Jimmy Lishman (3 May 2012)
"Bruce Warner on Matthew 24:28 in Context"

Hi Bruce and Doves

 

And no moral corruption will escape its fury and judgment.

“For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

The carcass pictures apostate Judaism, Christendom, and the whole world system that is leagued against God and His Christ.

The eagles or vultures typify the judgments of God which will be unleashed in connection with the Messiah's appearing.

 

And also here, Jesus makes an allusion to the battle of Armageddon that is further illuminated in Revelation 19.

When the nations of the world come together for war in the Valley of Megiddo, carcasses will indeed abound and vultures will follow.

So, too, the world system with all its pride, pomposity, and prowess will become nothing more than a dead carcass.

No matter how much progress we might make politically, the system will always be corrupt because of depravity.

Things are wrong in society, and the answer lies not in capitalism, socialism, or communism.

The answer is not democracy, oligarchy, or anarchy.

The only answer is the return of Jesus Christ.

 

Luke 17:37 alludes to the same situation:

Luk 17:37   The disciples fully understood from the Savior's words that His Second Advent would be catastrophic judgment from heaven on an apostate world.

So they asked the Lord where this judgment would fall.

His answer was that wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

The eagles or vultures symbolize impending judgments.

The answer therefore is that judgments would swoop down on every form of unbelief and rebellion against God, no matter where found.

 

Love in CHRIST JESUS

Jimmy