If you know that something special is going to happen, you don’t want to miss it. You make sure you know the time and the place, or what route number to follow. The Pharisees were somewhat similar regarding the kingdom of God. First century Israel was full of anticipation of the Day of the Lord, when God would usher in his kingdom and the glory of the time of King David would be restored. Is there any wonder they went to Jesus to see if he could help them out? But Jesus told the Pharisees they were on the wrong track; there was no sign to watch out for to know the ‘when’ of the kingdom. In fact there wasn’t even a ‘where’ of the kingdom.
The readings were Psalm 146, Philemon 7-20, Luke 17:20-25. The reflection from the 2pm SLT service on Thursday follows.
