April 15

Read / Listen
Joshua 11:1-12:24
Luke 17:11-37
Psalm 84:1-12
Proverbs 13:5-6

New Testament

Luke 17:11-37

Summary

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers
The Coming of the Kingdom

While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed. Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they? “Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.”

~ Luke 17:11-19

Remember Lot’s Wife

What does it mean to “remember Lot’s wife” in Luke 17:32?

Luk_17:30-37 do not refer to the rapture (1Th_4:13-18) but to the return of Christ to the earth to set up His righteous kingdom (Rev_19:11; Mat_24:15-20; Mar_13:14-18). When Christ comes suddenly for His church, there will certainly be no time to go back into a house to get something! (1Co_15:51-52) The verb “taken” in Luk_17:34-36 does not mean “taken to heaven” but “taken away in judgment.” Those left will enter into the kingdom.

Jesus saw human society at the end of the age to be like a rotten corpse that invites the eagles and vultures (Luk_17:37); and this reminds us of Rev_19:17-19, that last battle before Jesus establishes His kingdom. As believers in His church, we must obey Luk_17:33 and seek to live wholly for Him (Mat_10:39; Joh_12:25). That is the only way to be prepared for His coming.

~ Warren Wiersbe