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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.
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
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.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
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.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

17:21 within you. The kingdom of God has many aspects and phases (see notes on Matthew 3:2). One first enters the kingdom of God in its spiritual aspect when he or she is born again (John 3:3), and it is this aspect which the Lord emphasized here. “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost” (Romans 14:17). Whenever the disciples of Christ are being persecuted for their faith or are having other difficult times, they find themselves wondering “when the kingdom of God should come” (Luke 17:20). In fact, Christ Himself, urged us to pray: “Thy kingdom come” (Matthew 6:10), and indeed this physical aspect—the kingdom of God on earth, with Christ reigning in righteousness—would indeed come, as He would shortly make clear (Luke 17:24-37). In the meantime, however, as they wait for His coming, believers should remember that His kingdom is already present, in the person of the indwelling Holy Spirit, who is “the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession” (Ephesians 1:14).


17:24 as the lightning. No matter how difficult the situation becomes, the believer must always reject any claims that Christ has already come, and is hiding somewhere (Luke 17:21; also see Matthew 24:26). When He does first come, believers will suddenly be translated from this earth into His presence (Luke 17:34-36; also I Thessalonians 4:16-17). When He later comes finally again to the earth itself, His presence will hardly be secret, for it will be seen all over the world.


17:26 days of Noe. Many of the characteristics of the days of Noah and Lot are indeed recurring today, indicating that the return of Christ may be soon. These include the following:

1. Physical appetites (Luke 17:27)

2. Secularism (Luke 17:28)

3. Disregard of marriage (Matthew 24:38)

4.             Uniformitarianism (Hebrews 11:7)

5.             Disobedience (I Peter 3:20)

6. Ungodliness (Jude 15)

7. Unbelief (II Peter 2:5)

8. Blasphemy (Jude 15)

9. Population increase (Genesis 6:1,11)

10. Hedonism (Genesis 4:21)

11. Technology (Genesis 4:22)

12. Violence (Genesis 6:11,13)

13. Corruption (Genesis 6:12)

14. Sexual Promiscuity (Genesis 4:19; 6:2)

15. Homosexuality (Genesis 19:4-5)

16. Organized Satanic activity (Genesis 6:1-4)


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