reference to ‘the day when the Son of man is revealed’ (17:30–32). Although in the latter case there will be no question of snatching up bag and baggage as one makes a hasty escape from coming judgment, there will still be those who are more concerned about the ‘goods in the house’ than about the Judge at the door. ‘Remember Lot’s wife’, whose fatal glance over her shoulder, when safety beckoned in Zoar while destruction rained on Sodom, showed where her heart really was. These three solemn words,
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