Matthew 24:27

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For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 30:30 : 30 The LORD will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
  • Zech 9:14 : 14 Then the LORD will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Sovereign LORD will blow the trumpet and will proceed in the southern storm winds.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.
  • Matt 24:37 : 37 For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
  • Matt 24:39 : 39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Luke 17:24-37 : 24 For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage– right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; 29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” 37 Then the disciples said to him,“Where, Lord?” He replied to them,“Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.
  • Job 37:3 : 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.
  • Job 38:35 : 35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you,‘Here we are’?
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying,“Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus said to him,“Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
  • Matt 16:28 : 28 I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
  • Matt 24:3 : 3 Signs of the End of the Age As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said,“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

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  • Luke 17:22-24
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    22 The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23 Then people will say to you,‘Look, there he is!’ or‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

    24 For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 24:28-35
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    28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

    29 The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

    30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

    32 The Parable of the Fig Tree“Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

    33 So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

    34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

    35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Matt 24:26
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    26 So then, if someone says to you,‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

  • Mark 13:24-27
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    24 The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

    25 the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

    26 Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

    27 Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

  • Luke 21:27-28
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    27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

    28 But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    78%

    42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37 For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Luke 17:30-31
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    30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

    31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

  • Luke 12:40
    75%

    40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Matt 24:39
    74%

    39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 16:27-28
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    27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

    28 I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29 So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

    30 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Matt 25:31
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    31 The Judgment“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15 (Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

  • Matt 13:43
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    43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Matt 24:50
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    50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

  • Luke 12:54
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    54 Reading the Signs Jesus also said to the crowds,“When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once,‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and it does.

  • Matt 24:3
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    3 Signs of the End of the Age As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said,“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

  • Matt 24:14
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    14 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.

  • Matt 28:3
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    3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

  • Mark 13:34-36
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    34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–

    36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35 For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

  • Luke 17:26
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    26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 13:29
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    29 Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 24:23
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    23 Then if anyone says to you,‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘There he is!’ do not believe him.

  • Matt 24:16-17
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    16 “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

    17 The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

  • Mark 14:62
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    62 “I am,” said Jesus,“and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

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