1. The Coming of the Kingdom (Luke 17:20-37) February 1, 2015 Mount Albert Bible Fellowship

3. The Kingdom is In Your Midst Luke 17:20-21

5. What the Coming Will Be Like Luke 17:22-24

6. Do Not Follow Them

7. As the Lightning Flashes…

8. But first… Luke 17:25

9. The People Will Not Be Ready Luke 17:26-30

10. The People Will Not Be Ready Days of Noah (17:26-27) “Eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage” “The flood came and destroyed them all” Warning: the construction of the ark Response: Noah would have been the laughingstock of his time Day of Christ (17:30) Carrying on in ignorance of the coming judgment Destruction in fire (Rev 20:11- 15) Warnings: in various places in the Bible Response: God will be cursed (Rev 16:9, 16:11) “Eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building” “Fire and sulfur rained … and destroyed them all” Warning: angels (Gen 19:11, 14) Response: Lot’s sons-in-law thought Lot was joking Days of Lot (17:28- 29)

11. “Remember Lot’s Wife Luke 17:31-33

13. Who is Taken? Who is Left? Luke 17:34-37

14. I Wish We’d All Been Ready A man and wife asleep in bed She hears a noise and turns her head, he’s gone I wish we’d all been ready Two men walking up a hill One disappears and one’s left standing still I wish we’d all been ready There’s no time to change your mind The Son has come and you’ve been left behind

15. The Judgment

16. Take Home Where is your heart?