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 We're in Matthew 23, 37 to 24, 35.

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 We've come to what's known as the Olivet Discourse

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 It's gonna be a ride.

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 You're gonna have to pay close attention,

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 but we'll get through it together.

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 Matthew 23, 37 to 24, 35.

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 Let me pray.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 I come to this difficult and contested text

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 with fear and trembling

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 for I don't want to teach anything that is wrong.

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 It's not of you.

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 So Lord, guide my lips.

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 Guide the ears and hearts of everyone here.

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 Close them to anything that is not true,

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 anything that is not of you.

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 But may your truth seep in deeply

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 and pierce all of our hearts.

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 So that we live this day

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 in light of Christ's death and resurrection

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 and in light of Christ's return

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 to make all things new.

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 Fill us with that hope.

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 Breathe fresh hope by your spirit

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 into the lungs or the spiritual lungs

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 and the hearts of all your sons and daughters now,

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 this morning, this moment.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you're able

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 so that we can honor God

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 as we read from his word.

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 Matthew 23, 37 to 24, 35.

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 Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

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 the city that kills the prophets

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 and stones those who are sent to it.

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 How often would I have gathered your children together

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 as a hen gathers her brood under her wings

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 and you were not willing.

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 See, your house is left to you desolate.

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 For I tell you, you will not see me again

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 until you say,

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Jesus left the temple and was going away

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 when his disciples came to point out to him

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 the buildings of the temple.

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 But he answered them,

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 You see all these, do you not?

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 Truly I say to you,

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 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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 As he sat on the Mount of Olives,

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 the disciples came to him privately saying,

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 Tell us, when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign of your coming

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 and of the end of the age?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 See that no one leads you astray.

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 For many will come in my name saying,

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 I am the Christ.

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 And they will lead many astray.

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 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

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 See that you are not alarmed

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 for this must take place.

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 But the end is not yet.

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 For nation will rise against nation

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 and kingdom against kingdom.

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 And there will be famines and earthquakes

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 in various places.

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 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

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 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation

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 and put you to death.

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 And you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

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 And then many will fall away

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 and betray one another and hate one another.

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 And many false prophets will arise

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 and lead many astray.

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 And because lawlessness will be increased,

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 the love of many will grow cold.

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 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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 And this gospel of the kingdom

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 will be proclaimed throughout the whole world

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 as a testimony to all nations.

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 And then the end will come.

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 So when you see the abomination of desolation

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 spoken of by the prophet Daniel,

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 standing in the holy place,

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 let the reader understand.

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

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 Let the one who is on the housetop

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 not go down to take what is in his house.

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 And let the one who is in the field

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 not turn back to take his cloak.

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 And alas for women who are pregnant

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 and for those who are nursing infants in those days,

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 pray that your flight may not be in winter

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 or on a Sabbath.

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 For then there will be great tribulation

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 such as has not been from the beginning of the world

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 until now, no, and never will be.

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 And if those days had not been cut short,

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 no human being would be saved.

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 But for the sake of the elect,

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 those days will be cut short.

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 Then if anyone says to you,

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 look, here is the Christ,

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 or there he is,

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 do not believe it.

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 For false Christs and false prophets

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 will arise and perform great signs and wonders

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 so as to lead astray, if possible,

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 even the elect.

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 See, I have told you beforehand.

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 So if they say to you,

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 look, he is in the wilderness,

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 do not go out.

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 If they say, look, he is in the inner rooms,

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 do not believe it.

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 For as the lightning comes from the east

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 and shines as far as the west,

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 so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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 Wherever the corpse is,

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 there the vultures will gather.

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 Immediately after the tribulation of those days,

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 the sun will be darkened

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 and the moon will not give its light

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 and the stars will fall from heaven

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 and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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 Then will appear in heaven

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 the sign of the Son of Man

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 and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn

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 and they will see the Son of Man

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 coming on the clouds of heaven

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 with power and great glory.

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 And he will send out his angels

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 with a loud trumpet call

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 and they will gather his elect

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 from the four winds

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 from one end of heaven to the other.

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 From the fig tree, learn this lesson.

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 As soon as its branch becomes tender

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 and puts out its leaves,

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 you know that summer is near.

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 So also when you see all these things,

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 you know that he is near at the very gates.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 this generation will not pass away

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 until all these things take 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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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 The many runners we have in our midst

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 can attest to the widely shared experience

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 that when they're in the middle of a race

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 and they can see the finish line

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 near the close of a race,

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 they start to run faster.

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 Scientific studies have also confirmed this.

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 It's called end spurt phenomenon.

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 But aren't runners the most exhausted

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 by the end of the race?

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 So why do they run faster

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 as they near the end of the race

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 when they see the finish line?

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 There are several reasons.

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 One, when you can see the finish line,

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 the goal and the reward of the race is imminent.

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 The gratification of finishing the race,

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 the medal that you're going to win

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 and the personal record you're going to break,

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 it drives people harder to run faster.

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 When the reward is nearer,

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 it motivates.

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 The psychologists call this the goal gradient effect.

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 Effort increases the nearer you get to the goal.

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 Second, two, when you can see the finish line,

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 you know that you don't need to conserve any more energy.

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 You can expend all your remaining energy

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 because you know that you're going to be done

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 and you can be flat out exhausted,

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 but you're going to get rest after that finish line.

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 Three, pain becomes more tolerable as you near the end.

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 Pain that would seem to you unbearable for the next five miles

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 is bearable for the next 200 meters.

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 So people can endure more pain

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 when they can see the finish line.

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 This is why we motivate one another with expressions like this.

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 You can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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 Keep your eyes on the prize.

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 The finish line is in sight.

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 We say these kinds of things

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 because a pilgrim who can see his fatherland in the distance

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 walks with renewed vigor.

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 This is why it is essential

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 that we understand what Matthew 24 teaches us

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 about the end of the age and the return of Christ.

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 The main point of this passage is this.

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 Endure through tribulation

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 and proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.

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 First, we're going to talk about Christ's departure

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 and the desolation of Jerusalem.

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 And then we're going to talk about Christ's return

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 and the consolation of the new Jerusalem.

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 First, let's talk about his departure.

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 In the preceding passage I talked about last week,

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 Jesus denounced the Jewish leaders,

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 the Pharisees and the scribes

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 for shedding the righteous blood

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 of all of God's people and prophets

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 from Abel in Genesis to Zechariah.

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 That's the A to Z,

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 the first and the last martyrs of God in the Old Testament.

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 And then Jesus said in verse 36,

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 truly I say to you,

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 all these things will come upon this generation.

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 Jesus prophesies of judgment

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 that will befall this generation,

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 the generation that is there at the time of Jesus' life.

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 Because of their rejection of God's messengers

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 and ultimately of their rejection of Christ,

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 Jesus himself,

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 all these things are going to come upon them.

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 What is all these things?

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 Jesus tells us in verse 37,

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 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

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 the city that kills the prophets and stones,

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 those who are sent to it.

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 Jerusalem, the chosen city of the temple of the Lord God's dwelling place

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 that was once called in Psalm 48, 1-2,

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 his holy mountain, beautiful in elevation,

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 the joy of all the earth,

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 is now called the city that kills the prophets and stones,

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 those who are sent to it.

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 And Jesus continues,

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 how often would I have gathered your children together

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 as a hen gathers her brood under her wings

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 and you were not willing.

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 This avian imagery of a mother bird caring for her young under her wings

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 is a rich imagery that's used throughout the Old Testament.

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 At the end of the Pentateuch,

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 at the end of Deuteronomy,

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 describing how God led Israel out of the wilderness,

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 out of Egypt and then through the wilderness

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 and brought them to Canaan,

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 Deuteronomy 32, 10-12 says that God found Israel in a desert land,

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 in the howling waste of the wilderness,

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 and then encircled him and cared for him

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 and kept him as the apple of his eye.

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 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,

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 that flutters over its young,

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 spreading out its wings,

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 catching them,

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 bearing them on its pinions,

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 the Lord alone guided him.

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 No foreign God was with him.

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 And again in Psalm 91 verse 4,

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 it says,

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 The Lord God will cover you with his pinions

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 and under his wings you will find refuge.

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 It was God's heart

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 and therefore his son's heart,

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 Jesus' heart,

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 to gather us,

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 to gather all his people together

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 under his wings like a mother bird

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 to protect us and to keep us.

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 But we,

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 or Jerusalem in that age,

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 was foolish.

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 They were not willing.

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 How many of us have spurned Jesus

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 in his desire to gather us under his wings?

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 So Jesus pronounces his judgment

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 in verses 38 to 39.

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 These things that he said

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 will come upon this generation.

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 He says,

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 See, your house is left to you desolate.

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 For I tell you,

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 you will not see me again

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 until you say,

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Remember,

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 Jesus is still at the temple courtyard.

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 He hasn't gone to the Mount of Olives yet.

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 And so when he talks about your house,

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 he's talking about the temple.

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 And he's saying,

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 he's prophesying

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 that the temple of God

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 will be deserted by God,

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 abandoned by God.

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 It will become a desolate house.

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 And this echoes the language

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 of prophet Daniel

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 in Daniel 9.17,

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 who after the destruction

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 of Jerusalem and the temple

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 by the Babylonians,

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 prayed,

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 O Lord,

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 make your face

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 to shine upon your sanctuary,

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 which is desolate.

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 God had warned

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 in Jeremiah 22.5,

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 If you do not obey these words,

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 I swear by myself,

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 declares the Lord,

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 that this house

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 shall become a desolation.

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 And that's exactly what happened.

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 Later,

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 when Israel and Judah

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 ran after idols,

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 abandoned their God,

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 God himself deserted

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 his temple.

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 And prophet Ezekiel

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 actually saw

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 in his prophetic vision

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 in Ezekiel 10-11,

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 he saw the glory

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 of the Lord

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 depart from the temple.

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 Imagine the tragic

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 and devastating scene.

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 The glory of the Lord

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 coming up out of the temple,

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 mounted up on the wings

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 of the cherubim,

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 and then leaving it.

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 And there's nothing

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 you can do to stop it.

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 It was the presence of God

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 that made the promised land

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 the promised land.

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 It was the presence of God

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 that made the temple

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 what it is.

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 It was the presence of God

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 that set Israel apart

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 from all the other nations.

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 It was the presence of God

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 in the temple

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 that guaranteed

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 their future

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 and gave them hope

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 in life.

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 And now,

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 Ezekiel,

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 in his prophetic vision,

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 beholds

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 the glory of the Lord

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 leave.

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 The desertion

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 of the temple

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 by the Lord

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 naturally

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 and inevitably

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 leads to the destruction

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 of the temple

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 by the Babylonians.

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 And once the glory

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 of the Lord

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 departs from Jerusalem,

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 do you know

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 where it goes next?

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 It says in Ezekiel 11-23,

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 the glory of the Lord

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 went up from the midst

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 of the city

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 and stood

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 on the mountain

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 that is on

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 the east side

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 of the city.

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 Do you guys know

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 what mountain that is?

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 East side of Jerusalem.

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 It's the Mount of Olives.

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 It's no coincidence

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 that Jesus,

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 after leaving Jerusalem here

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 for the last time,

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 he's not going to come back

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 until he's arrested.

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 He's not coming back

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 on his own.

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 So,

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 Jesus goes to the

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 Mount of Olives next

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 in chapter 24

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 and then prophesies

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 his judgment

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 over Jerusalem.

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 So,

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 in Ezekiel,

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 the glory of Yahweh

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 left the temple

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 and stopped

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 at Mount of Olives.

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 In Matthew,

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 Jesus Christ

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 leaves the temple

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 and stops

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 on the Mount of Olives.

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 Matthew is drawing

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 a bold parallel

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 and connection

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 to tell us

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 that Jesus

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 is the glory

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 of the Lord.

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 He is the Son of God.

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 When Jesus leaves

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 Jerusalem

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 and its temple,

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 God himself

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 is leaving

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 and if these people

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 knew what was happening

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.860
 when Jesus left Jerusalem,

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 they would have

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 broken down

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 and wept.

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 To emphasize this,

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 Matthew 24,

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 1 says,

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 Jesus left the temple

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 and was going away

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 twice

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 to emphasize

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 that he left

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 for good.

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 And then,

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 quoting the Messianic Psalm,

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 Psalm 118, 26,

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 Blessed is he

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 who comes in the name

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 of the Lord.

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 We bless you

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 from the house

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 of the Lord.

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 That's what the inhabitants

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 of Jerusalem

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 should have said

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 to Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 the Messiah.

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 But instead,

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 they cursed him,

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 rejected him,

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 and will soon

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 kill him.

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 And so,

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 the glory of the Lord God,

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:48.960
 Jesus,

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.679
 the Son of God,

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.479
 leaves the temple

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 in Jerusalem.

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 And just as Yahweh's

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 departure from the temple,

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 the first temple,

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 led to this destruction

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 of Jerusalem

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 and the temple

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 by the Babylonian Empire,

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 Jesus' departure

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 from Jerusalem

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 will then lead

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 to the destruction

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 of the second temple

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 by the Romans

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 in 70 AD.

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 And that's exactly

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 what Jesus prophesies

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.720
 of in chapter 24.

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 As they are leaving

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.559
 Jerusalem,

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 Jesus' disciples

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 point out to Jesus

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 the buildings

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 of the temple

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 in chapter 24,

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 verse 1.

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 The parallel account

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 in Mark 13,

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 verse 1,

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 is a little more vivid.

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 There,

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 the disciples say

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:29.980
 to Jesus,

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.200
 look, teacher,

00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:33.159
 what wonderful stones

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 and what wonderful buildings.

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.599
 They're pointing out

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.879
 the architectural marvel

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:40.059
 that the second temple,

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.859
 Herodian temple,

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.460
 was.

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 The first temple

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.960
 built by Solomon

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.200
 was already magnificent,

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:47.100
 and then it was destroyed

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:48.440
 by the Babylonians

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.240
 and then Ezra,

00:17:49.340 --> 00:17:49.920
 Nehemiah,

00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.880
 with help from

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 prophet,

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 I mean,

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.740
 priest Joshua,

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.480
 Haggai,

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.700
 and Zerubbabel

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:56.420
 rebuilt the second temple,

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:58.120
 but it was not that glorious,

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.740
 not as glorious

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.360
 as the first.

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:01.160
 And so Herod,

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.799
 King Herod,

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.920
 trying to curry favor

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.480
 with the Jews

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.380
 and styling himself

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.519
 as the king of the Jews,

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.279
 even though he wasn't

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.920
 quite king,

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:08.860
 rebuilt and revamped

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.799
 and expanded

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.900
 that second temple

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.620
 so that he was

00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.580
 even bigger

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:14.439
 than the first temple.

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:18.279
 The stones used

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.939
 for the temple

00:18:18.939 --> 00:18:19.939
 mount walls

00:18:19.939 --> 00:18:20.759
 were known

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.199
 as the Herodian ashlars,

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:23.220
 and they're famous

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.960
 for their immaculately

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.740
 chiseled borders

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.879
 and their immense size,

00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:28.539
 and they have found

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.559
 one of those underground,

00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.679
 and the largest one

00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.240
 that they found

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.139
 weighs 570 tons

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:34.899
 and is longer

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 than a school bus.

00:18:36.439 --> 00:18:37.460
 That's about the weight

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.919
 of 95 full-grown

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.839
 African elephants,

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:42.619
 or three to four

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.419
 fully loaded

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.759
 Boeing 737s.

00:18:45.459 --> 00:18:46.079
 So imagine

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:47.099
 a temple complex,

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.019
 a building

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.779
 built with such

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.639
 massive

00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:52.299
 monolithic stones.

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.779
 It's impressive,

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.699
 to say the least.

00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:58.459
 The whole complex

00:18:58.459 --> 00:18:59.039
 was the size

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.359
 of 26 to 27

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.099
 football fields,

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:02.240
 American football fields.

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.359
 Three times,

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.439
 almost three times

00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:05.879
 as tall

00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:07.179
 as the Temple of Artemis

00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:07.819
 in Ephesus,

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.659
 which was counted

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.259
 as one of the

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.119
 ancient wonders,

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.839
 seven wonders

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.859
 of the ancient world.

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.220
 A Jewish rabbi,

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.879
 therefore,

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.660
 with reason,

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.680
 commented one time

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.879
 that he who has not

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:19.240
 seen the Temple of Herod

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.779
 has never seen

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.839
 a beautiful building

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.579
 in his life.

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.059
 First century historians

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.420
 remark that when they see

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:28.339
 the gold-plated temple,

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:30.160
 the light was dazzling

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.879
 and blinding,

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.940
 and when they see

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:33.019
 the pure white,

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.720
 the top,

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.539
 it looked like

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.720
 a snow-capped mountain

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:37.079
 soaring over the horizon

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.599
 and dominating the skyline.

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:41.019
 The disciples

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.220
 marveled at that,

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.339
 saying,

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.180
 look how beautiful,

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.099
 look what wonderful stones,

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.180
 what wonderful buildings,

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.879
 and then Jesus

00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:48.879
 bursts their bubble.

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:54.059
 There will not be left here

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:55.819
 one stone upon another

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:57.059
 that will not be thrown down.

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:01.420
 It's a remarkable prophecy

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:04.259
 fulfilled with striking accuracy

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:07.039
 less than 40 years later.

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:09.319
 Literally every stone

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.000
 of the temple

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.220
 was toppled

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.599
 in 70 AD.

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.140
 All that remains today

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:15.259
 is the western wall,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.180
 which was a part

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.720
 of the outer temple complex

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.019
 and not of the temple buildings

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.099
 themselves.

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:23.359
 Jesus goes into greater detail

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.140
 about the destruction

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.200
 of Jerusalem and his temple

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.660
 in verses 15 to 28.

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.619
 So let's skip forward there

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.200
 for a little bit.

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.779
 It says in verse 15,

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.039
 So when you see

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.399
 the abomination of desolation

00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:33.920
 spoken of by the prophet Daniel

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.480
 standing in the holy place,

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.899
 let the reader understand.

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:37.940
 Then let those

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.639
 who are in Judea

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.599
 flee to the mountains.

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:42.960
 The abomination of desolation

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.639
 spoken of by the prophet Daniel

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.960
 is a reference,

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:46.519
 surprise,

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.799
 to the book of Daniel.

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.139
 Daniel 9,

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.000
 verse 27,

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:51.359
 Daniel 11, 31,

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.539
 and 12, 11,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.859
 all of which prophesy

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:55.180
 that someone who will,

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:56.500
 that someone will come

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.820
 who will desecrate

00:20:57.820 --> 00:21:00.019
 and defile the temple of God,

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.380
 an abomination

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.660
 that makes desolate.

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 Most pastors and theologians

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:07.799
 agree that the first referent

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.720
 of Daniel's original prophecy

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:11.519
 was fulfilled

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.980
 in the second century BC

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.420
 by the Seleucid king

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.660
 Antiochus IV.

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:18.380
 He arrogantly called himself

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.320
 Epiphanous,

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.380
 meaning God made manifest,

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.480
 claiming to be God.

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.480
 He plundered the temple of God

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 and then he halted

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.640
 the Jewish daily sacrifices

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 and then he set up

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.980
 a pagan altar,

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.620
 most likely to Zeus,

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.480
 inside the temple of God

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.680
 and then sacrificed

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.860
 an unclean animal,

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.920
 a pig on it,

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 that the Jews

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 deemed ceremonially unclean.

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.500
 But why then

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.640
 is Jesus referring

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.940
 to Daniel's prophecy

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.220
 which pointed to,

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.039
 which a figure

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.759
 that predated him

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.680
 by 200 years?

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:53.860
 Biblical,

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.500
 prophetic,

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:56.380
 and apocalyptic literature

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:59.560
 employs multiple types

00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:00.680
 and patterns

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.060
 of figures

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:02.539
 that repeat

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.180
 throughout history.

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.580
 For example,

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.880
 in Revelation 2.14,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.600
 it says that

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:07.259
 some people

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.279
 in the New Testament church

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.960
 of Pergamum

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.779
 follow the teaching

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.600
 of Balaam,

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:12.140
 even though Balaam

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:13.779
 is a pagan seer

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:15.080
 from Israel's days

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.680
 in the wilderness

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.680
 in Numbers.

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.180
 Similarly,

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:19.240
 Revelation 2.20

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.080
 says that the church

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.759
 in Thyatira tolerated

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.099
 that woman Jezebel,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.619
 even though Jezebel

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:26.639
 is the idolatrous queen

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.839
 from the days of Elijah,

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:30.199
 the king Ahab.

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.980
 So in a similar way,

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.220
 Jesus is employing

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.659
 this prophetic type,

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.240
 the prophetic pattern

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.919
 of Antiochus IV

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:40.339
 to speak of another

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.159
 defiling

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:42.539
 of the temple

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 that is coming.

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 But this time,

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.119
 the abomination

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.799
 of desolation

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.739
 will not merely

00:22:47.739 --> 00:22:48.719
 desecrate.

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.119
 It will completely

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:51.219
 destroy the temple.

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 So I take this

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.239
 to be a reference

00:22:54.239 --> 00:22:55.219
 to the Roman general

00:22:55.219 --> 00:22:55.839
 Titus

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.379
 who destroys Jerusalem

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.259
 and the temple

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 in 70 AD.

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 The parallel account

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:02.519
 in Luke 21.20

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.759
 confirms this interpretation.

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 I think I have

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.399
 a parallel verses

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.139
 to show for that.

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.559
 Luke 21.20

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.439
 explicitly states

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:10.500
 that the desolation

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.399
 that Jesus

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.040
 is speaking of

00:23:12.040 --> 00:23:13.900
 is caused by armies

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.980
 that surround Jerusalem.

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.080
 That's exactly

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.560
 what happened

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.240
 in 70 AD.

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 That's when Jerusalem

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.600
 was destroyed

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:18.960
 and the temple

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.519
 was destroyed

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.980
 and it was never

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.580
 built again.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.500
 This is a terrible

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.680
 time for God's people.

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.000
 Jesus says in verse 21,

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 for then there will

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:28.160
 be great tribulation

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.920
 such as has not been

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.580
 from the beginning

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:31.140
 of the world

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.840
 until now,

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.120
 no,

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.259
 and never will be.

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.759
 This sounds like

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.740
 a singular,

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.019
 unprecedented,

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.900
 great tribulation,

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 right,

00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:40.900
 that will never

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.900
 be repeated again

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.200
 and because of that

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.320
 many people assume

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:45.380
 that Jesus is here

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.940
 speaking of an end time,

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.360
 never before seen,

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:49.519
 great tribulation

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.340
 that will immediately

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.420
 precede the second

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:53.160
 coming of Christ.

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 But I don't think

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.440
 that's actually the case

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.259
 for several reasons.

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 First,

00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.240
 we talked already

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.900
 about how this

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.420
 is a reference

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.060
 to the destruction

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.600
 of the temple

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.460
 in 70 AD.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.660
 If this were a prophecy

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.800
 about the end

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.580
 of the world,

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.220
 then the phrase

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.519
 that nothing like this

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.960
 will happen

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.599
 in the world

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.200
 again doesn't

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.920
 really make sense.

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.480
 The prophecy assumes

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.160
 that history will

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.339
 continue after this event.

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.900
 Second,

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.059
 the expression,

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.500
 as has not been

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.119
 from the beginning

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.639
 of the world

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.480
 until now,

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:24.819
 no,

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.779
 and never will be,

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.740
 it's a Hebrew idiom.

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.759
 It's a rhetorical

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.539
 superlative,

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.220
 hyperbole,

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.779
 you might say,

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.700
 that's common

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.420
 in the Old Testament.

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.400
 Exodus 10,

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.220
 13 to 14,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.079
 Joel 2,

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.420
 2,

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.359
 and Daniel 12,

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.619
 1,

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.559
 all use similar

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.019
 language.

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.939
 Third,

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:43.299
 Jesus is echoing

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.740
 the language

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.879
 of Ezekiel 5,

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.259
 9,

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.799
 where God

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.599
 decrees the

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.359
 destruction of

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.679
 Jerusalem

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.619
 by the Babylonian

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.000
 empire.

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.359
 And he says this,

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.519
 and because of

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:54.240
 all your abominations,

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.899
 I will do with you

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.779
 what I have

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:58.000
 never yet done

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.779
 and the likes

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.559
 of which I will

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.679
 never do again.

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.619
 Exact same language

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:05.000
 that he used

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.679
 with the destruction

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.179
 of the Babylon,

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:07.539
 with the first

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.200
 Jerusalem temple,

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.119
 and now Jesus

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.980
 is repeating that,

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.779
 echoing the language

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.659
 with the second temple.

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.119
 So all that to say,

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.799
 I don't think

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.859
 this great tribulation

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:16.079
 is this unique

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.859
 never before,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.960
 never after event.

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.839
 It's already happened

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.720
 at least twice

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.559
 according to the Bible.

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.779
 In fact,

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.700
 decades later,

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.799
 Revelation 2,

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.200
 22,

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.579
 and 7,

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.519
 14 speak of

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.299
 another great

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.879
 tribulation.

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.619
 I think this too

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.099
 is a pattern

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.740
 that repeats

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.720
 throughout history.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.559
 But for the people

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.019
 of God

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.259
 living at the time

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.200
 of the destruction

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.680
 of the temple

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.400
 in 70 AD,

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.240
 the tribulation

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.039
 would have felt

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.379
 truly singular

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.400
 and unprecedented.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.900
 And 3rd century

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.640
 church historian

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.539
 Eusebius notes

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.799
 that the church

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.319
 in Jerusalem

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.460
 knew to flee

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.099
 when trouble

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.839
 started brewing

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.480
 in Jerusalem

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.119
 because of this prophecy.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.319
 And they were able

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.879
 to survive

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.440
 the destruction

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.980
 of Jerusalem

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.539
 by fleeing

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.220
 to the mountains,

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.599
 heeding Jesus' words.

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.460
 This remarkable prophecy

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:03.339
 prompts the disciples

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.579
 to ask Jesus

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.619
 privately in verse 3

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.279
 tell us,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.379
 when will these things be

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.579
 and what will be

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.899
 the sign of your coming

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.679
 and of the end

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.359
 of the age?

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.199
 Note that there are

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:15.539
 two different questions

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.839
 here.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.859
 And conflating

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.039
 these two different

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.019
 questions has led

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.859
 to a lot of

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.879
 interpretive confusion.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.879
 So we need to

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.480
 distinguish these

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.439
 two questions carefully.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.339
 The first question is,

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:29.039
 when will these things be?

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.919
 What do they mean

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.759
 by these things?

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.740
 It's the destruction

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.379
 of the temple

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.779
 that Jesus just spoke of.

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.279
 Second question is,

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:39.420
 what will be the sign

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.480
 of your coming

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.720
 and of the end

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.440
 of the age?

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.240
 The disciples do not

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.599
 yet fully understand

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.160
 the import

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.960
 and the implications

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.799
 of this question,

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.259
 but if the destruction

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.980
 of the temple

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.119
 portends the beginning

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.879
 of the end,

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.759
 the beginning

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.680
 of the birth pains,

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.460
 as Jesus says

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.400
 in Matthew 24, 8,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:58.680
 the sign of Christ's coming

00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:00.039
 and the end of the age

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.740
 is speaking of

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.960
 the end of the end.

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.500
 Jesus answers that first

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.480
 part of their question first.

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:08.160
 When will these things be?

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.299
 When will the temple

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.960
 be destroyed?

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.660
 When will this age

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.240
 of the temple

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.120
 come to an end

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.660
 and give way

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.480
 to a new age?

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.460
 All three of the

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.180
 Synoptic Gospels,

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.599
 Matthew, Mark, and Luke,

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.880
 mention the same

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.740
 four signs.

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.799
 First, the deception

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:24.440
 of the false Christs.

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:26.519
 Second, wars and rumors

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.059
 of wars.

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:29.400
 Third, earthquakes and famines.

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.779
 Fourth, tribulation

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.900
 and gospel witness

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.639
 to all nations.

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.379
 But notice,

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.379
 this is important,

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.579
 that Jesus doesn't say

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:40.339
 that these signs

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.779
 will mark the end.

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.259
 Jesus says repeatedly

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.700
 that they do not

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.639
 mark the end.

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:50.279
 Matthew 24, verse 6.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.160
 Look at it with me.

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:53.720
 For this must take place,

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:56.700
 but the end is not yet.

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.240
 Did you see that?

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.700
 Matthew 24, verse 8.

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:02.140
 All these are but

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.860
 the beginning

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:04.279
 of the birth pains.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.680
 These are not signs

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.519
 of the end.

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.220
 This is why I like

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.759
 to call these

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.480
 the non-signs of the end

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:14.960
 or the false alarms

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.840
 of the end.

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.779
 All pregnant women

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.840
 go through

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.919
 what is called

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:23.019
 Braxton Hicks contractions.

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.079
 All the pregnant women

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.519
 know.

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.980
 Congrats, by the way.

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.679
 Justin and Janine

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.279
 just gave birth

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.099
 to their son, James.

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.839
 I don't know if you guys

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.220
 saw that.

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.480
 Yeah.

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.419
 And the Braxton Hicks

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.159
 contractions

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:37.159
 are known

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.419
 sometimes as

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:39.399
 false labor

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:41.019
 or practice labor.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.019
 It's like

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.159
 warm-up exercises

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.379
 to prepare the uterus

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.220
 for true labor.

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:48.179
 And these four

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:49.079
 non-signs

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.539
 are like

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.519
 the Braxton Hicks

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.220
 contractions.

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.779
 They are not

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.619
 the signs

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.460
 of the end

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.099
 of the end.

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.919
 Rather,

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.740
 they mark

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.000
 the beginning

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.819
 of the end.

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.939
 Sometimes,

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.419
 Christians

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.039
 who are troubled

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.159
 by world events

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.699
 that they see

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.299
 in the news,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.859
 wars,

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.480
 natural disasters,

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.819
 pandemics,

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.359
 they've asked me

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.000
 over the years,

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:12.980
 Sean,

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.839
 do you think

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.000
 this means

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.599
 we are living

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.639
 in the end times?

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:20.540
 And I always

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:20.960
 tell them,

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.880
 yes,

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:24.440
 we are.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.240
 And we've been

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.740
 living in it

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.400
 since the first

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.060
 coming of Christ.

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.120
 Remember Peter's

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.980
 sermon in Acts 2.

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.840
 He says that the

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:35.160
 last days prophesied

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.040
 of in Joel 2

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:37.220
 have come upon them.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.200
 The last days

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.920
 are already here.

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.640
 Began with the

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.440
 ascent of Christ

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.040
 and the descent

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:42.720
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.080
 And so these are,

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.759
 don't panic,

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.579
 so when you read

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.140
 in the newspapers

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:47.059
 of all these wars

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.079
 and rumors of wars

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.339
 and famines

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.960
 and earthquakes

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.460
 happening,

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.920
 these are false alarms.

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.740
 And then skip ahead

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.319
 briefly with me

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.559
 to verses 32 to 35.

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.000
 From the fig tree

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.779
 learn its lesson.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.740
 As soon as its branch

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.579
 becomes tender

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.220
 and puts out its leaves,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.059
 you know that summer

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.559
 is near.

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.819
 So also,

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.460
 when you see

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.500
 all these things,

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.059
 you know that he is near

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.059
 at the very gates.

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.660
 Truly I say to you,

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.259
 this generation

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:14.099
 will not pass away

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:16.079
 until all these things

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.939
 take place.

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.819
 Heaven and earth

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.439
 will pass away

00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.059
 but my words

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.819
 will not pass away.

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.939
 Some people think

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:24.659
 that Jesus was wrong

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.659
 in his prediction

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.719
 of his return

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:28.019
 since he says here

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.379
 that this generation

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.299
 will not pass away

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.899
 until all these things

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.959
 take place.

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:35.139
 And that hasn't happened.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.199
 Jesus hasn't come back yet.

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:38.199
 But pay attention

00:30:38.199 --> 00:30:39.500
 to what exactly

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.279
 Jesus said

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.480
 would take place

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.179
 during the lifetime

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:43.039
 of that generation.

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:45.319
 all these things.

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.960
 What are all these things?

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.460
 Look at verse 33.

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.519
 When you see

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.799
 all these things,

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:52.720
 you know that he is near.

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:55.139
 All these things

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:56.159
 that take place

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:57.259
 within the generation

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.259
 of Jesus' lifetime

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.339
 are the things

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.119
 that mark,

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.440
 the signs that mark

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.940
 Jesus' nearness.

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.879
 Like the fig tree

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.799
 putting out its leaves

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.740
 and indicating

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.039
 that the summer is near.

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.559
 These are signs

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.200
 that tell us

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.299
 that Jesus is near,

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.059
 not signs

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.500
 that tell us

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.519
 that Jesus is here.

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.319
 These are signs

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.960
 of nearness,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.059
 not hereness.

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.819
 The phrase

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:19.000
 all these things

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.859
 is not inclusive

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.659
 of the second coming

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.220
 of Christ.

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.639
 In fact,

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.460
 the phrase

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.460
 all these things

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.720
 is used very carefully

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.279
 by Matthew

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.980
 throughout chapters 23 and 24.

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.519
 Remember earlier

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.579
 he said in chapter 23

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.279
 verse 36,

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.740
 all these things

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.319
 will come upon

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.919
 this generation.

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.919
 And then again

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:36.319
 in chapter 24 verse 8,

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.740
 all these are but

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.159
 the beginning

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:39.059
 of the birth pains.

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.779
 The all these things

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.700
 that will take place

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.179
 before that generation

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.480
 of Jesus passes away

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.679
 are the destruction

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.240
 of the temple

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.220
 and these four

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.359
 non-signs of the end.

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.619
 So let's take

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.819
 these four false alarms

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.240
 in order.

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.639
 History records

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.779
 all four of these things

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.240
 happening

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.079
 throughout the days

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.440
 of Jesus.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.899
 Earthquakes in Asia Minor,

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.960
 Palestine, Jerusalem,

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.179
 widespread famine

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:02.799
 that Acts 1128 records

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.119
 and Jewish Roman historian

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.119
 Josephus records

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.980
 widespread persecution

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.339
 as Christians bear witness.

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.220
 These Braxton Hicks

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.980
 contractions

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.839
 have been going on

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.339
 ever since.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.839
 There are many

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.579
 false Christs

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.339
 in Jesus' day

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.059
 and there are many

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.539
 false Christs today.

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.679
 Think of Sergei Torop,

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.819
 the former Russian

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.519
 traffic cop

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.959
 who founded

00:32:21.959 --> 00:32:23.419
 the Church of the Last Testament

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.139
 in Siberia

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.939
 in 1991

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:26.339
 and claimed to be

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.480
 the reincarnation

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.039
 of Christ.

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.299
 Gathered thousands

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.000
 of followers

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.699
 until he got arrested

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:33.099
 for abusing them.

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.059
 Think of Lee Man-hee,

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.899
 the South Korean leader

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.940
 of the Shincheonji

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.740
 Church of Jesus

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.400
 or the Temple

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.259
 of the Tabernacle

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.120
 of the Testimony.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.600
 He claims to be

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.800
 Jesus' successor

00:32:44.800 --> 00:32:46.280
 and the only person

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:47.300
 who can rightly interpret

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:48.180
 the book of Revelation.

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.300
 His cult is active

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:51.120
 here in Boston.

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.259
 They've tried

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.200
 and failed to recruit

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.900
 two of our own

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.440
 church members.

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.320
 Have you guys heard

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.200
 of any of these people

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.580
 before?

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.620
 You guys have some of them.

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.000
 I mean,

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.920
 many of you

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.540
 probably have never

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:03.540
 heard of them before.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:06.099
 And if you haven't

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.420
 heard of them,

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.319
 that's one reason

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.379
 to know that

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.420
 they are certainly

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.420
 not the second coming

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.879
 of Christ.

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.720
 Why?

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.519
 Because Jesus says

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.319
 in verse 23,

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.039
 if anyone says to you,

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.359
 look,

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.059
 here is the Christ

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.519
 or there he is,

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.399
 do not believe it.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.420
 Why?

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.579
 He says in verses

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.359
 27 to 20,

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.159
 for as the lightning

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:28.139
 comes from the east

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:29.119
 and shines as far

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.700
 as the west,

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.940
 so will be the coming

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.680
 of the Son of Man.

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.920
 Wherever the corpse is,

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.700
 there the vultures

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.299
 will gather.

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.940
 If you've ever seen

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.759
 the lightning light up

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.680
 the sky when you're

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.240
 outside,

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.779
 you know that no one

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.720
 can miss that

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.480
 if you're outside

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.380
 and you're not blind.

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.860
 Jesus' coming

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.900
 will be the same way.

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.120
 When he comes back,

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.820
 it's not going to be

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.799
 some secret thing

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.600
 that happens somewhere

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.580
 that only a select

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:54.420
 few people see

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.539
 and then spread the word

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.200
 to everybody else.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.340
 No,

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.259
 when he comes back,

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.840
 everyone will know.

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.779
 He will be unmissable.

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:06.039
 The fourth

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.259
 and final non-sign

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.360
 is witness

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.900
 in the midst

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.519
 of persecution.

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.059
 Jesus says

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.700
 in verse 9

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.440
 that his followers

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.240
 will be delivered

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:14.559
 up to tribulation

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.599
 and put to death,

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.039
 be hated

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.119
 by all nations

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.360
 for his namesake.

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.420
 And notwithstanding

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.059
 this hatred

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.340
 of all the nations,

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.900
 Jesus says

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.659
 in verse 14

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.760
 that this gospel

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.300
 of the kingdom

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.180
 will be proclaimed

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:28.559
 throughout the whole world

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.720
 as a testimony

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:31.299
 to all nations.

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.719
 Notice that parallel.

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.419
 Persecution

00:34:34.419 --> 00:34:36.019
 by all nations.

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.319
 Hatred by all nations.

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.619
 Testimony

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.579
 to all nations.

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.079
 They go hand in hand.

00:34:42.459 --> 00:34:43.559
 They always coexist

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.539
 side by side.

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.019
 Similarly,

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.159
 note the contrast

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.019
 between verses

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.859
 10 to 12

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.699
 and verse 13.

00:34:50.399 --> 00:34:52.000
 Many will fall away.

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:54.039
 Many will be led astray.

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:55.179
 Love of many

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.459
 will grow cold.

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:59.599
 But the one

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.519
 who endures

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.800
 to the end

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.840
 will be saved.

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.079
 The repetition

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.260
 of the word many

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:09.119
 stands in stark contrast

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.039
 to the singular one.

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.860
 The one who endures

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.800
 to the end

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.199
 will be saved.

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.280
 So don't be

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.699
 among the many

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.820
 who are led astray.

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.300
 Among the many

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.880
 whose love

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.880
 will grow cold.

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.000
 Many who will go

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.220
 after false criats.

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.780
 Don't be among the many.

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.679
 Be the one

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.519
 who endures

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.500
 to the end.

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:28.539
 Enter by the narrow gate

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.699
 for the gate is wide

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.719
 and the way is easy

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.799
 that leads to destruction

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.819
 and those who enter

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.779
 through it are many

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:35.259
 for the gate is narrow

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:36.039
 and the way

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.699
 is hard

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.539
 that leads to life

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.339
 and those who find it

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.899
 are few.

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.940
 Verse 14

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.259
 where Jesus says

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.480
 the gospel of the kingdom

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.359
 will be proclaimed

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:48.440
 throughout the whole world

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.059
 as a testimony

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.139
 to all nations

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.399
 and then

00:35:51.399 --> 00:35:52.480
 the end will come.

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.119
 this has been

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.860
 misinterpreted

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.380
 by many

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:57.380
 causing confusion

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.079
 speculation

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.360
 surrounding foreign missions

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.139
 and its connection

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.199
 to Christ's second coming.

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.639
 This verse

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.619
 is often understood

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.679
 in mission circles

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.960
 as a mandate

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.000
 to reach all

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.340
 sociolinguistic

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.420
 ethnic people groups

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.099
 with the gospel

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.579
 because until

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.679
 that happens

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.300
 they claim

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:16.159
 Christ will not return.

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.380
 For example

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.960
 there are missions

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.539
 organizations

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.500
 that tell us

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.579
 that there are

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.199
 presently

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:24.840
 189

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.679
 unengaged

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.719
 unreached people groups

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.539
 left in the world

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.659
 and that once

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.300
 they reach

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.860
 the remaining

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.519
 ethnic groups

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.119
 with the gospel

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.159
 that Christ will return.

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.539
 But this

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.659
 popular definition

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.579
 of ethnic

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.460
 people groups

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:40.139
 wasn't formalized

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.259
 until

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:43.320
 1974

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.779
 Lausanne

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.179
 Congress

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.279
 on World Evangelization.

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:49.120
 are we to believe

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.780
 that Christians

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:51.760
 for 1900 years

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.560
 did not fully

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:53.019
 understand

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.960
 the exact nature

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.860
 of the Great Commission

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.940
 until the rise

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.560
 of the modern

00:36:57.560 --> 00:36:58.780
 sociological understanding

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.519
 of people groups?

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:03.040
 They define

00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:03.880
 unreached

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.500
 peoples

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.960
 as meaning

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.120
 less than 2%

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:07.060
 of their populations

00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:07.800
 being Christians.

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.980
 I want to ask

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.740
 who came up

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.519
 with that arbitrary

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.960
 number?

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:14.840
 I think this is

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.519
 too mechanical

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.039
 of a way

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.639
 to think about

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.340
 the Great Commission.

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.920
 In fact

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.860
 I think we have

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.820
 reasons to think

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.480
 from the Bible

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.900
 itself

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.679
 that the gospel

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.240
 of the kingdom

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.179
 has already

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.260
 been proclaimed

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.340
 throughout the whole

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.639
 world

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.260
 as a testimony

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:27.119
 to all nations.

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.539
 Why do I think

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.800
 that?

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.500
 Acts 1.8

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.920
 says

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.720
 you will be

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.460
 my witnesses

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.500
!

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.320
 in Jerusalem

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.840
 and in all Judea

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.400
 and Samaria

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.179
 and to the ends

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.740
 of the earth.

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.059
 that verse

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.719
 functions as

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.579
 a thesis statement

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.139
 of the entire

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.719
 book of Acts.

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.500
 I think I have

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.079
 the outline

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.639
 the structure

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.939
 of the book

00:37:43.939 --> 00:37:44.259
 of Acts

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.679
 to show.

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.819
 In chapters

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:47.000
 1-7 of Acts

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.919
 they're in Jerusalem.

00:37:48.479 --> 00:37:49.000
 In chapters

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.619
 8-9

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.419
 they're in Judea

00:37:50.419 --> 00:37:51.000
 and Samaria.

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:51.799
 In chapters

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.639
 10-28

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.259
 they're in

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.699
 the end

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.259
 of the earth.

00:37:55.919 --> 00:37:56.659
 In chapter

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.079
 2

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.679
 in that first

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:57.919
 part

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:58.559
 in Jerusalem

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.299
 the Holy Spirit

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.919
 falls on the

00:37:59.919 --> 00:38:00.559
 Jewish believers.

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.159
 In chapter

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.500
 8

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.219
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.779
 falls upon

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.399
 the Samaritan

00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:03.739
 believers.

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.539
 In chapter

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.939
 10

00:38:04.939 --> 00:38:05.539
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.459
 falls upon

00:38:06.459 --> 00:38:07.199
 the Gentile

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.579
 believers.

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:09.339
 What is Luke

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:10.139
 trying to tell us

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.979
 with this outline?

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.779
 The gospel

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.399
 is going

00:38:12.399 --> 00:38:13.039
 from Jerusalem

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.699
 to all Judea

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.079
 and Samaritans

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.479
 to the ends

00:38:14.479 --> 00:38:15.059
 of the earth.

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.099
 It's going

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.699
 from Jews

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.459
 to Samaritans

00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:18.500
 to the Gentiles.

00:38:19.939 --> 00:38:20.639
 That's why

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.279
 Paul writes

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.139
 in Colossians 1

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.839
 that the gospel

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.879
 is bearing fruit

00:38:23.879 --> 00:38:24.859
 and increasing

00:38:24.859 --> 00:38:25.819
 in the whole world

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:26.359
 he says.

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.339
 He says

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.919
 that the gospel

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.539
 has already

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.399
 been proclaimed

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:31.639
 in all creation

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.299
 under heaven

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:32.919
 in Romans

00:38:32.919 --> 00:38:33.959
 16-26.

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:37.260
 So then

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.639
 while the sign

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.360
 of the gospel

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.220
 going forward

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:41.139
 to all the nations

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.840
 does indeed

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.840
 precede Jesus'

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.679
 second coming

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:45.619
 it does not

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.639
 precipitate

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.960
 Jesus'

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.840
 second coming.

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.720
 Hastening

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.320
 the return

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.920
 of Christ

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.679
 is not

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.300
 the biblical

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.940
 motivation

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.579
 for missions.

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.720
 2 Peter 3

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.480
 11-12

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.260
 is the only

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.039
 verse in scripture

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.840
 that speaks of

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.460
 hastening

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.900
 the coming

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.420
 of the Lord

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.539
 and it mentions

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:05.019
 nothing of evangelization

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.119
 of ethnic people groups.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.559
 It says

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.880
 wait for that day

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.039
 by living in holiness

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.960
 and godliness

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.679
 and thereby

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.900
 hasten the coming

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.420
 of the Lord.

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:17.300
 Now I say all that

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.920
 but let me quickly add

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.920
 that this does not

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.699
 at all mean

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.340
 that we should

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:22.360
 not be zealous

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.360
 for evangelism

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:24.079
 and foreign missions.

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.179
 We should be.

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.820
 I think

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.559
 we have a brother

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.019
 visiting

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:31.079
 from Minneapolis

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.440
 as Lucas

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.880
 is training

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.539
 to be a missionary.

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.699
 Matea

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.299
 and David

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.779
 have hearts

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.539
 to go into missions.

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.179
 The great commission

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.000
 is still binding

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.519
 on us.

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.019
 The desire

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.039
 to see God

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.599
 worship

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:49.239
 among all nations

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:50.880
 still impels us

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.920
 to go into missions.

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.179
 I was talking

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.759
 to Jordan

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.920
 earlier this week

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.739
 when he lived

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.139
 in Thailand

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.900
 for two years

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.199
 he could not

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.920
 go to church

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.880
 because there

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.260
 wasn't a church.

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.760
 That's tragic.

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:15.720
 Our God

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.400
 deserves

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:18.159
 to be worshipped

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:20.119
 by every tribe.

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:22.099
 His praise

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.260
 should be on

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:24.500
 every tongue.

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:28.300
 He deserves

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:29.239
 to be worshipped

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.679
 by every tribe.

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.420
 It's a tragedy

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.000
 that there are

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.699
 places where

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.519
 Christ is not

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.920
 named.

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.739
 People are

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.440
 perishing apart

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:42.900
 from Christ

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.599
 and they need

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.340
 to hear the good

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:45.219
 news of Jesus Christ

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:46.480
 and so we should

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.280
 share Apostle Paul's

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.719
 ambition

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.880
 to preach

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.539
 the gospel

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:52.059
 not where Christ

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.639
 has already

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.319
 been named

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:54.480
 but especially

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.299
 where Christ

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.339
 is not named

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:57.359
 so that those

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:58.279
 who have never

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:59.139
 been told of him

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.819
 will see

00:40:59.819 --> 00:41:00.639
 and those

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.339
 who have never

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.739
 heard

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:03.079
 will understand.

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.359
 Romans 15

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:05.119
 20 to 21.

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.960
 According to

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.759
 2 Peter 3

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.099
 9

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.940
 our Lord Jesus

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.639
 tarries

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.739
 in his return

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.379
 because he's

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:14.139
 being patient

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:15.239
 not wishing

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.839
 that any should

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.219
 perish

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.039
 but that all

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.559
 should reach

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.059
 repentance.

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.819
 The fact

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.299
 that Jesus

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:20.339
 hasn't returned

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.180
 yet means

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:21.519
 that there

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.059
 are still

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:23.019
 more people

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.480
 left

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.079
 that God

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.680
 intends to

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.100
 gather

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:26.019
 and save

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:27.260
 for himself.

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:30.059
 It is our

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.640
 God-given

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:31.019
 commission

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.600
 to go to

00:41:31.600 --> 00:41:32.120
 those people

00:41:32.120 --> 00:41:33.160
 so yes

00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:33.660
 go

00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:34.640
 go to the

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.019
 unreached

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.740
 people groups.

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:37.280
 I pray to God

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.680
 that he will

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.260
 raise up

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.840
 missionaries

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.400
 from our

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.700
 church

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.100
 to go to

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:40.820
 all 12

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.160
 of the

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:41.460
 nations

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.780
 that we

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.180
 pray for

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.460
 throughout

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.880
 the year

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:46.300
 but don't

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.680
 think

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.699
 but don't

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.099
 think

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.460
 that your

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.899
 missions

00:41:49.899 --> 00:41:50.299
 work

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:51.139
 don't

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.759
 think

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:51.960
 about

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.299
 missions

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.559
 in a

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.259
 presumptuous

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:54.139
 and mechanistic

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.519
 way

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.460
 as if

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.159
 by reaching

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.899
 the unreached

00:41:56.899 --> 00:41:57.299
 we can

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:57.839
 force

00:41:57.839 --> 00:41:58.399
 Christ's

00:41:58.399 --> 00:41:58.619
 hand

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.159
 and make

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.359
 him

00:41:59.359 --> 00:41:59.839
 return.

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.879
 If the

00:42:02.879 --> 00:42:03.419
 timing of

00:42:03.419 --> 00:42:03.819
 Christ's

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.259
 return were

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:04.919
 really up

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.419
 to our

00:42:05.419 --> 00:42:05.940
 efforts

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.719
 then we

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.079
 could very

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.699
 well near

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.219
 know the

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.579
 day and

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.899
 hour of

00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.019
 his

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.339
 return

00:42:09.339 --> 00:42:09.619
 can't

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.759
 we?

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.000
 Think

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.319
 about it

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:11.579
 if there

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:11.919
 are around

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.599
 200 people

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:12.879
 groups

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.239
 left

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:14.079
 then we

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.399
 know for

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.839
 sure Christ

00:42:14.839 --> 00:42:15.099
 is not

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.500
 coming back

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.839
 today

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:18.019
 we know

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.420
 for sure

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.760
 Christ is

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.079
 not coming

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.260
 back

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.660
 tomorrow

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.660
 in fact

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:20.960
 I think

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.220
 we can

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.579
 be fairly

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.820
 certain

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.120
 he's not

00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:22.579
 coming back

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:22.900
 the rest

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.760
 of 2026

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:28.039
 and then

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.420
 if you

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:29.160
 keep track

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:29.440
 I mean

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.740
 there are

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.539
 groups that

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.000
 keep track

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.240
 of these

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.420
 things

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.680
 you can

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.100
 check off

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.400
 the people

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.620
 groups

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.120
 one by

00:42:33.120 --> 00:42:33.500
 one

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:35.039
 ten left

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.579
 nine left

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:35.820
 eight

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.240
 seven

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.680
 six

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:37.120
 five

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:37.420
 four

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.740
 can't

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.120
 you know

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:38.640
 the day

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:38.980
 and hour

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.420
 of Christ's

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.680
 return

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:44.360
 but that

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:45.160
 contradicts

00:42:45.160 --> 00:42:45.760
 explicitly

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.480
 what Jesus

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.900
 says in

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.480
 chapters 24

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:47.900
 to 25

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.220
 he says

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:49.200
 no one

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.640
 knows

00:42:49.640 --> 00:42:50.220
 that day

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.780
 and hour

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.920
 and that

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.460
 Christ

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.100
 will come

00:42:53.100 --> 00:42:53.600
 back like

00:42:53.600 --> 00:42:54.100
 a thief

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:54.400
 in the

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:54.680
 night

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.200
 at an

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.480
 hour

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.980
 we do

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.300
 not

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:57.040
 expect

00:42:57.040 --> 00:42:58.580
 he's

00:42:58.580 --> 00:42:58.840
 coming

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.180
 back

00:42:59.180 --> 00:42:59.540
 when we

00:42:59.540 --> 00:43:00.040
 do not

00:43:00.040 --> 00:43:00.500
 expect

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.800
 him

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.940
 so why

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.240
 are we

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.720
 trying so

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:02.920
 hard

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.780
 to expect

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.480
 and figure

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.720
 out

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.160
 and predict

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:05.600
 the exact

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:05.900
 time

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.120
 of his

00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:06.400
 coming

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:10.260
 the final

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:10.780
 sign that

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.240
 precedes the

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.660
 second coming

00:43:11.660 --> 00:43:12.060
 of Christ

00:43:12.060 --> 00:43:12.400
 is the

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:12.780
 shaking

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:13.160
 of the

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.500
 powers

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.880
 of heaven

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:15.300
 Matthew

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.760
 24

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.180
 29

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:16.420
 says

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.820
 immediately

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.320
 after the

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.780
 tribulation

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:18.320
 of those

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.660
 days

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:19.539
 the sun

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:19.860
 will be

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.260
 darkened

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.500
 and the

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:20.700
 moon

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.079
 will not

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.380
 give its

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.619
 light

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:21.900
 and the

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.220
 stars

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.740
 will fall

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.180
 from heaven

00:43:23.180 --> 00:43:23.539
 and the

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:23.940
 powers

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.180
 of the

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.400
 heavens

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:24.760
 will be

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.220
 shaken

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:28.059
 and the

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.379
 clause

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:28.899
 immediately

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.579
 after the

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:29.959
 tribulation

00:43:29.959 --> 00:43:30.299
 of those

00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:30.519
 days

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.159
 connects

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.000
 this sign

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.819
 with the

00:43:32.819 --> 00:43:33.239
 preceding

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:33.619
 passage

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.019
 about the

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.539
 desolation

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.819
 of the

00:43:34.819 --> 00:43:35.179
 temple

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.819
 and the

00:43:36.819 --> 00:43:37.000
 great

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.500
 tribulation

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:42.399
 and because

00:43:42.399 --> 00:43:43.379
 I believe

00:43:43.379 --> 00:43:44.199
 that those

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:44.899
 days of the

00:43:44.899 --> 00:43:45.399
 tribulation

00:43:45.399 --> 00:43:46.059
 refer to the

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.659
 period leading

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.179
 up to and

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:47.879
 following the

00:43:47.879 --> 00:43:48.459
 destruction of

00:43:48.459 --> 00:43:48.839
 Jerusalem and

00:43:48.839 --> 00:43:49.079
 the temple

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.480
 in 70

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.719
 AD

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.879
 I also

00:43:50.879 --> 00:43:51.319
 believe that

00:43:51.319 --> 00:43:52.000
 these heavenly

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.959
 signs have

00:43:52.959 --> 00:43:53.759
 also been

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.699
 fulfilled

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.819
 now you're

00:43:56.819 --> 00:43:57.779
 like now

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.719
 you're a

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.279
 little crazy

00:43:59.279 --> 00:43:59.799
 what do you

00:43:59.799 --> 00:43:59.960
 mean

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:03.299
 haven't you

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:03.739
 been outside

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.239
 today the

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.719
 sun is still

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.059
 there

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:08.399
 the moon

00:44:08.399 --> 00:44:08.719
 is still

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.099
 giving its

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.439
 light

00:44:09.439 --> 00:44:10.939
 how can you

00:44:10.939 --> 00:44:11.599
 possibly say

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:11.980
 that these

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.419
 things have

00:44:12.419 --> 00:44:12.939
 been fulfilled

00:44:12.939 --> 00:44:14.480
 I used to

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.019
 think that way

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.919
 also so

00:44:15.919 --> 00:44:16.980
 give me a

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.500
 chance here

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:20.099
 but as I've

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.500
 studied the

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.039
 Bible more

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.559
 I've learned

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.879
 that the

00:44:21.879 --> 00:44:22.719
 language of

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.439
 the darkening

00:44:23.439 --> 00:44:24.219
 of the sun

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.859
 and the

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.299
 moon and

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:25.799
 the falling

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.199
 of the

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:26.719
 stars of

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.599
 heaven are

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.439
 the classic

00:44:28.439 --> 00:44:29.279
 apocalyptic

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:30.539
 language describing

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.319
 the fall of

00:44:31.319 --> 00:44:32.359
 great empires and

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:33.199
 institutions in

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.559
 the Bible

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:36.739
 for example

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:37.719
 Isaiah 13

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:38.279
 verse 10

00:44:38.279 --> 00:44:39.019
 describes the

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.599
 downfall of

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.339
 the Babylonian

00:44:40.339 --> 00:44:40.980
 empire in

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.639
 these words

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.899
 for the stars

00:44:42.899 --> 00:44:43.679
 of the heavens

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.019
 and their

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.719
 constellations

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.319
 will not

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:45.939
 give their

00:44:45.939 --> 00:44:46.399
 light

00:44:46.399 --> 00:44:47.339
 the sun

00:44:47.339 --> 00:44:47.679
 will be

00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:48.259
 dark at

00:44:48.259 --> 00:44:48.839
 its rising

00:44:48.839 --> 00:44:49.159
 and the

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:49.579
 moon will

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.099
 not shed

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.679
 its light

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:52.039
 sounds

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:52.399
 similar

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:54.559
 prophesying

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.059
 of the fall

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.639
 of Pharaoh

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.519
 in Egypt

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.800
 Ezekiel 32

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.500
 7-8

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:58.780
 says

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.720
 when I blot

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.139
 you out

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:00.440
 I will

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.059
 cover the

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.360
 heavens

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.700
 and make

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:02.300
 their stars

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:02.720
 dark

00:45:02.720 --> 00:45:03.200
 I will

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.740
 cover the

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:04.039
 sun

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.440
 with a

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:04.840
 cloud

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.420
 and the

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:05.639
 moon

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.099
 shall not

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.440
 give its

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:06.780
 light

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.420
 all the

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.019
 bright lights

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:08.380
 of heaven

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:08.760
 will I

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:09.440
 make dark

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:09.920
 over you

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.260
 and put

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.720
 darkness

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:11.079
 on your

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.320
 land

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:12.500
 declares

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.840
 the Lord

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.260
 God

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:15.340
 Jesus

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:16.360
 is using

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:17.539
 figurative

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.139
 language

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:18.519
 of

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.380
 eschatological

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:19.900
 judgment

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.559
 to speak

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.860
 of the

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.180
 judgment

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:21.780
 of Israel

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.160
 and the

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:22.519
 destruction

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:22.820
 of the

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.079
 temple

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:25.519
 I think

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.059
 Peter's

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.260
 sermon

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:26.440
 at

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.980
 Pentecost

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:27.579
 confirms

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:27.980
 this

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.440
 interpretation

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:29.139
 because he

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.639
 cites

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.460
 Joel 2

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.579
 28-31

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.800
 Joel 2

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:33.619
 28-31

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.059
 that Peter

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:34.440
 cites

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:34.960
 says

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.619
 explicitly

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:36.320
 that the

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.680
 sun

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:37.180
 is being

00:45:37.180 --> 00:45:37.559
 turned

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:38.200
 to darkness

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:38.639
 and the

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:38.860
 moon

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.139
 will be

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.400
 turned

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:39.900
 to blood

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.760
 and then

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.599
 when Peter

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:42.260
 cites that

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:42.519
 in his

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.760
 sermon

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.500
 he says

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.900
 in Acts

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.460
 2-16

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.320
 that that

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:45.900
 prophecy

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.920
 is fulfilled

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.200
 at

00:45:47.200 --> 00:45:47.780
 Pentecost

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:52.260
 so then

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:52.720
 by the

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.160
 time

00:45:53.160 --> 00:45:53.620
 that the

00:45:53.620 --> 00:45:54.080
 gospels

00:45:54.080 --> 00:45:54.600
 are written

00:45:54.600 --> 00:45:56.380
 most of

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:56.980
 these signs

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.519
 have already

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.240
 been fulfilled

00:45:58.240 --> 00:46:00.200
 and that

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:01.280
 the destruction

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.560
 of the

00:46:01.560 --> 00:46:01.860
 temple

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.800
 is about

00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:03.180
 to be

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:03.580
 fulfilled

00:46:03.580 --> 00:46:03.900
 when the

00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:04.240
 gospels

00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:04.620
 are written

00:46:04.620 --> 00:46:05.600
 shortly

00:46:05.600 --> 00:46:06.140
 after the

00:46:06.140 --> 00:46:06.460
 gospels

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.800
 are written

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.640
 the destruction

00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:07.880
 of the

00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:08.080
 temple

00:46:08.080 --> 00:46:08.460
 happens

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:08.860
 in 70

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.120
 AD

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:10.920
 then all

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.540
 the birth

00:46:11.540 --> 00:46:11.960
 pains

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.900
 that necessarily

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.760
 precede the

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.120
 return of

00:46:14.120 --> 00:46:14.360
 Christ

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:15.260
 are fulfilled

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:16.580
 which means

00:46:16.580 --> 00:46:17.540
 Jesus

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:19.380
 really can

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:20.480
 return

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.880
 any day

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:26.440
 and that

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:27.380
 fits really

00:46:27.380 --> 00:46:27.739
 well

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:28.599
 with the

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.039
 passage that

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.380
 Ed's going to

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.679
 preach on

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.079
 next week

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:30.960
 in chapter

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.440
 24

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:33.019
 because it's

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.639
 the parables

00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:34.599
 say repeatedly

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.480
 be alert

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:36.440
 be ready

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:36.820
 for the

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.400
 surprise

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:37.820
 return

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:38.340
 because you

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:38.739
 do not

00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:39.179
 know the

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:39.559
 day or

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:39.940
 the hour

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.239
 he can

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:40.779
 come back

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.840
 any day

00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:44.219
 new

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:44.639
 testament

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.360
 consistently

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:45.920
 teaches us

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.159
 that the

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:46.539
 coming of

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:46.779
 Christ

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.380
 is imminent

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:48.539
 he uses

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.119
 language like

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.280
 this

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:49.800
 coming of

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:49.920
 the

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.079
 Lord

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:50.519
 is at

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.039
 hand

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.780
 behold

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.079
 the

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:52.380
 judge

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:52.559
 is

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:52.860
 standing

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:53.079
 at

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:53.220
 the

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:53.559
 door

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:53.960
 for

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:54.099
 the

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:54.440
 time

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:54.599
 is

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.079
 near

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.559
 yet

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:55.680
 a

00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:55.860
 little

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.200
 while

00:46:56.200 --> 00:46:56.320
 and

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.440
 the

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.700
 coming

00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:56.900
 one

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:57.039
 will

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.360
 come

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:57.480
 and

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.619
 will

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:57.880
 not

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.400
 delay

00:46:58.400 --> 00:47:00.260
 the

00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:00.840
 imminence

00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:01.180
 of the

00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:01.559
 Lord's

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:01.880
 return

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.039
 is

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:02.220
 what

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.460
 gives

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.619
 us

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.039
 hope

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.200
 in

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:03.360
 the

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.619
 midst

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:03.780
 of

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.220
 suffering

00:47:04.220 --> 00:47:04.400
 and

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:04.940
 enables

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.280
 us

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:05.420
 to

00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:06.000
 endure

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.700
 through

00:47:06.700 --> 00:47:07.240
 pain

00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:07.599
 and

00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:07.800
 to

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.160
 stay

00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:08.820
 spiritually

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.420
 alert

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:10.519
 and

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.720
 not

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:11.000
 become

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.740
 complacent

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:15.759
 we must

00:47:15.759 --> 00:47:16.419
 live in

00:47:16.419 --> 00:47:17.019
 light of

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:17.579
 the first

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.039
 coming of

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.439
 Christ

00:47:18.439 --> 00:47:19.139
 and the

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:19.419
 second

00:47:19.419 --> 00:47:19.939
 coming of

00:47:19.939 --> 00:47:20.179
 Christ

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.559
 in order

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:20.899
 for us

00:47:20.899 --> 00:47:21.219
 to be able

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:21.739
 to endure

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:21.959
 the

00:47:21.959 --> 00:47:22.500
 tribulations

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:23.179
 and proclaim

00:47:23.179 --> 00:47:23.679
 the gospel

00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:23.939
 of the

00:47:23.939 --> 00:47:24.199
 kingdom

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:28.539
 as a

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:28.879
 hen

00:47:28.879 --> 00:47:29.599
 gathers

00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:29.960
 her

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.379
 brood

00:47:30.379 --> 00:47:30.599
 under

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:30.839
 her

00:47:30.839 --> 00:47:31.079
 wings

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:31.419
 Jesus

00:47:31.419 --> 00:47:31.799
 wanted

00:47:31.799 --> 00:47:32.000
 to

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.259
 gather

00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:32.500
 us

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:32.659
 up

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:32.899
 as

00:47:32.899 --> 00:47:33.019
 the

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.259
 people

00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:33.439
 of

00:47:33.439 --> 00:47:33.679
 God

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:35.019
 he

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.559
 offered

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:35.839
 to

00:47:35.839 --> 00:47:36.239
 cover

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.539
 us

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:36.799
 up

00:47:36.799 --> 00:47:36.980
 to

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.259
 offer

00:47:37.259 --> 00:47:37.859
 refuge

00:47:37.859 --> 00:47:38.199
 with

00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:38.419
 his

00:47:38.419 --> 00:47:38.960
 wings

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:40.039
 to

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.219
 be

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:40.439
 our

00:47:40.439 --> 00:47:40.899
 shield

00:47:40.899 --> 00:47:41.199
 to

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:41.500
 hover

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:41.739
 over

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:41.939
 us

00:47:41.939 --> 00:47:42.099
 and

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.419
 guide

00:47:42.419 --> 00:47:42.819
 us

00:47:42.819 --> 00:47:43.839
 but

00:47:43.839 --> 00:47:43.980
 we

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.119
 were

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:44.399
 not

00:47:44.399 --> 00:47:44.799
 willing

00:47:44.799 --> 00:47:46.219
 we

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:46.719
 spurned

00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:46.980
 him

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:48.579
 in

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.899
 all

00:47:48.899 --> 00:47:49.119
 our

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.539
 sins

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:49.819
 we

00:47:49.819 --> 00:47:49.980
 have

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:50.500
 spurned

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:50.719
 him

00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:51.199
 we

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.379
 have

00:47:51.379 --> 00:47:51.859
 sped

00:47:51.859 --> 00:47:51.980
 in

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:52.159
 his

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:52.500
 face

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:52.500


00:47:52.919 --> 00:47:52.960
 in

00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:53.319
 all

00:47:53.319 --> 00:47:53.460
 our

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.000
 rebellion

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.440
 and desire

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:54.820
 to live

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:54.980
 for

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.539
 ourselves

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:55.980
 and not

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.159
 for

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.460
 God

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:56.619
 we

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:56.760
 have

00:47:56.760 --> 00:47:57.280
 rejected

00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:57.659
 him

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:59.260
 it's

00:47:59.260 --> 00:47:59.460
 our

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.840
 sins

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.039
 that

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:00.260
 put

00:48:00.260 --> 00:48:00.559
 Jesus

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:00.800
 on

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:00.920
 the

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.360
 cross

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:03.519
 and

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:03.800
 because

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:04.340
 of

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:04.699
 that

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:05.519
 we

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:06.519
 rightly

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.179
 deserve

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.119
 desolation

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:12.179
 Jesus'

00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:13.179
 backside

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:15.099
 as he

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:16.159
 walks away

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:17.380
 from

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:17.920
 Jerusalem

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:21.320
 that's

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:21.820
 all we

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:22.239
 deserve

00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:22.900
 to see

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:25.539
 can

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:25.539


00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:25.539


00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:25.660
 you

00:48:25.660 --> 00:48:25.940
 imagine

00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:26.280
 that

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.099
 our

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:27.320
 savior

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:27.920
 walking

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.400
 away

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:29.019
 the

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.500
 glory

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:29.800
 of

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.200
 Yahweh

00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:30.800
 departing

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.000
 from

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.420
 Jerusalem

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:36.800
 but

00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:37.360
 because

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:37.900
 God

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.320
 wanted

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.800
 to make

00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:39.059
 his

00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:39.500
 face

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:39.980
 to shine

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:40.220
 upon

00:48:40.220 --> 00:48:40.440
 us

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.740
 again

00:48:40.740 --> 00:48:41.340
 to be

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:41.720
 gracious

00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:42.360
 to us

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.800
 again

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.500
 to lift

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:43.820
 up his

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:44.320
 countenance

00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:44.700
 toward us

00:48:44.700 --> 00:48:44.980
 and give

00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:45.160
 us

00:48:45.160 --> 00:48:45.579
 peace

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:46.079
 again

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:47.119
 to save

00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:47.680
 us

00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:49.819
 Jesus

00:48:49.819 --> 00:48:51.839
 climbs up

00:48:51.839 --> 00:48:52.279
 Mount

00:48:52.279 --> 00:48:52.819
 Calvary

00:48:52.819 --> 00:48:54.919
 and dies

00:48:54.919 --> 00:48:55.219
 on the

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:55.559
 cross

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:56.000
 for our

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.339
 sins

00:48:56.339 --> 00:48:59.099
 the one

00:48:59.099 --> 00:48:59.599
 who should

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:00.059
 have gotten

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:00.819
 a royal

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.359
 welcome

00:49:01.359 --> 00:49:01.899
 with the

00:49:01.899 --> 00:49:02.619
 red carpet

00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:03.159
 rolled out

00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:03.500
 for him

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:04.259
 hailed as

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:04.559
 king

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.599
 blessed is he

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:06.000
 who comes

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.379
 in the name

00:49:06.379 --> 00:49:06.559
 of the

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:06.719
 Lord

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.339
 instead

00:49:07.339 --> 00:49:08.139
 goes up

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:08.359
 the

00:49:08.359 --> 00:49:08.619
 Mount

00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:09.099
 Calvary

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:09.940
 and dies

00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:10.779
 the gruesome

00:49:10.779 --> 00:49:11.119
 death

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:11.480
 of a

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:12.099
 slave

00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:14.059
 and hung

00:49:14.059 --> 00:49:14.539
 like a

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:15.059
 strange

00:49:15.059 --> 00:49:15.619
 fruit

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.139
 on that

00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:16.639
 cursed

00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:17.259
 tree

00:49:17.259 --> 00:49:18.259
 bearing

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:18.699
 our

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:19.139
 sins

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:23.679
 and

00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:24.259
 all

00:49:24.259 --> 00:49:24.699
 those

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:24.860
 who

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.239
 trust

00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:25.440
 in

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:25.719
 Jesus

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:26.219
 Christ

00:49:26.219 --> 00:49:26.440
 and

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:26.719
 believe

00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:26.860
 in

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.000
 his

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:27.199
 death

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:27.339
 and

00:49:27.339 --> 00:49:27.699
 resurrection

00:49:27.699 --> 00:49:28.000
 are

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.699
 cleansed

00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:28.980
 by

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.239
 his

00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:29.699
 blood

00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:30.239
 cleansed

00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:30.339
 of

00:49:30.339 --> 00:49:30.719
 all

00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:30.940
 our

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:31.219
 sins

00:49:31.219 --> 00:49:31.599
 and

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:31.839
 set

00:49:31.839 --> 00:49:32.199
 apart

00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:32.380
 as

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:32.480
 a

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:32.719
 people

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:32.900
 of

00:49:32.900 --> 00:49:33.099
 God

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:33.279
 as

00:49:33.279 --> 00:49:33.420
 a

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:33.799
 precious

00:49:33.799 --> 00:49:34.579
 bride

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:34.799
 of

00:49:34.799 --> 00:49:35.179
 Christ

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:35.539
 and

00:49:35.539 --> 00:49:35.819
 that's

00:49:35.819 --> 00:49:35.920
 what

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:36.059
 we

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.259
 read

00:49:36.259 --> 00:49:36.460
 about

00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:36.819
 earlier

00:49:36.819 --> 00:49:36.960
 in

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:37.059
 our

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:37.420
 assurance

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.599
 of

00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:37.779
 pardon

00:49:37.779 --> 00:49:38.079
 from

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.639
 Isaiah

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.319
 62

00:49:39.319 --> 00:49:41.719
 Jerusalem

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:42.179
 that

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:42.519
 was

00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:43.480
 forsaken

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:43.699
 that

00:49:43.699 --> 00:49:43.839
 was

00:49:43.839 --> 00:49:44.199
 called

00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:45.059
 forsaken

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.500
 that

00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:45.659
 was

00:49:45.659 --> 00:49:46.079
 called

00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:46.839
 desolate

00:49:46.839 --> 00:49:47.419
 God

00:49:47.419 --> 00:49:47.719
 says

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:47.919
 I

00:49:47.919 --> 00:49:48.099
 will

00:49:48.099 --> 00:49:48.439
 make

00:49:48.439 --> 00:49:48.879
 you

00:49:48.879 --> 00:49:49.119
 the

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:49.799
 forsaken

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:50.219
 one

00:49:50.219 --> 00:49:50.619
 the

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:51.119
 desolate

00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:51.459
 one

00:49:51.459 --> 00:49:51.799
 my

00:49:51.799 --> 00:49:52.579
 delight

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:53.299
 my

00:49:53.299 --> 00:49:54.039
 bride

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:55.480
 that's

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:55.659
 what

00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:55.879
 God

00:49:55.879 --> 00:49:56.019
 has

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:56.199
 done

00:49:56.199 --> 00:49:56.379
 for

00:49:56.379 --> 00:49:56.500
 us

00:49:56.500 --> 00:49:56.659
 in

00:49:56.659 --> 00:49:56.899
 Jesus

00:49:56.899 --> 00:49:57.459
 Christ

00:49:57.459 --> 00:49:59.219
 Jesus

00:49:59.219 --> 00:49:59.579
 Christ

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:00.019
 gave

00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:00.659
 himself

00:50:00.659 --> 00:50:01.079
 up

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:01.399
 for

00:50:01.399 --> 00:50:01.719
 his

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.079
 bride

00:50:02.079 --> 00:50:02.299
 his

00:50:02.299 --> 00:50:02.699
 people

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.159
 for

00:50:03.159 --> 00:50:03.299
 the

00:50:03.299 --> 00:50:03.559
 new

00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:04.079
 Jerusalem

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:06.139
 and

00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:06.619
 redeemed

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 them

00:50:06.919 --> 00:50:07.619
 for

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:08.179
 himself

00:50:08.179 --> 00:50:11.980
 and

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:12.219
 that's

00:50:12.219 --> 00:50:12.500
 why

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.099
 Revelation

00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:13.859
 3

00:50:13.859 --> 00:50:14.219
 12

00:50:14.219 --> 00:50:14.519
 says

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:14.679
 I

00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:14.839
 will

00:50:14.839 --> 00:50:15.119
 write

00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:15.419
 on

00:50:15.419 --> 00:50:15.819
 him

00:50:15.819 --> 00:50:16.419
 who

00:50:16.419 --> 00:50:16.879
 endures

00:50:16.879 --> 00:50:17.059
 to

00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:17.179
 the

00:50:17.179 --> 00:50:17.399
 end

00:50:17.399 --> 00:50:17.559
 in

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:17.819
 following

00:50:17.819 --> 00:50:18.159
 Christ

00:50:18.159 --> 00:50:18.359
 the

00:50:18.359 --> 00:50:18.659
 name

00:50:18.659 --> 00:50:18.819
 of

00:50:18.819 --> 00:50:19.059
 my

00:50:19.059 --> 00:50:19.460
 God

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:19.960
 and

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.079
 the

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:20.339
 name

00:50:20.339 --> 00:50:20.480
 of

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:20.619
 the

00:50:20.619 --> 00:50:21.000
 city

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.239
 of

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:21.480
 my

00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:21.819
 God

00:50:21.819 --> 00:50:22.039
 the

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:22.359
 new

00:50:22.359 --> 00:50:22.799
 Jerusalem

00:50:22.799 --> 00:50:23.039
 which

00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:23.359
 comes

00:50:23.359 --> 00:50:23.639
 down

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:23.859
 from

00:50:23.859 --> 00:50:24.079
 my

00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:24.319
 God

00:50:24.319 --> 00:50:24.539
 out

00:50:24.539 --> 00:50:24.659
 of

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:24.960
 heaven

00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:26.759
 Revelation

00:50:26.759 --> 00:50:27.339
 21

00:50:27.339 --> 00:50:27.739
 2

00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:28.199
 I

00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:28.399
 saw

00:50:28.399 --> 00:50:28.579
 the

00:50:28.579 --> 00:50:28.879
 holy

00:50:28.879 --> 00:50:29.319
 city

00:50:29.319 --> 00:50:29.699
 new

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:30.179
 Jerusalem

00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:30.599
 coming

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:30.940
 down

00:50:30.940 --> 00:50:31.199
 out

00:50:31.199 --> 00:50:31.339
 of

00:50:31.339 --> 00:50:31.539
 heaven

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:31.799
 from

00:50:31.799 --> 00:50:32.119
 God

00:50:32.119 --> 00:50:32.679
 prepared

00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:32.940
 as

00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:33.079
 a

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:33.339
 bride

00:50:33.339 --> 00:50:33.739
 adorned

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:33.879
 for

00:50:33.879 --> 00:50:34.039
 her

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.379
 husband

00:50:34.379 --> 00:50:34.379


00:50:34.380 --> 00:50:35.099
 because

00:50:35.099 --> 00:50:35.500
 of

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.000
 Christ's

00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:36.320
 atoning

00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:36.700
 work

00:50:36.700 --> 00:50:36.820
 and

00:50:36.820 --> 00:50:37.220
 redemptive

00:50:37.220 --> 00:50:37.360
 work

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:37.599
 we

00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:38.039
 are

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:38.280
 the

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:38.660
 new

00:50:38.660 --> 00:50:39.260
 Jerusalem

00:50:39.260 --> 00:50:40.539
 the

00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:40.940
 once

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.500
 desolate

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.079
 forsaken

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.420
 city

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:42.640
 that

00:50:42.640 --> 00:50:42.840
 has

00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:43.200
 become

00:50:43.200 --> 00:50:43.380
 the

00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:43.880
 delight

00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:44.720
 of

00:50:44.720 --> 00:50:45.119
 God

00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:46.140
 himself

00:50:46.140 --> 00:50:47.619
 and

00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:47.920
 this

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.300
 love

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.460
 that

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:48.640
 God

00:50:48.640 --> 00:50:48.880
 has

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:49.059
 for

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:49.220
 us

00:50:49.220 --> 00:50:49.360
 is

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:49.640
 so

00:50:49.640 --> 00:50:50.200
 intimate

00:50:50.200 --> 00:50:50.420
 and

00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:50.619
 so

00:50:50.619 --> 00:50:51.220
 passionate

00:50:51.220 --> 00:50:52.740
 that

00:50:52.740 --> 00:50:53.099
 the

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:53.420
 only

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:53.720
 way

00:50:53.720 --> 00:50:53.760
 he

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:53.840
 can

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.599
 describe

00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:54.840
 it

00:50:54.840 --> 00:50:54.940
 is

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:55.119
 by

00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:55.599
 comparing

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:55.860
 it

00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:56.059
 to

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:56.720
 marital

00:50:56.720 --> 00:50:57.220
 love

00:50:57.220 --> 00:50:57.740
 a

00:50:57.740 --> 00:50:58.240
 husband's

00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:58.740
 exclusive

00:50:58.740 --> 00:50:59.320
 faithful

00:50:59.320 --> 00:50:59.780
 affection

00:50:59.780 --> 00:51:00.180
 for his

00:51:00.180 --> 00:51:00.539
 wife

00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:02.019
 we are

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.480
 chosen

00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:03.280
 and

00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:03.880
 cherished

00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:06.900
 we

00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:07.340
 have

00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:07.579
 to

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:07.840
 keep

00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:08.039
 this

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.240
 hope

00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:08.380
 of

00:51:08.380 --> 00:51:08.760
 Christ's

00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:08.980
 return

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.340
 alive

00:51:09.340 --> 00:51:09.500
 and

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.740
 fresh

00:51:09.740 --> 00:51:09.880
 in

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.000
 our

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.340
 hearts

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:11.780
 that's

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:11.900
 the

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:12.160
 only

00:51:12.160 --> 00:51:12.440
 way

00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:12.599
 we

00:51:12.599 --> 00:51:12.740
 can

00:51:12.740 --> 00:51:13.019
 endure

00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:13.180
 the

00:51:13.180 --> 00:51:13.599
 tribulations

00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:13.820
 of

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:13.980
 this

00:51:13.980 --> 00:51:14.280
 life

00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:14.480
 so

00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:14.579
 that

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:14.660
 we

00:51:14.660 --> 00:51:14.860
 don't

00:51:14.860 --> 00:51:15.180
 suffer

00:51:15.180 --> 00:51:15.420
 as

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:15.619
 those

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:15.740
 who

00:51:15.740 --> 00:51:15.840
 do

00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:16.019
 not

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:16.180
 have

00:51:16.180 --> 00:51:16.500
 hope

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:18.280
 so

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:18.420
 let's

00:51:18.420 --> 00:51:18.640
 turn

00:51:18.640 --> 00:51:19.019
 briefly

00:51:19.019 --> 00:51:19.240
 to

00:51:19.240 --> 00:51:19.640
 Christ's

00:51:19.640 --> 00:51:19.960
 return

00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:20.079
 in

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.160
 the

00:51:20.160 --> 00:51:20.640
 consolation

00:51:20.640 --> 00:51:20.780
 of

00:51:20.780 --> 00:51:20.900
 New

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:21.240
 Jerusalem

00:51:21.240 --> 00:51:21.660
 look at

00:51:21.660 --> 00:51:21.840
 verse

00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:22.180
 30

00:51:22.180 --> 00:51:22.320
 and

00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:22.800
 31

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:23.900
 then

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:24.180
 will

00:51:24.180 --> 00:51:24.539
 appear

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:24.720
 in

00:51:24.720 --> 00:51:25.000
 heaven

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:25.240
 the

00:51:25.240 --> 00:51:25.599
 sign

00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:25.740
 of

00:51:25.740 --> 00:51:25.880
 the

00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:26.019
 son

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:26.140
 of

00:51:26.140 --> 00:51:26.360
 man

00:51:26.360 --> 00:51:27.000
 and

00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:27.140
 then

00:51:27.139 --> 00:51:27.400
 all

00:51:27.400 --> 00:51:27.559
 the

00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:27.900
 tribes

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.039
 of

00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:28.179
 the

00:51:28.179 --> 00:51:28.460
 earth

00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:28.739
 will

00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:29.199
 mourn

00:51:29.199 --> 00:51:30.000
 and

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.139
 they

00:51:30.139 --> 00:51:30.279
 will

00:51:30.279 --> 00:51:30.559
 see

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:30.759
 the

00:51:30.759 --> 00:51:30.920
 son

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.059
 of

00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:31.239
 man

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:31.539
 coming

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:31.679
 on

00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:31.799
 the

00:51:31.799 --> 00:51:32.119
 clouds

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:32.279
 of

00:51:32.279 --> 00:51:32.460
 heaven

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:32.659
 with

00:51:32.659 --> 00:51:33.159
 power

00:51:33.159 --> 00:51:33.719
 and

00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:34.099
 great

00:51:34.099 --> 00:51:34.519
 glory

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:35.139
 and

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:35.239
 he

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:35.359
 will

00:51:35.359 --> 00:51:35.719
 send

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:35.920
 out

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:36.059
 his

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.480
 angels

00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:36.679
 with

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:36.819
 a

00:51:36.819 --> 00:51:37.059
 loud

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:37.420
 trumpet

00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:37.799
 call

00:51:37.799 --> 00:51:37.960
 and

00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:38.079
 they

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:38.199
 will

00:51:38.199 --> 00:51:38.519
 gather

00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:38.719
 his

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:39.019
 elect

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:39.199
 from

00:51:39.199 --> 00:51:39.339
 the

00:51:39.339 --> 00:51:39.559
 four

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:39.859
 winds

00:51:39.859 --> 00:51:40.039
 from

00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:40.259
 one

00:51:40.259 --> 00:51:40.460
 end

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:40.599
 of

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:40.799
 heaven

00:51:40.799 --> 00:51:41.059
 to

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.339
 the

00:51:41.339 --> 00:51:41.639
 other

00:51:41.639 --> 00:51:43.139
 this

00:51:43.139 --> 00:51:43.659
 echoes

00:51:43.659 --> 00:51:43.839
 the

00:51:43.839 --> 00:51:44.139
 language

00:51:44.139 --> 00:51:44.339
 of

00:51:44.339 --> 00:51:44.879
 Zechariah

00:51:44.879 --> 00:51:45.179
 12

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:45.179


00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:45.559
 12

00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:46.239
 which

00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:46.420
 in

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:46.719
 turn

00:51:46.719 --> 00:51:47.139
 is

00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:47.500
 repeated

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:47.500


00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:47.659
 in

00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:48.119
 revelation

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.519
 1

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:48.900
 7

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.800
 it's

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:50.059
 using

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.239
 that

00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:50.579
 language

00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:50.760
 to

00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:52.760
 speak

00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:52.920
 of

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.039
 the

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:53.239
 second

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:53.539
 coming

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:53.719
 of

00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.119
 Christ

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:57.599
 Matthew

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:58.099
 has

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.460
 already

00:51:58.460 --> 00:51:58.860
 spoken

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.300
 once

00:51:59.300 --> 00:51:59.519
 of

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:00.000
 angels

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.599
 gathering

00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:00.840
 up

00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:01.019
 the

00:52:01.019 --> 00:52:01.400
 elect

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:01.820
 in

00:52:01.820 --> 00:52:01.980
 the

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.360
 parable

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:02.719
 of

00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:02.880
 the

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:03.179
 weeds

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:03.340
 in

00:52:03.340 --> 00:52:03.599
 Matthew

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:04.099
 13

00:52:04.099 --> 00:52:04.420
 this

00:52:04.420 --> 00:52:04.599
 is

00:52:04.599 --> 00:52:05.059
 speaking

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:05.280
 of

00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:05.460
 the

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:06.119
 second

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:06.400
 coming

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:06.559
 of

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:06.880
 Christ

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:08.460
 and

00:52:08.460 --> 00:52:08.599
 the

00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:08.840
 final

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:09.199
 judgment

00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:09.440
 that

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:09.539
 will

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:09.699
 take

00:52:09.699 --> 00:52:10.019
 place

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.300
 then

00:52:10.300 --> 00:52:12.500
 at

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:12.639
 his

00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:13.119
 first

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:13.539
 coming

00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:14.260
 Christ

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:14.679
 came

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:14.940
 in

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:15.599
 humiliation

00:52:15.599 --> 00:52:16.719
 and

00:52:16.719 --> 00:52:17.480
 obscurity

00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:19.260
 he

00:52:19.260 --> 00:52:19.559
 had

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:19.820
 no

00:52:19.820 --> 00:52:20.380
 form

00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:20.820
 or

00:52:20.820 --> 00:52:21.380
 majesty

00:52:21.380 --> 00:52:21.719
 that

00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:21.880
 we

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.079
 should

00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:22.300
 look

00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:22.639
 upon

00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:22.860
 him

00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:23.519
 no

00:52:23.519 --> 00:52:24.039
 beauty

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:24.260
 that

00:52:24.260 --> 00:52:24.380
 we

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:24.519
 should

00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:25.000
 desire

00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:25.219
 him

00:52:25.219 --> 00:52:25.340
 he

00:52:25.340 --> 00:52:25.500
 was

00:52:25.500 --> 00:52:26.219
 despised

00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:26.400
 and

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:26.940
 rejected

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:27.219
 by

00:52:27.219 --> 00:52:27.500
 men

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:27.679
 a

00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:27.920
 man

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.079
 of

00:52:28.079 --> 00:52:28.500
 sorrows

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:28.639
 and

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:29.260
 acquainted

00:52:29.260 --> 00:52:29.619
 with

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.079
 grief

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:30.719
 he

00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:31.659
 was

00:52:31.659 --> 00:52:31.940
 one

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:32.159
 from

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:32.360
 whom

00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:32.559
 men

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:32.940
 hide

00:52:32.940 --> 00:52:33.159
 their

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:33.500
 faces

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:33.679
 he

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:33.820
 was

00:52:33.820 --> 00:52:34.460
 despised

00:52:34.460 --> 00:52:34.599
 and

00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:34.760
 we

00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:35.320
 esteemed

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:35.559
 him

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:35.960
 not

00:52:35.960 --> 00:52:37.440
 in

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:37.619
 his

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:37.960
 first

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:38.320
 coming

00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:38.679
 Jesus

00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:39.340
 emptied

00:52:39.340 --> 00:52:39.820
 himself

00:52:39.820 --> 00:52:40.099
 by

00:52:40.099 --> 00:52:40.420
 taking

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:40.619
 the

00:52:40.619 --> 00:52:40.900
 form

00:52:40.900 --> 00:52:41.019
 of

00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:41.199
 a

00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:41.219
!

00:52:41.219 --> 00:52:41.639
 servant

00:52:41.639 --> 00:52:41.639


00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.099
 His

00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:43.639
 eternal

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:43.639


00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:44.159
 divine

00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:44.539
 glory

00:52:44.539 --> 00:52:44.779
 was

00:52:44.779 --> 00:52:45.239
 veiled

00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:45.579
 from

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:45.779
 the

00:52:45.779 --> 00:52:46.099
 eyes

00:52:46.099 --> 00:52:46.259
 of

00:52:46.259 --> 00:52:46.539
 man

00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:47.079
 so

00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:47.639
 sinful

00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:48.059
 men

00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:48.279
 who

00:52:48.279 --> 00:52:48.559
 should

00:52:48.559 --> 00:52:48.779
 have

00:52:48.779 --> 00:52:49.519
 cowered

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:49.880
 before

00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:50.199
 him

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:50.759
 in fear

00:52:50.759 --> 00:52:51.360
 instead

00:52:51.360 --> 00:52:52.019
 strutted

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.380
 around

00:52:52.380 --> 00:52:53.000
 boastfully

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.380
 before

00:52:53.380 --> 00:52:53.699
 him

00:52:53.699 --> 00:52:54.400
 and

00:52:54.400 --> 00:52:54.699
 people

00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:54.880
 who

00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:55.059
 should

00:52:55.059 --> 00:52:55.219
 have

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.659
 fallen

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.460
 prostrate

00:52:56.460 --> 00:52:56.579
 in

00:52:56.579 --> 00:52:57.019
 worship

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:57.340
 and

00:52:57.340 --> 00:52:57.639
 awe

00:52:57.639 --> 00:52:58.000
 before

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.239
 him

00:52:58.239 --> 00:52:58.800
 instead

00:52:58.800 --> 00:52:59.360
 turned

00:52:59.360 --> 00:52:59.699
 against

00:52:59.699 --> 00:52:59.880
 him

00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:00.059
 and

00:53:00.059 --> 00:53:00.579
 flogged

00:53:00.579 --> 00:53:00.759
 him

00:53:00.759 --> 00:53:00.920
 and

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:01.380
 crucified

00:53:01.380 --> 00:53:01.779
 him

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:02.920
 that

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.199
 was

00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:03.360
 his

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:03.679
 first

00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:04.079
 coming

00:53:04.079 --> 00:53:04.980
 but

00:53:04.980 --> 00:53:05.500
 not

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:06.039
 so

00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.259
 in

00:53:06.259 --> 00:53:06.500
 his

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:06.860
 second

00:53:06.860 --> 00:53:07.279
 coming

00:53:07.279 --> 00:53:08.559
 in

00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:08.759
 his

00:53:08.759 --> 00:53:09.119
 second

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:09.579
 coming

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:10.079
 on

00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:10.420
 that

00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:10.679
 day

00:53:10.679 --> 00:53:10.880
 we

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:11.079
 shall

00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:11.400
 see

00:53:11.400 --> 00:53:11.820
 him

00:53:11.820 --> 00:53:12.120
 as

00:53:12.120 --> 00:53:12.300
 he

00:53:12.300 --> 00:53:12.860
 is

00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:14.700
 this

00:53:14.700 --> 00:53:14.800
 is

00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:15.080
 Matthew

00:53:15.080 --> 00:53:15.519
 24

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 30

00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:15.940
 he

00:53:15.940 --> 00:53:16.100
 will

00:53:16.100 --> 00:53:16.480
 come

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:16.760
 on

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:16.900
 the

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:17.380
 clouds

00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:17.580
 of

00:53:17.580 --> 00:53:17.880
 heaven

00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:18.420
 with

00:53:18.420 --> 00:53:19.180
 power

00:53:19.180 --> 00:53:19.700
 and

00:53:19.700 --> 00:53:20.240
 great

00:53:20.240 --> 00:53:20.760
 glory

00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:22.480
 it's

00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:22.700
 on

00:53:22.700 --> 00:53:23.059
 that

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.320
 day

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:23.460
 we

00:53:23.460 --> 00:53:23.600
 will

00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:24.160
 finally

00:53:24.160 --> 00:53:24.660
 be

00:53:24.660 --> 00:53:25.320
 vindicated

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:26.600
 and

00:53:26.600 --> 00:53:26.700
 we

00:53:26.700 --> 00:53:26.840
 can

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.280
 tell

00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:27.720
 all

00:53:27.720 --> 00:53:27.940
 our

00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:28.700
 naysayers

00:53:28.700 --> 00:53:29.200
 I

00:53:29.200 --> 00:53:29.620
 told

00:53:29.620 --> 00:53:30.000
 you

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:31.160
 I

00:53:31.160 --> 00:53:31.600
 told

00:53:31.600 --> 00:53:31.840
 you

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:32.080
 my

00:53:32.080 --> 00:53:32.340
 lord

00:53:32.340 --> 00:53:32.539
 is

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:32.720
 the

00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:33.100
 king

00:53:33.100 --> 00:53:34.840
 I

00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:35.280
 told

00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:35.460
 you

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:35.660
 he

00:53:35.660 --> 00:53:35.860
 is

00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:36.019
 the

00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:36.160
 son

00:53:36.160 --> 00:53:36.340
 of

00:53:36.340 --> 00:53:36.780
 God

00:53:36.780 --> 00:53:38.019
 I

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:38.440
 told

00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:38.880
 you

00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:39.940
 he

00:53:39.940 --> 00:53:40.059
 is

00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:40.240
 a

00:53:40.240 --> 00:53:40.640
 sovereign

00:53:40.640 --> 00:53:41.059
 lord

00:53:41.059 --> 00:53:41.300
 who

00:53:41.300 --> 00:53:42.080
 reigns

00:53:42.080 --> 00:53:42.600
 behold

00:53:42.600 --> 00:53:43.440
 him

00:53:43.440 --> 00:53:44.700
 worship

00:53:44.700 --> 00:53:45.220
 him

00:53:45.220 --> 00:53:48.640
 what a

00:53:48.640 --> 00:53:49.059
 long

00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:49.559
 for

00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:49.840
 and

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:50.380
 welcome

00:53:50.380 --> 00:53:50.880
 sight

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:51.559
 the

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:52.039
 return

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.420
 of

00:53:52.420 --> 00:53:52.780
 Christ

00:53:52.780 --> 00:53:53.019
 will

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:53.220
 be

00:53:53.220 --> 00:53:53.400
 to

00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:53.559
 the

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:53.960
 suffering

00:53:53.960 --> 00:53:54.200
 and

00:53:54.200 --> 00:53:54.660
 persecuted

00:53:54.660 --> 00:53:55.160
 church

00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:58.159
 and

00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:58.319
 when

00:53:58.319 --> 00:53:58.480
 he

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:59.019
 returns

00:53:59.019 --> 00:53:59.339
 it

00:53:59.339 --> 00:53:59.460
 says

00:53:59.460 --> 00:53:59.739
 Christ

00:53:59.739 --> 00:53:59.899
 will

00:53:59.899 --> 00:54:00.239
 send

00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:00.420
 out

00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:00.559
 his

00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:00.859
 angels

00:54:00.859 --> 00:54:01.039
 with

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:01.199
 a

00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:01.519
 loud

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.019
 trumpet

00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:02.399
 call

00:54:02.399 --> 00:54:02.539
 and

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:02.659
 they

00:54:02.659 --> 00:54:02.779
 will

00:54:02.779 --> 00:54:03.119
 gather

00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:03.319
 his

00:54:03.319 --> 00:54:03.539
 elect

00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:03.719
 from

00:54:03.719 --> 00:54:03.859
 the

00:54:03.859 --> 00:54:04.099
 four

00:54:04.099 --> 00:54:04.359
 winds

00:54:04.359 --> 00:54:04.559
 from

00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:04.799
 one

00:54:04.799 --> 00:54:05.039
 end

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:05.159
 of

00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:05.359
 heaven

00:54:05.359 --> 00:54:05.599
 to

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:05.859
 the

00:54:05.859 --> 00:54:06.199
 other

00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:07.599
 there

00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:07.699
 will

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:07.779
 be

00:54:07.779 --> 00:54:07.940
 a

00:54:07.940 --> 00:54:08.239
 loud

00:54:08.239 --> 00:54:08.639
 trumpet

00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:09.059
 call

00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:10.779
 don't

00:54:10.779 --> 00:54:11.159
 imagine

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:11.339
 the

00:54:11.339 --> 00:54:11.599
 trumpet

00:54:11.599 --> 00:54:11.960
 call

00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:12.420
 like

00:54:12.420 --> 00:54:12.639
 in

00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:12.759
 a

00:54:12.759 --> 00:54:13.019
 marching

00:54:13.019 --> 00:54:13.299
 band

00:54:13.299 --> 00:54:14.940
 that's

00:54:14.940 --> 00:54:15.079
 not

00:54:15.079 --> 00:54:15.199
 the

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:15.359
 kind

00:54:15.359 --> 00:54:15.440
 of

00:54:15.440 --> 00:54:15.639
 trumpet

00:54:15.639 --> 00:54:15.920
 call

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:16.940
 it's

00:54:16.940 --> 00:54:17.099
 like

00:54:17.099 --> 00:54:17.379
 a

00:54:17.379 --> 00:54:18.339
 closer

00:54:18.339 --> 00:54:19.259
 referring

00:54:19.259 --> 00:54:19.480
 would

00:54:19.480 --> 00:54:19.639
 be

00:54:19.639 --> 00:54:19.819
 like

00:54:19.819 --> 00:54:19.839
!

00:54:19.839 --> 00:54:19.980
 the

00:54:19.980 --> 00:54:20.259
 Roman

00:54:20.259 --> 00:54:21.099
 Salpinx

00:54:21.079 --> 00:54:21.380
 or

00:54:21.380 --> 00:54:21.860
 the

00:54:21.860 --> 00:54:22.460
 Jewish

00:54:22.460 --> 00:54:23.019
 shofar

00:54:23.019 --> 00:54:23.219
 have

00:54:23.219 --> 00:54:23.299
 you

00:54:23.299 --> 00:54:23.619
 seen

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:23.739
 any

00:54:23.739 --> 00:54:23.840
 of

00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:24.079
 those?

00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:25.599
 If you

00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:25.759
 haven't

00:54:25.759 --> 00:54:25.940
 seen

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:26.059
 it

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.500
 imagine

00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:26.860
 the

00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:27.239
 horn

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:27.420
 of

00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:28.059
 Gondor

00:54:28.059 --> 00:54:28.319
 from

00:54:28.319 --> 00:54:28.579
 Lord

00:54:28.579 --> 00:54:28.719
 of

00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:28.739
 the

00:54:28.739 --> 00:54:29.000
 Rings

00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:32.440
 it's

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:32.779
 used

00:54:32.779 --> 00:54:33.079
 only

00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:33.259
 on

00:54:33.259 --> 00:54:33.579
 special

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:34.039
 occasions

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:34.239
 like

00:54:34.239 --> 00:54:34.360
 the

00:54:34.360 --> 00:54:34.739
 appearance

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:34.960
 of

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:35.319
 God

00:54:35.319 --> 00:54:35.519
 on

00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:35.759
 Mount

00:54:35.759 --> 00:54:36.279
 Sinai

00:54:36.279 --> 00:54:36.500
 or

00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:36.719
 when

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:36.860
 they

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:37.000
 are

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:37.539
 declaring

00:54:37.539 --> 00:54:37.759
 the

00:54:37.759 --> 00:54:38.039
 year

00:54:38.039 --> 00:54:38.219
 of

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:38.679
 jubilee

00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:39.000
 the

00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:39.219
 year

00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:39.380
 of

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:40.239
 redemption

00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:40.480
 and

00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:41.299
 emancipation

00:54:41.299 --> 00:54:41.699
 the

00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:42.179
 50th

00:54:42.179 --> 00:54:42.460
 year

00:54:42.460 --> 00:54:43.380
 or

00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:44.179
 it's

00:54:44.179 --> 00:54:44.480
 used

00:54:44.480 --> 00:54:44.599
 in

00:54:44.599 --> 00:54:44.659
 the

00:54:44.659 --> 00:54:44.799
 Old

00:54:44.799 --> 00:54:45.019
 Testament

00:54:45.019 --> 00:54:45.539
 chiefly

00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:45.539


00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:45.739
 as

00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:45.960
 a

00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:46.699
 rallying

00:54:46.699 --> 00:54:47.419
 battle

00:54:47.419 --> 00:54:47.939
 horn

00:54:47.939 --> 00:54:48.980
 and

00:54:48.980 --> 00:54:49.179
 that

00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:50.480
 blast

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:51.099
 from

00:54:51.099 --> 00:54:51.319
 that

00:54:51.319 --> 00:54:51.739
 ram's

00:54:51.739 --> 00:54:51.939
 horn

00:54:51.939 --> 00:54:52.579
 gathers

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:53.000
 all

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:53.159
 of

00:54:53.159 --> 00:54:53.519
 God's

00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:53.799
 people

00:54:53.799 --> 00:54:54.299
 together

00:54:54.299 --> 00:54:55.239
 and

00:54:55.239 --> 00:54:55.519
 when

00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:55.859
 that

00:54:55.859 --> 00:54:56.219
 trumpet

00:54:56.219 --> 00:54:56.460
 is

00:54:56.460 --> 00:54:56.759
 blown

00:54:56.759 --> 00:54:57.000
 the

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.379
 enemies

00:54:57.379 --> 00:54:57.599
 of

00:54:57.599 --> 00:54:57.919
 God

00:54:57.919 --> 00:54:58.179
 on

00:54:58.179 --> 00:54:58.419
 earth

00:54:58.419 --> 00:54:58.679
 will

00:54:58.679 --> 00:54:59.339
 scatter

00:54:59.339 --> 00:55:01.019
 and

00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:01.359
 all

00:55:01.359 --> 00:55:01.639
 those

00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:01.839
 who

00:55:01.839 --> 00:55:02.079
 were

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.519
 weary

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:02.960
 from

00:55:02.960 --> 00:55:03.179
 the

00:55:03.179 --> 00:55:03.559
 battle

00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:04.119
 fighting

00:55:04.119 --> 00:55:04.480
 against

00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:04.679
 the

00:55:04.679 --> 00:55:05.019
 world

00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:05.279
 the

00:55:05.279 --> 00:55:05.699
 flesh

00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:05.939
 and

00:55:05.939 --> 00:55:06.139
 the

00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:06.559
 devil

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:07.399
 wondering

00:55:07.399 --> 00:55:07.799
 can I

00:55:07.799 --> 00:55:08.139
 make

00:55:08.139 --> 00:55:08.279
 it

00:55:08.279 --> 00:55:08.579
 another

00:55:08.579 --> 00:55:09.039
 day

00:55:09.039 --> 00:55:09.279
 can

00:55:09.279 --> 00:55:09.419
 I

00:55:09.419 --> 00:55:09.759
 make

00:55:09.759 --> 00:55:09.939
 it

00:55:09.939 --> 00:55:10.379
 another

00:55:10.379 --> 00:55:10.899
 year

00:55:10.899 --> 00:55:11.299
 can

00:55:11.299 --> 00:55:11.439
 I

00:55:11.439 --> 00:55:11.719
 make

00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:11.859
 it

00:55:11.859 --> 00:55:12.099
 another

00:55:12.099 --> 00:55:12.519
 ten

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:12.879
 years

00:55:12.879 --> 00:55:13.239
 will

00:55:13.239 --> 00:55:13.599
 hear

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:13.799
 the

00:55:13.799 --> 00:55:14.099
 call

00:55:14.099 --> 00:55:14.219
 of

00:55:14.219 --> 00:55:14.379
 the

00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:14.800
 captain

00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:15.019
 and

00:55:15.019 --> 00:55:15.180
 will

00:55:15.180 --> 00:55:15.579
 know

00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:16.160
 my

00:55:16.160 --> 00:55:16.700
 redemption

00:55:16.700 --> 00:55:17.059
 is

00:55:17.059 --> 00:55:17.400
 here

00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:18.320
 my

00:55:18.320 --> 00:55:19.000
 deliverance

00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:19.200
 is

00:55:19.200 --> 00:55:19.640
 here

00:55:19.640 --> 00:55:20.460
 my

00:55:20.460 --> 00:55:21.079
 captain

00:55:21.079 --> 00:55:21.400
 my

00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:21.900
 king

00:55:21.900 --> 00:55:22.539
 has

00:55:22.539 --> 00:55:23.059
 come

00:55:23.059 --> 00:55:30.559
 and

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:30.720
 it

00:55:30.720 --> 00:55:30.960
 says

00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:31.099
 that

00:55:31.099 --> 00:55:31.220
 when

00:55:31.220 --> 00:55:31.340
 he

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:31.640
 comes

00:55:31.640 --> 00:55:31.780
 he

00:55:31.780 --> 00:55:31.960
 will

00:55:31.960 --> 00:55:32.440
 gather

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:32.880
 us

00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:33.900
 gather

00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:34.160
 his

00:55:34.160 --> 00:55:34.500
 elect

00:55:34.500 --> 00:55:34.700
 from

00:55:34.700 --> 00:55:34.840
 the

00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:35.039
 four

00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:35.260
 winds

00:55:35.260 --> 00:55:35.460
 from

00:55:35.460 --> 00:55:35.700
 one

00:55:35.700 --> 00:55:36.019
 end

00:55:36.019 --> 00:55:36.140
 of

00:55:36.140 --> 00:55:36.240
 the

00:55:36.240 --> 00:55:36.420
 heaven

00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:36.579
 to

00:55:36.579 --> 00:55:36.720
 the

00:55:36.720 --> 00:55:36.960
 other

00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:40.099
 this

00:55:40.099 --> 00:55:40.539
 specific

00:55:40.539 --> 00:55:40.980
 word

00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:41.500
 the

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:41.780
 Greek

00:55:41.780 --> 00:55:41.980
 word

00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:42.280
 behind

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:42.480
 this

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:42.660
 word

00:55:42.660 --> 00:55:43.019
 gather

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.599
 only

00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:44.119
 occurs

00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:45.119
 here

00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:45.279
 in

00:55:45.279 --> 00:55:45.480
 this

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:45.779
 passage

00:55:45.779 --> 00:55:45.920
 in

00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:46.119
 all

00:55:46.119 --> 00:55:46.259
 of

00:55:46.259 --> 00:55:46.339
 the

00:55:46.339 --> 00:55:46.619
 gospel

00:55:46.619 --> 00:55:46.779
 of

00:55:46.779 --> 00:55:47.079
 Matthew

00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:49.059
 twice

00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:49.299
 in

00:55:49.299 --> 00:55:49.519
 Matthew

00:55:49.519 --> 00:55:50.039
 23

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:50.659
 37

00:55:50.659 --> 00:55:51.179
 when

00:55:51.179 --> 00:55:51.440
 Jesus

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:52.059
 lamented

00:55:52.059 --> 00:55:52.619
 how

00:55:52.619 --> 00:55:53.239
 often

00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:53.480
 would

00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:53.619
 I

00:55:53.619 --> 00:55:53.859
 have

00:55:53.859 --> 00:55:54.460
 gathered

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:54.739
 your

00:55:54.739 --> 00:55:55.099
 children

00:55:55.099 --> 00:55:55.519
 together

00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:55.719
 as

00:55:55.719 --> 00:55:55.880
 a

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.179
 hen

00:55:56.179 --> 00:55:56.759
 gathers

00:55:56.759 --> 00:55:56.980
 her

00:55:56.980 --> 00:55:57.219
 brood

00:55:57.219 --> 00:55:57.420
 under

00:55:57.420 --> 00:55:57.619
 her

00:55:57.619 --> 00:55:57.920
 wings

00:55:57.920 --> 00:55:58.079
 and

00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:58.199
 you

00:55:58.199 --> 00:55:58.339
 were

00:55:58.339 --> 00:55:58.559
 not

00:55:58.559 --> 00:55:58.880
 willing

00:55:58.880 --> 00:55:59.819
 and

00:55:59.819 --> 00:55:59.960
 then

00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:00.259
 once

00:56:00.259 --> 00:56:00.460
 more

00:56:00.460 --> 00:56:00.739
 here

00:56:00.739 --> 00:56:00.900
 in

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.119
 chapter

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:01.519
 24

00:56:01.519 --> 00:56:01.759
 verse

00:56:01.759 --> 00:56:02.199
 31

00:56:02.199 --> 00:56:02.759
 he

00:56:02.759 --> 00:56:02.880
 will

00:56:02.880 --> 00:56:03.139
 send

00:56:03.139 --> 00:56:03.299
 out

00:56:03.299 --> 00:56:03.440
 his

00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:03.739
 angels

00:56:03.739 --> 00:56:03.940
 with

00:56:03.940 --> 00:56:04.059
 a

00:56:04.059 --> 00:56:04.279
 loud

00:56:04.279 --> 00:56:04.559
 trumpet

00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:04.839
 call

00:56:04.839 --> 00:56:04.940
 and

00:56:04.940 --> 00:56:05.039
 they

00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:05.219
 will

00:56:05.219 --> 00:56:05.699
 gather

00:56:05.699 --> 00:56:05.940
 his

00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:06.279
 elect

00:56:06.279 --> 00:56:06.480
 from

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:06.639
 the

00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:06.900
 four

00:56:06.900 --> 00:56:07.199
 winds

00:56:14.119 --> 00:56:16.000
 will

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.420
 on

00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:16.699
 that

00:56:16.699 --> 00:56:16.900
 day

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:17.079
 when

00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:17.420
 Christ

00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:18.099
 returns

00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:18.380
 they

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:18.500
 will

00:56:18.500 --> 00:56:18.819
 all

00:56:18.819 --> 00:56:19.019
 be

00:56:19.019 --> 00:56:19.299
 gathered

00:56:19.299 --> 00:56:19.559
 to

00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:19.839
 him

00:56:19.839 --> 00:56:22.299
 today

00:56:22.299 --> 00:56:23.319
 we

00:56:23.319 --> 00:56:23.440
 are

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:23.699
 like

00:56:23.699 --> 00:56:24.460
 motherless

00:56:24.460 --> 00:56:24.880
 chicks

00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:25.799
 in

00:56:25.799 --> 00:56:26.059
 some

00:56:26.059 --> 00:56:26.420
 ways

00:56:26.420 --> 00:56:27.440
 harassed

00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:28.119
 by

00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:28.679
 wolves

00:56:28.679 --> 00:56:29.859
 coyotes

00:56:29.859 --> 00:56:30.900
 hyenas

00:56:30.900 --> 00:56:31.219
 in the

00:56:31.219 --> 00:56:31.539
 world

00:56:31.539 --> 00:56:32.480
 bruised

00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:33.539
 and battered

00:56:33.539 --> 00:56:34.099
 and scattered

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:34.639
 all over

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:35.019
 the world

00:56:35.019 --> 00:56:35.539
 but one

00:56:35.539 --> 00:56:35.920
 day

00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:36.400
 as it

00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:36.599
 says

00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:36.779
 in

00:56:36.779 --> 00:56:36.980
 1

00:56:36.980 --> 00:56:37.500
 Thessalonians

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:37.739
 4

00:56:37.739 --> 00:56:38.139
 16

00:56:38.139 --> 00:56:38.659
 the

00:56:38.659 --> 00:56:39.000
 Lord

00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:39.400
 Jesus

00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:40.279
 himself

00:56:40.279 --> 00:56:40.619
 will

00:56:40.619 --> 00:56:41.199
 descend

00:56:41.199 --> 00:56:41.500
 from

00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:41.799
 heaven

00:56:41.799 --> 00:56:42.339
 with

00:56:42.339 --> 00:56:42.539
 the

00:56:42.539 --> 00:56:43.139
 cry

00:56:43.139 --> 00:56:43.359
 of

00:56:43.359 --> 00:56:43.920
 command

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:44.519
 with

00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:44.700
 the

00:56:44.700 --> 00:56:45.220
 voice

00:56:45.220 --> 00:56:45.420
 of

00:56:45.420 --> 00:56:45.559
 an

00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:46.260
 archangel

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:46.820
 with

00:56:46.820 --> 00:56:47.039
 the

00:56:47.039 --> 00:56:47.440
 sound

00:56:47.440 --> 00:56:47.599
 of

00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:47.720
 the

00:56:47.720 --> 00:56:48.000
 trumpet

00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:48.240
 of

00:56:48.240 --> 00:56:48.480
 God

00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:48.639
 and

00:56:48.639 --> 00:56:48.800
 he

00:56:48.800 --> 00:56:49.019
 will

00:56:49.019 --> 00:56:49.500
 grant

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:50.159
 relief

00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:50.659
 to

00:56:50.659 --> 00:56:50.960
 those

00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:51.079
 who

00:56:51.079 --> 00:56:51.200
 are

00:56:51.200 --> 00:56:52.059
 afflicted

00:56:52.059 --> 00:56:53.159
 inflicting

00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:53.820
 vengeance

00:56:53.820 --> 00:56:54.260
 on those

00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:54.500
 who do

00:56:54.500 --> 00:56:54.700
 not

00:56:54.700 --> 00:56:54.940
 know

00:56:54.940 --> 00:56:55.400
 God

00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:55.960
 and

00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:56.180
 on

00:56:56.180 --> 00:56:56.420
 those

00:56:56.420 --> 00:56:56.539
 who

00:56:56.539 --> 00:56:56.659
 do

00:56:56.659 --> 00:56:56.860
 not

00:56:56.860 --> 00:56:57.139
 obey

00:56:57.139 --> 00:56:57.340
 the

00:56:57.340 --> 00:56:57.680
 gospel

00:56:57.680 --> 00:56:57.900
 of

00:56:57.900 --> 00:56:58.019
 our

00:56:58.019 --> 00:56:58.260
 Lord

00:56:58.260 --> 00:56:58.619
 Jesus

00:56:58.619 --> 00:56:59.180
 Christ

00:56:59.180 --> 00:57:01.099
 I'll

00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:01.340
 close

00:57:01.340 --> 00:57:01.500
 with

00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:01.680
 this

00:57:01.680 --> 00:57:01.940
 final

00:57:01.940 --> 00:57:02.420
 illustration

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:02.760
 you

00:57:02.760 --> 00:57:03.180
 probably

00:57:03.180 --> 00:57:03.599
 heard

00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:04.420
 the

00:57:04.420 --> 00:57:04.780
 loud

00:57:04.780 --> 00:57:05.420
 raspy

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:06.460
 piercing

00:57:06.460 --> 00:57:07.019
 scream

00:57:07.019 --> 00:57:07.340
 of a

00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:07.519
 red

00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:07.740
 tail

00:57:07.740 --> 00:57:07.760
!

00:57:13.920 --> 00:57:14.619
 If you

00:57:14.619 --> 00:57:14.920
 haven't

00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:15.180
 heard it

00:57:15.180 --> 00:57:15.380
 in real

00:57:15.380 --> 00:57:15.559
 life

00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:15.740
 you've

00:57:15.740 --> 00:57:16.019
 at least

00:57:16.019 --> 00:57:16.320
 heard it

00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:16.800
 in movies

00:57:16.800 --> 00:57:17.320
 because

00:57:17.320 --> 00:57:18.659
 whenever

00:57:18.659 --> 00:57:19.079
 there's a

00:57:19.079 --> 00:57:19.360
 bird of

00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:19.619
 prey

00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:20.420
 soaring

00:57:20.420 --> 00:57:20.740
 like an

00:57:20.740 --> 00:57:20.960
 eagle

00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:21.480
 in a

00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:21.740
 Hollywood

00:57:21.740 --> 00:57:22.039
 film

00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:22.579
 they always

00:57:22.579 --> 00:57:23.019
 substitute

00:57:23.019 --> 00:57:24.260
 the cry

00:57:24.260 --> 00:57:24.720
 of the

00:57:24.720 --> 00:57:24.900
 red

00:57:24.900 --> 00:57:25.099
 tail

00:57:25.099 --> 00:57:25.539
 hawk

00:57:25.539 --> 00:57:26.539
 because

00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:27.019
 it's

00:57:27.019 --> 00:57:27.380
 the most

00:57:27.380 --> 00:57:27.920
 majestic

00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:28.980
 and

00:57:28.980 --> 00:57:29.780
 powerful

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:30.639
 scream

00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:31.079
 of all

00:57:31.079 --> 00:57:31.320
 birds

00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:31.460
 of

00:57:31.460 --> 00:57:31.700
 prey

00:57:31.700 --> 00:57:34.159
 it's a

00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:34.680
 piercing

00:57:34.680 --> 00:57:35.139
 high

00:57:35.139 --> 00:57:35.400
 pitched

00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:35.840
 scream

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.780
 there's

00:57:36.780 --> 00:57:37.019
 nothing

00:57:37.019 --> 00:57:37.280
 quite

00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:37.559
 like

00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:37.840
 it

00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:40.100
 imagine

00:57:40.100 --> 00:57:41.260
 that

00:57:41.260 --> 00:57:41.620
 bird of

00:57:41.620 --> 00:57:41.900
 prey

00:57:41.900 --> 00:57:42.740
 that

00:57:42.740 --> 00:57:43.320
 piercing

00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:44.140
 scream

00:57:44.140 --> 00:57:45.000
 and cry

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:46.019
 and then

00:57:46.019 --> 00:57:46.700
 swooping

00:57:46.700 --> 00:57:47.120
 down

00:57:47.120 --> 00:57:47.780
 in high

00:57:47.780 --> 00:57:48.240
 velocity

00:57:48.240 --> 00:57:48.780
 dive

00:57:48.780 --> 00:57:49.300
 upon

00:57:49.300 --> 00:57:49.940
 all

00:57:49.940 --> 00:57:50.400
 the

00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:50.980
 predators

00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:53.120
 bothering

00:57:53.120 --> 00:57:53.400
 its

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:53.880
 chicks

00:57:53.880 --> 00:58:00.900
 with the

00:58:00.900 --> 00:58:01.400
 cry

00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:01.880
 of

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.519
 command

00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:04.039
 our

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:04.760
 Christ

00:58:04.760 --> 00:58:05.240
 our

00:58:05.240 --> 00:58:05.680
 Lord

00:58:05.680 --> 00:58:05.940
 will

00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:06.500
 return

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:09.619
 and when

00:58:09.619 --> 00:58:10.340
 he returns

00:58:10.340 --> 00:58:10.800
 he will

00:58:10.800 --> 00:58:11.380
 scatter

00:58:11.380 --> 00:58:12.619
 all

00:58:12.619 --> 00:58:13.420
 our

00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:13.900
 enemies

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:17.840
 and he

00:58:17.840 --> 00:58:18.380
 will gather

00:58:18.380 --> 00:58:19.119
 us under

00:58:19.119 --> 00:58:19.840
 his wings

00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:22.699
 and there

00:58:22.699 --> 00:58:23.119
 we will

00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:24.199
 finally find

00:58:24.199 --> 00:58:25.300
 the rest

00:58:25.300 --> 00:58:27.199
 the security

00:58:27.199 --> 00:58:29.159
 the comfort

00:58:29.159 --> 00:58:31.860
 that we

00:58:31.860 --> 00:58:32.460
 long for

00:58:32.460 --> 00:58:33.079
 yet never

00:58:33.079 --> 00:58:34.400
 fully found

00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:36.219
 in this

00:58:36.219 --> 00:58:36.639
 broken

00:58:36.639 --> 00:58:37.659
 sinful

00:58:37.659 --> 00:58:38.059
 world

00:58:38.059 --> 00:58:40.599
 so hold

00:58:40.599 --> 00:58:40.879
 on to

00:58:40.879 --> 00:58:41.219
 that hope

00:58:41.219 --> 00:58:41.579
 brothers and

00:58:41.579 --> 00:58:41.839
 sisters

00:58:41.839 --> 00:58:43.039
 let's

00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:43.299
 pray

00:58:43.299 --> 00:58:53.299
 oh

00:58:53.299 --> 00:58:53.739
 father

00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:58.059
 fill us

00:58:58.059 --> 00:58:58.799
 with hope

00:58:58.799 --> 00:59:01.339
 oh

00:59:01.339 --> 00:59:01.839
 help us

00:59:01.839 --> 00:59:02.439
 to cling

00:59:02.439 --> 00:59:02.899
 to this

00:59:02.899 --> 00:59:03.239
 hope

00:59:03.239 --> 00:59:03.739
 of

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:04.539
 the

00:59:04.539 --> 00:59:05.000
 return

00:59:05.000 --> 00:59:05.939
 of

00:59:05.939 --> 00:59:06.139
 our

00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:06.579
 king

00:59:06.579 --> 00:59:18.179
 sustain

00:59:18.179 --> 00:59:18.759
 us by

00:59:18.759 --> 00:59:18.919
 it

00:59:18.919 --> 00:59:19.159
 Lord

00:59:19.159 --> 00:59:20.979
 will you

00:59:20.979 --> 00:59:21.199
 please

00:59:21.199 --> 00:59:21.619
 comfort

00:59:21.619 --> 00:59:22.099
 my brothers

00:59:22.099 --> 00:59:22.599
 and sisters

00:59:22.599 --> 00:59:22.899
 who are

00:59:22.899 --> 00:59:23.219
 weary

00:59:23.219 --> 00:59:23.479
 this

00:59:23.479 --> 00:59:23.819
 morning

00:59:23.819 --> 00:59:25.639
 who is

00:59:25.639 --> 00:59:26.319
 crestfallen

00:59:26.319 --> 00:59:26.619
 this

00:59:26.619 --> 00:59:26.899
 morning

00:59:26.899 --> 00:59:29.559
 lift up

00:59:29.559 --> 00:59:30.119
 their heads

00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:32.440
 lift up

00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:33.059
 their gaze

00:59:33.059 --> 00:59:33.960
 onto you

00:59:33.960 --> 00:59:35.679
 to Christ

00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:36.099
 who is

00:59:36.099 --> 00:59:36.539
 coming

00:59:36.539 --> 00:59:38.420
 who is

00:59:38.420 --> 00:59:38.839
 surely

00:59:38.839 --> 00:59:39.420
 coming

00:59:39.420 --> 00:59:40.920
 who is

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.279
 coming

00:59:41.279 --> 00:59:41.880
 soon

00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:48.859
 oh

00:59:48.859 --> 00:59:49.279
 Lord

00:59:49.279 --> 00:59:50.119
 come

00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:50.460
 soon

00:59:50.460 --> 00:59:52.380
 we wait

00:59:52.380 --> 00:59:52.779
 for you

00:59:52.780 --> 00:59:56.720
 in

00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:57.280
 Jesus name

00:59:57.280 --> 00:59:57.660
 we pray

00:59:57.660 --> 00:59:58.540
 amen

00:59:58.699 --> 00:59:58.699


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