Luk 21:35 | KingComments | STEP | The Lord concludes His temple teaching with an emphatic appeal to His disciples to keep on the alert. He imposes on them the responsibility to hold on to what He has told them as a guideline for their life. They must not forget His warnings, which can easily happen when they let their hearts be weighted down by what life offers. If they don’t stay sober, but are influenced by worldly thinking, they become dissipated. Dissipation is a condition resulting from excessive wine consumption that causes drowsiness. Drunkenness goes a step further. Someone who is drunk is also unable to think soberly, but nevertheless believes that he is still in complete control of the matter, while he utters nonsensical language and swings back and forth. By associating with the world and being integrated into the world, someone completely loses sight of reality. The worries of life can also take up so much of a person’s mind that he no longer thinks of the coming of the Lord Jesus. For such people who once professed to be Christians, but who have not continued to look forward to the coming of Christ in their hearts, that day comes like a trap. The same goes for people who see life only as a party or for people who only see the worries. They do not lift up their heads, but look down to the earth. It turns out that they belong to the earth. The day of the Lord comes like a trap for all who dwell on the face of all the earth. This kind of people is regularly mentioned in the book of Revelation as people who claim life on earth and live in revolt against God and are judged for it ( ). They see the earth as their home and live for everything there is on earth. They don’t think of heaven, it doesn’t exist for them. Therefore it will come on them suddenly when they see that heaven opens ( ). They never thought about it and when they heard about it, they rejected it as ridiculous. The disciples are warned not to resemble them. Hence the Lord says once again that they must keep on the alert at all times. They should not think that they will be able to resist all deception in their own strength. He therefore urges them to pray at all times, that is to say to constantly turn to God and ask Him for help to keep them from all dangers of deviation. Only then will they be able to escape the things He has described. Only in this way will they also be able to stand before the Son of Man when He comes in His glory. When the Son of Man comes, He will consume those who have shown that they have no life of God. This is evident from the fact that they did not look forward to Him. All who have life of God will continue to look forward to Him praying and will be allowed to share in His glory. There is no judgment for them; for He bore it in their stead on the cross.

‏ Luke 21:35

Alertness Required

The Lord concludes His temple teaching with an emphatic appeal to His disciples to keep on the alert. He imposes on them the responsibility to hold on to what He has told them as a guideline for their life. They must not forget His warnings, which can easily happen when they let their hearts be weighted down by what life offers. If they don’t stay sober, but are influenced by worldly thinking, they become dissipated. Dissipation is a condition resulting from excessive wine consumption that causes drowsiness.

Drunkenness goes a step further. Someone who is drunk is also unable to think soberly, but nevertheless believes that he is still in complete control of the matter, while he utters nonsensical language and swings back and forth. By associating with the world and being integrated into the world, someone completely loses sight of reality. The worries of life can also take up so much of a person’s mind that he no longer thinks of the coming of the Lord Jesus.

For such people who once professed to be Christians, but who have not continued to look forward to the coming of Christ in their hearts, that day comes like a trap. The same goes for people who see life only as a party or for people who only see the worries. They do not lift up their heads, but look down to the earth. It turns out that they belong to the earth.

The day of the Lord comes like a trap for all who dwell on the face of all the earth. This kind of people is regularly mentioned in the book of Revelation as people who claim life on earth and live in revolt against God and are judged for it (Rev 8:13 ; Rev 11:10 ; Rev 13:8 ; 12 ; 14). They see the earth as their home and live for everything there is on earth. They don’t think of heaven, it doesn’t exist for them. Therefore it will come on them suddenly when they see that heaven opens (Rev 19:11). They never thought about it and when they heard about it, they rejected it as ridiculous.

The disciples are warned not to resemble them. Hence the Lord says once again that they must keep on the alert at all times. They should not think that they will be able to resist all deception in their own strength. He therefore urges them to pray at all times, that is to say to constantly turn to God and ask Him for help to keep them from all dangers of deviation. Only then will they be able to escape the things He has described.

Only in this way will they also be able to stand before the Son of Man when He comes in His glory. When the Son of Man comes, He will consume those who have shown that they have no life of God. This is evident from the fact that they did not look forward to Him. All who have life of God will continue to look forward to Him praying and will be allowed to share in His glory. There is no judgment for them; for He bore it in their stead on the cross.