<p>17:22 <i>And he said to the disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you shall not see it</i>- Yet Jn. 8:56 implies it is always possible to see one of the days of the Son of man through faith in Him. As explained in Jn. 14-16, the promised Comforter would enable believers to always have the same sense of the Lord's presence as His followers had during His ministry. Is the Lord not hinting here that there will be a clouded spiritual vision amongst His latter day followers, even though they will &ldquo;desire&rdquo; this not to be the case? And can we not see uncomfortable similarities with our position and feelings today, realizing our vision is somewhat clouded, desiring for things to be different, but still not seeing&hellip;?</p><p>The Lord's coming is &quot;the day of the Son of man&quot;; and yet He speaks of the days of His ministry as the days of the Son of Man. The Lord is the same yesterday, today and forever. The same Jesus who was then in Palestine, speaking from the larynx of a Palestinian Jew, is essentially the same who shall return, likewise as judge, friend and patient saviour. Lk. 17:24-26&nbsp;speaks of&nbsp;the &quot;days of the Son of man&quot; and refers them to three things: <br />1. The days of the Lord's ministry<br />2. The time leading up to His return<br />3. The day of judgment, of His actual second coming.<br />Putting these together, we come to the following conclusion: those living in the very last days will effectively be living with the actual presence of the Lord, it will be as if He has physically returned, although He has not done so. This may well be in order to provide encouragement to the persecuted saints in their latter-day tribulation; but it surely suggests that they will <i>know</i> that the Lord is about to return, that they are living in the days of the Son of man. The Comforter will be poured out, or accepted, so that the believers feel strongly the Lord's presence.&nbsp;</p>