Oct 15, 2022
EZEKIEL 8-9:
Terrible destruction is prophesied against
Judah and Jerusalem. The trumpet will sound the battle call, but no
one will get ready, because they are under God’s wrath.
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:
Yesterday the young man extolled the perfection
of his bride.
MATTHEW 25b:
Yesterday in Matthew 25, we heard two parables
that speak about being ready for Christ’s return. Something that is
repeated in the parables on this topic is that, “outside there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Jesus is by that teaching an
important idea: That the punishment in hell will be conscious
punishment (shown by the weeping), and it will be painful (as shown
by the gnashing of teeth).
GNT Translation
notes:
[As
in other places, I modify the text from verse 31 on so that Jesus
talks about himself in the first person instead of the third
person. Jesus’ audience by now knew that he was referring to
himself as “the Son of Man”. Note that in Ezekiel the Lord often
calls Ezekiel in Hebrew “son of man.” If you are reading or
listening to the GNT, those words are translated correctly as
“Mortal Man.” God was using those words in their normal sense, as
it is used in Daniel 7. But every time Jesus used that title He was
using it in a special sense— in effect saying, “I am the One Daniel
saw.”]