A Sign to This Generation
Luke 11:29 – As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation, it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 – For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
Verse 31 – The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here! 32 – The people of Nineveh will stand up the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!
Who could ask for a greater gift than to see Jesus in person? The crowds heard words from Jesus with more wisdom than Solomon. They heard preaching more moving than Jonah’s. Yet the doubters were there seeking a sign even though all the predicted signs had happened if they would dare to look for them.
How about our generation? We don’t have Jesus in person, but we have His book, the Bible. The greatest, most published, most circulated book of all time and yet with all the evidence that this book is reliable and true – we still have the doubters looking for signs. The only thing that will be greater than being in the crowd of Jesus’ day to hear and see and even feel His healing touch – will be to see Him returning to this earth just as He said He would.
The signs for our generation are happening all around us. Do we really need to ask for more signs? Do need more war? Do need food to be priced higher or become more scarce? One pandemic was enough! Do we need another to wake us up? Check out the online earthquake registry! Our planet is ringing like a bell with signs of Jesus’ soon coming! And we have the Bible, the gospel of Jesus Christ going into all the world in every format imaginable: print, internet, radio, satellite and more!
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come – Matthew 24:14.
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We are going to see the King!
Where two are gathered 