November 30, 2024 - Luke 17:22 - The Comforter

Luke 17:22

"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."

Christ is talking about after His ascension when there will be persecution. John experienced it. He lay his head on our Savior's breast and yet in the book of Revelation, we find him on the isle of Patmos, exiled for the Kingdom's sake. The whole book of Revelation is about Christ, the very first verse of the first chapter says, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." It was written for the comfort of His children of the Kingdom that would perhaps be questioning like John the Baptist, "And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou He that should come?" (Luke 7:19)

I'm sure the disciples were thinking back to when they had Him, when they walked with Him on this earth. He was there every day and now He was gone, but this is what He told them: "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." (John 14:18)

So how does Christ come? By His Holy Spirit: "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26)

The Holy Spirit teaches the children of Christ the Word, and brings Him to their remembrance to comfort them. I would not be preaching this to you right now were it not for His Spirit. I would be still following along in the Pharisses' doctrine because I believed that for years. You would hear people preaching about a future earthly kingdom and going back to Jerusalem, that's just the Pharisaical doctrines that are still flowing today.

Why on earth would I ever want to go worship again in some earthly place called Jerusalem, in some earthly temple where sacrifices are being offered again, after Christ the Perfect Righteous Sacrifice has shed His precious blood unto an obedient death that has paid the price of my sin and made me free? NO! That doctrine is just pollution, self-righteous pollution! "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning." (2 Peter 2:20) "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1) Christ alone!