Matthew 24:42-51

42-51. As the image of the flood illustrates the suddenness of the second coming to the careless world, so the image of the householder and the waiting servant illustrates its suddenness to the careless individual. Dr. Owen remarks that “here is an easy transition from the destruction of Jerusalem to the judgment day.” It would certainly puzzle any commentator to do, what he does not attempt, namely, show that the coming of the Lord in Matthew 24:42 was not the same as in Matthew 24:44, or to show that both were not the same as in Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 24:27. It would puzzle him to show what common sense there is in making our Lord’s answer talk about a different coming from the disciples’ question.