word. If you ever wonder what God expects of you, there it is, in His Word; read it and follow it. To say it is unprofitable, means that you did what was expected of you, and there should be no special rewards for doing the job. Our rewards will be received when the job is finished, and then the payment for the work finished will come. God has plenty of rewards in heaven just waiting for His faithful servants: However, Father does bless us when we are faithful servants. As you strive to do be a faithful servant, you will see changes in your life, and you will become more successful. You do your work first and God will see to it that you are blessed. Faith must be worked out by yourself.

Luke 17:11 "And it came to pass, as He went to Jerusalem, that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee."

Samaria is the area north of Jerusalem where the former house of Israel was located. Those ten tribes that were overthrown by the Assyrian in the eighth century B.C.. "The house of Israel" was made up of the ten tribes, descendants of 10 sons of Jacob/Israel.  They were not part of the "House of Judah", which was made up of two other sons of Jacob/Israel. Two different nations who had split apart shortly after the death of King David. 

So Jesus is passing through Samaria, and by Galilee. You must first understand what went on in this area, before you can understand what Jesus is about to teach.

The northern kingdom, "House of Israel", along with many from the southern kingdom, "House of Judah" were taken by Assyria in 721 BC, well over eight hundred thousand Israelite men  2 Samuel 24:1 - 9 and their families from ten different tribes (2 Kings 17, 18, and 19.)  In 2 Kings 19:32-34 we learn that only Jerusalem was spared.

Then, from the southern kingdom, "House of Judah" one hundred and thirty five years later, in 586 B.C,,  Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon carried more than one half million Israelite men 2 Samuel 24:1 - 9 and their families from the other two tribes, of Benjamin and Judah (the Jews), away to Babylon. 2 Kings 25:1 - 21.

(All total approximately 1,300,000 men plus their wives and children were carried away) in the two invasions.

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Luke 17:12 "And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:"

The requirement for lepers is given in Leviticus 13:45, 46; "And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, `Unclean, unclean.' " [45] "All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be." [46]

The lepers were required to keep their distance so that the sickness would not contaminate the rest of the people. Jesus is trying to wake us up to a point,  these ten lepers are symbolic of those ten tribes that were scattered, and fallen away, no longer even remembering they are Israelites? Jesus had always more than one meaning to his teachings. Jesus is on his way to be crucified in Jerusalem, and we know His mission from Matthew 15:24 "But He answered and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." In Matthew 10:5, 6 that when Jesus first sent out the twelve the command was "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:" [5] "But But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." [6]

These ten lepers represented those lost ten tribes, that even today have no idea who they are. So make a note of this fact. Especially if you are from one of the Christian nations of Europe or the Americas!

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Luke 17:13 "And they lifted up their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Jesus is in Samaria with his disciples, and as they were passing by, these lepers knew who Jesus was, and they shouted out to Jesus to have mercy on them. When they called Him Jesus, being translated means "YHVH's Savior", they recognized him to be God. They had faith that Jesus could heal them. This is a prime example of what faith will do, when you step out and act on your belief. This isn't just a parable but an actual occurrence of faith in action. "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Luke 17:14 "And when He saw them, He said unto them, "Go shew thyselves unto the priests." And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed."

Leviticus 14 gives us the process that a priest is to follow in cleansing a person and a house from leprosy.

Leviticus 14:2 "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:"

Leviticus 14:3 "And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;"

Leviticus 14:4 "Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:"

Leviticus 14:5 "And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:"

Leviticus 14:6 "As for the living bird, he shall take it and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them in the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:"

Leviticus 14:7 "And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field."

This was the law of God, and in that Christ had not been crucified it was still the law of the day. Jesus came to fulfill the part of the law called ordinances that dealt with animal sacrifices. Here He required these ten men to go to the priest and follow the this ordinance of the law. Jesus, through His crucifixion did away with this blood ordinance concerning these two birds, to where He would simply say, "your cleansed", and it would happen. This then is an example of one of the ordinances that will be done away with by His blood shed on the cross.

Luke 17:15 "And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God."

As they were leaving for the priest, one of them saw immediately that they were healed. Ten of them were healed, but only one of them took the time to thank and glorify God for the healing. Leprosy was sure death, and one of them was thankful to Jesus for saving his life. Sure, the others were obeying what Jesus told them to do, they were heading to the priest, but the moment that you have to tell someone to praise God, it becomes a waste effort, for you don't ask someone to praise, for that praise is not sincere. Praise comes from the soul and the mind automatically. Faith causes one to glorify God in thanksgiving. Faith is what placed in this man's mind the knowledge that God was the one that allowed the healing to take place. This lepers love for God could not hold him back from stopping right there and glorifying God for his gift received. Have you stopped to thank God for the gifts and blessings you have received from Him?

Luke 17:16 "And fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks: and He was a Samaritan."

This man was a Samaritan, a Gentile.

Editor's Note: When the Assyrians carried away the former "House  of Israel" in 721 B.C.  they moved into the territory other non-Israelite peoples to occupy the land, This Samaritan was, indeed, a gentile. Only the land to the south around Jerusalem was now occupied by Israelites, but from the southern kingdom "House of Judah" [Jews, but not of all pure Israelite heritage since while in Babylon they were heavily infiltrated by Kenites, i.e. descendants of Cain.] Especially the leaders of the church. See Ezra 8:15-18 These are the Jews Jesus is dealing with, in and around Jerusalem.

Luke 17:17 "And Jesus answering said, "Were there not ten cleansed? but were are the nine?"

Jesus can see this man before Him, and he is asking His disciples where the other nine are.

Luke 17:18 "There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger."

This word "stranger" as used here is "Allogenes" in the Greek text; an alien or man of another race. This man that stopped to give thanks was not even of any of the tribes of Israel. This of course points to the time when salvation will be open to all races, following the crucifixion. Then, to whom so ever will may call upon our Lord.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Luke 17:19 And He said unto him, "Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole."

Listen to the instruction that Jesus is giving this man. "...thy faith hath made thee whole." Jesus not only cleansed this man of his leprosy, but gave him eternal life also. God sent his blessings on this man for his faith, and healed him wholly, body, soul and spirit. There is no half way of being a Christian, you either have the faith to believe, or you do not. Faith takes an action on your part, that your actions are based on the belief in your mind and soul, that gives you the confidence to step on and act. This man knew that Jesus was the Christ, and he had the confidence to act on that faith. Faith gets it done and will get you through those hard times, and documents your love for Him. The leper's blessing was his healing, and there was no need for special treatment for that faith.

Luke 17:20 "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:"

The Pharisees approached Jesus and demanded an explanation as to when the kingdom of God could be seen of them. These religious Kenite leaders were trying to trip Jesus up. "...With observation" as used here in the Greek text is "parateresis"; an "hostile watching". It is saying that the events that are coming to bring into being the kingdom of God are so gradual, that how will they know when it is here? They are aware of the prophecies of the end times, of the events of the seven trumpets. They know that it all doesn't happen instantly, but other things must happen first. They are aware that many events have to happen first before the kingdom of God is here on earth. That is what the book of Revelation is all about, as well as Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. However, by the end of this chapter many other things will be revealed.

We know for a fact that the Jews had to return to Jerusalem, the one world system would control the nations of the earth, and most important; the Satan must fulfill the role of the false Christ first.

Luke 17:21 "Neither shall they say, `Lo, here!' or, `Lo there!' For behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

The Pharisees are the ones that are demanding an answer, and Jesus answer is going to fly right over their heads. So ask yourselves. These Pharisees don't trust Jesus and are out to kill Him, so how can the kingdom of God be within them? The answer is, it can not. So something is wrong with this translation. The answer should be: "not within you, but the kingdom of God is among you." Why, Because Jesus Christ was standing in their midst while they were talking. It is important that you correct this in your Bible. An act of one scribe has tripped up many down through the years. The kingdom of God cannot be in a Kenite, for Satan's spirit is there.

"Lo, here! Lo there!" comes from the warning in Mark 13:5, 6 "'And Jesus answering them began to say, "Take heed lest any man deceive you: for many shall come in My name, saying, `I am Christ; and shall deceive you;" Before Jesus coming at the seventh trump, many will say, "Lo, He is over here, or Lo, He is over there", they will chase you all over the place, if you allow it. God's Word has pinpointed exactly when he will be here, so don't go chasing after false reports. Paul tells us:

II Thessalonians 2:3 "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,"

This is a warning to those of the elect that are living in that time of the end, when Satan will come to earth just prior to the coming of the Lord. Paul is telling us to mark it well in our minds so that we will not be deceived. Satan, the "man of perdition" is coming first, and there will be a falling away before the coming of the true Christ.

II Thessalonians 2:4 "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himself to be God."

Satan will exalt himself above all that is called God, or of a religious nature, and will demand to be worshipped. He will sit in the Temple of God in Jerusalem, and call himself God. Jesus called that act the "abomination of desolation" or by the desolator, in Matthew 24:15, when He was quoting from Daniel 2:27. The question was, "How is it that the kingdom will be returning? It won't until the Antichrist returns first.

Mark 13:21 "And then if any man shall say to you, `Lo, here is Christ;' or, `Lo, He is there;' believe him not:"

Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect."

Don't forget that Satan is a supernatural being, and he will do things and show what appears to be miracles to men in the flesh, and present himself as God. If you are not expecting it; you will even think that he is God. Remember that Satan was created the most beautiful being of all God's creation, not the person in the red suit with horns and a tail. Satan is Lucifer, the fake morning star, and he will present himself exactly as you expect Christ to appear.

Mark 13:23 "But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things."

God was given us the listing of all the events that we have and are seeing happen-ing right before our eyes, and they must happen become the coming of the Lord. Expect these things to happen, because God told you they would. Your faith will come by hearing, and hearing by this Word of God. Until you see the entire Word fulfilled you will not see Christ's return. We are a long way alone in these end times, but Satan still has not arrived in Jerusalem and declared himself to be God, which must come first.

Luke 17:22 "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."

Jesus is telling His disciples that one of these day, they will desire that Jesus was back with them in the flesh to answer all their questions. The time is coming when you will wish that I could teach you face to face. The time is coming when I will be crucified and not be with you any more. Jesus is telling these disciples to listen very carefully to what I am going to tell you.

Luke 17:23 "And they shall say to you, `See here;' or, `see there:' go not after them, nor follow them."

Jesus is telling these disciples to have faith in the Words that He was teaching them, so that they will not be chasing here and there, where ever rumors rise up. Jesus is reminding them that the events of the end time will happen exactly as it is written, and learn to be watchful and have the faith to trust in the Word of God. That advice is directed right to our generation, for we are living in that generation. The famine of the end times is for the hearing of the Word of God, and that famine is starting now. Preachers stand behind their pulpits each week in our Christian churches and tell their congregations that they don't have to study the whole word of God, just listen to me? and then they undermine the book of Revelation and much of the Old Testament.

There is a demonic doctrine taught in many of the church houses today that people are listening to that will block them of their defenses against the coming antichrist. God warned us of that teaching in Ezekiel 13:18-30, where a false hope of flying away and escaping that time of Satan's deception. That is not what the Bible says. Why do you let a man con you out of your salvation so easily? Yet you claim to have faith?

Ezekiel 13:20 "Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; `Behold, I am against your pillows [Doctrines], wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly."

Behold, wake up, I am against your false teaching called the rapture doctrine today. You think that God is going to bless you for teaching such spiritual filth?

Ezekiel 13:22 "Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life."

Wake up Christian! There is no fly away or escaping the time of Satan's deception short of a person dying in his flesh body, and his soul going immediately to be with the Father. This is why our Lord has made such a point of all the events that will mark the end of this age. We will be studying in detail many of these things before the end of this book. Before this book ends we will understand completely how and when the gathering back will occur, and what will mark the end of this earth age of flesh man. Take God's Word for your instruction and be very cautious of the words of men that go against the Word of God. There is no need to be ignorant of the times we live in, for Our Lord spelled out the events of our day.

Luke 17:24 "For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in His day."

The day this is talking about is "the day of the Lord", the day that Jesus will return to this earth and set up his Millennium kingdom. Jesus is telling you that just as sure as the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west, the Lord's day will come. The religious leaders may try to deceive you with all sorts of short cuts, but there is none. The events will come and after you have witnessed those prophecies, then comes the day of the Lord.

Luke 17:25 "But first must He suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation."

Jesus is telling the disciples that before any thing happens, I must be rejected by this generation and crucified as the prophets prophesied. Jesus now continues with the signs of the end times.

Luke 17:26 "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."

"Noe" is the "Noah" of Genesis 6 that prepared the ark for the great flood. Stop and think for a moment how things were in the days of Noah, just before the flood. Lets look at Genesis 6.

Genesis 6:1 "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,"

After the offspring of Adam started to multiply, daughters were born to them. Remember from Genesis 3:15 that God prophesied of the coming Messiah, that would be born to the lineage of Eve. That Christ would be crucified at the hand of Satan's children, the Kenites, and through the crucifixion Christ would crush the head of Satan.

Genesis 6:2 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."

When the sons of God, those fallen angels that followed Satan, saw that these daughters of men that they were beautiful, They came to earth to marry them and have children by them. Remember that this is the example of how it would be on the earth just before the time Jesus returns at the seventh trump.

Genesis 6:3 "And the Lord said, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."

Mankind prior to this time had lived to be over 900 years old, and God is going to shorten man's life span to one hundred twenty years old.

Genesis 6:4 "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."

The word "children" has been added here, for they were not as we think of children. They were "nephil" called "the giants"; meaning "a bully or tyrant that were renoun for their strength". They were a mixture between the fallen angels and flesh from the daughters of men. Jesus is telling us that this will happen again before His return. After the flood these angels which kept not their first estate in the heavenly dimension of space and time, but entered into the realm of flesh man, were bound with ever lasting chains for the end times.

Jude 6: "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."

Sure they are in their chains now, however Revelation 9:1 tells us that God is going to give Satan the keys or authority to release these fallen angels and they will return to earth to deceive men. Revelation 12:7-9 documents that they will be coming to earth, and they are ones "that will sting like a scorpion that striketh a man", when they arrive. This is as it was in the days of Noah, and Jesus is warning us that in a short time in our generation, it shall happen again.

Genesis 6:5 "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

So remember that this is the example that Jesus gave us in Luke 17:26 as how it would be at the time of His coming.

Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."

The word "perfect" as it is used here is "tamin", "without blemish as to breed or pedigree." This is not being spiritual but is a reference to Noah's blood line. The entire world had mixed with these wicked offspring of the fallen angels, except for Noah and his family.

Luke 17:27 "They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."

Satan was trying to destroy the womb of the daughter's of Adam, for that is the blood line that the promised Messiah would come through. Satan was trying to stop that prophecy that would take place.

Genesis 3:15 "And I [God] will put enmity between thee [Satan] and the woman [Eve], and between thy seed [the Kenites] and her [Eve's] Seed [Christ]; It [Christ] shall bruise thy [Satan's] head, and thou [the Kenites] shalt bruise His [Christ's] heel."

This enmity was present from the start of Jesus ministry, for the Jewish Kenite religious leaders sought to murder Jesus from the very start. They plotted, planned and laid their traps, all the way to set up their false witnesses at Jesus trial, and then they saw to it that Jesus was killed on the cross. The entire time they played their evil role, their actions sealed the death of Satan that will take place following the great white throne judgment. You cannot down play the role of the Kenites down through the centuries of time, these sons of Satan through Cain in time even took over the Levitical priesthood. By the time Ezra came out of Babylon captivity with the 43,000 people, not one Levite was amongst them.

It is important to know these details in the generation that we live in, for these peoples, called the Kenites, are the ones that control the four hidden dynasties of the world today. Those dynasties are Politics, Religion, Economics, and Education. They control the nations by their one world system, the trade agreements that tare down the borders between nations. The flood was God's way of destroying the hybrids from the fallen angel's marriages to the daughters of men. Noah's family was the only family where the fallen angels had not bred into. This band of misfits and rejects is as it will be just before the time of the coming of the Lord.
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Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"

Revelation 12:8 "And prevailed not neither was there place found any more in heaven."

Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

You can't get mixed up who this great dragon is, for Jesus identifies him by the other roles that he played, the devil, the old serpent from the garden of Eden, and so on. Satan and his fallen angels are going to be right here on earth very shortly, and they will be doing exactly what they were doing in Noah's day. Mixing with the daughters of men, and only their time on earth will be for five months, not be long enough to have their babies

Editor's Note: Not long enough to have human babies; But, plenty long enough to have been inpregnated with Satan and his angel's spirutual babies. And that is what Christ will find here on earth when he returns for his virgin bride, i.e. the so called Christian church [both male and female!]. No wonder Christ say's at His return

Luke 23:29 "For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.' "

This goes back to Luke 21:23; "But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people." Jesus Christ will be returning for His virgin bride. This is speaking in a spiritual sense, but He is using the natural act between mother and child to demonstrate the emotions that Almighty God will have toward his virgin bride that will have been taken by Satan. Our God is a jealous God, and if Christ returns to find His virgin bride whoring around with Satan and his religious system, this virgin church standing with a suckling baby in arms, means that they were unfaithful. They did not remain barren and stay true to the their husband. How can this be? Because this virgin bride listened to the lies of those that said they come in the name of Christ, but lied and deceived them. That was the warning that Jesus gave us in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. Jesus said it shall come to pass, believe it.

Luke 21:34 "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." [34] "For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth." [35]

Luke 23:30 "Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, `Fall on us; and to the hills, `Cover us.' "

At that moment in time, when the seventh trump sounds and all flesh is done away and changed into the new incorruptible bodies, they will know that they have been deceived. Most Christians will truly love Jesus Christ, but they listened to these liars, [Whether it be their pastor or a Sunday school teacher, or anyone else who has claimed to be knowledgable Christian teacher, but, instead gave them doctrines of demons]. The rapture doctrine is a lie, you are not going to fly out off this earth, except if you have died and pass on. Then instantly your soul will be in the presence of the Lord. If you truly believe that you will not see Satan, and that you will escape that hour of tribulation and testing by Satan, than you have take Satan's number, and become part of that great harlot church of the end times.

You will not meet Jesus Christ coming at the second advent until the seventh trump. Satan comes at the sixth trump, and you will be still living in your flesh body for the coming of Satan, but not for the coming of Jesus Christ. Paul warned us in I Corinthians 15:50-52."

I Corinthians 15:50 "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

At Christ's second coming, flesh and blood cannot inherit of enter into that kingdom here on earth. The kingdom of God will be here on the entire earth then. Flesh and blood is corruption, and it is these flesh bodies that cannot enter into our Lord's kingdom. Incorruption is our spiritual bodies that are ageless, and never get sick.

I Corinthians 15:51 "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,"

There is a moment in time when there will be no more death on this earth. Why? Because at that moment, every soul living in their flesh body will be changed from their corruptible flesh bodies, into their incorruptible spiritual bodies as we had in the first earth age, for the next thousand years. [For eternity if we pass the test at the close of the Millennium]

I Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead [corruptible] shall be raised [changed to] incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Faster than you can wink your eye, at the last, the seventh trump all the spiritually dead souls living in their flesh bodies will be changed instantly. So do you see why Jesus was warning these daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for your children living in that day. Those that fall for Satan will be too ashamed to face our Lord at His coming. Most ministers today lead their entire flock to worship at Satan's feet. Satan will be thrown into the pit, and his army of fallen angels will go back to the abyss to await the time of their destruction.

Now, back to our study of chapter 17, Sorry for the long side trip I took you on.

That's how it was in Noah's day, and how it shall be shortly, expect it. The fake christ will be with us again shortly. Of course most Christians will believe that Satan is Christ, and they will chase after him and worship Satan as the Christ. That is the subject of what Jesus was talking about to His disciples, including you in this generation.

I Corinthians 10:11, 12 "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples [examples]: and they are written for our admonition [warning], upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."

Paul is warning the generation that will be living in our day to wake up, and take heed to the stories of the Scripture that describe how the end of the age will be.

I Corinthians 11:10 "For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels."

That vail that to be on the head of the woman is Christ, the warning from Jesus is to prepare her mind for the coming of these fallen angels and Satan. They will be coming back, and they are after the female; however we will see their other tendency in verse 28.

Luke 17:28 "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; They did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;"

So what went on in the days of Lot? Lot lived in Sodom, and there was a false doctrine of Sodomy, homosexuality. They sowed false doctrine, untruths, about Sodomy. They presented Sodomy as a normal act, and not the filth and sin that it is. Jesus is warning us that this will also be present in our day, and it already is staining the minds of the children of our land. Jesus is telling us that Sodomy will be getting just as bad as it was in the days of Lot. So what did God think of all the filth that was in Sodom?

Luke 17:29 "But the same day that Lord went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all."

We were warned in Mark 13:14 "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:" Get out of the land of Judaea, or the nation of Israel, on the Lord's day. Why? That entire area will be pulverized, turned to power. Jesus is telling us in verse 29, that it "will be just like the day when Lot left Sodom, and God rained fire and brimstone from heaven on that area, and destroyed them all." Jerusalem will be Satan's headquarters very shortly, for when he come, he will touch down on the mount in Jerusalem.

Luke 17:30 "Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed."

Don't forget this verse; for Jesus is telling you directly that this is how it shall be in the day that Christ returns to this earth on the day of the Lord. You've been warned: Not one stone shall be left standing because it will be turned to dust; Just as it was in the days of Sodom, and just as devastating as the flood of Noah covered the land. You are going to be here, friend, for there is no rapture, and you will either be sealed in your mind ahead of time, or you will be part of Satan's system. There are no hiding places outside the hand of God.

Luke 17:31 "In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back."

The man or woman which shall be stationed upon the housetop is the watchman, the person with the truths of God stored and sealed in their mind. On that day of the Lord, there is nothing on this earth that you will need, for this age of flesh man is done, finished and over. You are so close on that day of turning into your spiritual body that the things of flesh man will be completely done away with. It is to late to make any adjustments. God has already turned you over to Satan and his fallen angels to have their way with you. When you see these things come to pass it is time to flee that area of Judaea. There is documentation of these truths in Matthew 24, and Mark 13.

Luke 17:32 "Remember Lot's wife."

What did Lot's wife do? She took time to look back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:25, 26 "And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground." [25] "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." [26]

Luke 17:33 "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it."

When the false christ is here on earth, if you seek to worship him and have the favors that he promises you; Jesus is telling you that you will lose your soul. However, if you stand against the false christ, you will preserve the life of your soul for the eternity. Jesus Christ makes it so simple here that even a small child should be able to understand. The subject here is still the false christ and his angels appearing on earth; as well as the things that went on both before the flood with the fallen angels; and the Sodomy that when on in the days of Lot.

Jesus is telling us to look around us and pay attention to these events going on around us. When you see it happening, the end is near.

Luke 17:34 "I tell you, in that night there shall be two men [souls-husband and wife] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left."

This is the day before the coming of the Lord; and the subject is the false christ coming first. Satan is going to take one out of that bed through deception, and the other will stay in the field working for Christ to the very end.

Luke 17:35 "Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

This goes back to verse 23 "And they shall say to you, `See here;' or, 1`See there:' go not after them, nor follow them." Today the rapture doctrine leaves people seeking to go and follow after Satan and his tribe of Kenites, but Jesus is warning those with eyes to see and ears to hear the truth, not to go and follow after them. Jesus Christ is telling you personally not to go, not to follow those that would lead you into Satan's camp. This is why the traditions of men concerning the end times is so dangerous, it gives a false sense of security. We are living in the end times, and these reports are given to you personally by Christ. This will happen just before the true Christ returns.

Luke 17:36 "Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."

Again, the field is the World. Many know that we are in the world and we are suppose to stand against the false messiah, not be a harlot with him or any of his angels. Back in the fourteenth verse we saw where Jesus healed 10 lepers, and only one took the time to raise his voice to glorify God, and give thanks. In this generation there is a far fewer ratio than that will take the time to search Father's Word to give thanks. Do you really care if you are prepared of not for this time of Satan's great deception? Today most people don't, they would rather be off chasing fairy-tales, and having their religious parties, as in the day of Sodom with Lot, the fallen angels in the days of Noah, than preparing themselves for Satan's deception.

Luke 17:37 "And they answered and said unto Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said unto them, "Whosoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together."

Where ever the carcass lies, there is were the vultures gather to feast on the remains. Jesus is now giving His disciples a specific time to watch for, for when you see this happening, you know the end is three and a half days away [84 hours]. This is in reference to when Satan the Antichrist rises up and kills the two witnesses, and their bodies lie in an arena in Jerusalem. The whole world will observe this happening, and gather like vultures to have their parties over their death.

Revelation 11:8 "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified [Jerusalem]."

Revelation 11:9 "And they of the people and kindred's and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves."

Revelation 11:10 "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth."

This is the sign that Jesus is giving to us to pay attention to, for it marks a set time when the Lord is about to return.

Revelation 11:11 "And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."

The people of the earth will hear our Heavenly Father calling them up into heaven, and the people will watch as they ascend into heaven. Then immediately this will happen.

Revelation 11:15 "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever."

Jesus is warning you that this is how this earth age of flesh man will end. This is the day of the Lord, when Jesus return and sets up His kingdom right here on earth. The events concerning the day of the Lord will be discussed more in detail in Luke 21. The point to this chapter is that when people tell you that Christ is here in Jerusalem, and you are still in your flesh body, don't go. They are lying to you. You will not see Christ while this flesh and blood age is in existence. Flesh and blood simply cannot exist in Jesus Christ's millennium age kingdom that starts at the seventh trump. Paul warned us of this in I Corinthians 15:50-52.

I Corinthians 15:50 "Now This I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

The kingdom of God, is Jesus Christ millennium kingdom here on earth. Paul is telling us that these flesh and blood bodies cannot inherit or exist in that kingdom when Christ comes back at the seventh trump. Corruption are our flesh bodies, and incorruption are our spiritual bodies as we had before, in the first earth age. That is how our souls exist after death. The flesh decays in the grave, and the soul goes to the Father that sent it, in the incorruption body.

I Corinthians 15:51 "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,"

This is a mystery not revealed in the Scriptures before this. This mystery is something that Paul has given to those of us with eyes to see the truth. He tells us that a time is coming at Christ's return when all us who our still living in our corruptible bodies, flesh bodies will not die, but will be changed into our incorruptible bodies. That's right, every person on the face of the earth will be changed.

I Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

This change will be faster than you can wink an eye, and it will be at the last trump, that trump that sounds as the two witnesses are ascending into heaven. At that hour in time, instantly these flesh bodies will be done away with and all souls will be instantly in their incorruptible bodies, as we had in the first earth age. For the next thousand years people will again be living in their incorruptible bodies, and it will be a time when we are measured by works only. Christ will be here with us, and Satan will be in the pit. His angles will be held for the time of destruction, and each soul will know and see the truths of God's Word. The period of time when  we can be saved by grace will have ended 

I Corinthians 15:53 "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

The things of this flesh age will be over and gone, for it will be a time to focus on the things of God.

I Corinthians 15:54 "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory."

The things of our mortal bodies, human bodies, will be gone, all the rudiments of this earth age simply will not exist anymore, and we will move into the day of the Lord. Awards will be there for the elect, those that were faithful to the end, Those that were pulled into following and bowing to Satan will have to wait 1000 years, until after Judgment day for their rewards. But at that time they will be judged by their works to determine if they may take part in the second resurrection, to eternal life, or be cast into the "Lake of Fire" along with Satan and his fallen angels.

When Satan comes to earth and does his miracles, he will look just like many believe the Lamb of God, Jesus the Christ, looks; and many will be deceived by those deceptions. But the elect will not be deceived, for we know what to expect in that day. 

That is what this chapter was all about..

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