Day 4: The Final Generation
· A storm is coming. Daniel knew that before him was a crisis. He chose a diet before facing the crisis (Daniel 1:8, 12). Let’s choose a diet before facing a storm before us.
· A storm is coming. “Ministers should present the sure word of prophecy as the foundation...” of our faith. “The prophecy of Daniel and Revelation should be carefully studied, and in connection with them the words, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” EV 196.2
· A storm is coming, we have to discern the signs of the times (Math 16:3). Soon we will be persecuted (John 15:20, also Heb 11:35 – 40, Mathew 24:9). All shall suffer persecution (2Tim 3:12)
· Mathew 24: 6 – 9, 21 – 22 indicates that the final generation will have to suffer great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
· Which specific generation does the final generation refer to? Jesus adds, “and there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” Luke 21:25
· Note that, the signs in the sun, moon, and stars appear before the distress of nations with perplexity. History tells us that the initial signs in the sun and moon appeared in 1780, and stars in 1833. These marked the beginning of the last days. Distress of nations, with perplexity however, happened in 2008. (Covered in our next series).
· In Luke 21:31 - 36 Jesus says, “So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
· The generation that shall not pass away till all be fulfilled is the one that will “see these things...” We are that generation. Jesus was not talking of the generation during His time as it did not “... see these things ...” Luke 21:25,26,28.
· We are the final generation. Jesus finishes with these loving words “and take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth” (Luke 21:34). “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36).
The great storm is coming. Oh if we knew the time! – Luke 19:41 – 44
Now is the time, let’s repent, believe the gospel and be ready.
Ganka Daniel Nyamsogoro
Department of Economics and International Business
University of Greenwich
