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INSIGHT INTO BIBLE PROPHECY #71
Did Jesus Use the Wrong Examples?
by David Vaughn Elliott
Do
you remember when Jesus said: "as it was in the days of Elijah, so
shall it be when the Son of man comes"? No, you don't--for the simple
reason that the Bible records no such thing.
If
the popular rapture theory were true, Jesus would have used the
examples of Elijah and Enoch. Elijah’s case is the more striking of the
two. After the whirlwind took him into heaven, 50 men fruitlessly
searched three days for him (2 Kings 2). Now that sounds like today’s
rapture theory! The righteous disappear; those "left behind" are
mystified; and daily life goes on. But there is a big problem here.
Jesus never said, "As it was in the days of Elijah"!
Jesus
said, "As it was in the days of Lot… it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when
the Son of Man is revealed." Jesus said, "As it was in the days of
Noah... " Noah’s neighbors did not wonder what happened to him. They had
watched him build his escape boat and gather in the animals. Life did
not go on as usual. "The flood came, and destroyed them all." It was the
end of that world. Jesus said His second coming would be like that!
(Luke 17:26-30).
Jesus
compared His return to the days of Lot and Noah. Both involved the
destruction of the wicked. No second chances. In the case of Sodom, it
was not the end of the world; but it was the end of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those cities have never been found. Those people never had time to
wonder what happened to Lot. There were no chariot wrecks. No search
parties. Nobody was "left behind." Jesus said His coming would be like
that.
Jesus
was not wrong; He did not use the wrong examples. It is today's popular
novels that are wrong. Junk the novels. Believe the words of Jesus in
the Holy Scriptures.