Luke 17

This is the parallel passage to Matthew 24.



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;



21 “Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.



Unlike the political revolution the Jews were expecting, you can’t see the kingdom of God. It is in your heart. It "came" at Calvary.



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.



“You will miss this time with me, but this time won’t happen again.”



23 “And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them,



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.



“When it is time for the world to know I am God, it won’t be a secret thing, but EVERYONE will know.”



25 “But first must He suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.



“First I have to be crucified.”



26 “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.



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.



When Israel was destroyed by the Romans, the Jews were living their lives like normal. The Christians saw the army coming and fled just like Noah and his family got on the ark when it was finished. The the Great Tribulation destroyed Israel just as suddenly and thouroughly as the flood did the pre-flood population.



28 “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;



29 “But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.



30 “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.



Just as Lot and his family barely escaped from Sodom and Gomorea, The Christians barely got out before God revealed Himself in His wrath against Israel.



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.



32 “Remember Lot’s wife.



“DON’T GO BACK when you see the Armies coming. Remember how Lot’s wife was destroyed.”



33 “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.



“If you try to save the life you have had here in Jerusalem, you will die. If you give up your stuff, property, your life here, you will be saved from the Great Tribulation.”



34 “I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.



35 “Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.



36 “Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.”



“One will choose to flee and one to stay. “



37 And they answered and said unto him, “Where (will this all happen), Lord?”



And He said unto them, “Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.”



“Wherever the dead body of Jerusalem is, the Eagle Roman army will attack.”