Section 5
that God's avenging of our enemy will be at the Savior's coming back.
Literally, the Greek words rendered "faith" mean "the faith." This denotes the persistent faith for our persistent prayer, like that of the widow. Hence, the faith here is the subjective faith, not the objective faith.
TODAY'S EVIL GENERATION
We need to consider the parable in Luke 18:1-8 in the context of the lengthy record of the Lord's journey from Galilee to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51—19:27). During the course of His teaching given on this journey, the Lord covers many aspects of matters related to the jubilee, to the kingdom of God, and to Himself as our enjoyment. He speaks regarding His death, His resurrection, God's salvation, the coming reward, the kingdom age, the evil generation, and the condition of the Pharisees. All these matters are related either directly or indirectly to the king dom of God and to the enjoyment of Christ.
Today's evil generation can distract us from the enjoyment of Christ. This generation seeks to stupefy us, to drug us, so that we have no sense about what is happening. The entire world has become stupefied, and, having been drugged,