WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.180 about what was going to happen in the future. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.660 You know, they had something, they had a timeline that they thought, 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:11.679 and now Jesus is explaining to them what this timeline really is. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.280 Because we always need to know that we need to have Jesus, 00:00:15.460 --> 00:00:20.580 or have the Scripture, describe and to stick with what the Scripture says about the timeline. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.920 Because as soon as we start injecting things, or assuming things, 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:29.519 we begin, we're going to get in trouble because things are going to get out 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:37.060 of order. But as we see here, that the disciples were captivated by this mindset, 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:40.859 their understanding of what they had been taught about Scripture. 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:44.359 You know, a lot of things we can think about the future is things we've been taught, 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:48.760 and that's the reason we need to make sure what we've been taught lines up with the Word of God. 00:00:50.239 --> 00:00:54.579 And how does that balance and not go into areas that God doesn't speak about? 00:00:54.579 --> 00:00:58.339 You know, we don't get the option to fill in the blanks. 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:01.379 That's God's job to fill in the blanks of what He didn't tell us. 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.959 And to understand that, I think, is very important. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:08.340 And to distinguish those things, what we're going to see here, 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:11.719 because their understanding of what they'd been taught was, 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:15.700 when the Messiah was going to come, when the Messiah would come on the scene, 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:19.579 their mindset was, the kingdom was going to come with it. 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:25.739 This is what they were thinking, and that's the reason as we look here in Mark chapter 13 this morning, 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:29.599 we see that's the reason the disciples asked Jesus this question. 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:34.079 When they asked Him the question about the when and the what, 00:01:35.099 --> 00:01:40.280 they were asking in the mindset of how soon is this going to take place? 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:43.019 Because in our mind, this is how it's going to happen. 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:45.859 This is how it's going to be set forth. 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:50.200 And so as we begin looking here, as they were really caught off guard, 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:55.260 when Jesus told them, in the beginning of Mark chapter 13 here, if you remember there, 00:01:55.539 --> 00:01:58.840 He mentioned something very dramatic that was going to be a very, 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:04.939 an event that was going to just totally throw things out of kilter for them, you might say. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:06.939 It turned their thought process upside down. 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:11.560 He said they're going to destroy the temple and not leave a stone on top of another. 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:16.900 In a Jewish mind, that was something that definitely flipped their mindset of going, 00:02:17.020 --> 00:02:18.960 okay, what's going on? That doesn't make sense to me. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.560 The temple is the central focus of all that's happening, of all we've done. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.860 Everything we've known has been focused around that. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.620 And suddenly they're questioning what's happening. 00:02:31.819 --> 00:02:34.120 And so they inquire about it. 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:36.340 And they say, when shall these things be there? 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.560 And what sign is attached to its fulfillment? 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.060 And we understand that Jesus gives them an answer, 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.800 and He tells them, as we've looked already, to be prepared. 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:50.400 He says, hey, don't worry so much about what's going to happen. 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.780 Be prepared and ready for what's going to happen. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:57.099 As a believer, you are prepared for what's going to happen next. 00:02:58.420 --> 00:03:01.420 A lost person, one that has not accepted Christ, 00:03:01.539 --> 00:03:03.719 is unprepared for what's going to happen next. 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:07.199 That's really the basics of it. 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:10.379 You're either prepared or you're unprepared for what. 00:03:10.519 --> 00:03:14.859 And Jesus focused them not so much on telling them all the details of what's to come, 00:03:14.979 --> 00:03:17.599 but He focused them first of be prepared. 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:19.579 Be prepared. 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.679 Be prepared because if you're prepared, 00:03:22.839 --> 00:03:26.399 what happens doesn't make near as big a difference 00:03:26.399 --> 00:03:29.199 than if you're unprepared. 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:34.459 And because Jesus talks about the wars and the conflicts that were going to happen, 00:03:35.019 --> 00:03:37.859 you know, and He says these are not assigned to themselves. 00:03:38.019 --> 00:03:41.439 In verse 7, He says, these things must needs be. 00:03:42.119 --> 00:03:44.199 In other words, He says, hey, these things are going to happen. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.259 Don't overread things into it. 00:03:47.799 --> 00:03:51.259 And so Jesus doesn't leave them, though, without a reference point 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:53.659 from which to understand this, though, 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.919 because the next portion directs them to understand the end 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.199 that has been outlined for us. 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:02.959 Because Scripture does tell us how things are going to end. 00:04:03.699 --> 00:04:06.340 He does line some things out for us. 00:04:06.739 --> 00:04:08.060 And He gives it to us. 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:09.879 And so as we're going to look here this morning, 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:11.419 if you found Mark chapter 13, 00:04:11.620 --> 00:04:14.739 let's stand together in honor of the reading of the Word of God. 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:18.340 And we'll pick up here this morning in verse 14. 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:23.540 And we'll pick up, go down through verse 27 here. 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:26.160 And so we see here in verse 14, it says, 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:29.439 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:31.240 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.240 standing where it ought not, 00:04:33.579 --> 00:04:35.240 let him that readeth understand. 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.280 Then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains. 00:04:39.780 --> 00:04:43.160 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:47.460 neither enter therein to take anything out of his house. 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:50.640 And let him that is in the field not turn back again 00:04:50.640 --> 00:04:53.780 for to take up his garment. 00:04:54.320 --> 00:04:56.120 But woe to them are with child 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.160 and to them that give suck in those days. 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.160 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.600 For in those days shall be afflictions, 00:05:05.260 --> 00:05:08.020 such as not from the beginning of the creation 00:05:08.020 --> 00:05:10.020 which God created unto this time, 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:11.480 neither shall be. 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.600 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:16.240 no flesh should be saved. 00:05:16.520 --> 00:05:18.040 But for the elect's sake, 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.460 whom he hath chosen, 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:20.819 he has shortened the days. 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:23.600 And then if any man shall say to you, 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:24.920 Lo, here is Christ, 00:05:25.020 --> 00:05:26.140 or lo, he is there, 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:27.040 believe him not. 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:29.560 For false Christs and false prophets 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:30.400 shall arise 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:32.640 and shall show signs and wonders 00:05:32.640 --> 00:05:33.379 to seduce, 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:34.379 and if it were possible, 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:35.220 even the elect. 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:37.879 But take ye heed. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.319 Behold, I have foretold you all things. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:43.399 But in those days, 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:44.519 after that tribulation, 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:45.860 the sun shall be darkened, 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.019 and the moon shall not give her light, 00:05:48.060 --> 00:05:49.519 and the star of heaven shall fall, 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:51.379 and the powers that are in heaven 00:05:51.379 --> 00:05:52.199 shall be shaken. 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.240 And then they shall see the Son of Man 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:56.279 coming in the clouds 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.300 with great power and glory. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:00.819 And then shall he send his angels 00:06:00.819 --> 00:06:02.379 and shall gather together his elect 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:03.300 from the four winds 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:05.860 from the uttermost part of the earth 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:09.160 to the uttermost part of heaven. 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:10.540 Let's pray. 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:11.259 Heavenly Fathers, 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:12.520 we come before you this morning. 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:13.980 Lord, we're thankful for your word. 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:16.540 We're thankful for what you've given to us. 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:18.040 Lord, help us to understand, 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:22.100 Lord, what you would have for us here today, 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:24.780 to understand what is to come 00:06:24.780 --> 00:06:27.180 as you have revealed it to us. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:28.959 Lord, help us not to be drawn away 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.540 or deceived by false prophets 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:34.720 or even false messiahs 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.220 as you have declared, 00:06:36.379 --> 00:06:37.900 you know, the false Christ. 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:39.120 And Lord, help us to focus 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.600 on what your word says 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.019 and not what we want to speculate 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:43.960 or to put in. 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:45.720 Lord, we pray just have your hand 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:46.439 upon each heart. 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:47.519 Lord, if there's one here today 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:48.860 that doesn't know you as Savior, 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:51.300 that today they'd realize the need 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:52.519 to be prepared. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.199 And Lord, we just give you all the praise 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:56.160 and glory and honor 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:57.160 in Jesus' name. 00:06:58.060 --> 00:06:58.460 Amen. 00:06:58.700 --> 00:06:59.240 You may be seated. 00:07:00.020 --> 00:07:01.420 You know, as we look here this morning, 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:03.420 we see something important 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:05.360 because as Jesus looks through this, 00:07:05.820 --> 00:07:07.920 I put this picture up here for a reason 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:09.620 because I want you to understand 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.020 the framework of Mark chapter 13 00:07:12.020 --> 00:07:12.660 for a moment. 00:07:14.200 --> 00:07:17.300 Some of you may recognize this picture. 00:07:17.940 --> 00:07:19.540 I'll tell you where it is in a moment. 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:21.980 But I want you to understand 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:24.360 is there's an overview 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:27.200 that's happening in Mark chapter 13. 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:30.900 An overview, just like you see an overview now. 00:07:31.020 --> 00:07:32.780 This is the camp down in Kansas, 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:34.660 an aerial picture, 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:36.340 and it gives you an overview of the camp. 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:38.540 You can kind of get a layout. 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:39.820 You can kind of get a basics. 00:07:40.020 --> 00:07:40.680 But you know what? 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:43.320 You miss something with an overview. 00:07:43.520 --> 00:07:44.680 You don't have all the details 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:45.759 that happen on the ground. 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.139 I want you to understand 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:49.860 Mark chapter 13 is an overview 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:51.980 of what is to come. 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:54.079 It doesn't include all the little details 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.579 and things that take place on the ground. 00:07:57.779 --> 00:07:59.599 So when you're thinking about this 00:07:59.599 --> 00:08:00.599 as we go through this, 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:02.500 I'm going to go through a lot of stuff 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:03.839 pretty quickly here this morning. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:04.680 I want you to understand 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.000 we're looking at an overview, 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.079 the big picture of things 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:11.199 and not the details. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:12.099 Okay? 00:08:12.659 --> 00:08:15.079 Because oftentimes we get drugged down 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:15.959 into the details 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:17.519 and God wanted us 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.379 to understand a big picture here. 00:08:20.099 --> 00:08:21.120 There's other passages 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:22.019 we could talk about 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:23.599 that cover details. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.120 But in Mark here, 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.459 he doesn't cover details. 00:08:27.899 --> 00:08:28.879 So we're going to give you 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.199 and stay with an overview 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:31.899 this morning, okay? 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.299 So if I don't answer 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:34.120 all your questions 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:35.539 about everything in the text, 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:36.939 that's the reason why. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:37.840 Because we're staying 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.059 at altitude 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:40.799 and flying over this passage 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.579 a little bit, okay? 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:43.000 We're not dropping down 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.220 to see all the details 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:46.000 along the way, okay? 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:47.320 And so now that we got 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:48.059 that figured out 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:49.399 and everybody's on the same page 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:49.899 this morning, 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:51.059 we're going to look here 00:08:51.059 --> 00:08:52.539 at what Jesus tells them 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:53.600 because in answering 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:54.500 his question 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:55.879 to the disciples, 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:57.279 look here at verse 14 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:58.399 because verse 14, 00:08:58.559 --> 00:08:59.259 I believe, 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.340 is a very critical verse 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.039 that we find in this passage. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:04.299 Because notice here, 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:04.500 it says, 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.379 but when you shall see 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:06.039 the abomination 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:07.039 of desolation 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.519 spoken of by Daniel the prophet 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.539 standing where it ought not, 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:13.299 let him that readeth understand. 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:15.659 Then let them that be in Judea 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:17.259 flee to the mountain. 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:18.759 I want you to see here 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:19.460 something important 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:19.879 this morning 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:21.059 because oftentimes 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:23.460 people get confused 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:24.379 about prophecy 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:25.460 because they try to put 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:26.659 wrong things together. 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:29.299 I want you to understand 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:30.740 Jesus tells us 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:32.179 that the framework 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:33.639 of prophecy here, 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:34.600 he gives us a picture 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:36.059 that is hung on Daniel. 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:39.080 Daniel is important 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.340 when it comes to prophecy 00:09:40.340 --> 00:09:42.419 because Daniel got an overview 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:44.939 of what was going to happen. 00:09:45.939 --> 00:09:47.879 Daniel was given an overview 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:49.620 just like the picture 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:50.220 I showed you, 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:51.919 an overview of things to come. 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:53.919 Daniel got an overview 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:55.080 of the things 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:56.360 for the children of Israel. 00:09:57.759 --> 00:09:58.840 And we have to understand 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.460 it's God giving Daniel 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:01.340 that picture 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:03.580 and he directs their question 00:10:03.580 --> 00:10:05.100 and notice he gives 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:05.960 a charge to them. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.240 He says, 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:07.759 let them understand. 00:10:08.300 --> 00:10:09.060 Now understanding 00:10:09.060 --> 00:10:10.840 is different than knowledge. 00:10:12.680 --> 00:10:13.180 You know, 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:14.100 you can shove a lot 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:14.860 of information 00:10:14.860 --> 00:10:15.840 and knowledge in 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:16.660 and not have a clue 00:10:16.660 --> 00:10:17.360 how to use it. 00:10:19.060 --> 00:10:19.340 Okay? 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:21.060 I think we all understand 00:10:21.060 --> 00:10:22.160 that part of it 00:10:22.160 --> 00:10:24.000 that you can know a lot 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:24.900 and have no clue 00:10:24.900 --> 00:10:25.759 how to put it together. 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:28.379 When Jesus said understand, 00:10:28.540 --> 00:10:30.259 understand how it fits together. 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.379 Understand why it's important. 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:34.399 And he references Daniel. 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:36.279 And specifically in Daniel, 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.279 he goes back to Daniel chapter 9. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:38.960 You know, 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:39.879 I want you to turn over there 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:40.519 and look this morning 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.100 because whenever you're looking 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:42.980 at prophecy, 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:45.120 I want you to understand, 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:46.100 you know, 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:48.860 for those that have been to school, 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:49.139 you know, 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:50.519 you have to write a paper sometime. 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:51.279 And one of the things 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:51.860 they make you do 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:52.620 when you write a paper 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:53.620 is do what? 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:54.279 The first thing you do 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:54.820 is you do what? 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:55.399 An outline. 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:56.980 Daniel chapter 9 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:57.960 gives us an outline. 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:02.280 To hang everything else on. 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:03.800 Okay? 00:11:04.300 --> 00:11:05.879 So we can see what's happening. 00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:06.639 Notice what he, 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:07.920 Daniel tells us 00:11:07.920 --> 00:11:09.060 in Daniel chapter 9. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:09.400 He says, 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:10.740 Seventy weeks are determined 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:12.300 upon thy people 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:13.500 and unto thy holy city 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:14.900 to finish the transgression 00:11:14.900 --> 00:11:16.740 and to make an end of sins, 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:17.660 to make reconciliation 00:11:17.660 --> 00:11:18.800 for iniquity 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:19.940 and to bring in 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:21.240 everlasting righteousness 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:22.580 and to seal up the vision 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:23.200 and prophecy 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:24.660 and to anoint the most holy. 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:26.360 Know therefore 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.179 and understand 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:29.219 that from the going forth 00:11:29.219 --> 00:11:29.860 of the commandment 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:30.379 to restore, 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.299 to build Jerusalem 00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:32.120 unto the Messiah, 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:32.819 the Prince. 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:34.699 Now let's stop there 00:11:34.699 --> 00:11:35.620 for a moment. 00:11:35.719 --> 00:11:36.339 Who's Messiah, 00:11:36.459 --> 00:11:36.919 the Prince? 00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:39.179 Jesus. 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:41.179 Shall be seven weeks 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:42.319 and threescore and two weeks 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:44.079 and the streets 00:11:44.079 --> 00:11:45.079 shall be built again 00:11:45.079 --> 00:11:45.539 and the wall 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.579 even in troublous times 00:11:46.579 --> 00:11:47.879 and after threescore 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:48.459 and two weeks 00:11:48.459 --> 00:11:49.799 shall Messiah be cut off 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:51.699 but not for himself 00:11:51.699 --> 00:11:52.779 and the people, 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:53.919 the Prince that shall come 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:54.979 shall destroy the city 00:11:54.979 --> 00:11:55.659 and the sanctuary 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:57.039 and the end thereof 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:57.860 shall be with a flood 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.559 and unto the end 00:11:58.559 --> 00:11:58.979 of the war 00:11:58.979 --> 00:12:00.319 desolations are determined 00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:01.759 and he shall confirm 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.819 the covenant with many 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:03.679 for one week 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:04.599 and in the midst of the week 00:12:04.599 --> 00:12:06.259 he shall cause the sacrifice 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:07.620 and the oblation to cease 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:08.959 and for the overspreading 00:12:08.959 --> 00:12:09.839 of abominations 00:12:09.839 --> 00:12:10.879 he will make it desolate 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.019 even unto the consummation 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:12.519 that determined 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:13.679 shall be poured upon 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:14.219 the desolate. 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:16.699 Now, we read all that 00:12:16.699 --> 00:12:17.599 and most of you are going 00:12:17.599 --> 00:12:18.719 there's a lot in there 00:12:18.719 --> 00:12:21.240 but I want you to understand 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:22.019 it's an outline. 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:23.659 It gives us times 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:24.419 and frames 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:26.220 and sequences 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:28.079 of events 00:12:28.079 --> 00:12:29.039 but it's very important 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.000 to understand 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.439 that this is for 00:12:31.439 --> 00:12:32.899 Daniel's people. 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:34.019 Now, let's answer a question. 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.159 Who's Daniel's people? 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:36.740 Israel. 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.980 Israel is Daniel's people 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.480 so God's dealing 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.679 with Israel here 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:43.860 is being lined out 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:45.740 all the way to the end. 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:48.019 All the way to the end 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:50.460 and to make everything 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.500 coming together 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.419 and he's revealing 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:53.579 to his disciples 00:12:53.579 --> 00:12:54.960 the framework 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.879 or the timeline 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:57.079 for what is to come 00:12:57.079 --> 00:12:58.480 concerning Israel 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:59.199 because remember 00:12:59.199 --> 00:13:00.659 the disciples 00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:02.460 were in a mindset 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:02.799 they were 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:04.120 how does this play out 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.779 to us? 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:07.600 They were in a Jewish mindset 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.879 and giving them 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.720 that information 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.579 to how they would 00:13:10.579 --> 00:13:11.559 understand it. 00:13:12.199 --> 00:13:13.000 Later we know 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.000 scripture gives us 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.919 and starts filling in 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.819 these blanks. 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:17.820 things are filled in 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.440 for us 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:19.200 throughout 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:19.960 the answers 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.800 that you find 00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:21.920 in Jeremiah 00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:22.940 and Isaiah 00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:25.879 and Zechariah 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.820 and Ezekiel 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:27.680 and all these other 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:28.980 passages with prophecy 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.700 we understand 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:30.800 that God 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:31.780 in the New Testament 00:13:31.780 --> 00:13:33.660 through the Apostle Paul 00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:34.420 and John 00:13:34.420 --> 00:13:34.940 and others 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:36.040 especially in the book 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:36.620 of Revelation 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:38.200 fills in a lot of blanks. 00:13:39.280 --> 00:13:40.580 He begins to put 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:41.780 meat on the outline. 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:44.460 Not every detail 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:46.040 but he puts something there 00:13:46.040 --> 00:13:47.519 and we find here 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.940 that he wants 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:51.120 the disciples to know 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:51.740 look back into 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.620 Mark chapter 4 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.180 for a moment. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.759 Mark chapter 4 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.759 here in verse 11 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.860 because we need 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.420 to go back 00:13:57.420 --> 00:13:57.960 and look at what 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.980 Jesus told 00:13:58.980 --> 00:14:00.100 the disciples. 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.900 Jesus told them 00:14:01.900 --> 00:14:03.160 this in Mark chapter 4 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:03.820 in verse 11 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.120 he said 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:05.139 unto you is given 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.340 to know the mystery 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.360 of the kingdom of God. 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.360 In other words 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.700 Jesus is telling 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.360 the disciples 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.800 he says 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:13.200 as we go through 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:13.960 you guys are going 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:15.360 to get some understanding 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.340 I'm going to give you 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.280 what you need 00:14:17.280 --> 00:14:19.520 as we go through 00:14:19.520 --> 00:14:20.860 that you might understand. 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:23.220 You know 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:24.240 God wants people 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:25.300 to understand 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:27.940 what he's done for them. 00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:29.540 He wants us to understand 00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:30.500 what the plan is 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:32.759 and why there's a plan 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.259 in place. 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:34.780 You know 00:14:34.780 --> 00:14:36.500 this plan comes about 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.300 very directly 00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:39.259 and Jesus speaks here 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:40.560 specifically about 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.280 the abomination 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.419 of desolation 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.579 that Daniel speaks. 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.179 He gives a warning 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:46.279 of the coming destruction 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.059 of Jerusalem 00:14:47.059 --> 00:14:48.519 and the temple 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.620 and he speaks 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.839 of a specific event 00:14:50.839 --> 00:14:52.299 on the timeline. 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.079 But I want you to 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:55.620 just for clarity here 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.379 I want you to not 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:57.199 get caught up 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:57.860 in the fact 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:59.740 of what Jesus predicted 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.579 because one of the things 00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.139 you'll find 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:01.939 is people will take 00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:03.259 this passage in Daniel 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.799 and point to an event 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.480 that happened 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.220 in about 70 AD 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:08.639 where Titus 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.579 the Roman emperor 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.800 came in 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:11.700 and he destroyed 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.220 Jerusalem 00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:13.200 and he took 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.220 and fulfilled 00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:16.940 what Jesus said 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.620 was going to happen 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:17.960 earlier. 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:18.580 What did he do? 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.960 He took every stone 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.460 of the temple 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.620 and turned it upside down 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.060 off it. 00:15:23.520 --> 00:15:24.420 But I want you 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.160 to understand 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:26.120 what happened 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.980 in 70 AD 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:28.160 is not the fulfillment 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:28.700 of Daniel. 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.280 You say 00:15:29.280 --> 00:15:30.220 how do you know that? 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.540 Well 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:31.900 there's other things 00:15:31.900 --> 00:15:33.180 attached to that event 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:34.300 that didn't take place. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.640 So when you see prophecy 00:15:37.640 --> 00:15:38.759 I want you to understand 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.840 you have to take it 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.559 as a whole 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:41.299 of what he says 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:42.379 everything associated 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.120 with that event 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.100 if it is that event 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.559 it has to be tied to it. 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:48.319 Just because something 00:15:48.319 --> 00:15:49.419 similar happened 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.559 doesn't mean 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.360 that's a fulfillment 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:52.879 of this particular item. 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.480 Now I want you 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:54.840 to understand 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.639 I believe 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.679 very clearly 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:57.419 from scripture 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:59.439 this is how I understand 00:15:59.439 --> 00:16:00.259 and I want you 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.039 to grab a hold 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.340 because I think 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.080 it makes sense 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.480 Titus fulfilled 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.819 what Jesus said earlier. 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.500 Titus fulfilled 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.240 that Jesus said 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.659 the temple 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.740 was going to be destroyed 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.639 and there wasn't 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.320 going to be a stone 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.220 left upon it. 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.299 Titus fulfilled that 00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:15.100 but there's still 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:16.139 coming another one 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.220 spoken of by Daniel 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.740 the prophet. 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:20.379 A different one. 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.560 One that's tied 00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:23.259 into some more 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.379 specific things 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:26.220 that take place. 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:27.019 But I want you 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.600 to see here 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.879 to understand 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.659 what's happening 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.600 here is important 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.379 because 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.860 as we look 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:34.019 at this passage 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.580 today 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.379 we see 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.779 that he gives 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.240 a decree 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.000 a direction 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.899 here 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:40.019 of prophecy 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.480 he says 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.620 that these things 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:43.100 are tied to Daniel 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.740 and these things 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.299 of Daniel 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.120 are going to happen 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.179 and people need 00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:47.080 to be aware of it. 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.399 You know 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.059 we see here 00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:49.639 this morning 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.840 that we know 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.080 that after Titus 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.700 destroyed 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.720 the temple 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.480 in Jerusalem 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.860 and destroyed 00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.500 the city 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.960 that those things 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.820 Israel was no more 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.779 for many 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.940 many generations. 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.820 you know 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:04.200 it wasn't 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.299 until 1948 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.500 with the establishment 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.559 of Israel 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.160 once again 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.759 in a nation 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.380 did it come 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:10.039 back together. 00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.299 I believe 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.779 that's another 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.600 step of God 00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:14.580 setting the stage 00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.480 for what's to come 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.940 because when you 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.820 look at prophecy 00:17:17.820 --> 00:17:18.299 you look at 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.940 what's to come 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.580 what does God 00:17:19.580 --> 00:17:19.840 say? 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.200 One of the 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.920 requirements is 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.700 Israel needs 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.759 to be 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.799 identifiable 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.360 again. 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.100 So is it 00:17:26.100 --> 00:17:27.160 setting the stage? 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.960 Yes it is. 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.440 It's getting 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.259 all the pieces 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.019 in place. 00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.360 God knows 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.759 what's going 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.179 to happen. 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.859 God's putting 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.719 those things 00:17:34.719 --> 00:17:35.659 together 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.479 and prophecy 00:17:36.479 --> 00:17:37.339 is revealed 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:38.699 by Daniel's 00:17:38.699 --> 00:17:39.240 timeline. 00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.559 So as you 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.379 study prophecy 00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:41.759 I want to 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.199 encourage you 00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:42.500 to always 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.979 go back 00:17:42.979 --> 00:17:43.399 and hang 00:17:43.399 --> 00:17:43.779 it and say 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.379 where does 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.779 it hang 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.339 on Daniel? 00:17:45.459 --> 00:17:45.699 Why do 00:17:45.699 --> 00:17:45.919 we do 00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.099 that? 00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.399 Because 00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:46.819 Jesus 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.339 hangs it 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.699 on there. 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.779 And if 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.459 Jesus said 00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:50.759 to hang 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.179 it on there 00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:51.519 that's where 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.759 we need 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.079 to hang 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.240 it. 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.579 That's where 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.859 we need 00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.419 to put it. 00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:56.859 And so 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.579 we see here 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.619 next this 00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:58.939 morning 00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.240 we're going 00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.799 to see here 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.539 the days 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.299 of the 00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.819 prophecy. 00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:03.099 because notice 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:03.579 down here 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.539 in verse 19 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.279 it says 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.700 for in 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.919 those days 00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:07.619 shall the 00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.159 affliction 00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:09.019 such was not 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.339 from the 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.799 beginning of 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.259 creation 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.799 which God 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.159 created 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.679 unto this 00:18:11.679 --> 00:18:12.079 time 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.819 neither 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.779 shall 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.419 be. 00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.220 You know 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.779 the days 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.299 that Jesus 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.220 moves from 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.119 he moves 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:18.599 through here 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:18.839 and this 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.439 abomination 00:18:19.439 --> 00:18:20.619 that is 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.279 spoken of 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.919 by Daniel 00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:22.480 the prophet 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.799 happens about 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.819 midway through 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:26.000 the tribulation. 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.119 salvation. 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.900 I want you 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.160 to see 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.640 remember that 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:29.279 picture as we 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.680 showed at the 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.180 beginning we're 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.500 doing an 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.680 over flight you 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.099 don't get all 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.900 the details in 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.319 between. 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.180 In other words 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:35.059 Jesus is going 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.400 toot toot toot 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.359 he's jumping 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:38.759 through the 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.279 timeline. 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:41.559 He's not 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.220 giving them a 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.140 detailed timeline. 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.200 We always must 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.880 keep that in 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.559 mind as you 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.880 read scripture. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.779 Even Matthew 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.000 chapter 24 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.700 Matthew chapter 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.640 25 is a 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.440 parallel to this. 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.400 Luke chapter 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.319 21 is a 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.980 parallel to this. 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.799 those things 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.460 give you just 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.160 additional little 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.480 bits of 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.360 information but 00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:58.920 they're still 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:00.740 overviews and 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.400 they're directed 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:02.180 towards a 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:03.200 Jewish how 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.940 God's going to 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.299 deal with 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.900 Israel because 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.380 I want you 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:05.720 to understand 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.240 God's not 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.620 done with 00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:06.960 Israel. 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.200 God is not 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.680 done with 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.000 Israel. 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:09.799 God makes 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.440 it very clear 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.960 he's going to 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.200 deal with 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.559 them to 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.559 fulfill what 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.059 he promised. 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:15.740 And that's 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.420 important because 00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:17.160 if God doesn't 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.680 fulfill his 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.259 promise to 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.059 Israel how 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.519 can we have 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.079 confidence he's 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.259 going to 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.940 fulfill his 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.460 promise to 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.700 us? 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.240 That's an 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.980 important element 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.559 to consider 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.059 because some 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.620 people think 00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.219 that God is 00:19:25.219 --> 00:19:25.639 not going to 00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.099 fulfill the 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.699 promises to 00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.059 Israel. 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:27.599 They have 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.219 some crazy 00:19:28.219 --> 00:19:29.339 theologies that 00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:30.699 move away from 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:30.879 that. 00:19:30.979 --> 00:19:31.339 I want you to 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.079 understand God 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.759 is fulfilling 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.639 what he 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:35.419 promises because 00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:35.839 we have a 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.599 faithful God. 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.899 Now we might 00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:39.599 not understand 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.159 the wear and 00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.639 the wind but 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:40.939 I'm going to 00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.379 tell you that 00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.059 God will 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.699 fulfill it. 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.619 That's the way 00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:44.959 it's going to 00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.239 happen. 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.359 But the days 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.079 of prophecy 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.059 here, the 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:50.139 tribulation, he 00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:51.500 moves in to a 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.199 portion of the 00:19:52.199 --> 00:19:53.259 tribulation that's 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.400 to come, the 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.180 days he move 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.039 into here is 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.279 described in 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.960 Jeremiah 30 as 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:01.160 the time of 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.140 Jacob's trouble. 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.819 Jeremiah 30 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.599 in verse 7 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.859 says, 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.680 Alas, for that 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.440 day is great, 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.900 so none is like 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.839 it as at even 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.539 the time of 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.319 Jacob's trouble, 00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.200 but he shall be 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.839 saved out of it. 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:14.480 The tribulation 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.460 is a time that 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.420 fulfills God's 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:18.140 timeline regarding 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.119 Israel. 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.159 Israel. 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.019 You know, the 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.119 mistake many, I 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.639 think, make 00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.859 today is they 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.679 try to take the 00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:24.259 New Testament 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.339 church and 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.219 equate it with 00:20:26.219 --> 00:20:27.259 replacing Israel. 00:20:27.479 --> 00:20:28.239 The New Testament 00:20:28.239 --> 00:20:29.679 church is distinct. 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:32.339 The Bible calls it 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.059 a mystery. 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.699 You can see 00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.459 elements and 00:20:34.459 --> 00:20:35.219 pictures of it in 00:20:35.219 --> 00:20:35.839 the Old Testament, 00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:36.839 but it's like 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.559 anything else. 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:37.839 You know, have 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.339 you ever noticed 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.099 sometimes as you 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.179 get older, you 00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:41.119 know, you learn 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.839 something and it's 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.439 like, yeah, I got 00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:43.459 the information and 00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:44.219 I think I understand 00:20:44.219 --> 00:20:44.659 it, and then you 00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.539 look back and say, 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.779 how did I miss 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.059 that? 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:49.139 That was obvious. 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.119 I want you to 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.460 understand that's 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.220 the same thing we 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.480 have when we look 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.119 at prophecy. 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.759 People in the Old 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.440 Testament, when they 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.639 received that prophecy, 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.680 they were understanding 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.700 it in the context 00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:01.460 that they had, the 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:03.559 blinders that they 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.240 had, you might say, 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.559 had on of what 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:07.079 they understood, and 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.000 we can look back and 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.599 say, how do they 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.099 miss it? 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.940 And they're going, 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:11.099 we didn't know that 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.420 yet. 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.859 So as we look back 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:14.539 and understand these 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.759 things, this time of 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.740 Jacob's trouble, it's 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.160 going to be a 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:18.240 terrible time that's 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.560 coming. 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.420 The New Testament 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.600 church is a called 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.440 out assembly. 00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:26.140 Israel is a nation 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:27.240 and a people. 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:28.759 God is dealing with 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:30.120 them directly and 00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.000 distinctly. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.460 You know, if you 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.340 want to look at 00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:34.740 something, you can 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.900 read Romans chapter 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.460 11. 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.900 Romans 11 verse 25 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.660 tells us this, 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.259 for I would not, 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.240 brethren, that you 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.440 should be ignorant of 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.160 this mystery, lest you 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.279 should be wise in your 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.359 own conceits and the 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:49.019 blindness in part is 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.119 happening to Israel 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.920 until the fullness of 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.480 the Gentiles become in. 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.460 In other words, I want 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.599 you to understand, God 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.639 is going to return to 00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.720 fulfill his promise to 00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.039 Israel. 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.079 The seven years of 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.240 tribulation known as the 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.420 time of Jacob's trouble 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:06.339 that Jesus is referring to 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:09.379 here in Mark chapter 13, 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:11.639 we see that in those days 00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.660 there's great affliction. 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.759 That's a tribulation 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.000 that's happening. 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.360 And when we understand 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.640 the picture of what he's 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.500 telling them that's going 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:21.140 to happen, he's warning 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:23.060 them to run and to flee. 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.480 He's telling them of the 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.580 days of prophecy. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.500 Those days are going to 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.600 be terrible days. 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.440 You know, if you have any 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.240 questions about how 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.060 terrible they're going to 00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:31.420 be, Revelations reveals 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.680 it. 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.220 The judgments of God 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.279 being poured out upon 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.180 the earth are a horrible 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.100 time to be here upon the 00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.440 earth. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:41.799 when God's judgment is 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.480 upon us. 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.460 Notice what he tells us 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.580 here. 00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:48.580 Look in verse 20 here in 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.920 Mark chapter 13, it says, 00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.240 except that the Lord had 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:53.259 shortened those days, no 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.759 flesh should be saved. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.600 You know, that's a pretty 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.400 powerful statement. 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.740 In other words, God said he 00:22:57.740 --> 00:23:00.940 limited those days for a 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.240 reason. 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.620 He said if the things that 00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.660 take place during the 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:05.240 tribulation were allowed to 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.920 continue any longer, there 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.420 would be nobody survive it. 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.380 I want you to understand 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.380 that's another picture of 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.059 God's mercy. 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:13.380 God's mercy and his grace is 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.640 pictured there even through 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.039 this. 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.820 You know, we see here to be 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:18.559 a time that people are 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:20.360 seeking somebody to rescue 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.580 them. 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.720 They're seeking a savior. 00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:22.860 They're beginning to look 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:24.980 and to see and to say, how 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:27.160 do I get rescued from this? 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.279 You know, whenever something 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.440 terrible happens, people 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.700 look and want to have a 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.440 savior, don't they? 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:34.320 They want somebody to step in 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.980 that's going to make a 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.460 difference. 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.840 The problem is people look in 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.500 the wrong direction. 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.640 We need to look to the 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:38.920 savior. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.640 It's a time to look for the 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:43.440 savior to appear to seduce 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.119 people by signs and wonders. 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:47.299 Look in verse 22 of our 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.779 passage. 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.839 For false Christ and false 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.440 prophets shall arise and show 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:54.839 signs and wonders to seduce, if 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.279 it were possible, even the 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.720 elect. 00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.099 In other words, those that 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:59.079 know the truth, those that 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.140 understand the truth, those 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:02.500 that understand who Jesus is, 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.339 could even be deceived by the 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.740 signs and the wonders because 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.920 it's such an amazement. 00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.839 You know, today people are 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.299 fascinated by those things. 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.880 People get caught up in it. 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.059 I want you to understand the 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.480 Bible doesn't tell us to look 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.180 for signs. 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.240 It tells us to look for the 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.539 savior. 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:20.759 The next thing on God's event is 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.579 as a believer is not the 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.259 tribulation. 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.460 If you're a believer, what Jesus 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.759 is talking about here is a time 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:29.299 to deal with Israel. 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.960 The time that he's dealing with 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.740 the New Testament church. 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:34.160 He's dealing with believers of 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.759 this age and he says we're going 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.720 to be caught up and we're going 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.680 to be taken out of this. 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.640 That's what we're looking for. 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:43.259 We're looking to be taken out, to 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.839 be taken away, to be with him. 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.839 He foretells those things. 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.319 But I want you to understand the 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.859 days of prophecy are going to be 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.759 some dark days. 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.660 Those days are going to be dark. 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:58.299 The darkness and the end is near 00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:00.200 when the darkness has arrived. 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:02.600 Look down here in verse 24 of our 00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:02.980 passage. 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.740 It says, but in those days after 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.900 that tribulation, the sun shall 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.279 be darkened and the moon shall 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:10.279 not give her light and the stars 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.700 of heaven shall fall and the 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.319 powers that are in heaven shall 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.440 be shaken. 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:18.299 The darkness of the prophecy. 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.600 You know, the end is near when the 00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.720 darkness arrives. 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.720 It says the sun will be darkened. 00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:27.420 It says the stars won't be seen. 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.900 The moon won't give its light. 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.240 I mean, think about the picture 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.940 that Revelation 6 gives. 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:35.660 Of what's going to happen as we look 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.480 at this tribulation that Jesus is 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.900 talking about. 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.900 Revelation 6 and verse 12 says, 00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:43.120 For I beheld there, he had opened the 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:44.259 sixth seal, and though there was a 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.840 great earthquake, and the sun became 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:48.220 black as sackcloth of hair, and the 00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.180 moon became as blood, and the stars of 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:52.360 heaven fell under the earth, even as a 00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:55.220 fig tree castes her untimely figs, when 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:57.180 she is saken of a mighty wind. 00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:00.620 I want you to understand that Jesus 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:02.100 says, what's to come? 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:04.400 He's telling the disciples, he says, what's 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:06.200 to come is going to be some dark days. 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.799 There's going to be some days of 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.519 desperation. 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:12.259 There's going to be a dark time, both 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:14.759 physically and spiritually, until Christ 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.299 comes. 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.319 Because I want you to understand, as we're 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:20.240 going to look here, Jesus makes a 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:23.640 declaration here about his coming again. 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:25.240 The second coming, I want you to 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.880 understand, the second coming of Christ 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:28.460 is different from the believers being 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.040 caught up. 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.120 That's two events. 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:34.020 When people conflate them together, it 00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.800 gets real confusing. 00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:38.720 I've had conversations with people, I 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.180 said, well, when's this supposed to, oh, 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.600 he's going to catch all the saints up, we're 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.560 going to come right back down. 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:45.440 I'm like, that doesn't even make any 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.840 sense. 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:48.280 What's the purpose of meeting him there 00:26:48.280 --> 00:26:49.900 if we're just coming right back down 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.259 here? 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.460 God has a purpose in taking us out. 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.019 We don't have time to get into that 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.519 this morning. 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.740 Like I said, I'm trying to stay at 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.200 elevation. 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.720 There's a lot of material to cover 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.279 here, and I want you to whet your 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.120 appetite to really think about it. 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:06.000 Because that's what Jesus is doing to 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.519 the disciples. 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:08.480 He says, I want you guys to understand. 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:11.279 Because there's some things revealed 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.519 you need to understand. 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.860 That you need to put in the right 00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.400 context, in the right perspective. 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:18.319 Just as us today need to have a right 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:21.039 understanding of the Word of God. 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.079 God. 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.659 Because we find here that when it's 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:25.599 the darkest time here upon the earth, 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:27.799 that the light comes. 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:32.180 Because notice here what happens next. 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:34.559 The declaration of prophecy. 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.579 Because notice what it says in verse 00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.259 26. 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.359 And then shall they see the Son of Man 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.619 coming in the clouds with great power 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.740 and glory. 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:42.859 glory. 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:47.140 And then he sends his angels and shall 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.779 gather together his elect from the 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.880 four winds of the uttermost part of 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.940 the earth unto the uttermost part of 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.359 heaven. 00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:56.759 The declaration of prophecy. 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.039 Notice this clear and concise 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.839 declaration. 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.380 I want you to see here, this has 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:04.140 different attachments to it. 00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.960 Because instead of catching to meet 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.940 the saints in the air, he says he's 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.680 going to gather the elect from the 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.759 four corners of the earth. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.720 That's a different event. 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:15.640 There's a distinction that Jesus is 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.420 making here. 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:18.660 And I want you to understand, Jesus is 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.940 literally coming again. 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.559 First to catch us up, there's going to 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.879 be a seven year tribulation. 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.740 And then he's physically going to come. 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.339 Look over to Zechariah, the prophet. 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.000 Zechariah chapter 14. 00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:31.960 Tell you what, after having been through 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:34.480 a major earthquake, I'm glad that as a 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:36.740 believer, I'm going to be coming down 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.660 with him and not upon the earth when 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.240 this happens. 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:41.400 Because when you look at Zechariah 14, 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.820 notice what happens here. 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.700 We don't have time, but I'll just cover it 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.980 over you. 00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:46.519 It says, feet shall stand that day upon 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.519 the Mount of Olives, which is before 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.720 Jerusalem on the east. 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.220 And the Mount of Olives shall cleave in 00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.720 the midst thereof towards the east and 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:52.980 west. 00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:55.160 And there shall be a very great valley, 00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:57.000 and half the mountain shall remove towards 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.180 the north, and half of it towards the south. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:02.320 When Jesus comes and puts his feet on 00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.960 the Mount of Olives, there's going to be a 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.500 major separation of earth. 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.000 Things are getting reworked. 00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:12.460 Like I said, I'm glad I'm coming down with 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.200 him and not staying on the earth when it 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.579 happens. 00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:16.420 We see a major thing happening. 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.519 It's going to be clear. 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:20.319 Nobody's going to doubt Jesus' return. 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.920 It'll be visible. 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.779 The Bible tells us it's just as a lightning 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.319 comes and can be seen. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.680 You know, if you think about how far 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.880 lightning can be seen. 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:37.060 They shall see the Son of Man coming in 00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:40.640 the clouds with great power and glory. 00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.960 It tells us there in verse 26. 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.700 The next verse there in Zechariah chapter 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.220 14 verse 5. 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.720 I'll just give you a little insight. 00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:51.120 Notice what it tells at the end. 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:53.360 It says, and the Lord shall come and all 00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:55.160 his saints with thee. 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.600 You know, there's a lot of things that the 00:29:58.600 --> 00:30:00.160 Old Testament tells us is what's going to 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.460 happen, but the understanding. 00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:03.580 They didn't have the perspective of how it 00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:05.100 was going to fit together that we have 00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:08.860 today because we've been given more to 00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.740 fill in the details. 00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.580 We've got more information. 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:15.820 You know, just like we understand things by 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:17.540 the amount of information that we have. 00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:20.320 You know, when you learn and you grow and 00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:22.140 things change, it's because the information 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.180 you've been given today. 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.220 We've been given a completed canon of 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.380 Scripture that we might understand. 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:29.800 But I want you to see here the pinnacle of 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.800 prophecy is when Christ returns. 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:35.800 It's a sign that supersedes the other as 00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:37.740 it sets the stage for eternity. 00:30:38.260 --> 00:30:40.160 You know, as we read this passage, we always 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:43.400 need to keep the context and the audience in 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.860 mind. 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.420 Jesus was answering a question regarding the 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:49.540 temple, a Jewish question concerning Israel. 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:52.560 You will not find the catching up of the 00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:53.340 saints mentioned here. 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:55.039 You don't find the rapture mentioned here 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.480 because Jesus isn't dealing with that. 00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:01.099 You know, oftentimes people say, well, we 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.419 don't find that other places. 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:04.240 Well, I want you to understand it wasn't 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:07.099 revealed yet because it wasn't important for 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.419 them to know what was going to happen. 00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:10.099 They just come in confused more. 00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.899 How does this fit? 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:15.919 Today we have we understand how those things 00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:18.720 fit together by God's revelation to us 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.859 because we live in a time that's different 00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:22.979 from the Old Testament. 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.479 I want you to understand when Jesus came, 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.399 things changed. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.939 I want you to understand some very clear 00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:31.779 pictures in Scripture in the Old Testament. 00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:34.259 The temple was a physical building and 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:37.559 location in the New Testament. 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:41.559 If you're saved, you are the temple of God. 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.659 God dwells in you. 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.679 His Holy Spirit dwells in every believer. 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.380 There's no need for a physical temple 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:56.539 because in this age, God says that we are 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.060 the temple of the Holy Ghost. 00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:01.140 I want you to see and understand the 00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:02.279 importance of that. 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.580 You won't find certain things there, but 00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:07.360 it's relevant for us today to concerning 00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.340 the temple. 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:10.720 It's a big event on God's timeline. 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:13.820 And one day he will come and take those 00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:16.000 that are the temple of the Holy Ghost 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.200 and preserve them from the wrath to come. 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.559 I want you to understand God's going to 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:21.059 take his temple out of here 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:24.340 before the tribulation. 00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:27.480 God's dealing with those things. 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.259 He's revealing those things. 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:31.580 The Word of God is telling us that he's 00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.080 going to come. 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:34.200 That is the next big event on God's 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.799 timeline. 00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:38.200 The disciples thought the next big event 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.620 was Jesus setting up the kingdom. 00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:44.219 I want you to understand Jesus wants to 00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:45.939 redirect them, help them to understand 00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:48.979 that the next big event, the Bible goes on 00:32:48.979 --> 00:32:52.439 and reveals through Scripture the dynamics 00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:54.979 that the next big event is the saints being 00:32:54.979 --> 00:32:59.559 taken out to preserve us from the wrath to 00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.819 come. 00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:01.919 I tell you what, the tribulation he describes 00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.219 here. 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:04.239 I don't know about you, but people that say, 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.439 well, we're going to go through the 00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:06.019 tribulation. 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.500 I'm like, man, what are you, a fool? 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.859 Why would you want to? 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:15.059 Why would you even desire to? 00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:17.359 It's going to be a time of horrible things. 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.879 But God says you don't have to. 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.940 He says if you're prepared, notice over in 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.500 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:25.799 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse 16 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.059 says, 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:45.559 And notice what he says, 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.379 Wherefore, comfort one another with these 00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.819 words. 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:49.240 You know, if we're supposed to have something 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.859 to be comforted and encouraged, hey, you're 00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.679 going to suffer for seven years is not 00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.619 comfort and encouragement. 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:56.720 If you might live through it, that's not 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.819 comfort and encouragement. 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.500 That's just grit. 00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.259 God doesn't want you to have grit. 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:04.119 He wants you to experience his grace. 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:06.859 He wants you to know that he's there. 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:09.779 Romans chapter 5 and verse 9 says this, 00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:12.739 For much more than being now justified by 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:15.159 his blood, we shall be saved from wrath 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.039 through him. 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.399 You know, the reality is we live in a time 00:34:19.399 --> 00:34:22.059 when I hope you're prepared. 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:26.179 But you know, there's many, and there may 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.819 be some here today that are not really 00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:29.059 prepared for what's to come. 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:34.000 Because the time to prepare is now, you 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.500 know, if you're not saved, if you've never 00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.319 called upon the Lord, you're not prepared. 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.219 You're not prepared for what's to come. 00:34:39.439 --> 00:34:41.519 Because the Bible makes it very clear that 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:43.719 if you have not accepted Christ, you're 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.840 lost and you're headed for a place called 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:48.199 hell that was reserved and made for the 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.280 devil and his angels. 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.259 But God says, I don't want you to go there. 00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:55.880 I've made a way for you to not go there. 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.259 I provided the door. 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:00.920 This morning, if you're lost, I encourage 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.639 you, you need to come to Jesus and receive 00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:05.519 him while there's still time to do so. 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:08.440 You need to be sure that you'll go up in 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.639 the rapture and the catching up should 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:13.880 Jesus come before you die and that you'll 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:16.000 go to heaven if you die before he comes. 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:18.000 You know, either way, you know, Paul says 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.860 to be absent from the bodies, to be present 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.460 with the Lord. 00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.139 Those are words to comfort you. 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.159 This life is going to pass. 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:26.159 If you're lost, if you're not sure, if you're 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.240 not prepared, I encourage you to be prepared 00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:30.440 by calling upon him today. 00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:32.139 You know, if you're saved, you ought to 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:34.380 praise the Lord for the fact that you are 00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:38.220 not going to face those things that he has 00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.780 saved you. 00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:40.400 He has redeemed you. 00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.980 He has prepared a way. 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.119 He has prepared a place. 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.820 You know, you should do everything in your 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:47.640 power to help others to know what Jesus 00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:48.680 has done for them. 00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:51.240 This world needs witnesses of the saving 00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:53.579 power of an almighty God to go and tell 00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:56.599 those trapped in sin that Jesus can do for 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.760 them. 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:59.559 Because Jesus is the one that's going to 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.280 make a difference. 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:05.560 You know, today, what's the Lord spoken 00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:07.300 to you about? 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:12.500 Maybe you're here today and not sure that 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.000 you're saved. 00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:14.800 There's no greater day than today than to 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.420 call upon him. 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.680 But maybe you know you're saved and you know 00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:20.680 you've settled that with God, but maybe God's 00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:25.080 encouraged you to say, I need to do my part to 00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:26.180 help others be prepared. 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:30.519 I need to do my part to understand and to do 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:32.779 what I ought to do, what God has told us and 00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:34.059 instructed us to do. 00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:38.299 If he's spoken to you today, I encourage you to 00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:41.359 spend time with him to know that you're ready. 00:36:42.899 --> 00:36:44.859 Heavenly Fathers, we come before you today. 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.679 Lord, we just thank you and praise you for the 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.759 day, for the opportunity. 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:51.500 As we look at an overview of a scripture, an 00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:53.319 overview of these things to come. 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:55.840 Lord, I pray that you have your hand upon each 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:57.220 heart, each life here today. 00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:59.019 Lord, you know each one. 00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:02.140 Lord, you know each heart here today. 00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.240 Lord, you know those that have called upon you 00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.680 as Savior. 00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:07.019 Lord, you know those that are putting on a 00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.300 facade. 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.600 Lord, you know those that are just blatantly 00:37:09.600 --> 00:37:10.940 understand that they're not. 00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:14.880 Lord, I pray that you just work upon hearts and 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.680 lives today. 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.940 Lord, for those that they don't know that today 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.720 would be the day they would call upon you. 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:23.819 But Lord, for those that know your Savior, Lord, 00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:28.759 that they might live in light of the reality of 00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.559 what is to come. 00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:33.339 And Lord, we just ask it all in your precious name. 00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.139 Amen. 00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:37.839 Heads are bowed and eyes are closed this morning. 00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:37.899 Amen. 00:37:37.899 --> 00:37:38.000 Amen. 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.039 Amen. 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.099 Amen. 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.139 Amen. 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.179 Amen. 00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.219 Amen. 00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.239 Amen. 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.259 Amen. 00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.279 Amen. 00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.299 Amen. 00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.319 Amen. 00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:38.839 Amen. 00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:38.859 Amen. 00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.859 Amen. 00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:39.939 Amen. 00:37:39.939 --> 00:37:40.059 Amen.