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 Luke 21, verses 5 to 38.

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 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings,

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 he said, ask for these things that you see.

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 The days will come and will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.

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 And they asked him, teacher, when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?

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 And he said, see that you are not led astray.

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 For many will come in my name saying, I am he.

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 And the time is at hand.

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 Do not go after them.

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 And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified.

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 For these things must first take place.

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 But the end will not be at once.

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 Then he said to them, nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

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 There will be great earthquakes and in various places famines and pestilences.

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 And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

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 But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you,

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 delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons.

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 And you will be the same governors for my name's sake.

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 This will be your opportunity to bear witness.

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 Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer.

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 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

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 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends.

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 And some of you they will put to death.

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 You will be hated by all for my name's sake.

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 But not a hair of your head will perish.

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 By your endurance you will gain your lives.

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 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,

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 then know that its desolation has come near.

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 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

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 and let those who are inside the city depart.

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 And let not those who are out in the country enter it.

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 For these are days of vengeance to fulfill all that is written.

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 Alas, for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days.

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 For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people.

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 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations.

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 And Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles

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 until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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 And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars

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 and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity

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 because of the roaring of the sea and the waves.

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 People fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world.

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 For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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 And when they will see the Son of Man,

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 and then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

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 Now when these things begin to take place,

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 straighten up and raise your heads

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 because your redemption is drawing near.

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 And he told them a parable.

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 Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

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 As soon as they come out in leaf,

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 you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.

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 So also, when you see these things taking place,

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 you know that the kingdom of God is near.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.

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 Heaven and earth will pass away,

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 but my words will not pass away.

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 But watch yourselves,

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 lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life.

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 And that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

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 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the earth.

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 Face of the whole earth.

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 But stay awake at all times,

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 praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place

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 and to stand before the Son of Man.

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 And every day he was teaching in the temple,

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 but at night he went out and lodged on a mountain called Olivet.

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 And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Hopefully he won't cut in and out anymore.

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 Jesus has been up to this point teaching every day in the temple.

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 And ever since he entered Jerusalem at chapter 19.

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 And some of the people that were with him were beginning to marvel at the temple,

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 how beautiful it is, how magnificent it is.

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 It says verse 5,

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 They were speaking of the temple,

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 how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings.

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 And that spurs Jesus then to talk about how the temple will soon be destroyed

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 and how that is connected to the coming of the end times.

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 And so Jesus then goes on to teach more generally about the ultimate end times that is coming as well.

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 And his main point here for us to learn is that we should bear enduring witness to Christ,

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 watchfully waiting for his return and our redemption.

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 And usually I have two or three points, but because of the,

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 not all the points are very long.

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 So bear with me.

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 I'll talk about the destruction of the temple,

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 the persecution of believers,

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 fall of Jerusalem,

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 disruptions in heaven and earth.

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 These are all things that will precede the return of Christ.

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 And so the exhortation to us,

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 it finally is to be watchful.

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 And the people were marveling at the temple.

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 And this temple,

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 the Jewish temple that they're marveling at,

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 is not the first Jewish temple.

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 The first,

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 the original temple that Solomon built

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 was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian army in 586 BC.

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 We see that in 2 Kings 25 and Jeremiah 52.

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 A second temple built was built to replace that.

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 It was built by the returning Jewish exiles from the Babylonian exile in 516 BC.

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 It was led by Ezra and Nehemiah and Zerubbabel.

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 But it says in Ezra chapter three,

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 verse 12,

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 that many of the priests and Levites and heads of father's houses,

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 old men who had seen the first house,

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 wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid.

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 Because compared to the first temple,

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 the second temple was so shoddy and insignificant,

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 they wept at the sight of it being erected.

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 But when Herod I became the Roman king of Judea,

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 ruling at the behest of the Roman emperor over the Jewish people in Judea,

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 in the first century BC,

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 he engaged in a lot of building projects to kind of showcase his greatness.

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 And one of those projects was a complete refurbishment of the second temple.

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 He overhauled it from top to bottom,

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 building new foundation walls and enlarging the temple area by about 200,000 square yards,

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 about twice the size of the original second temple,

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 size of 30 football fields,

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 to about 200,000 square yards.

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 And this construction took over 80 years,

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 and it was still ongoing,

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 but still a lot of it was done by the time Jesus was ministering.

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 It was undoubtedly an impressive structure,

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 and so people are marveling at how it was adorned with noble stones,

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 good quality stones,

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 and offerings,

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 which is a reference to ornaments of the temple dedicated to God,

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 including like the gold-plated gates and such.

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 And the first century Roman historian Tacitus described this temple as immensely opulent.

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 Archaeologists have found stones that are 42 feet long,

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 11 feet high,

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 and 14 feet deep,

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 weighing over a million pounds that were used in the construction of this temple.

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 These massive stones,

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 if the temple were still,

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 if the second temple were still intact,

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 if it were still there,

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 it would be more massive,

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 these stones that were used,

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 than any other ancient temple that existed.

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 Now, the ornaments were similarly extravagant.

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 First century Jewish historian Josephus writes that the gate opening into the temple

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 was completely overlaid with gold,

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 as was the whole wall around it.

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 It had above it golden vines from which hung grape clusters as tall as a man,

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 and it had golden doors 55 cubits high and 16 broad.

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 Before these hung a veil of equal length of Babylonian tapestry

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 with embroidery of blue and fine linen,

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 of scarlet also,

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 and of purple,

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 wrought with marvelous skill.

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 It had columns that rose 40 feet high,

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 and they were so thick that Josephus reports that it took three grown men

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 to try to stretch out their arms in order to get around it.

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 So imagine columns like the giant sequoias of the redwood forests.

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 If the temple still stood today,

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 we would be in awe of it,

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 we'd take pictures of it.

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 But Jesus is not impressed.

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 He says in verse 6,

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 As for these things that you see,

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 the days will come when there will not be left here

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 one stone upon another

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 that will not be thrown down.

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 This is because,

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 as Jesus said to these people in Luke 19.46,

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 they had turned a house of prayer into a den of robbers,

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 a hideout for people who do evil things

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 outside of the temple in their own lives

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 and then come to find refuge.

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 Instead of a place to seek God,

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 it had been reduced to a den of robbers.

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 So Jesus,

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 because they rejected the messianic king that God sent,

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 Jesus pronounced that the temple will be destroyed.

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 And so he tells them here,

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 and as people,

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 I think we tend to value these kinds of visible monuments

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 and historical landmarks,

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 but Jesus is telling us,

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 reminding us,

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 they don't last forever.

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 Consider the Massachusetts State House,

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 designed by the same architect

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 that designed the White House

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 with its gilded 23-carat gold dome,

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 or consider the famed Faneuil Hall,

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 indelibly etched into American history.

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 Many of you are Harvard students.

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 Consider Harvard's Memorial Hall

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 with high arched ceilings,

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 timber roof,

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 decorated with these

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 august portraits

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 of important people

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 and lighted by stained glass windows,

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 or the Weiner's Library,

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 which,

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 according to a college guidebook,

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 is colonnaded on its front

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 by immense pillars

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 with elaborate Corinthian capitals,

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 all of which stand at the head

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 of a flight of stairs

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 that would not disgrace

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 the capital in Washington.

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 Or consider MIT's

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 McLaurin Building,

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 which forms a U

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 around the grassy Killian Court,

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 facing the beautiful Charles River,

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 with an impressive colonnade facade,

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 and topped by 100 feet wide

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 great dome

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 modeled after the great Parthenon of Rome.

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 Consider all these things,

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 their buildings,

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 their illustrated history,

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 their revered traditions,

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 their unparalleled reputations,

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 and yet God is not impressed.

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 We think these things will last.

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 But they don't last forever.

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 The people who were with us

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 are not impressed

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 by the external grandeur

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 of the Jewish temple,

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 but Jesus tells them

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 not to be impressed

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 because it will not last.

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 Remember what God said

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 in Isaiah chapter 66,

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 verses 1 to 2,

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 Heaven is my throne,

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 and the earth is my footstool.

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 What is the house

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 that you would build for me?

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 And what is the place of my rest?

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 All these things my hand has made,

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 and so all these things came to be,

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 but this is the one to whom I will look,

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 he who is humble,

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 and contrite in spirit,

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 and trembles at my word.

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 That's what God ultimately cares about,

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 about us.

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 He doesn't need us to do anything for him.

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 There's nothing we can do

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 to make him more glorious

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 than he already is.

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 There's nothing we can give to him

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 that he doesn't already own.

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 If we really understand this truth,

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 it will set us free

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 from being captive to this world.

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 All worldly fame and recognition,

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 what school you went to,

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 where you work,

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 what your position is,

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 how much you earn,

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 all worldly riches,

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 the car you drive,

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 the house you live in,

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 the clothes you wear,

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 all worldly accomplishments,

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 the degrees you hold,

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 the patents you earn,

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 the laws you pass,

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 the problems you solve,

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 and the buildings you design,

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 these things do not endure forever.

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 What God cares about

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 is that you are of humble

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 and contrite spirit,

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 and that you tremble at his word.

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 What God cares about

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 is that you do all your work,

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 all these things,

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 not out for your own glory,

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 not out of love for yourself,

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 but out of love for him,

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 that you study,

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 write,

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 code,

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 build,

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 and work for him

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 in faith and obedience.

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 That's what gets God's attention.

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 A person who is inwardly humble,

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 submitted to him,

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 not things that are outwardly grandiose.

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 And the people are so startled

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 by Jesus' prophecy

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 because the temple

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 was the center of their worship.

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 And so they ask him in verse 7,

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 Teacher,

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 when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign

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 when these things

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 are about to take place?

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 The destruction of the temple

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 would be the end of life

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 as they know it,

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 and it would portend for them

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 the beginning of the end times

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 and the coming

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And so Jesus answers

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 their question

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 not only by speaking

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 of the signs

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 that lead up to

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 the destruction of the temple

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 and the fall of Jerusalem,

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 but also more generally

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 about the ultimate end,

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 about his second coming.

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 But before he talks

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 about these signs,

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 Jesus tells them about

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 what are not signs,

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 things that will happen

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 before the fall of Jerusalem,

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 but are not necessarily indicators

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 that the end is about to come.

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 He says in verses 8 to 9,

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 See that you are not led astray,

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 for many will come in my name,

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 saying,

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 I am he,

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 and the time is at hand.

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 Do not go after them,

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 and when you hear of wars

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 and tumults,

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 do not be terrified,

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 for these things

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 must first take place,

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 but the end

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 will not be at once.

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 There will be people

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 that come claiming

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 to be the Messiah,

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 saying,

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 I am he.

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 There will be timetables given,

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 saying that it is now the time,

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 the end time has come.

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 There will be false rumors

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 about Messiahs.

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 Likewise,

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 there will also be rumors

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 of war and tumults.

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 He says,

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 You will hear of wars

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 and tumults.

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 There will be rumblings of war

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 all throughout the world,

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 but we should not be terrified,

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 for these things

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 must first take place,

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 but the end

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 will not be at once.

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 These rumors

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 of the Messiah,

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 rumors of wars

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 and revolutions

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 are par for the course

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 after the time

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 of Jesus' death

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 and resurrection

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 and ascension.

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 They're not unusual events.

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 They will characterize

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 life after Jesus' ascension.

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 These are not necessarily

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 indicators

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 that Christ's coming

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 is imminent.

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 We know of

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 at least two

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 Messianic pretenders

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 that existed

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 right after Jesus' time

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 before the destruction

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 of the temple

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 in 70 AD.

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 Those are recorded

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 in Acts 5.36

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 and Acts 21.38

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 as well.

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 So this really did happen.

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 It was fulfilled.

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 But until Christ returns,

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 we need not be terrified

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 because we are not living

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 in the dark.

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 We expect these things.

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 And then Jesus gives us

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 a summary statement

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 in verses 10-11

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 of the signs

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 that will precede the end

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 that there will be wars

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 among nations

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 and natural disasters

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 and unusual phenomena

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 in the sky and land.

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 And then Jesus

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 elaborates on these

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 in the following passages.

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 It kind of serves

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 as a thesis statement

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 for verses 20-26,

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 verse 10 and verse 11 does.

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 But before all of these

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 designs will take place,

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 Jesus says further

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 in verse 12

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 that there will be

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 persecution of believers.

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 That's my second point.

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 They will lay their hands

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 on you

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 and persecute you,

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 delivering you up

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 to the synagogues

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 and prisons.

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 And you will be

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 the things

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 and governors

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 for my name's sake.

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 Persecution,

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 according to Jesus,

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 is not a sign

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 that the end

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 is imminent.

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 Persecution,

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 and here,

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 followers of Christ,

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 he says,

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 will be delivered up

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 to the synagogues

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 and prisons,

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 which suggests

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 religious authorities.

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 And also,

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 we will be brought

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 before kings

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 and governors,

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 which suggests

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 civil authorities,

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 political authorities.

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 And all of this

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 persecution will be,

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 Jesus says,

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 for my name's sake.

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 This phrase

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 is repeated twice

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 in this passage,

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 here in verse 12

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 and later in verse 17.

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 Already in Luke,

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 John the Baptist

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 has been imprisoned

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 for bearing witness

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 to Jesus.

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 And other followers

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 of Jesus

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 are imprisoned

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 in Luke's sequel

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 in the book of Acts

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 up to 16 times.

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 And then,

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 they testify

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 before civil authorities

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 on many occasions.

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 And all of that happens

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 because of Jesus,

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 for the sake

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 of Jesus' name.

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 That phrase

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 is repeated 17 times

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 in the book of Acts.

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 It shows the centrality

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 of a Christian's

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 allegiance to Jesus.

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 That's what our lives

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 are to be about.

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 About the name of Jesus,

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 advancing his name,

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 we live for his sake

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 and not our own.

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 So if I were to ask you,

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 is it obvious

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 to those around you

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 that you are living

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 for Jesus' name's sake?

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 Or are they more likely

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.160
 to conclude

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 when they observe

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 your life from the outside

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:24.420
 that you are living

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:26.119
 for your own sake?

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 This is a question

00:19:29.879 --> 00:19:30.420
 that we all need

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.119
 to ask ourselves

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.839
 because often

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.279
 the absence of persecution

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.059
 is a sign

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:38.259
 not of how principled

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.859
 and moral

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 our society is,

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.519
 but of how impoverished

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.379
 our witness to Christ is.

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:48.440
 persecution is not

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.160
 out of the ordinary

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.960
 for the Christian.

00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:51.100
 It's normal.

00:19:51.780 --> 00:19:52.820
 It's to be expected

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:54.060
 in the life

00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:55.340
 following Jesus' ascension.

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.080
 And Jesus says

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.820
 in verse 13,

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.760
 this will be

00:19:59.760 --> 00:20:01.060
 your opportunity

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.880
 to bear witness.

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:05.300
 We will be persecuted

00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:06.180
 for bearing witness

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.720
 to Jesus,

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.960
 but the persecution

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.320
 itself will provide

00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.720
 further opportunities,

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.540
 a platform

00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:12.500
 for bearing witness

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.120
 to Jesus

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.359
 because when people

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.959
 mock us for our faith,

00:20:16.239 --> 00:20:17.579
 when people persecute us

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.079
 for our faith,

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:19.199
 when people bring us

00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:20.559
 to public courts,

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.539
 we're being brought

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.519
 for the hearing

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.059
 of many.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.379
 Our faith

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:25.919
 is becoming

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:26.739
 made an issue

00:20:26.739 --> 00:20:27.539
 and gives us

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.259
 an opportunity

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.419
 to bear witness

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:29.839
 to Jesus

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.659
 and tell them

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.659
 about our faith

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.459
 and about the hope

00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:33.439
 that we have

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:34.059
 in Jesus.

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.939
 And so it's

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:36.959
 an opportunity

00:20:36.959 --> 00:20:37.679
 for witness.

00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:39.559
 This is kind of

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.699
 really a radical way

00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.500
 to think about it

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.899
 and look at it

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:43.259
 because if preserving

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.980
 ourselves

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.740
 or promoting

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.640
 ourselves

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:48.040
 is the primary

00:20:48.040 --> 00:20:49.280
 goal of our lives,

00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:50.440
 then persecution,

00:20:50.780 --> 00:20:51.060
 of course,

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.019
 is undesirable.

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:54.600
 It's a setback.

00:20:54.780 --> 00:20:55.600
 It's a disappointment.

00:20:57.280 --> 00:20:58.400
 But if

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.400
 proclamation

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:01.060
 of Jesus,

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.180
 if promoting

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.780
 Christ

00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:04.940
 is our ultimate

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.820
 goal in life,

00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:07.100
 then persecution

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:08.460
 is not a setback

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.440
 or a disappointment.

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.220
 it's an opportunity,

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.620
 a golden chance

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:15.279
 to bear witness

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.860
 to Jesus

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.480
 and how precious

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.380
 he is to us.

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.380
 And he says

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.120
 we need not worry

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.900
 about persecution

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:22.940
 because it's not

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.920
 a threat to us.

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.580
 It's an opportunity

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.420
 and Jesus

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.420
 will teach us

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.779
 by his spirit

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.500
 what to say.

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.680
 He says in verses

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.799
 14 to 15,

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.099
 settle it therefore

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.879
 in your minds

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.759
 not to meditate

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.299
 beforehand

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.180
 how to answer

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.539
 for I will give you

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.879
 a mouth and wisdom

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:39.379
 which none of your

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.559
 adversaries will be able

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.119
 to withstand

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:42.099
 or contradict.

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.599
 Jesus said something

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.599
 very similar earlier

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.480
 in Luke 12

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.720
 verses 11 to 12

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.659
 when he said

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.079
 that when we're

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.000
 brought for trial

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.159
 to the religious

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.680
 authorities

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.680
 that we don't need

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.259
 to worry about

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.379
 defending ourselves

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.039
 or worry about

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.680
 what to say

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.399
 because he said

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.960
 therefore

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.539
 the Holy Spirit

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.539
 will teach you

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.900
 in that very hour

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:02.460
 what you ought to say.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.579
 That's what Jesus

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.539
 is promising here.

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.519
 I will give you

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.299
 a mouth and wisdom

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.279
 and that phrase

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.400
 mouth and wisdom

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:13.340
 recalls

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:15.120
 Exodus chapter 4

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:16.259
 verses 10 to 12

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:18.360
 when God calls Moses

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 to go to Egypt

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.019
 to deliver Israel

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.279
 from their captivity

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 and this is

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.980
 Moses' excuse.

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.440
 He says

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.440
 O my Lord

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.620
 I am not eloquent

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:31.700
 either in the past

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.340
 or since

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.640
 you have spoken

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.279
 to your servant

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.559
 but I am slow

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.160
 of speech

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.700
 and of tongue

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 but the Lord

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.840
 said to him

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:43.279
 who has made

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.180
 man's mouth

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.980
 who makes him

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.380
 mute

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.120
 or deaf

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.840
 or seeing

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.480
 or blind

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.720
 is it not I

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.360
 the Lord

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.799
 now therefore

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.400
 go

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.740
 and I will be

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.779
 with your mouth

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:56.299
 and teach you

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.359
 what you shall

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.240
 speak.

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.619
 God who created

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.420
 the human mouth

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.379
 God who is the

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.519
 embodiment of all

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.019
 wisdom

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.079
 will himself

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.039
 help you

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.039
 when you are

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.359
 being interrogated

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.119
 persecuted

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.399
 for the sake

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:11.420
 of Jesus' name.

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.839
 So you need not

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.180
 worry.

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.160
 God will teach you

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.720
 what to say

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.680
 and help you

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.299
 to say it.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.599
 How many times

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.899
 have you

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.240
 given that excuse

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.960
 the same excuse

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.859
 that Moses has given

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.579
 for not bearing

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.379
 witness to Jesus?

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.319
 I'm not eloquent.

00:23:27.219 --> 00:23:27.919
 I'm slow

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:28.439
 of speech.

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.919
 I don't have

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.619
 all the answers.

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.559
 When God

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.059
 gives you

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.599
 an opportunity

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.199
 to witness

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:37.259
 in that context

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:39.740
 you don't need

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.119
 to worry

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.719
 about being

00:23:40.719 --> 00:23:41.399
 ridiculed

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.519
 persecuted

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.079
 mocked

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.859
 for your beliefs.

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:45.199
 When that happens

00:23:45.199 --> 00:23:46.240
 when the opportunity

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.819
 comes

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:48.359
 Jesus himself

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.399
 the Lord God

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.959
 himself

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:51.079
 will give you

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.799
 a wisdom

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.799
 and a mouth

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.319
 to speak.

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 And we see

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.759
 this fulfilled

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.460
 throughout the book

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 of Acts.

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 Jesus continues

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.859
 in verses 16

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.379
 and 17

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 you'll be delivered

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.819
 up even by parents

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.419
 and brothers

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.119
 and relatives

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.779
 and friends

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:09.059
 and some of you

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.599
 they will put

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.119
 to death.

00:24:10.939 --> 00:24:11.519
 You'll be hated

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.480
 by all for my

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.199
 namesake.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.899
 In some cases

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.699
 followers of Jesus

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.679
 will even be

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.159
 betrayed

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:18.399
 by their parents

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:19.240
 brothers

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.659
 relatives

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.319
 and friends.

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.960
 some of them

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.279
 will be put

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.720
 to death.

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.460
 This shows

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.919
 what Luke

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.480
 has been saying

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.099
 over and over

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.519
 again throughout

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.960
 the gospel

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.359
 that our

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.039
 allegiance to

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.339
 Jesus

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.079
 must trump

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.919
 even our

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.259
 allegiance

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.599
 to our

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.319
 family members.

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.619
 We will be

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.939
 hated

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:36.059
 by many

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.639
 for his

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.240
 namesake.

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.960
 All I think

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.500
 here is

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.679
 hyperbolic

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:41.059
 all kinds

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.599
 of people

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.059
 will hate

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.399
 us

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.319
 because of

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.500
 our

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.899
 allegiance

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.679
 to Christ.

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.339
 But

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.539
 Jesus promises

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.139
 in verses

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:49.119
 18 to 19

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.199
 not a

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.500
 hair

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.839
 of your

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.159
 head

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.759
 will

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.199
 perish.

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.519
 By your

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.079
 endurance

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.539
 you will

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.839
 gain

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.019
 your

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.599
 lives.

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.519
 A

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.919
 single

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.459
 strand

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:58.639
 of

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:58.879
 hair

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.139
 is

00:24:59.139 --> 00:25:01.619
 really

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.079
 the most

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.559
 insignificant

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.119
 part of

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.219
 our

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.539
 bodies.

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.379
 We lose

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.619
 about

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:04.919
 hundred

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.379
 strands

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.519
 of

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.759
 hair

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:05.979
 per

00:25:05.979 --> 00:25:06.239
 day.

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.439
 I

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.579
 know

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.779
 that's

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:06.919
 hard

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.079
 to

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.299
 believe

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.459
 but

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:07.619
 that's

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.739
 what

00:25:07.739 --> 00:25:07.899
 they

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.459
 estimate.

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.599
 So

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.899
 saying

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.399
 not a

00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:10.739
 hair

00:25:10.739 --> 00:25:11.159
 of your

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.359
 head

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.539
 will

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.959
 perish

00:25:11.959 --> 00:25:12.239
 is

00:25:12.239 --> 00:25:13.039
 metaphorical.

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.099
 Jesus

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.279
 is

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.559
 saying

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.859
 here

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.199
 no

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.759
 harm

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.079
 will

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.559
 come

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.879
 upon

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.159
 you.

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.840
 Now

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:20.000
 if you're

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.160
 paying

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.480
 attention

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.840
 that should

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.100
 raise

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.240
 the

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.519
 question

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.019
 how

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.440
 can

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.620
 that

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:22.800
 be

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.360
 possibly

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.580
 the

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:23.779
 case?

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.640
 Didn't

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.019
 Jesus

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.400
 just

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.700
 say

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.240
 literally

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.060
 some

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.279
 of

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.460
 you

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.640
 they

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:28.779
 will

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:28.960
 put

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.120
 to

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.460
 death?

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.440
 That

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.740
 sounds

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:31.900
 like

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.080
 a little

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.300
 more

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:32.440
 than

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.560
 a

00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:32.720
 hair

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:32.900
 to

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.160
 me.

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.279
 The

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.040
 context

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.700
 suggests

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.980
 here

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.180
 that

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.519
 Jesus

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.800
 is

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.019
 not

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.480
 speaking

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.900
 of

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.820
 temporal

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.560
 well-being

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:42.340
 but

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.500
 of

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.920
 our

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.400
 eternal

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.840
 well-being.

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.519
 It's

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.759
 similar

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.120
 to what

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.540
 Jesus

00:25:46.540 --> 00:25:46.880
 says

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.060
 in

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.280
 Matthew

00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:47.660
 10

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.200
 28

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.680
 do

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:48.860
 not

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.280
 fear

00:25:49.280 --> 00:25:49.480
 those

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.620
 who

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.020
 kill

00:25:50.020 --> 00:25:50.220
 the

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.680
 body

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.300
 but

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:51.600
 cannot

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.080
 kill

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.300
 the

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:52.740
 soul

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.640
 whether

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.980
 fear

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.360
 him

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.560
 who

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.800
 can

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.260
 destroy

00:25:55.260 --> 00:25:55.580
 both

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.000
 soul

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.320
 and

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.720
 body

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:56.920
 in

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.160
 hell.

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.820
 Your

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.380
 soul

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.660
 God

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.820
 is

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.020
 saying

00:25:59.020 --> 00:25:59.240
 which

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.420
 you

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.640
 have

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.140
 entrusted

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.360
 to

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.700
 me

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.200
 is

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.380
 in

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.720
 my

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.180
 sovereign

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.700
 hands

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.100
 and

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.440
 no

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.740
 one

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.160
 can

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.580
 touch

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.900
 you.

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.720
 Even

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.000
 your

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.460
 body

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.720
 they

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.960
 might

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.440
 kill

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.640
 but

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:08.740
 I

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:08.880
 will

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.200
 raise

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.380
 you

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.600
 up

00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:09.740
 in

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:09.880
 a

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.100
 new

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.740
 glorious

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.280
 resurrection

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.740
 body

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:11.900
 in

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.020
 the

00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:12.180
 end.

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.340
 So

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.820
 don't

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:12.980
 you

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.460
 fear

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.799
 them.

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.360
 Not

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.560
 a

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.799
 hair

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:15.940
 of

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.039
 your

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.240
 head

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.420
 will

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.860
 perish.

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.740
 By

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:17.920
 your

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.560
 endurance

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.019
 even

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.279
 through

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.660
 death

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.900
 you

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.080
 will

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.460
 gain

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.920
 your

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.640
 lives.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.160
 The

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.400
 word

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.799
 life

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.060
 there

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.420
 lives

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.600
 there

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.740
 is

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.039
 often

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.539
 translated

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.060
 soul.

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:25.799
 It's

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:25.940
 the

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.220
 same

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.400
 more

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.580
 that

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:26.820
 Jesus

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.320
 used

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.480
 in

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.680
 Luke

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.019
 9

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.480
 23

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.980
 25

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:49.480
 That's

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.660
 the

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.019
 saving

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.200
 of

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.440
 life

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.620
 that

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:50.880
 Jesus

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.120
 is

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.440
 talking

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.839
 about.

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.160
 Yes

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.339
 you

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.539
 might

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.039
 die

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.279
 for

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.460
 his

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.660
 name

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.039
 sake

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.559
 but

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.019
 your

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.519
 soul

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.759
 will

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:56.900
 be

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.240
 well

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.160
 you

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.440
 will

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.620
 be

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.080
 preserved

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.380
 to

00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.519
 the

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.759
 end.

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.140
 If

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.299
 you

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.740
 endure

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.019
 through

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.660
 persecution

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.080
 not a

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.299
 hair

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.420
 of

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.539
 your

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.740
 head

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:03.920
 will

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.360
 perish.

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.360
 Endurance

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.259
 is a

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.519
 Christian

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.820
 virtue

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.120
 that is

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.460
 praised

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.820
 often

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.160
 throughout

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.320
 the

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:10.420
 New

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.820
 Testament.

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.140
 It

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.759
 assumes

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.400
 difficulty.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.720
 You

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:14.900
 don't

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.320
 endure

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.700
 something

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.000
 that's

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.340
 easy.

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:18.840
 Bearing

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.220
 witness

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.440
 to

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.779
 Jesus

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.860
 living

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.360
 as a

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.759
 Christian

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.799
 will

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.120
 not

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.539
 come

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.980
 easily.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.980
 It

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.600
 requires

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.440
 endurance,

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.740
 perseverance.

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:29.820
 It

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:29.960
 will

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.340
 come

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.539
 with

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.720
 its

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:30.880
 own

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.200
 share

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.400
 of

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.840
 suffering

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.100
 and

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.620
 persecution.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.680
 But

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:33.920
 Jesus

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.340
 teaching

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.559
 us

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.700
 here

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:34.840
 that

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.080
 it's

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.519
 worth

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.860
 it.

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.019
 We

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.299
 must

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.779
 endure.

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.180
 And

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.539
 then in

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.759
 verses

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.259
 20 to

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.680
 24

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.120
 Jesus

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.680
 returns

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.019
 to the

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.400
 topic

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.700
 of

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:43.799
 the

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.200
 destruction

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.380
 of

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.500
 the

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.820
 temple

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.100
 and

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.240
 the

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.559
 fall

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.820
 of

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.220
 Jerusalem.

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.000
 He

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.400
 says

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.560
 But

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:48.940
 when you

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.280
 see

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:49.800
 Jerusalem

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.400
 surrounded

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.660
 by

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.200
 armies

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.759
 that

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.140
 know

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.500
 that

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.720
 its

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.360
 desolation

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.640
 has

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.860
 come

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.140
 near.

00:27:54.780 --> 00:27:55.180
 Then

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.400
 let

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.660
 those

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.780
 who

00:27:55.780 --> 00:27:55.860
 are

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.000
 in

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.380
 Judea

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.740
 flee

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:56.920
 to

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.040
 the

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.360
 mountains

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.759
 and

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:57.940
 let

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.240
 those

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.360
 who

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.480
 are

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.940
 inside

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.140
 the

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.300
 city

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.720
 depart

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.420
 and

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.640
 let

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:00.880
 not

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.259
 those

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.400
 who

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.519
 are

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.759
 out

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:01.880
 in

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.019
 the

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.420
 country

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.880
 enter

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.140
 it

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.500
 for

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.780
 these

00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:03.960
 are

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.300
 days

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.480
 of

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.820
 vengeance

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.100
 to

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.540
 fulfill

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.839
 all

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.000
 that

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.119
 is

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.420
 written

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.819
 alas

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.019
 for

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.319
 women

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.619
 who

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:08.799
 are

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.359
 pregnant

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.680
 and

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.799
 for

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.039
 those

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.159
 who

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.220
 are

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.599
 nursing

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.000
 infants

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.159
 in

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.339
 those

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.639
 days

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.339
 for

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.519
 there

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.680
 will

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:12.819
 be

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.159
 great

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.559
 distress

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.879
 upon

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.059
 the

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.240
 earth

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.379
 and

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.680
 wrath

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.039
 against

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.240
 this

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.579
 people

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.279
 you

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.420
 will

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.819
 fall

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.180
 by

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.399
 the

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:17.619
 edge

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.700
 of

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:17.839
 the

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.059
 sword

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.200
 and

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.319
 be

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.500
 led

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.960
 captive

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.359
 among

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.759
 all

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.440
 nations

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.359
 the

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.720
 siege

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:22.879
 of

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.299
 Jerusalem

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.659
 will

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.000
 bring

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.299
 its

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.139
 desolation

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.500
 and

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.700
 this

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:25.819
 will

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:25.960
 be

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.220
 so

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.819
 severe

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.680
 Jesus

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.359
 predicts

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.579
 that

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.940
 those

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.139
 who

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.480
 live

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.599
 in

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.759
 the

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.019
 wider

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.500
 region

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.019
 around

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.240
 the

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.519
 city

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.319
 should

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.519
 depart

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.140
 they

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.400
 should

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.079
 flee

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.299
 into

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.460
 the

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.859
 mountains

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.460
 those

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.559
 who

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.680
 are

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.240
 inside

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.440
 the

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.700
 city

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.940
 should

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.400
 depart

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.599
 and

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.879
 leave

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.079
 the

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.339
 city

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.720
 and

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:39.900
 those

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.019
 who

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.119
 are

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.339
 just

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.900
 outside

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.119
 the

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.319
 city

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.480
 in

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.599
 the

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.019
 country

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.640
 should

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.000
 not

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.519
 enter

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.700
 it

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.000
 everyone

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.259
 should

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.680
 avoid

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.039
 Jerusalem

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.240
 because

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.440
 that's

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.599
 how

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.000
 severe

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.220
 the

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.480
 judgment

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.720
 will

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.099
 be

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.319
 because

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.720
 and

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.920
 this

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.079
 was

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.660
 fulfilled

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.379
 in

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.779
 70

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.119
 AD

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.500
 in

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.019
 66

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.640
 AD

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.400
 the

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.879
 Jewish

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.740
 people

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.140
 in

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.480
 Jerusalem

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.779
 they

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.359
 rebelled

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.059
 against

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.259
 the

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.420
 Roman

00:28:59.759 --> 00:28:59.940
 per

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.759
 Vespasian

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.680
 besieged

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.140
 Jerusalem

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.759
 and

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.119
 eventually

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.759
 destroyed

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.160
 both

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.420
 the

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.700
 Jewish

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.059
 temple

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.339
 and

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.519
 the

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.759
 city

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.000
 in

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.460
 70

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.220
 AD

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:09.660
 so

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.859
 it

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.000
 will

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.359
 be

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.759
 Jerusalem

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.099
 will

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.240
 be

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.859
 trampled

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.900
 underfoot

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.359
 by the

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.039
 Gentiles

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.720
 until

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:15.940
 the

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.359
 times

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.500
 of

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.640
 the

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.200
 Gentiles

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.500
 are

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.099
 fulfilled

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.859
 this

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.279
 remark

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.619
 in

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:20.940
 verse

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.500
 24

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.759
 shows

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.799
 the

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:26.220
 Gentile

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.160
 predominance

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.359
 in

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.539
 the

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.859
 age

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.079
 that

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.519
 continues

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.900
 after

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.240
 Jesus

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.900
 ascension

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.059
 and

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.200
 that

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.339
 will

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.519
 be

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.720
 the

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.960
 case

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.299
 until

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.660
 the

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.200
 times

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.480
 of

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.639
 the

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.220
 Gentiles

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.420
 are

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.879
 fulfilled

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.920
 that's

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.319
 likely

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.940
 related

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.099
 to

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.220
 the

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.599
 idea

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.920
 in

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.259
 Genesis

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.079
 48

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.359
 verse

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.779
 19

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.079
 where

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.559
 Jacob

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.200
 also

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.740
 named

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 Israel

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.279
 places

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.279
 his hands

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.859
 on his

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.279
 grandson

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.079
 Ephraim

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.420
 and he

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.960
 blesses

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.160
 him

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.180
 and he

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.440
 says

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.700
 this

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.039
 as he's

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.319
 blessing

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.519
 him

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.819
 his

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.359
 seed

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.839
 would

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.279
 become

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.500
 the

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.980
 fullness

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.680
 of

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.920
 the

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.500
 nations

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.379
 fullness

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.839
 of

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.000
 the

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.639
 Gentiles

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:59.259
 which

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.480
 in

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.660
 turn

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.759
 is

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.060
 related

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.220
 to

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.500
 God's

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.780
 promise

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:00.960
 to

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.340
 Abraham

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.660
 that

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.020
 all

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:02.500
 nations

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.759
 all

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.120
 peoples

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.280
 will

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:03.400
 be

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.640
 blessed

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:05.960
 and so

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.800
 salvation

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.600
 is from

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.180
 the Jews

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.380
 because it

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.820
 comes

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.300
 through

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.100
 a

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.480
 Jewish

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.140
 Messiah

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.560
 Jesus

00:30:12.560 --> 00:30:13.080
 Christ

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:14.340
 many

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.800
 of the

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.040
 Jews

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.420
 however

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.400
 rejected

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.200
 the

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.640
 Messiah

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.960
 and

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.200
 their

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.640
 hearts

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.060
 were

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.520
 hardened

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:21.580
 leading to

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.180
 Jerusalem's

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.759
 destruction

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.140
 but

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.559
 Jesus

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.519
 prophesies

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.680
 here

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:25.819
 that

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:25.960
 a

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.259
 time

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.460
 is

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.819
 coming

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.400
 when

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.559
 the

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.019
 times

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.279
 of

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.440
 the

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.019
 Gentiles

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.240
 are

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.799
 fulfilled

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.640
 this

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.099
 remark

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.400
 seems

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.579
 to

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.859
 hold

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.079
 out

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.519
 hope

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.879
 that

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.180
 there

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.319
 will

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.480
 be

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.660
 a

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.079
 future

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.980
 restoration

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.420
 of

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.740
 Israel

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.519
 there

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.859
 will

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.000
 be

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.420
 people

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.619
 there

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.059
 will

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.099
 be

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.200
 an

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.660
 influx

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.859
 of

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.099
 Jews

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.279
 that

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.519
 come

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.700
 to

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.079
 faith

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.940
 in

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.180
 Jesus

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.740
 Christ

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:44.240
 Paul

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.460
 is

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.759
 likely

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.119
 referring

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.279
 to

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.500
 this

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.680
 as

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:45.879
 well

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.079
 in

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.359
 Romans

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.680
 chapter

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.039
 11

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.240
 verse

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.759
 25

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.079
 when

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.180
 he

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.559
 addresses

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.200
 Gentile

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.640
 believers

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.920
 this

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.240
 way

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.120
 lest

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.279
 you

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.440
 be

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.900
 wise

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.039
 in

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.160
 your

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.359
 own

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.720
 sight

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:52.920
 I

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.039
 do

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.200
 not

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.480
 want

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.579
 you

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.660
 to

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:53.799
 be

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.120
 unaware

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.359
 of

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.519
 this

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.880
 mystery

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.259
 brothers

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.859
 a

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.359
 partial

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.920
 hardening

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.200
 has

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.519
 come

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.819
 upon

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.299
 Israel

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.319
 until

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.620
 the

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.920
 fullness

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.359
 of

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.519
 the

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.140
 Gentiles

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.400
 has

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.620
 come

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.819
 in

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.279
 it's

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.539
 not

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.779
 a

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.059
 full

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.519
 hardening

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.880
 of

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.079
 the

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.319
 Jews

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.620
 there's

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:05.740
 a

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.120
 partial

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.500
 hardening

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.640
 so

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:06.779
 that

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.019
 many

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.160
 of

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.279
 the

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.460
 Jews

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.920
 reject

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.420
 Jesus

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.059
 some

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.180
 of

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.259
 them

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.440
 still

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.680
 come

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:09.839
 to

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.140
 receive

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.539
 Jesus

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.059
 but

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.160
 a

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.440
 time

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.620
 is

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.960
 coming

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.180
 when

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.420
 that

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.920
 hardening

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.220
 will be

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.660
 lifted

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.200
 and

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.340
 that

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:14.460
 will

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.620
 be

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.120
 after

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.440
 the

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.740
 time

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:15.840
 of

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:15.960
 the

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.400
 Gentiles

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.600
 are

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.080
 fulfilled

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:20.019
 that's

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.360
 the age

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.539
 we're

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.740
 living

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.900
 in

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.140
 now

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.920
 when

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.019
 I

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.140
 was

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.320
 a

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.560
 student

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:22.740
 at

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.080
 seminary

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.240
 I

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.539
 worked

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.860
 part

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.160
 time

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.340
 at

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.519
 the

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.860
 center

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.080
 for

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.220
 the

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.420
 study

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.539
 of

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.779
 global

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.100
 Christianity

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:27.220
 and

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.080
 in

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.240
 their

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.900
 publication

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:30.220
 called

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.400
 the

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.740
 Atlas

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:30.960
 of

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.200
 Global

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.640
 Christianity

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.340
 it

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.920
 chronicles

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.160
 the

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.640
 shifts

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.240
 in

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.560
 the

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.160
 gravitational

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.980
 center

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.860
 of

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.340
 global

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.840
 Christianity

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.500
 starting

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.779
 from

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.160
 30

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.420
 AD

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.800
 to

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.240
 present

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.560
 day

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.819
 and

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.299
 the

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.599
 center

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.759
 of

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.059
 gravity

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.440
 for

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.099
 the

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.339
 early

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.740
 church

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.220
 was

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.240
 predictably

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.799
 Jerusalem

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.259
 in

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.539
 30

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.759
 AD

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.059
 and

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.179
 then

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.299
 it

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.639
 gradually

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.079
 shifted

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.740
 north

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.599
 and

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.099
 west

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.899
 so

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.059
 that

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.379
 its

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.839
 gravitational

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.259
 center

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.519
 was

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.599
 Constantinople

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.559
 what's

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.720
 now

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.339
 Istanbul

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.179
 in

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.500
 Turkey

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.879
 around

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.359
 1000

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.659
 AD

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.379
 and

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.799
 by

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.740
 1500

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.279
 AD

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.500
 the

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.879
 gravitational

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.299
 center

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.419
 of

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.720
 Christianity

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.940
 has

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.200
 shifted

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.720
 further

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.139
 north

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.740
 into

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.059
 what

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.200
 is

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.700
 now

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.379
 Budapest

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.779
 Hungary

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.000
 and

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.299
 Vienna

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.799
 Austria

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.659
 and

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:09.879
 by

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.519
 1900

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.220
 AD

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.480
 it

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.660
 had

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.099
 shifted

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.639
 further

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.160
 west

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.639
 due

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.799
 in

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.059
 large

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.339
 part

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.480
 to

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.599
 the

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.839
 rise

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:14.940
 of

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.039
 the

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.259
 US

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.960
 and

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.119
 the

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.639
 gravitational

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:16.980
 center

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.259
 was

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.440
 in

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.920
 Madrid

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.519
 Spain

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.859
 and

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.279
 since

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.599
 then

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.139
 the

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.680
 gravitational

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.319
 center

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.460
 of

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.819
 Christianity

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.079
 has

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.240
 been

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.619
 shifting

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.779
 southeast

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:26.500
 rather

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.740
 than

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.359
 northwest

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.720
 so that

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.900
 it's

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.099
 now

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.319
 in

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.740
 Niger

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.559
 Africa

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.900
 it's

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.319
 expected

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.539
 to

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.019
 continue

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.359
 this

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.759
 shift

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.339
 into

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.960
 southeast

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.980
 into

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.519
 Nigeria

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.980
 over the

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.200
 next

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.519
 50

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.920
 years

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.400
 it

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.720
 actually

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.180
 seems

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.639
 to have

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:39.900
 been

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.119
 going

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.359
 around

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.639
 full

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.019
 circle

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.379
 back

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.759
 to

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.339
 the

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.519
 Middle

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.919
 East

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.500
 toward

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.939
 Jerusalem

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:46.899
 just

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.199
 hundred

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:47.500
 years

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.859
 ago

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.359
 the

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.699
 countries

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:48.959
 with

00:32:48.959 --> 00:32:49.119
 the

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.439
 largest

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:50.179
 population

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:51.119
 of

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.679
 Christians

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.139
 were

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.739
 US

00:32:52.739 --> 00:32:53.219
 Russia

00:32:53.219 --> 00:32:53.699
 Germany

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:54.159
 France

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.539
 Britain

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.039
 in that

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.319
 order

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.299
 got

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.619
 America

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.939
 China

00:32:57.939 --> 00:33:00.220
 Russia

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.579
 China

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.619
 and

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.179
 Mexico

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:03.419
 in

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.639
 other

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.059
 words

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.679
 Christianity

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.059
 has

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.079
 flourished

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.960
 in

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.079
 the

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.259
 Middle

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.679
 East

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.619
 in

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.980
 Eastern

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.480
 Europe

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.099
 in

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.559
 Western

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.019
 Europe

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.439
 the

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:11.659
 United

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.200
 States

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.639
 in

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.019
 South

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.579
 America

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.179
 and now

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.399
 in

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.960
 Africa

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.500
 and

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.000
 Asia

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.259
 as

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.879
 well

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:20.480
 it's the times of the Gentiles

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.680
 is being fulfilled.

00:33:22.260 --> 00:33:24.300
 All nations all over the ends

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:25.140
 of the ends of the earth

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:27.120
 are coming to faith in Jesus Christ

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:28.640
 and now contrast that

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:31.020
 with Islam.

00:33:33.760 --> 00:33:35.600
 The center of gravity for Islam

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.980
 is now in the Middle East.

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.580
 It has always been in the Middle East.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.620
 Hinduism's center of gravity,

00:33:44.800 --> 00:33:46.020
 Buddhism's center of gravity

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.879
 have both always been in Asia

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:51.920
 now and at its inception.

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:55.379
 The gospel of Jesus Christ, however,

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.879
 is for all nations.

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.539
 He has always been,

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:05.680
 has always had an outward orientation.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.779
 It was God's intention

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.079
 that through Israel,

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:10.500
 through the coming of the Jewish Messiah,

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.599
 Jesus Christ,

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.420
 that salvation would come

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.980
 to all peoples.

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:17.579
 and this is why we as a church

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:20.260
 is part of the great mission of God

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.740
 to evangelize the nations.

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.240
 That's why we pray for the nations

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:26.099
 and the people groups.

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:30.420
 Because God intends for His good news

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:33.139
 to be heard among all the nations.

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:35.320
 We're still living in fulfillment

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.800
 of this prophecy

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:40.180
 of what Jesus said in Acts 1.8.

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.620
 But you will receive power

00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:43.940
 when the Holy Spirit comes upon you

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.180
 and you will be in Jerusalem

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:48.880
 and in all Judea and Samaria

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.460
 and to the end of the earth.

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.160
 That's why we should bear

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:55.760
 enduring witness to Christ,

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.519
 watchfully waiting for His return

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.200
 and our redemption.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:01.399
 So having answered the question

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:02.699
 about the destruction of the temple

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.659
 and the fall of Jerusalem

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.939
 and about the signs

00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:07.159
 that precede those events,

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:09.019
 Jesus now turns His attention

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.039
 in verse 25

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:12.139
 to the signs of the ultimate end.

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.259
 And this is because,

00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:15.019
 as I said before,

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.719
 the destruction of Jerusalem

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:18.579
 and the destruction of the temple

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:20.039
 is connected

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.460
 to the Jewish perception

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.519
 of the end times.

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.460
 It signals

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:28.000
 the view of the end.

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:30.179
 That means the end is imminent.

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.400
 Not in the sense that,

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.039
 you know,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:37.659
 it's going to be next week

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.960
 or next year,

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.559
 but in the sense that

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.739
 the hourglass has been turned over,

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.480
 the clock is ticking.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.280
 It's impending.

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.719
 The end and Christ's return

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.659
 is impending

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:52.099
 in the same way that

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.839
 yours and my death

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.500
 is impending.

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:57.139
 Not that we're going to die

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.759
 next week.

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.920
 We might.

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.779
 We don't know that.

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.199
 But that it's looming

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:03.219
 and coming inevitably.

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.539
 Time is ticking.

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.759
 Our days are numbered.

00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:09.779
 The finish line is visible.

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.719
 The end is in sight.

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:12.039
 And the destruction of the temple

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.819
 and the fall of Jerusalem

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:14.039
 has marked that.

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:17.039
 And this final end

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.799
 will be preceded

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.759
 by the following signs

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:20.339
 in verses 25 to 26.

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.920
 There will be signs

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.579
 in sun and moon and stars

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.340
 and on the earth

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.539
 distress of nations

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.519
 in perplexity

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.720
 because of the roaring

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:29.019
 of the sea and the waves.

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.840
 People fainting with fear

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.700
 and with foreboding

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.519
 of what is coming

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.099
 on the world

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.260
 for the powers

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.920
 of the heavens

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.680
 will be shaken.

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.599
 The nations

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.519
 that were reigning

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.400
 over the Jews

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:42.380
 and over the world

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:44.519
 will now experience distress

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:46.920
 because of the roaring

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:48.300
 of the sea and the waves.

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:50.680
 This is probably connected

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.500
 to the great earthquakes

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.200
 that were mentioned

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:53.220
 earlier in verse 11.

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.800
 And there will be signs

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.200
 in sun, moon, and stars.

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.420
 The powers of the heavens

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.220
 will be shaken.

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.620
 This is connected

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.500
 to the terrors

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.240
 and great signs

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:01.640
 from heaven

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.380
 mentioned also

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.180
 in verse 11.

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.280
 We don't know

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.240
 what these signs

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:06.320
 entail exactly.

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.000
 The details

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.500
 are not known to us.

00:37:08.560 --> 00:37:09.360
 But we know

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.000
 that they will be

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.980
 cosmic in scope

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.660
 and we know

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:12.780
 that they will be terrifying

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.780
 according to what

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:15.060
 Jesus is describing here.

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:16.600
 It will make people

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.960
 faint with fear

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:20.039
 and with foreboding

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:21.279
 of what is coming

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.900
 on the world.

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.239
 It will make

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.460
 normal people

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:26.500
 not, you know,

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.880
 very superstitious

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.039
 and speculative people

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.880
 that are always

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.619
 kind of a little bit

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.679
 worried and

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:33.400
 but it will make

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.279
 normal people

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.299
 fearful,

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.519
 full of foreboding

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.360
 for what is coming

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.900
 to the world.

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.719
 And only after

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.539
 these signs

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:43.500
 will Christ return.

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.779
 It says in verses

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.860
 27 to 28,

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.640
 and then they will

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:47.880
 see the Son of Man

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.820
 coming in a cloud

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.760
 with power

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.700
 and great glory.

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.860
 Now when these things

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:54.039
 begin to take place,

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.280
 straighten up

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.519
 and raise your heads

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.840
 because your redemption

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.320
 is drawing near.

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.860
 Jesus is here

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:02.280
 making a direct allusion

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:04.200
 to Daniel chapter 7

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.519
 verses 13 to 14

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.900
 where Daniel prophesied

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:09.019
 that a man like,

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:10.519
 someone like a Son of Man

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.780
 will come to God

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:13.120
 to the Ancient of Days

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.219
 and you will be given

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.319
 dominion, glory

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:16.119
 and a kingdom

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.460
 and that all peoples

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.980
 and nations

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.539
 and language

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.460
 should serve him.

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.960
 And so,

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.559
 I think when

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:26.400
 this presence of God

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.000
 coming in a cloud,

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.779
 I think when most people

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.400
 think about it,

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.420
 we imagine the

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.039
 Renaissance pictures

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.659
 that we've seen

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.539
 of Jesus kind of

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.619
 riding a cloud

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.219
 like you're riding

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.779
 on a longboard

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.599
 or a skateboard.

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.239
 You know,

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:36.519
 it's like,

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.639
 but that's not what Luke

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.480
 is talking about here.

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.639
 It says that

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:42.179
 He comes in a cloud.

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.179
 Right?

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:45.880
 This is the same language

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.559
 that was used

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.559
 in Luke 9,

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.679
 34-35.

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.740
 When a cloud came

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.480
 and overshadowed

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:53.639
 Jesus and His disciples

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:55.420
 and a voice came

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.340
 out of the cloud

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.820
 saying,

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.699
 This is my Son,

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.679
 my Chosen One.

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.539
 Listen to Him.

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.920
 So the cloud

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.340
 is not just a vehicle

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.000
 for Jesus.

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.179
 It's actually

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.039
 a representation

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.360
 of God's presence,

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.159
 of Jesus'

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.460
 divine presence.

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.380
 Just like the

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.239
 pillar of cloud

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:13.400
 that represents Jesus

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.559
 at the Exodus,

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.960
 in Exodus 13,

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.059
 a cloud here

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:18.480
 signifies the presence

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.019
 of God,

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.940
 the revelation

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:21.340
 of deity.

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.480
 So Jesus then

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.420
 is saying this,

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:26.420
 right now He is

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:28.440
 veiled in His glory.

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.460
 He's the Son of Man,

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.480
 the Messianic King.

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.539
 But at His second coming

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.219
 He will come

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:34.340
 in His full

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.659
 divine glory

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.379
 and power

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.819
 as the Son of God.

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.219
 And He will

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.619
 ascertain

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.759
 the nations.

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:44.000
 So when these things,

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.940
 the signs that Jesus

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.599
 has spoken of,

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.980
 begin to take place,

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.839
 He instructs us

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:49.679
 and His disciples,

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:51.000
 straighten up,

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.099
 raise your head,

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.039
 because your redemption

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.899
 is drawing near.

00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:56.219
 While the nations

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.899
 and the kingdoms

00:39:56.899 --> 00:39:57.799
 are cowering

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.399
 with fear

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:59.119
 and foreboding

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.980
 about what is coming

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.559
 on the world,

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.739
 we are to straighten up

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:03.940
 and raise our heads

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.980
 confidently

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:06.820
 because we know

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.639
 exactly

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.940
 what is coming

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.480
 in the end.

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.860
 We are not a people

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:13.300
 who fear the end times.

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.900
 We do not fear

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.659
 doomsday.

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.780
 We are people

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.740
 who watchfully

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.920
 wait for the end

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.500
 because our redemption

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.300
 is drawing near.

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.559
 This is referring

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.440
 not to our redemption

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.300
 from sin,

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.519
 which Jesus accomplished

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.179
 through His life,

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.539
 death,

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.059
 and resurrection,

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:29.699
 but to our redemption

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.779
 from our sinful,

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.919
 broken world

00:40:31.919 --> 00:40:33.359
 and the redemption

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:34.259
 of our bodies.

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.039
 Paul speaks of this

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.919
 in Romans 8,

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:38.379
 for the creation

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:40.000
 waits with eager longing

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.819
 for the revealing

00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:42.039
 of the sons of God.

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.439
 For the creation

00:40:43.439 --> 00:40:44.359
 was subjected

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:45.239
 to futility,

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:46.039
 not willingly,

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.980
 but because of Him

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.879
 who subjected it,

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:49.639
 in hope that the creation

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:51.139
 itself will be set free

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.480
 from its bondage

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.019
 to corruption

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:54.279
 and obtain the freedom

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.980
 of the glory

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.119
 of the children of God.

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:57.519
 For we know

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.799
 that the whole creation

00:40:58.799 --> 00:41:00.799
 has been groaning together

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:02.500
 in the pains of childbirth

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.299
 until now.

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:05.139
 And not only the creation,

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.199
 but we ourselves,

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:07.539
 who have the first fruits

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.400
 of the Spirit,

00:41:08.819 --> 00:41:10.239
 groan inwardly

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:11.960
 as we wait eagerly

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.719
 for adoption as sons,

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.880
 the redemption

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:16.500
 of our bodies.

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:19.000
 That's what all creation

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.739
 longs for

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.779
 because our creation

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.440
 is fallen.

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.719
 The brokenness

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.279
 that we see

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:24.319
 in the created order

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:25.679
 is a result

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.259
 of the fall.

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.460
 It's been subjected

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:28.099
 to futility

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:29.119
 and will be redeemed

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:31.219
 just like our sinful flesh

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:32.339
 is a result

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.919
 of the fall.

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.319
 And that too

00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:35.000
 will be redeemed.

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.639
 Our bodies

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.379
 will be redeemed.

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.919
 And so we are

00:41:38.919 --> 00:41:39.699
 to be confident

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.839
 and wait expectantly

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:42.039
 for Jesus' return.

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.819
 And that brings me

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.639
 to my final point

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.460
 which is the main

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.079
 exhortation

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.839
 of this passage.

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.519
 Be watchful.

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.399
 Jesus first tells

00:41:51.399 --> 00:41:51.919
 a parable

00:41:51.919 --> 00:41:53.419
 in verses 29 to 31.

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.980
 Look at the fig tree

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.940
 and all the trees.

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.119
 As soon as they

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.900
 come out and leave

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.960
 you see for yourselves

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.940
 and know that the summer

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.820
 is already near.

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.539
 So also when you see

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.780
 these things take place

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.280
 you know that the kingdom

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.240
 of God is near.

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.380
 Fig trees were very common

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.280
 trees in Palestine

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.800
 and they are completely

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.659
 bare in the winter.

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.480
 So in the spring

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.579
 when the leaves

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.139
 begin to shoot out

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:18.480
 the change

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.420
 is quite dramatic

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.740
 and obvious.

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:22.399
 and so that's

00:42:22.399 --> 00:42:22.959
 the imagery

00:42:22.959 --> 00:42:24.059
 that Jesus is using

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.839
 just like

00:42:24.839 --> 00:42:25.839
 the shooting

00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:26.879
 buds

00:42:26.879 --> 00:42:27.579
 in the leaves

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:29.299
 in the spring

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:30.359
 signals

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:31.599
 the summer.

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:33.059
 Jesus tells us

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.899
 that we can discern

00:42:33.899 --> 00:42:34.419
 the nearness

00:42:34.419 --> 00:42:35.479
 of the kingdom of God

00:42:35.479 --> 00:42:36.799
 by observing the signs

00:42:36.799 --> 00:42:37.439
 that he has just

00:42:37.439 --> 00:42:38.159
 told us about.

00:42:39.419 --> 00:42:40.179
 But look at what

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.719
 Jesus says

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.479
 so emphatically

00:42:41.479 --> 00:42:43.119
 in verses 32 to 33.

00:42:43.959 --> 00:42:45.299
 Truly I say to you

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:46.479
 this generation

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:48.579
 will not pass away

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:50.960
 until all has taken place.

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.440
 Heaven and earth

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.559
 will pass away

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.440
 but my words

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.800
 will not pass away.

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.460
 Three times

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.480
 Jesus uses the word

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.400
 pass away here

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.460
 to emphasize

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:01.480
 the certainty

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.380
 of his teaching.

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:03.940
 This generation

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.900
 will not pass away

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.840
 until these things

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.559
 have taken place.

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.659
 Heaven and earth

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.679
 will pass away

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.219
 but my words

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:11.179
 will not pass away.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.460
 Even the thing

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.900
 that seems so certain

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.519
 to us

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.599
 like heaven and earth

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.400
 will pass away.

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.639
 Seems so permanent

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.099
 to us

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:19.139
 but my words

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.880
 Jesus' words

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:20.599
 are more permanent

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:20.940
 than that

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.500
 more enduring

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.960
 than that.

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.960
 I don't think

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.860
 Jesus means here

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:24.960
 that he will return

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.740
 in the lifetime

00:43:25.740 --> 00:43:26.740
 of his hearers

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:28.360
 if that's what he means

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:29.579
 he didn't keep his promise.

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.920
 Rather I think

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.760
 he's referring to

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.860
 these things

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.420
 that he mentions

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.619
 in the preceding verse

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.440
 in verse 31

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:37.119
 in the lesson

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.840
 of the fig tree.

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.619
 And the phrase

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.480
 these things

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.840
 is repeated four times

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:43.079
 in verses 5 to 9

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.619
 and it refers there

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.240
 consistently

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:46.139
 to the destruction

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.859
 of the temple

00:43:46.859 --> 00:43:47.839
 and the fall

00:43:47.839 --> 00:43:48.379
 of Jerusalem.

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:50.480
 So Jesus is here

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.879
 referring to the signs

00:43:51.879 --> 00:43:52.599
 that mark

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.299
 the beginning

00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:54.039
 of the end

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.619
 and not to the end

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.039
 itself.

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.059
 That's why he still says

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:58.299
 the kingdom is near

00:43:58.299 --> 00:43:59.319
 when these signs come

00:43:59.319 --> 00:44:00.159
 not that the kingdom

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:01.039
 is fully here.

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.699
 Now verse 28

00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:04.799
 when these things

00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:05.980
 begin to take place

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:07.439
 begin to take place

00:44:07.439 --> 00:44:08.419
 straighten up

00:44:08.419 --> 00:44:09.139
 and raise your head

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:10.019
 because your redemption

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.939
 is drawing near.

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.619
 These things

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:13.599
 will begin

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.779
 to take place.

00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:16.759
 They will be fulfilled

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:18.000
 in the lifetime

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:19.460
 of Jesus' hearers

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.719
 and that's exactly

00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:21.359
 what happened

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:23.399
 in 70 AD.

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:26.160
 And because

00:44:26.160 --> 00:44:27.920
 that was fulfilled

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.880
 the return

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.400
 of Christ

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.980
 and the redemption

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.760
 of our bodies

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:33.260
 also will certainly

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.700
 happen.

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.539
 In fact

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.400
 it's more certain

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.059
 than the seeming

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.599
 permanence

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.139
 of the heavens

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.760
 and the earth.

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:41.059
 Jesus is teaching

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.539
 us here

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:43.420
 to make sure

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:44.119
 we understand

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.619
 and are aware

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:45.340
 and expecting

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:47.099
 the return of Christ

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:48.000
 and living in light

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.780
 of that reality.

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.680
 And that prepares

00:44:50.680 --> 00:44:51.519
 his exhortation

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:52.960
 in verses 34-35

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:54.880
 but watch yourselves

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:56.099
 lest your hearts

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.179
 be weighed down

00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:58.300
 with dissipation

00:44:58.300 --> 00:44:59.480
 and drunkenness

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.840
 and cares of this life

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:02.079
 and that day

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:03.000
 come upon you

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:04.259
 suddenly like a trap

00:45:04.259 --> 00:45:05.800
 for it will come

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:07.179
 upon all who dwell

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:07.759
 on the face

00:45:07.759 --> 00:45:08.559
 of the whole earth

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:10.280
 but stay awake

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:11.019
 at all times

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:12.139
 praying that you

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.960
 may have strength

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.900
 to escape all these

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.400
 things that are

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:15.300
 going to take place

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:16.199
 and to stand

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.719
 before the Son of Man.

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:19.699
 Jesus brings

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.280
 our attention

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:21.280
 here

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:21.960
 not to

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:23.540
 millennialism

00:45:23.540 --> 00:45:24.780
 Zionism

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:25.920
 Armageddon

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.800
 rebuilding

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.060
 the third temple

00:45:28.060 --> 00:45:30.140
 he doesn't give us

00:45:30.140 --> 00:45:31.240
 these details

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:32.080
 he's not concerned

00:45:32.080 --> 00:45:32.400
 with them

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.040
 what he's concerned

00:45:34.040 --> 00:45:34.560
 about here

00:45:34.560 --> 00:45:35.780
 is that these signs

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:37.920
 that not so that

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.820
 they would make us

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:40.680
 always devoting ourselves

00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.540
 to pouring ourselves

00:45:41.540 --> 00:45:42.320
 over newspapers

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.360
 and staring out

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:44.600
 at observatories

00:45:44.600 --> 00:45:45.519
 in order to accurately

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:46.760
 prognosticate the end

00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:48.560
 that's not his goal

00:45:48.560 --> 00:45:49.140
 his goal

00:45:49.140 --> 00:45:49.840
 in telling us

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:50.640
 about these signs

00:45:50.640 --> 00:45:52.200
 is that we live

00:45:52.200 --> 00:45:53.220
 watchfully

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:54.720
 and faithfully

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:56.600
 that we bear

00:45:56.600 --> 00:45:57.620
 enduring witness

00:45:57.620 --> 00:45:58.260
 to Jesus

00:45:58.260 --> 00:45:59.340
 watchfully waiting

00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:00.079
 for his return

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:00.940
 and for our redemption

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:03.420
 so the word

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.280
 dissipation

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.940
 refers to

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:05.400
 kind of a

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:06.400
 drunken headache

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.460
 a hangover

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:10.000
 the result of

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:11.220
 the intoxication

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:11.940
 that he speaks of

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.120
 here

00:46:12.120 --> 00:46:12.860
 drunkenness

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:15.240
 Jesus warns us

00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:16.480
 not to let our hearts

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:17.579
 be weighed down

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:18.680
 with dissipation

00:46:18.680 --> 00:46:19.700
 and drunkenness

00:46:19.700 --> 00:46:20.740
 and cares

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:21.599
 of this life

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.539
 too many people

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:25.200
 in this world

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:26.120
 live with a

00:46:26.120 --> 00:46:27.300
 spiritual hangover

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:29.360
 because they are

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:30.880
 drunk with the cares

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.640
 of this life

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:33.599
 with worldly concerns

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:36.799
 it's such an

00:46:36.799 --> 00:46:37.579
 appropriate image

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.440
 because a drunk

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:39.079
 person

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:40.819
 is unprepared

00:46:40.819 --> 00:46:41.400
 and unaware

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:43.059
 and oblivious

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:44.920
 incapable

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:51.319
 of what it means

00:46:51.319 --> 00:46:51.860
 spiritually

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.880
 to be weighed down

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.719
 with dissipation

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:54.559
 and drunkenness

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:55.440
 and cares

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.179
 of this life

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:59.000
 maybe your life

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.900
 is characterized

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:01.319
 by a constant

00:47:01.319 --> 00:47:02.159
 pursuit of pleasure

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:04.899
 you live for the

00:47:04.899 --> 00:47:05.719
 next drink

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:08.199
 for the next

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:09.559
 sexual conquest

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:11.319
 for the next

00:47:11.319 --> 00:47:12.259
 high

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:18.379
 and it doesn't

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:19.079
 have to be

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.980
 these

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:21.019
 vices

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:22.559
 your life

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.139
 could also be

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:23.920
 characterized more

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.839
 by the ordinary

00:47:24.839 --> 00:47:25.819
 cares of this life

00:47:25.819 --> 00:47:29.659
 you're weighed down

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:30.899
 with dissipation

00:47:30.899 --> 00:47:31.879
 by your next

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.539
 exam

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:34.460
 next project

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:35.940
 your next

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.579
 paycheck

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:38.440
 your next job

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:39.960
 your next

00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:40.860
 tv show

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:42.160
 your next

00:47:42.160 --> 00:47:42.920
 sports game

00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:44.420
 your next

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.000
 vacation

00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:52.160
 the ordinary

00:47:52.160 --> 00:47:53.079
 cares of this

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:53.400
 life

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:54.260
 can so

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:54.900
 weigh us

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:55.360
 down

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:56.840
 with dissipation

00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:59.000
 intoxicate us

00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:00.400
 these things

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:00.440
 these things

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:01.460
 are dangerous

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.920
 because they

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:03.000
 are intoxicating

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:05.119
 they seem so

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:05.579
 ordinary

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:06.420
 and so normal

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:07.280
 and so harmless

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:08.480
 but if they

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.619
 steal us

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.239
 from being

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:11.039
 sensitive to

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:11.500
 christ

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:12.460
 and his

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:13.039
 priorities

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.659
 and purposes

00:48:13.659 --> 00:48:14.519
 in our lives

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:15.739
 it's the same

00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:16.639
 effect as being

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:17.579
 drunk on them

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:19.059
 they're intoxicating

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:23.199
 but what's the

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:23.599
 point

00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:24.500
 i want to ask

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.739
 you

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:25.639
 dear brothers

00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:26.079
 and sisters

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.639
 in the church

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.579
 what's the

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.199
 point of

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:29.460
 enduring all

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.980
 the suffering

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.679
 in this life

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:33.079
 fighting all

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:33.619
 the battles

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:34.460
 against sin

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:36.739
 coming faithfully

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:38.320
 ministering to

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.619
 each other

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:39.119
 speaking the

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:39.500
 truth and

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:39.719
 loving

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:40.679
 what's the

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:41.099
 point

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:42.099
 of doing

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:42.679
 all this

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:43.259
 and enduring

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:43.920
 this life

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.780
 if we're not

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.700
 waiting for

00:48:45.700 --> 00:48:46.740
 our bridegroom

00:48:46.740 --> 00:48:52.340
 we're not

00:48:52.340 --> 00:48:53.320
 prostitutes

00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:54.260
 used and

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:54.800
 discarded

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:59.059
 our bridegroom

00:48:59.059 --> 00:48:59.599
 is coming

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:01.639
 he's preparing

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:02.519
 us right now

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:03.559
 for that

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.440
 glorious day

00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:05.079
 of his

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.559
 return

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:08.260
 we are not

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:08.800
 orphans

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:09.720
 without father

00:49:09.720 --> 00:49:11.659
 we are not

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:12.159
 citizens

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:12.840
 without a

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:13.180
 king

00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:14.199
 our king

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:14.819
 is coming

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:15.299
 back

00:49:15.299 --> 00:49:16.879
 that's why

00:49:16.879 --> 00:49:17.899
 we work

00:49:17.899 --> 00:49:19.099
 that's why

00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:19.619
 we pray

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.419
 that's why

00:49:20.419 --> 00:49:21.199
 we persevere

00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:21.919
 that's why

00:49:21.919 --> 00:49:22.480
 we fight

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:22.940
 the battle

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.500
 of faith

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:24.359
 every day

00:49:24.359 --> 00:49:24.899
 because we

00:49:24.899 --> 00:49:25.919
 wait for

00:49:25.919 --> 00:49:26.739
 him to

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.359
 come back

00:49:27.359 --> 00:49:28.059
 to redeem

00:49:28.059 --> 00:49:28.539
 us

00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:31.059
 if that

00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:31.399
 doesn't

00:49:31.399 --> 00:49:31.960
 motivate your

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.299
 brothers and

00:49:32.299 --> 00:49:32.619
 sisters

00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:33.279
 we're not

00:49:33.279 --> 00:49:33.739
 living as

00:49:33.739 --> 00:49:34.099
 we ought

00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:34.319
 to

00:49:34.319 --> 00:49:39.679
 it's going

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:39.859
 to be

00:49:39.859 --> 00:49:40.279
 difficult

00:49:40.279 --> 00:49:42.440
 because we

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:42.839
 live in a

00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:43.400
 world full

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:44.039
 of distractions

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.780
 and cares

00:49:44.780 --> 00:49:45.620
 it will be

00:49:45.620 --> 00:49:45.980
 difficult

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:46.620
 because the

00:49:46.620 --> 00:49:47.260
 world is

00:49:47.260 --> 00:49:47.780
 full of

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:48.400
 suffering and

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:48.860
 turmoil

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.860
 is ravaged

00:49:49.860 --> 00:49:50.440
 by war

00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:50.900
 and natural

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:51.559
 disasters

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:52.579
 this will be

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:53.200
 difficult

00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:53.800
 bearing witness

00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:54.240
 to Jesus

00:49:54.240 --> 00:49:54.579
 and be

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:55.360
 faithful to

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:55.579
 him

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:55.800
 will be

00:49:55.800 --> 00:49:57.960
 many false

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:58.800
 messiahs and

00:49:58.800 --> 00:49:59.640
 false religions

00:49:59.640 --> 00:50:00.680
 that seek to

00:50:00.680 --> 00:50:01.519
 lead us astray

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.340
 it will be

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:03.280
 difficult because

00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:03.780
 we will be

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:04.680
 persecuted by

00:50:04.680 --> 00:50:05.680
 religious authorities

00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:06.900
 civil authorities

00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:07.800
 some of us

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:08.360
 will even be

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:09.059
 betrayed by

00:50:09.059 --> 00:50:09.519
 our own

00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:10.539
 friends and

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:11.000
 family

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:13.039
 we could

00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:14.160
 never endure

00:50:14.160 --> 00:50:15.380
 these things

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:16.340
 for the sake

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:17.480
 of anyone else

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:18.360
 in the world

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:19.340
 or for the sake

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:20.260
 of anyone else

00:50:20.260 --> 00:50:21.360
 in human history

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:22.780
 but we can do it

00:50:22.780 --> 00:50:23.500
 for Jesus'

00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:24.119
 sake

00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:25.760
 because he

00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:26.780
 was the man

00:50:26.780 --> 00:50:27.720
 of sorrows

00:50:27.720 --> 00:50:28.800
 who suffered

00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:29.380
 and died

00:50:29.380 --> 00:50:30.099
 in our place

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:30.780
 on the cross

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:33.119
 because he

00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:33.840
 was the true

00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:34.420
 messiah

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:35.380
 that came

00:50:35.380 --> 00:50:35.900
 and laid

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:36.280
 down his

00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:36.820
 life to

00:50:36.820 --> 00:50:37.539
 save us

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.180
 and make

00:50:38.180 --> 00:50:38.639
 us born

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:39.099
 again

00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:40.860
 because Jesus

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:41.920
 was persecuted

00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:42.980
 by the religious

00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:43.579
 authorities

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:44.680
 and the civil

00:50:44.680 --> 00:50:45.200
 authorities

00:50:45.200 --> 00:50:46.700
 for our

00:50:46.700 --> 00:50:47.659
 sake

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:50.559
 because he

00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:51.280
 was mocked

00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:51.700
 by his

00:50:51.700 --> 00:50:52.280
 friends and

00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:52.659
 family

00:50:52.659 --> 00:50:54.380
 because he

00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:54.880
 died

00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:55.480
 and was

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:56.059
 raised from

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:56.460
 the dead

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:57.380
 so that we

00:50:57.380 --> 00:50:58.360
 might enjoy

00:50:58.360 --> 00:50:59.220
 eternal

00:50:59.220 --> 00:50:59.980
 resurrection

00:50:59.980 --> 00:51:00.940
 life

00:51:00.940 --> 00:51:01.880
 and so

00:51:01.880 --> 00:51:03.220
 what we

00:51:03.220 --> 00:51:03.659
 would never

00:51:03.659 --> 00:51:04.260
 do for

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:05.020
 anyone else

00:51:05.020 --> 00:51:06.140
 we do

00:51:06.140 --> 00:51:06.780
 for his

00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:07.580
 namesake

00:51:07.580 --> 00:51:11.400
 as it

00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:11.880
 says in

00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:12.540
 Hebrews 12

00:51:12.540 --> 00:51:13.140
 we read this

00:51:13.140 --> 00:51:13.440
 for our

00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:13.960
 assurance of

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.580
 pardon today

00:51:14.580 --> 00:51:16.180
 therefore since

00:51:16.180 --> 00:51:16.580
 we are

00:51:16.580 --> 00:51:17.420
 surrounded by

00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:18.000
 so great

00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:18.460
 a cloud

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:19.000
 of witnesses

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.900
 let us

00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:20.740
 also lay

00:51:20.740 --> 00:51:21.400
 aside

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.360
 every weight

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:23.380
 and sin

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:24.060
 which clings

00:51:24.060 --> 00:51:24.980
 so closely

00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:25.840
 and let us

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:26.440
 run with

00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:27.140
 endurance

00:51:27.140 --> 00:51:28.140
 the race

00:51:28.140 --> 00:51:28.760
 that is set

00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:29.500
 before us

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:30.220
 looking to

00:51:30.220 --> 00:51:30.740
 Jesus

00:51:30.740 --> 00:51:31.940
 the founder

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.840
 and perfecter

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:33.500
 of our faith

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:34.260
 who for the

00:51:34.260 --> 00:51:34.940
 joy that was

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.579
 set before

00:51:35.579 --> 00:51:35.900
 him

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:37.099
 endured the

00:51:37.099 --> 00:51:37.639
 cross

00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:39.119
 despising the

00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:39.539
 shame

00:51:39.539 --> 00:51:40.539
 and is seated

00:51:40.539 --> 00:51:41.179
 at the right

00:51:41.179 --> 00:51:41.920
 hand of the

00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:42.360
 throne of

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:42.760
 God

00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:44.460
 we can

00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:45.360
 endure because

00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:46.380
 Jesus endured

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:47.019
 for us

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:50.559
 because for the

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.539
 joy set before

00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:52.380
 him of our

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:52.820
 redemption

00:51:52.820 --> 00:51:54.159
 Jesus endured

00:51:54.159 --> 00:51:54.880
 the cross for

00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:55.239
 us

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:56.360
 so let us

00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:57.179
 now for his

00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:57.519
 sake

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:59.320
 bear enduring

00:51:59.320 --> 00:51:59.960
 witness to

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.420
 Jesus

00:52:00.420 --> 00:52:02.639
 and be

00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:03.300
 watchful and

00:52:03.300 --> 00:52:03.860
 expectant for

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.340
 his return

00:52:04.340 --> 00:52:06.100
 and

00:52:06.100 --> 00:52:07.620
 second

00:52:07.620 --> 00:52:08.579
 of

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:10.180
 falling

00:52:10.180 --> 00:52:10.420
 to

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:10.840
 guys

00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:11.440
 to

00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:11.920
 come on

00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:12.860
 and

00:52:12.860 --> 00:52:16.280
 just

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:17.720
 do