Truth of Lies

 DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

TRUTH OR LIES

Matt 24:32-35

32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

NIV

In other words, there are going to be enough of the right signs that everyone will be able to know the time of the end of all things seen and the beginning of all things unseen. What we also must understand is that Jesus was not talking about the group of people, a generation of people, who were living at the time He said this. The Greek word translated as generation carries the meaning of an age, a period of time. This could mean one hundred years, or a thousand years, or whatever amount of time God has set for this age of man living upon the earth to come to an end. Mankind will live on this earth during all of the things Jesus said would happen. Men will see the signs in the sun, moon, and stars. Men will see the seas tossed around, and the stars falling from the heavens. Men will see all that John described in the revelation he saw. What we do not know is will we believers see them before we are taken up to heaven, or will we be taken out of the earth before the end of this age comes to pass. It is inevitable and the only preparation that anyone can take is to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. Other than that nothing anyone can do will either bring all these things, these signs, to come to pass or keep them from coming to pass. All that will happen is going to happen according to the perfect plan of God. The end of all things we know will pass away, except one thing, and that is the words of Jesus. This could also mean the word will not pass away, as Jesus is the Word who became flesh. However, in this context, it is most likely meant that Jesus said that what he as said, every word that he has spoken, which is all truth will never pass away, His words will stand throughout eternity. The truth will never fade away. All lies fade at some time, every word of man will fade at some time, our words are not eternal, even those we think we are immortalizing in preserved documentation or carved in stone or any other means we can think of. Every word of man will be forgotten, but the words of Jesus will last forever. Therefore, it would behoove us to live by words that last, rather than words that fade. The lasting words of Jesus are true, the fading words of man are not true, therefore they could be considered lies. Which would be best to base our life on? Truth or lies.