Section 3
enter, first say, Peace to this house. And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not, it shall return upon you." In these verses the word "peace" is crucial. The Lord even uses the expression "son of peace." The main thing in the jubilee is peace. We should greet others in peace, and they should greet us with peace. If the one we greet is a son of peace, our peace will remain with him. But if he is not a son of peace, our peace will return upon us.
In 10:10-16 we see the seriousness of reject ing the one sent by the Man-Savior. Regarding a city that rejects the Lord's sent ones, He says, "I say to you that it will be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city" (v. 12). This indicates that the punishment of God's judgment is in varying degrees. To reject the Lord's sent ones will cause more punishment than the sin of Sodom.
THE SEVENTY RETURNING WITH JOY
Luke 10:17 says, "And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." The Lord Jesus re plied, "I was beholding Satan when he fell like lightning out of heaven" (v. 18). At the time of his rebellion against God before the creation of