Luke 12-35

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Bible Study on August 7, 2010 on Daniel's boat
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12:35? ?(e) ?“Let your waist be girded and ?f?your lamps burning; ?
12:36? and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. ?
12:37? ? (g) ?Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.
12:?38? And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. ?
12:39? (?h) ?But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would ?(7) ?have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ?
12:40? (?i) ?Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Lk 12:35-40

vs. 38 - We're probably in the third watch, or the final fourth watch, right before dawn. What if He comes in the morning? He will come when it is time, when Michael the Archangel ceases to restrain the mystery of iniquity, and the false prophet will appear, and the great tribulation falls on this world. Then He will come, He will return. Jesus said during the Olivet discourse, except the days of the Great Tribulation be shortened, there would be no flesh saved.

Matthew 25:13 - Watch therefore that ye know neither the day nor the hour - the context is the five wise, and five foolish virgin. Despite slumbering and sleeping, five are still in a saved status because they were still waiting. The foolish ones with no oil were taken away. It is not enough to watch, you also need to be sober and allow the Holy Spirit to tranform you. Just preparing for the end is not enough, you must also be walking with Christ.
- How is it manifested that you are walking with Jesus? Is it manifest in your conduct and words?

144,000 - Will they be fully sanctified?

Is 144,000 a literal number? Will those who are part of it know they are part of it?
- they will be carrying the Word to the people, performing miracles

Daniel is writing a book "The Consumation", an eschatological dissertation

Rev. 7:14 "These are they which came out of great tribulation.

How many people would each of the 144,000 have to bring the Word to in order to give the whole earth a chance to make a decision?

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