Today: [Luke 17] Offenses, and the Coming of the Kingdom. In Luke 17 Jesus describes a gruesome form of execution as what is in store for those who cause offenses. He goes on to speak of the coming of the kingdom in quite veiled and unique language as “lightning from one part of heaven to another”. When we understand what kind of lightning phenomena He is speaking of, it will inform us of the nature of the coming of the kingdom in a manner that the majority of Christians have never thought of.