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Luke 17:20-37

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20Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,

21nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

22Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

23People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them.

24For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.

25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

26“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

27People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

31On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.

32Remember Lot’s wife!

33Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

34I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

35Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

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37“Where, Lord?” they asked. He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”

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1)       According to what Jesus said in reply to the Pharisees in verses 20 and 21 what is the coming of the kingdom of God like?

o   The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed.

o   People will not be able to point specifically to where the kingdom of God is.

o   Rather the kingdom of God is in our midst.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said to his disciples in verse 22 what is the time that is coming?

o   The time is coming when they

§  Will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man.

§  But will not see it.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verse 23 what should the disciples not do when people point specifically to where the kingdom of God is?

o   The disciples should not go running off after them.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verse 24 what will the Son of Man in his day be like?

o   The Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which

§  Flashes.

§  And lights up the sky

Ø  From one end. 

Ø  To the other.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verses 23 and 24 will anyone need to seek in order to see the coming of the Son of Man and why?

o   No, because everyone wherever they are will be able to see the coming of the Son of Man without having to go anywhere.

 

6)       Should the disciples believe any claim that Jesus has returned and is in a certain place?

o   No.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 25 what must the Son of Man first suffer before he comes again?

o   The Son of Man must first

§  Suffer many things.

§  And be rejected by his generation.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 26 what will it be like in the days of the Son of Man?

o   Just as it was in the days of Noah.

o   So

o   Also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verse 27 what were people’s routines in the days before the flood up to the day Noah entered the ark?

o   People were

§  Eating.

§  And drinking.

§  Marrying.

§  And being given in marriage.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verse 27 what happened when the flood came?

o   It destroyed them all.

 

11)   According to what Jesus said in verse 28 what was the same as in the days of Noah?

o   It was

§  The same in the days of Lot.

§  As in the days of Noah.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 28 what were people’s routines in the days of Lot?

o   People were

§  Eating.

§  And drinking.

§  Buying

§  And selling.

§  Planting

§  And building.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verse 29 what happened when Lot left Sodom?

o   Fire and sulfur

§  Rained down from heaven.

§  And destroyed them all.

 

14)   According to what Jesus said in verse 30 what will it be like on the day the Son of Man is revealed?

o   It will be just like this.

 

15)   According to what Jesus said in verse 31 what should the disciples who are on the housetop or in the field do on that day?

o   No one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them.

o   Likewise no one in the field should go back for anything.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 32 whom should the disciples remember as a warning against disobeying the instruction he gave, given Genesis 19:16-26?

o   Remember Lot’s wife!

o   According to Genesis 19:16-26 Lot’s wife

§  Disobeyed the angel’s instruction for her to not look back.

§  And became a pillar of salt.

o   As

o   she fled from Sodom.

 

·  The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out loud Genesis 19:16-26 that says,

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16When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.

17As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

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26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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17)   According to what Jesus said in verse 33 what will happen to anyone who tries to keep their life?

o   Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it.

 

18)   What did Jesus mean whoever tries to keep their life will lose it?

o   Whoever tries to keep their life by their own effort will lose it.

 

19)   According to what Jesus said in verse 33 what will happen to anyone who loses their life?

o   Whoever loses their life will preserve it.

 

20)   What did Jesus mean whoever loses their life will preserve it, given Mark 8:35?

o   Whoever loses their life

§  For Jesus.

§  And for the gospel.

o   Will preserve it.

 

·  The facilitator asks a specific participant to read out loud Mark 8:35 that says,

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35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

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21)   According to what Jesus said in verses 34 and 35 will people be saved on the day the Son of Man is revealed in contrast to the flood and the raining down of fire and sulfur on Sodom?

o   Yes, many will be saved on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

o   But all were lost

§  At the coming of the flood except Noah’s family.

§  And at the raining down of fire and sulfur on Sodom except

Ø  Lot. 

Ø  And his two daughters.

 

22)   According to what Jesus said in verse 37 how did he answer the disciples’ question as to where he would come for those who would be saved?

o   Jesus will come for them.

o   Wherever

o   They are.

o   Just as

o   The vultures will always

§  Find.

§  And gather around a dead body.

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Luke 17:20-37

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