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 Let's bow our heads in prayer.

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 Father, we ask that you bring the truths of your word home to our heart.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, I discovered that I have a four-year-old granddaughter

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 who is a profound, systematic theologian over the Christmas holidays.

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 And in some ways, this story which I'm about to tell you,

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 I could almost say at the end of it,

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 let's stand and pray and move on.

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 Although we probably shouldn't pack it, and I will.

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 So, I've forgotten this.

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 I guess when people are playing rock, paper, scissors,

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 they go, rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

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 They go, rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

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 At least that's how my granddaughter played it.

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 And when you say shoot, you're supposed to put out, you know,

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 the paper, the rock, or the scissors.

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 So, my young granddaughter is playing this with one of her older siblings.

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 And my son is sort of watching them in the mirror as they play,

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 and they're giggling and having fun.

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 And then the older sibling decides that she's going to play a trick on the younger one.

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 So, they go, rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

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 And I don't know what it is that my younger granddaughter put out,

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 but the older one did this at her.

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 And she pouted and said, what is that?

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 And the older one said, that's a gun.

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 Guns beat rock, papers, and scissors.

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 So, my four-year-old granddaughter pouted

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 and sort of looked like she's trying to think in her mind

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 how she's going to get her older sibling.

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 So, she said, let's play a game.

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 So, you do rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

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 But this time when they say shoot,

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 the four-year-old put her hand up like this and yelled, Jesus.

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 And the older child said, what does that mean?

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 And the younger one said,

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 only the way a four-year-old girl sort of being pouty and whatever can say.

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 That's Jesus.

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 Jesus beats everything.

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 So, in some ways when we talk about the second coming of Jesus,

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 my four-year-old granddaughter has summarized the whole teaching right there.

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 Jesus beats everything.

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 Now, having said that, and I could just end it up,

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 we also have to acknowledge, of course,

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 we need to look at the Bible a little bit

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 and see why it's a fair summary.

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 But we need to remember that as well, of course,

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 that in our day,

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 saying that we believe in the second coming of Christ

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 is seen as kooky.

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 If I was a stand-up like laugh from the audience,

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 I would just have to come out and say,

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 my neighbor thinks Jesus is coming again.

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 And everybody would laugh.

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 And then he could make, or she could make,

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 or me, if it's me, it'd be he.

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 I could make a couple of other little comments,

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 and every one of them around the idea

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 that Jesus is returning a second time,

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 that somehow that will be taken in the air.

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 Everything you would say about that,

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 you wouldn't have to be very funny.

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 You would just have to say it,

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 and the audience would laugh.

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 And that's the culture,

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 and that's the world we live in.

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 It's actually sort of funny

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 that that's how the world views the idea.

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 And it's sort of funny for two reasons.

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 One is, it's scientifically true

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 that the world will come to an end.

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 I mean, this is the uncomfortable truth

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 that is hidden from us.

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 But the fact of the matter is,

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 is according to modern science,

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 a time will come

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 when our Earth will be swallowed up by the sun,

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 and that even if we are able to find

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 some other planet,

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 and we're able to go there,

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 at some point in time,

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 the entire universe will cease to exist.

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 That's just, in fact, what science tells us.

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 The other thing which is sort of odd

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 about many in our culture

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 thinking the idea of the second coming of Christ

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 is kooky,

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 is that our culture is obsessed

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 with the future.

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 Like, literally,

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 we are obsessed with the future.

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 We are obsessed

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 with thinking that we know the future.

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 We are obsessed

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 with using economic

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 and scientific types of things

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 to try to predict the future.

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 We are obsessed

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 with things that go on in the climate

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 and other types of things

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 that indicate that if certain things

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 don't get done,

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 then there'll be the end

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 of civilization and life as we know it.

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 Like, our culture at the elite levels

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 is literally obsessed with it.

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 And if you don't believe that,

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 just imagine if one of you

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 was to run for parliament

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 and just say,

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 by the way,

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 I think climate change

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 is complete and utter bunk,

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 and then you go through

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 a whole pile of other things

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 that you think are bunk.

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 Well, good luck with getting elected.

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 Well, that's not true.

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 You get elected in certain ridings,

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 but you definitely wouldn't win

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 the Canadian election.

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 Our culture is obsessed with it.

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 And even the fact

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 that we talk about people

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 having progressive politics,

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 progressive implies

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 progressing towards something,

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 which implies that somebody

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 thinks they know,

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 knows what the end is,

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 that they somehow know.

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 I mean, the fact is that,

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 of course,

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 that we have no idea

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 what's going to happen tomorrow.

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 Like, literally,

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 we have no idea

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 what's going to happen tomorrow.

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 Like, literally, we don't.

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 So, but it's in that,

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 but the fact is,

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 we live in a world

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 where our culture thinks

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 to talk about the last days

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 is kooky,

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 and that can infect us

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 as Christians

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 to either then

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 talk about it incessantly ourselves

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 or to not want to talk

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 about it at all.

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 So, we have before us

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 a text today

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 where Jesus talks

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 about his second coming.

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 So, let's look

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 and see what he says.

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 And he says some things

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 which are very, very,

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 very surprising.

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 So, let's turn

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 in our Bibles

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 to Mark chapter 13.

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 And we're going to begin

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 earlier than the part I read.

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 We're going to begin

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 at verse 1.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 And as Jesus came

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 out of the temple,

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 one of his disciples

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 said to him,

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 look, teacher,

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 what wonderful stones

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 and what wonderful buildings.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 do you see

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 these great buildings?

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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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 Now,

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 this would have been

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 a very surprising thing

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 for Jesus

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 to have said to them.

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 The temple in those days

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 was actually a remarkable,

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 like,

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 it might have been

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 the greatest,

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 if not the greatest,

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 it was one of the greatest

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 architectural feats

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 of that time

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 in the ancient world.

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 The size of the stones

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 that were brought in

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 to make the temple,

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 the stones were huge.

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 If you ever

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 get to go to Jerusalem

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 and go for a bit of a tour,

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 they'll show you

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 one of the stones

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 that's part of the original wall

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 or part of the original building.

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 And it's absolutely massive.

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 Like,

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 it's from here to there

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 and higher,

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 like,

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 higher than that

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 and it's like,

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 you know,

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 it's like 10 feet thick

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 and they maneuvered

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 these things all together

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 to make this

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 unbelievable edifice.

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 But,

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 Jesus says,

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 they're all going

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 to be thrown down.

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 Now,

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 here's our first

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 little problem

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 when we read this,

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 especially if we

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 are familiar

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 with what goes on

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 in the Twitter verse

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 and the TikTok verse

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 and the Instagram

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 and Facebook world,

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 is,

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 well,

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 here's the problem.

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 What Jesus said

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 came true

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 less than 40 years

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 after he said it.

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 Like,

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 it came true.

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 In 70,

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 the year 70,

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 the Romans

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 defeated the Jewish people

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 and tore the temple down.

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 So,

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 less than 40 years,

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 40 years or less,

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 after he said

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 that this became,

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 this in fact was true.

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 So,

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 many people will say

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 that,

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 of course,

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 what happened

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 is that Jesus

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 didn't say this

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 but after the fall

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 of Jerusalem,

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 they went

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 and Mark,

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 guys like Mark,

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 wrote beforehand

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 to make it look

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 like Jesus

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 prophesied the future.

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 And they'll normally

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 say something like,

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 and you can't prove it

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 otherwise.

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 Well,

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 that's not entirely true.

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 I mean,

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 the fundamental issue

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 is,

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 well,

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 actually,

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 what the issue is

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 is that the issue

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 is really whether

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 the triune God

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 of Christianity

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 exists or not.

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 And if the triune God

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 of Christianity

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 doesn't exist,

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 then there's no reason

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 to believe

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 that you could possibly

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 say something

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 about the future

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 that's true.

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 Like,

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 that's,

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 I think,

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 a fair point.

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 The question is,

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 though,

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 is whether,

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 in fact,

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 the God of,

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 the triune God

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 of Christianity

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 is true.

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 And if he is true,

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 there's no reason

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 at all why

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 he might not be able

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 to tell a particular

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 person or reveal

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 to a person

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 something that's

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 going to be true

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 in the future.

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 Now,

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 you can't then

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 look at evidence

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 to discuss this issue

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 but then rule out

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 all prophecies.

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 Like,

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 if you actually

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 want to try to

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 figure out the answer,

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 you have to look

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 at the issue.

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 You can't just rule out

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 certain types of conclusions

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 in advance.

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 That's basically

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 not looking at all.

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 And so that becomes

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 then the issue.

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 Well,

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 if the triune God

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 does exist,

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 then prophecies

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 are possible

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 and what about

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 this particular case?

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 Well,

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 there's two things

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 to be argued

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 for the fact

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 that Jesus,

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 in fact,

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 did say this

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 before the destruction

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 of Jerusalem.

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 The first one is

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 that there's not

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 as much detail

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 as you'd put on

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 if you were writing

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 it after the fact

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 and you wanted

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 to make Jesus

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 look good.

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 You would have

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 thrown in extra details

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 to make it look

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 like he was really

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 just nailing it.

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 And the second thing

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 is,

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 and this is the

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 bigger problem,

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 I subscribe

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 to a minority view

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 amongst biblical scholars

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 that with maybe

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 the exception

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 of the book

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 of Revelation

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 that everything

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 in the New Testament

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 was written

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 before the year 70.

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 Because one of the

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 great mysteries

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 of the New Testament

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 is that there's

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 no reference

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 to the destruction

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 of Jerusalem

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 and the destruction

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 of the temple.

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 Like,

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 it's not talked about.

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 Like,

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 in the destruction

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 of the temple,

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 it brought the end

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 of the Jewish

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 sacrificial system.

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 It brought the scattering

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 of the Jewish people.

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 It brought the destruction

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 of the Jewish nation.

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 It brought,

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 and these are all

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 obvious talking points

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 for the early Christians

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 for whom dealing

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 with their Jewish

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 friends and neighbors

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 was one of the biggest

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 things that they had

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 to deal with.

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 It was an obvious

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 talking point.

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 Like,

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 you can no longer go

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 and have a sacrifice

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 to deal with your sins.

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 And didn't,

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 you know,

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 that's just all gone.

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 And yet there's no

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 reference to it

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 whatsoever

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 in the entire

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 New Testament.

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 Which is why

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 a minority,

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 but a significant

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 minority of scholars

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 believe that everything

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 in the New Testament

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 with maybe the exception

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 of the book

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 of Revelation

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 was written

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 before the year 70.

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 The absence

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 of the destruction

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 of Jerusalem

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 which transformed

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 the Jewish people

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 is a very telling

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 piece of evidence.

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 So I think it's valid

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 for us to read this

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 as a prophecy.

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 Jesus says this.

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 Forty years later,

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 it happens.

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 So,

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 what happens?

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 He just doesn't

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 sort of stop there.

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 Something deeply human

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 in the disciples

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 provokes a longer

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 teaching time

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 by Jesus.

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 Here's what I mean.

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 Look at verses

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 three and following.

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 And as Jesus

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 sat on the Mount

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 of Olives

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 opposite the temple,

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 Peter and James

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 and John

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 and Andrew

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 asked him privately,

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 tell us

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 what are about

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 to be accomplished.

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 Now,

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 as I said

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 in my introduction,

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 we're obsessed

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 with thinking

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 that we know

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 the future.

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 In fact,

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 we look down

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 our noses

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 at people

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 who don't look

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 at the

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 January 6th

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 events

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 as being

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 a sign

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 and a precursor

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 of terrible things.

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 Who don't,

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 who others

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 who see the border

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 crisis in the United States

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 as a sign

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 of terrible things.

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 Who see

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 the hate speech

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 stuff that's going on

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 in the Canadian government

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 as being a sign

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 of a terrible future.

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 Like,

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 we are obsessed

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 with trying

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 to think

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 to figure out

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 what the future is

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 and we look

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 down our noses.

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 Somebody who doesn't

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 share our particular

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 political perspective

00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.200
 that will look

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 and how can you

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 not see that

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 as a sign

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 is how we talk

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 to each.

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 Like,

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 we might not use

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 that word

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 but that's how we think.

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 How can you not

00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:03.279
 see that as a sign?

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 Like,

00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:04.379
 we're always looking

00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:04.960
 for signs

00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.879
 and we always think

00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.759
 that we can know

00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:07.240
 the future

00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:07.840
 that we have

00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.580
 some insight

00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:09.300
 and we think

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.060
 that people

00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:10.600
 who don't share

00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.379
 our insight

00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:11.779
 about where

00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:12.279
 the culture

00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:12.720
 is going

00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.740
 are naive.

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 They're foolish.

00:13:16.339 --> 00:13:16.759
 They're,

00:13:17.579 --> 00:13:18.079
 you know,

00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:18.500
 whatever.

00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.579
 Brainwash by who

00:13:20.579 --> 00:13:21.699
 and pick your bad guy.

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 So what we see here

00:13:23.819 --> 00:13:25.079
 is the normal

00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.000
 human thing.

00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:27.679
 A normal

00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:28.459
 human thing.

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 I got Jesus here.

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 I'm going to,

00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.699
 he's going to tell me

00:13:32.699 --> 00:13:33.319
 when this is going

00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:33.679
 to happen

00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.120
 and he's going

00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.519
 to tell me

00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.399
 the signs

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 of when it's

00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:36.899
 going to happen.

00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:38.819
 Now you have

00:13:38.819 --> 00:13:39.459
 to realize

00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.980
 that this desire

00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.000
 for this inside

00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:43.639
 knowledge,

00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:46.920
 this takes place

00:13:46.920 --> 00:13:47.759
 on either the

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.139
 Wednesday

00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:49.120
 or the Thursday.

00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.259
 Probably the

00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:51.740
 Wednesday.

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.780
 And on Friday,

00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:54.740
 Jesus is hanging

00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.340
 on the cross

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 dying.

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 They're asking him

00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:00.700
 this question

00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.400
 on Wednesday.

00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.120
 and less than

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:06.519
 approximately

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.860
 48 hours later,

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.379
 he's dying

00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:10.039
 on the cross.

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.139
 And I can

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.779
 well imagine

00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.799
 that afterwards

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.919
 they were going,

00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:21.759
 good grief.

00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.019
 what were,

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.159
 what was,

00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.139
 like what,

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.799
 like what just

00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:26.179
 happened?

00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:26.700
 Why were,

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:28.019
 I mean they think

00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.720
 Jesus is going

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.159
 to go on,

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.519
 he's going to

00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.620
 triumph and you

00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:31.059
 know who knows

00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:31.639
 what they thought.

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.319
 Maybe they thought

00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.340
 that after he conquered

00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:34.019
 the whole world

00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.439
 he was going to

00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:35.000
 knock down the

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.259
 temple,

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:36.179
 make a better

00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.399
 one.

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:36.960
 Like who knows

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.439
 what they were

00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:37.799
 thinking.

00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.700
 They're just

00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.279
 caught up with

00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.939
 their desire

00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:42.120
 to know the

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.860
 signs better

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.480
 than other people,

00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:44.120
 know the future

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.759
 better than other

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.399
 people and

00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.220
 they're asking

00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.740
 it from their

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.559
 perspective and

00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.620
 they don't see

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:51.399
 that even though

00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.320
 Jesus has told

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.039
 them time and

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.679
 time and time

00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:54.560
 and time again

00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:55.480
 that he's going

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.000
 to Jerusalem

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.620
 to die on the

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.620
 cross and

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.179
 that he'll rise

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.820
 from the dead,

00:14:59.200 --> 00:14:59.700
 they don't see

00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.379
 that's about to

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:00.740
 happen.

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.679
 How does

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.399
 Jesus answer?

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:04.980
 Does he say

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.220
 to them,

00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.720
 you're so stupid

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.340
 you're asking me

00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:07.960
 this question

00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.820
 when I'm about

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:09.419
 to die on the

00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:09.759
 cross?

00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.259
 Like what,

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.720
 he doesn't do

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:10.919
 that.

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.500
 He takes the

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:14.019
 question and

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.919
 in a sense

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.519
 what he's doing,

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.600
 you can see

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.460
 here that Jesus

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.560
 is speaking to

00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:19.120
 our human

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.600
 desire to

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.320
 to know the

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:22.800
 future and

00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.060
 to know

00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.540
 signs.

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.139
 And so he

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.659
 answers their

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.060
 question.

00:15:28.180 --> 00:15:28.500
 So what does

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.840
 he say?

00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:30.440
 Look at verses

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.139
 five and

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.560
 following.

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.680
 And Jesus

00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:34.540
 began to say

00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:34.980
 to them,

00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.420
 see that no

00:15:36.420 --> 00:15:37.139
 one leads you

00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.700
 astray.

00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:41.159
 Many will

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.800
 come in my

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.480
 name saying,

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.340
 I am he,

00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:44.420
 and they will

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 lead many

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 astray.

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 Now just sort

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 of pause here

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 for a second.

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 this command

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 and warning

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 to not be

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 led astray

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 is going to

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 be repeated

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 in this text

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 and it's a

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 very important

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 thing for us

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 to understand.

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 I mean,

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 it's something

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 for us to

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 make a part

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 of our

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 prayers.

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 That Lord

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 is,

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 as we're

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 trying to

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 figure out,

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 you know,

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 things about

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 climate change

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 and things

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 about politics

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 and things

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 about economics

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 and things

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 about this

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 and that,

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 help us to

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 think about

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 it Christianly

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 and Father,

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 help us to

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 not be

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 led astray.

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 And when it

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 comes to

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 teachings around

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 the second

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 coming of

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 Christ,

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 help us not

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 to be led

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 astray and

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 help us not

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 to be led

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 astray by

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 false teachers

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 and false

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 prophets

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 and idols

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 and lies.

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 Help us,

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 Lord,

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 not to be

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 led astray.

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 It's a very

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 good thing

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 for us to

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 pray.

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 Jesus is,

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 in a sense,

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 telling us,

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 you should

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 pray this

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 because you

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 should want

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 to not be

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 led astray.

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 And it

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 also must

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 have,

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 like,

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 we don't

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 get any

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 of the,

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 we don't

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 get any

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 of the

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 disciples'

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 reactions to

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 this,

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 but it

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 must have

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 puzzled

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 them.

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 They're

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 trying to

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 think,

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 okay,

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 we're just

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 asking about

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 the stones

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 being knocked

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 down,

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 but now

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 you're talking

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 about false

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 Christ?

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 Like,

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 how can

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 there be,

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 we just

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 know who

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 you are,

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 like,

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 how could

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 there be

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 a false,

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 like,

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 we don't

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 get their

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.620
 reaction to

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 that.

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 But,

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 okay,

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 maybe he's

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 now going

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 to tell them

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 the signs

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 and the

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 time.

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 Well,

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 let's look,

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 verses 7

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 and 8.

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 And when

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 you hear of

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 wars and

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 rumors of

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 wars,

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 do not

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 be alarmed.

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 This must

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 take place,

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 but the

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 end is not

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 yet.

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 For nation

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 will rise

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 against nation

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 and kingdom

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 against kingdom.

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 There will

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 be earthquakes

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 in various

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 places.

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 There will

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 be famines.

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 These are

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 but the

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 beginnings

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 of the

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 birth pains.

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 Now,

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 just sort

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 of pause

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 here for a

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 second.

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 every one

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.019
 of these

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.480
 things are

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 exactly the

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 sort of

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 thing that

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 we think

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 of as

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 being

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.480
 signs.

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 We see

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.519
 a war.

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.779
 We see

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.279
 famine.

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.019
 We see

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.480
 earthquakes.

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.680
 We think

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.559
 surely these

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.000
 must be

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 the signs.

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 And Jesus

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 says these

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:53.819
 are not

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.200
 signs.

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.480
 This is

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.079
 just normal

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.559
 life.

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.859
 This is

00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.420
 just normal

00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.799
 life.

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 They're not

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 signs.

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.779
 They're not

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 signs.

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.400
 life.

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 It's

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 just

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 life.

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 So we

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 go,

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 okay,

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 that's

00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.720
 a bit

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 puzzling.

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 But then

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.140
 he continues.

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.540
 Look at

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 verse 9.

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 But be

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.580
 on your

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 guard.

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 That's

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.580
 sort of a

00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:26.180
 very similar

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.660
 type of

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.259
 command as

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.780
 to not

00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:28.120
 be led

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.580
 astray.

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:31.159
 for they

00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:31.740
 will deliver

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.299
 you over

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 to councils

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.279
 and you

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.599
 will be

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.379
 beaten in

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.339
 synagogues

00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:40.079
 and you

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.579
 will stand

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.399
 before governors

00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:42.119
 and kings

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.639
 for my

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:44.279
 sake to

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:44.879
 bear witness

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.659
 before them.

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 And the

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.279
 gospel must

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.859
 first be

00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.619
 proclaimed to

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 all nations.

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 And when

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.379
 they bring

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.740
 you to

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 trial and

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.359
 deliver you

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 over,

00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.259
 do not

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.899
 be anxious

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.619
 beforehand

00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.299
 what you

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.619
 are to

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:58.940
 say.

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 But say

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.099
 whatever is

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.539
 given to

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.740
 you in

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.279
 that hour.

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.480
 For it

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:03.839
 is not

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.279
 you who

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.799
 speak

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.859
 will rise

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.159
 against

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:07.519
 parents and

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.099
 have their

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.000
 parents put

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.539
 to death.

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.839
 And you

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.220
 will be

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.460
 hated by

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.339
 all for

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.039
 my name's

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.339
 sake.

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.519
 But the

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:15.940
 one who

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.579
 endures to

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.099
 the end

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.720
 will be

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.139
 saved.

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.359
 Isn't

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.980
 Jesus great

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.579
 at sales?

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.019
 Like if that

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.500
 doesn't make

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.859
 you want to

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.279
 become a

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.599
 Christian,

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 I don't

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.419
 know what

00:19:28.419 --> 00:19:28.779
 would.

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.459
 Once again,

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:34.699
 none of

00:19:34.699 --> 00:19:35.019
 these are

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.639
 signs.

00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:36.779
 He's

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.219
 describing

00:19:37.219 --> 00:19:37.740
 normal

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.819
 human life.

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.619
 And he's

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.179
 describing

00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:45.359
 that people

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.379
 who, what

00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.079
 he's describing

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.500
 is he's

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.959
 describing life

00:19:48.959 --> 00:19:49.639
 after his

00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.099
 death and

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.699
 resurrection,

00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:51.259
 that there

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.719
 will be a

00:19:51.719 --> 00:19:52.000
 Jesus

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.619
 movement,

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:52.739
 movement,

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:54.119
 and that

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.699
 this Jesus

00:19:54.699 --> 00:19:56.099
 movement is

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.379
 going to

00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:56.979
 face at

00:19:56.979 --> 00:19:58.379
 times very,

00:19:58.479 --> 00:19:59.059
 very, very

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.299
 bitter and

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.739
 deadly

00:20:00.739 --> 00:20:01.739
 persecution.

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.799
 We have

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.179
 it very

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:06.079
 mild here in

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.719
 Canada right

00:20:06.719 --> 00:20:07.019
 now.

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.779
 Maybe it

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.119
 will get

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.559
 bad.

00:20:08.719 --> 00:20:09.039
 We should

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.619
 pray that it

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.099
 doesn't.

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.819
 Those of you

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.859
 who work in

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.299
 the government,

00:20:14.479 --> 00:20:14.879
 those of you

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.399
 who work in

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.899
 media should

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.379
 do what you

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.219
 can to turn

00:20:17.219 --> 00:20:17.739
 our nation

00:20:17.739 --> 00:20:19.059
 from really

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.639
 wanting to

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.139
 persecute

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.660
 Christians.

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.400
 But we

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.120
 know that

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:22.440
 there are

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.100
 many countries

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.420
 in the

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.880
 world where

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:28.060
 this, you

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.340
 know, I

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.040
 haven't read

00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:29.460
 all of the

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.120
 book, but

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.500
 there's this

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.400
 very profound

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:33.080
 book called

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.560
 Everything

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.320
 Sad is

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:34.820
 Untrue.

00:20:36.020 --> 00:20:37.340
 And it's

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.960
 written by

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.980
 a fellow

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:40.740
 whose mother

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.640
 in Iran

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.440
 became a

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.920
 Christian.

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.780
 In Iran.

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 I think

00:20:46.780 --> 00:20:47.220
 she was a

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.640
 doctor.

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.660
 And because

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.220
 of the

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.680
 persecution

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.600
 against her,

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.220
 she had to

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.620
 flee the

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.220
 country and

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.720
 she lost

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.420
 everything and

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:54.779
 she took

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.100
 her two

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.660
 kids with

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:55.820
 her.

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.620
 I think

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:56.800
 it was

00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:57.040
 two.

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.680
 And this

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.000
 is a bit

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.240
 of a

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.019
 memoir of

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.620
 the man

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.120
 now much

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.880
 older about

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.400
 what it was

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.980
 to be taken

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.400
 in as a

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.840
 refugee to

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.380
 have fled

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:08.380
 Iran and

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.800
 be taken

00:21:08.800 --> 00:21:09.259
 in as a

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.960
 refugee in

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.820
 Oklahoma.

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.340
 And the

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.259
 culture shock.

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:16.060
 And it's a

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.440
 very, very

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.519
 powerful title.

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.259
 And in many

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.759
 ways it could

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.160
 be another

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.820
 title about

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.860
 the point

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.200
 of the

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.400
 second

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.900
 coming of

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.279
 Christ.

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.980
 Is that

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:25.000
 part of the

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.460
 reason the

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.019
 second coming

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.440
 of Christ

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.240
 isn't kooky

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:29.400
 but is very,

00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:30.259
 very profound

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.759
 and very,

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.519
 very necessary

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:33.400
 is that it

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.140
 tells you that

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.740
 for those who

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.080
 are in

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.519
 Christ,

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:36.920
 at the end

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.380
 of the end

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:37.820
 of the end

00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.279
 of the end

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.300
 of the end,

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.160
 everything sad

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.880
 is untrue.

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.680
 That every

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.460
 tear will be

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.100
 wiped away

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:44.700
 and every

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.460
 wound will be

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.820
 healed.

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.720
 and every

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.700
 abandonment

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.639
 will be

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:51.079
 met with

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.679
 reception

00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:53.480
 and love

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.960
 and a

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.220
 forever

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.779
 family.

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.960
 These are

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.839
 not signs.

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.720
 This is

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.799
 normal

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.879
 Christian life.

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.700
 But notice

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.259
 in the midst

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.759
 of this

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.819
 description

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:13.000
 of profound

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:16.200
 heartache

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.599
 and profound

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.720
 hard times.

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.599
 Like,

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.200
 not only

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.619
 would it be

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.460
 hard for me

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.159
 to be dragged

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.079
 before a

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.500
 court

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.000
 and sentenced

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.659
 to death

00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.679
 or dragged

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.259
 before a

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.539
 crowd and be

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.279
 sentenced to

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.659
 death and

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.359
 then killed

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.879
 because I'm

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.379
 a Christian

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.759
 and that

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.059
 would be

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.500
 hard.

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.639
 It would

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.079
 be even

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.819
 harder if I

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.039
 knew it

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.279
 was one

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.579
 of my

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.059
 kids

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.460
 who was

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.019
 responsible

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.579
 for it.

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.159
 That would

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.480
 be just

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.099
 so hard.

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.059
 Whether it

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.399
 was my

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.960
 brother or

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.599
 my wife

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.480
 who turned

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.939
 me in.

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.279
 But the

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.639
 thing which

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.179
 is interesting,

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.500
 if you go

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.919
 back and

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:52.200
 you look

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.460
 at the

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.079
 text again,

00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:53.659
 is in the

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.259
 midst of

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.740
 that very,

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.019
 very,

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.659
 very hard

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:56.159
 time,

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.839
 and we

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.240
 still haven't

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.559
 got to

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.179
 any signs

00:22:58.179 --> 00:22:58.539
 yet,

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.159
 is that

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.619
 God is

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.240
 still active

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.879
 and sovereign.

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.819
 The gospel

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.500
 is proclaimed

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.039
 to all the

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.460
 nations.

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.339
 When you

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.220
 speak before

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.879
 kings and

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.259
 governors,

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.019
 the Holy

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.919
 Spirit will

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.900
 actually speak

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.539
 through you.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.880
 And that

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.300
 if you

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:14.039
 endure all

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.460
 of these

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.840
 things,

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.460
 the result

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.039
 of enduring

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.560
 all of

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:16.840
 these

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:18.420
 things is

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.940
 eternal

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.460
 life.

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.640
 That

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.640
 that's

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:24.220
 the destiny

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.700
 of going

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.140
 through all

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.539
 of these

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.000
 things,

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.100
 that you

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:29.080
 will be

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.700
 saved,

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.160
 that you

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.440
 will have

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.740
 eternal

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.019
 life,

00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:31.460
 that God

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:31.840
 is still

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.460
 sovereign,

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.660
 even in

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.140
 the midst

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.880
 of these

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.240
 very,

00:23:35.300 --> 00:23:35.519
 very,

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.180
 very hard

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.360
 and

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.700
 difficult

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.299
 times.

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.259
 So now

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.580
 we do

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.160
 get to

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.400
 some

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.000
 signs.

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.140
 And just

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.900
 before I

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.320
 start to

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.720
 read it,

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.620
 I'm going

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.980
 to say

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.220
 it,

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.039
 and then

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.259
 I'm going

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.519
 to come

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.019
 back to

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.220
 it.

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.600
 I have

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:51.880
 only,

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.279
 so I'm

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.700
 not trying

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:53.980
 to make

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.580
 any attempt

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.340
 to try

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.920
 to connect

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.060
 the abomination

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:58.100
 of desolation

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.620
 with the man

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.279
 of lawlessness

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.299
 or the beast

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.620
 or the

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.240
 antichrist.

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.580
 I'm not

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.160
 giving a talk

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.019
 on eschatology.

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.379
 It's fine

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.720
 to give a

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.039
 talk on

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.660
 eschatology,

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.700
 and obviously

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.119
 the Bible

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.519
 teaches

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.000
 an eschatology.

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.240
 I'm just

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.519
 trying to

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.779
 deal with

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.119
 the text

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.460
 in front

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.700
 of me.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.539
 And so

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:10.779
 I have

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.579
 one particular

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.160
 piece of

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.660
 advice,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.099
 is that

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.319
 if we

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.799
 listen to

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.119
 this,

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.039
 you don't

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.500
 want to

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.079
 be Eustace

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.940
 or Jill.

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.240
 You want

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.539
 to be

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.279
 puddle glum.

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.500
 And those

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.960
 of you who

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.779
 know the

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.119
 Narnia

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.680
 Chronicles,

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.259
 that's the

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.980
 big takeaway

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.400
 that you

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.799
 should get

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.339
 from this.

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.500
 I want

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.000
 to be

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.000
 puddle glum,

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.059
 not Jill

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.660
 or Eustace.

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.619
 So I'll

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.059
 explain it

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.199
 in a

00:24:33.199 --> 00:24:33.319
 moment.

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.619
 Let's

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.039
 listen to

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.259
 these

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.679
 signs.

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.659
 Verse 14.

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.579
 But when

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.019
 you see

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.739
 the abomination

00:24:39.739 --> 00:24:40.939
 of desolation,

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.259
 standing where

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.959
 he ought not

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:45.000
 to be,

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.259
 let the reader

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.979
 understand.

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.759
 Then let

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.279
 those who

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.579
 are in

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.239
 Judea flee

00:24:49.239 --> 00:24:49.559
 to the

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.979
 mountains.

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.139
 Let the

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.519
 one who

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.799
 is on

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.459
 the housetop

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:52.899
 not go

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.279
 down,

00:24:53.739 --> 00:24:54.279
 nor enter

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.819
 his house

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.479
 to take

00:24:55.479 --> 00:24:55.779
 anything

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.099
 out.

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.919
 And let

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.279
 the one

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.559
 who is

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.819
 in the

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.099
 field

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.899
 not turn

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.239
 back

00:24:59.239 --> 00:24:59.659
 to take

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.199
 his cloak.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.420
 And alas,

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.920
 for women

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.279
 who are

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.960
 pregnant and

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.400
 for those

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.640
 who are

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.420
 nursing infants

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.840
 in those

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.259
 days,

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.420
 pray that

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.740
 it may

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.420
 not happen

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.059
 in winter,

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.200
 for in those

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.720
 days there

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.299
 will be such

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.200
 tribulation

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.380
 as has not

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.000
 been seen,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.960
 as has not

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.660
 been from the

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.240
 beginning of the

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.200
 creation that

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.860
 God created

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.640
 until now

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.120
 and never

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.640
 will be.

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.840
 And if the

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.680
 Lord had not

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.580
 cut short

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.720
 the days,

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.000
 no human

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.680
 being would

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.480
 be saved,

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.320
 but for

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:27.820
 the sake

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.140
 of the

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.440
 elect whom

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.299
 he chose,

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.380
 he shortened

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.080
 the days.

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.160
 And then

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.620
 if anyone

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.180
 says to

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.299
 you,

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.779
 look,

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.480
 here is

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.980
 the Christ,

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.580
 or look,

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.220
 there he

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.420
 is,

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.100
 do not

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.340
 believe,

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.980
 and false

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.500
 prophets

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.360
 will arise

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.900
 and perform

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.580
 signs and

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.420
 wonders to

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.860
 lead astray

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.440
 if possible

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.940
 the elect,

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.920
 but be on

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.259
 guard.

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.140
 I have

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.519
 told you

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.039
 all these

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.560
 things

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.840
 beforehand.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.960
 Now,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:54.259
 there's a

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.640
 series of

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.279
 books by C.S.

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.700
 Lewis called

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.079
 The Narnia

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.619
 Chronicles,

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.279
 and I can't

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.639
 remember what

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.079
 book it is

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.639
 in the order.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.279
 The two

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.940
 human beings,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.420
 it sort of

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.180
 talks about a

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.019
 separate world,

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.579
 a separate

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.160
 universe,

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.859
 where there's

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.539
 this Aslan

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.059
 who's like a

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.720
 Christ figure.

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.940
 And all of

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.279
 The Narnia

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.399
 Chronicles involve

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.220
 human beings

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.839
 from our sort

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.399
 of world or

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.180
 timeline going

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.599
 into this

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.279
 other world.

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.399
 And in this

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.099
 one particular

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.519
 world,

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.180
 these two

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.139
 young people,

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.539
 I think they're

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.259
 both like 12

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.859
 or something,

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.660
 Jill and

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.139
 Eustace,

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.059
 they get

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.159
 brought into

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.639
 this other

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.079
 world.

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.659
 And Aslan

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.279
 meets them,

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.299
 and Aslan

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.919
 gives them a

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.659
 task to

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.019
 fulfill.

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.220
 And in this

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.700
 task,

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.359
 he says,

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.879
 you will have

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:36.019
 four signs,

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.119
 and these

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.779
 four signs,

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.099
 you need to

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.659
 remember them

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.200
 every day.

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.720
 Every day,

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.099
 you need to

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.639
 say them over

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:40.980
 and over

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.319
 and over

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.740
 again.

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.720
 Don't forget

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:42.960
 them.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.399
 Be on the

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.019
 lookout for

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.240
 them.

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:44.919
 And then

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.460
 here's the

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.220
 main point.

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.599
 You need to

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.500
 understand that

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.279
 these signs

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.159
 might not be

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.659
 obvious,

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.240
 but you will

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.940
 come across

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.180
 them,

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.500
 and if

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.960
 you follow

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.240
 them,

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.640
 you'll

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.600
 succeed in

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.240
 this quest

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.019
 which he

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.460
 sent them

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.640
 on.

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.640
 Four signs.

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.519
 And they're

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.920
 told to

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.440
 remember them

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.880
 over and

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.220
 over and

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.559
 over and

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.080
 over again.

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.820
 So the

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.380
 thing goes

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.740
 on,

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.420
 and what

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.059
 happens,

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.740
 of course,

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.920
 is that the

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.000
 two kids

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.980
 regularly forget

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.440
 what the

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.100
 signs are,

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.600
 never recognize

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.240
 the signs

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.100
 when they

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.460
 come.

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.580
 The only one

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.039
 who actually

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.799
 remembers the

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.820
 signs and

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.940
 finally recognizes

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.980
 each signs is

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.539
 this creature,

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.120
 a marsh

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.380
 wiggle,

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.700
 called

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.259
 Puddleglum.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.779
 And that's,

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.059
 I think,

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.660
 the recommendation

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.440
 we can have

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.779
 for this.

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.279
 It's very

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.840
 interesting.

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.720
 In the

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.500
 commentaries,

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.220
 they go on

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.900
 and on and

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.500
 on and on

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.220
 about what

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.860
 the abomination

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.700
 of desolation

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.160
 means.

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.620
 Nobody knows.

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.460
 There's three

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.400
 vague references

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:46.039
 in Daniel.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.180
 But we're

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.940
 told that it

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.340
 will be a

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.460
 sign of

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 the end.

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.080
 And we're

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.720
 told that there

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.080
 will be a

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.519
 time of

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.320
 great tribulation.

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.980
 Whether that's

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.539
 all over the

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.180
 world or just

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.940
 in one particular

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.740
 area, we're

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.620
 not told.

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.240
 One of the

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.940
 great problems

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.460
 with North

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.360
 Americans is

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.960
 that we think

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.580
 somehow or

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.799
 another,

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.380
 whenever the

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.860
 tribulation

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.360
 comes, it

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.920
 has to be in

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.660
 North America,

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.600
 as if we're

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.360
 somehow like

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.019
 the center of

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.640
 the universe.

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.539
 Duh!

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.740
 We're not!

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.680
 Like, maybe

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.360
 it's describing

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.220
 right now what's

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.740
 going on in

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.220
 Iran.

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.099
 Like, maybe

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.500
 we're in the

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.500
 period of it

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.299
 right now

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.980
 because of

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.599
 Iran or

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.039
 China.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.960
 Like, why

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.400
 should we

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.740
 think it

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.220
 has to be

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.819
 connected to

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.259
 us?

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.099
 Like, maybe

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.500
 it's going

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.640
 on in

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.720
 parts of

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.240
 Africa.

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.039
 It just

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.339
 says there

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.700
 will be a

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.120
 time of

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.559
 great, great,

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.460
 great tribulation

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.960
 and there's

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.319
 this thing

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.660
 called the

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.079
 abomination

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.039
 of desolation

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.940
 and what

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.740
 we can, I

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.180
 think that

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.519
 C.S.

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.980
 Lewis was

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.640
 very wise.

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.259
 We probably

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.039
 won't recognize

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.319
 it.

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.680
 That's why

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.359
 Jesus keeps

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.980
 saying, be on

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.380
 your guard,

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.820
 be on your

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.400
 guard, be on

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.900
 your guard.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.640
 Because it could

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.420
 very well be

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.000
 something that

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.520
 people just

00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:54.980
 go, you know,

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:55.900
 it's like, it's

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.640
 like, I'm

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.120
 starting to be a

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.840
 bit controversial,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.200
 complaining about

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.800
 medically

00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.660
 assisted dying.

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.400
 Oh, don't, it's

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.160
 just a small

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.560
 thing.

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.240
 Don't worry

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.880
 about it.

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.740
 Don't think

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.180
 about it.

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.320
 Or discussing

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.480
 certain other

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.960
 types of

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.620
 things about,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.400
 you know,

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:12.320
 changing the

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.880
 gender of

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.360
 kids.

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:13.640
 And they

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.140
 talk, you

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.160
 know, so we're

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.500
 going to start,

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.560
 don't worry about

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:17.020
 it, just a

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.560
 small, like, why

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.820
 are you getting

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.500
 all upset about

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.640
 it?

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.540
 It could very

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:19.940
 well be

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.500
 something that

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.040
 all of the

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.700
 elites, all of

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.420
 the hoity-toity

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.340
 pooh-paws who

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.980
 live in the best

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.860
 sections of the

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.680
 country and all

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.420
 make lots of

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.820
 money and are

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.380
 all very, very

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.980
 smart and they

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.500
 all have 10

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.940
 PhDs or have

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.680
 are very, very

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.480
 powerful and they

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.279
 all think this is a

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.680
 wonderful thing, is

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.700
 pray that I will be

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:38.420
 puddle-glum and

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.140
 pray that you will be

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.660
 puddle-glum.

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.960
 Remember the signs.

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.819
 Remember them.

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.759
 And by the way,

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.380
 before we go

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.220
 anything any way

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.400
 further, why on

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.980
 earth do we even

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.700
 think about this?

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.559
 Why is it even being

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.279
 talked about and

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.680
 remembered?

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.440
 Well, the only

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.319
 reason that any of

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.059
 this is being talked

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.859
 about and remembered

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.599
 is that even though

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.199
 it was said on a

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:02.079
 Wednesday and on

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.179
 Friday he died on

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:04.279
 the cross, on

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.419
 Sunday the grave

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:07.740
 was empty and

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.599
 Jesus appeared

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.279
 alive.

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.839
 And if on Sunday

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.879
 the grave was not

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:13.019
 empty, if in fact

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.039
 the body of Jesus

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.039
 was still there, we

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.059
 wouldn't read any of

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.659
 this stuff, we

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.359
 wouldn't know about

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.359
 it, nor would we

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.359
 care about it, nor

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.139
 would we think it's

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.639
 important.

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.099
 And if we met

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.839
 somebody who thought

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.740
 it was important with

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.439
 Jesus' body rotting in

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:27.000
 the grave just after

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.699
 he'd said these

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:28.319
 things, we'd say,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.039
 you guys are

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.980
 deluded, like why

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.879
 do you pay any

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.279
 attention?

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.720
 The guy, nothing he

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.039
 said worked out or

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.519
 turned out.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.819
 It's only the

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.879
 significance of the

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.059
 resurrection of Jesus

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.500
 after his prophecies and

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.659
 in light of the whole

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.700
 history of the whole

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.819
 story of the Old

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:44.179
 Testament that we

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:45.039
 look at these things

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.419
 and say, the grave is

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:48.779
 empty.

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.159
 He rose from the

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.419
 dead.

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.759
 He ascended to

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.000
 heaven.

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.279
 And he is the one.

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.159
 He didn't tell us that

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.740
 he's going to come

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.660
 again because he's

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.099
 studied the

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.000
 dialectics of

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.759
 history, that he's

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.720
 understood the

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.279
 dynamics of technology

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.839
 and science, that he's

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.519
 figured out an

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:10.120
 algorithm that will

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.019
 show the future.

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.279
 These are things that

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.519
 our culture would like.

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.940
 His only authority is

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.400
 his own.

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:20.000
 It's the authority of

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.039
 having defeated death,

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.559
 of having risen from

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.940
 the dead.

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:25.440
 And when he ascended

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.240
 into heaven, he said,

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.740
 I'm going to come

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.140
 back.

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.980
 I will return.

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.160
 And now we get to

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.980
 this other part.

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.500
 I have to watch my

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.820
 time.

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.160
 24 to 27.

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.799
 And this is just

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.440
 mind-blowing.

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.000
 And what this is

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.840
 showing here, by the

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.920
 way, is showing

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.559
 something that, you

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.100
 see, when Jesus

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:48.320
 dies on the cross, on

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:49.279
 one hand, his first

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.279
 coming is to deal

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.960
 with a sacrifice

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.920
 for sin.

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.519
 He is introduced

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.920
 in John's gospel as

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.859
 the Lamb of God who

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.799
 takes away the sin of

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.180
 the world.

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.920
 And in all of the

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.460
 Old Testament

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.819
 sacrificial systems,

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 there's always this

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.980
 double thing that goes

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.720
 on, where you have

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.879
 an animal that's

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.859
 innocent, and in a

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.680
 sense, by touching

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.720
 the animal or offering

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.839
 the animal up, the

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.339
 bad things in you, the

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.379
 shame in you, goes on

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.099
 the animal, and the

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.759
 innocence of the

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.119
 animal comes to you.

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:19.160
 And the fundamental

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.200
 purpose of

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.200
 Christ's coming is

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.259
 that he is that, he

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:25.600
 is, as God's son, he

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:27.000
 is that Lamb of God

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.200
 that God has provided

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.539
 so that when we put

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.519
 our hands in the hands

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.440
 of Jesus, the things

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.500
 within us which are

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:35.700
 evil and bad go on

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.700
 him and his

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.680
 righteousness is given

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.279
 to us.

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.080
 But there's something

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:41.640
 else as well, is that

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.840
 when he rises from the

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.920
 dead, it means that

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.600
 something new has

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.140
 entered our

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.620
 created order.

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.940
 The life of the

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.759
 world to come has

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.940
 come to enter our

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.100
 created lives to

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:55.519
 Christ, and we are

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.400
 born again.

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.799
 That life of the age

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.759
 to come, that eternal

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:02.059
 life, enters ordinary

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:04.320
 human beings like you

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.740
 and me.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.559
 And when we see these

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.900
 final words, we're

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:10.440
 seeing is the life of

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.380
 the age to come,

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:13.460
 coming to its final

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.420
 end and breaking

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:17.279
 apart the life,

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.660
 our life,

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.880
 the life of this

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.220
 age.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.240
 Listen to it

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.720
 described.

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.100
 For in those days

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:26.539
 after that tribulation,

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.320
 the sun will be

00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:28.360
 darkened and the moon

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.100
 will not give its

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:30.039
 light and the stars

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.039
 will be falling from

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.039
 heaven and the powers

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.019
 in the heavens will be

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.360
 shaken.

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.940
 And then they will see

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.980
 the Son of Man coming

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.960
 in clouds with great

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.820
 power and glory.

00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.620
 And then he will send

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.779
 out the angels and

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.860
 gather his elect from

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.880
 the four winds from

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.740
 the ends of the earth

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.160
 to the ends of heaven.

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.400
 Jesus will come.

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.660
 Why do we believe

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.740
 that Jesus will come?

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.559
 It's because of the

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.579
 resurrection of Christ.

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.960
 Why is it precious?

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.660
 It's precious because

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:05.500
 it shows us the true

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:07.779
 story of the world and

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.159
 a way for us to be in

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.059
 the true story of the

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:12.780
 world that makes it a

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.580
 great difference.

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.640
 Here's what it is.

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.100
 Like if you read

00:34:17.100 --> 00:34:19.040
 self-help books, if you

00:34:19.040 --> 00:34:20.140
 read advice columns,

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.600
 if you sort of just,

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.700
 you know, pick up what

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.780
 the main lessons of

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.740
 Hollywood and the media,

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.540
 the lessons is that the

00:34:27.540 --> 00:34:28.620
 full human life, the

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.720
 mature human life is,

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.000
 you know, win, win,

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:33.400
 win, win, win, and at

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:35.840
 the end, win in capital

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.300
 letters.

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:40.860
 But that story doesn't

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:42.720
 have any place with

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:45.360
 suffering or for

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.940
 failure.

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:49.780
 And in fact, actually, I

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.740
 think a case could be

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:52.400
 made that that doesn't

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.380
 even describe the real

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.760
 world.

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.039
 Even if you took, if you

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:56.080
 mastered every one of

00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:58.160
 those self-help books, and

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:59.640
 so your whole life was win,

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.180
 win, win, win, win, win,

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.600
 win.

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:03.259
 At some point in time,

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:04.900
 you die, and then you

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.400
 lose.

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.380
 Who wants to be part of a

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.500
 story that involves win,

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.039
 win, win, win, lose?

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.339
 Lose everything.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.380
 Show the first diagram,

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.799
 please.

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.980
 You can see this as one of

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.659
 my profound works of art.

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:28.159
 This is describing the

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:29.119
 story of the Bible.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:31.299
 And I'd say that because

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.259
 of Jesus and what he

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.400
 tells us, it's the true

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.920
 and greater story of the

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.239
 world.

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.119
 And what it's describing

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.559
 is that this God creates

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.259
 all things.

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.539
 He creates things good.

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:43.799
 And then that's chapter

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.159
 one.

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.980
 Chapter two is the fall.

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:47.239
 It means that from within

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.480
 this created order, human

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.579
 beings who, in a sense,

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.319
 Adam and Eve are called

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:52.659
 to be, in a sense, the

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:55.079
 priests that represent the

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:56.239
 entire created order.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.819
 And they representing the

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:59.160
 entire created order.

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.980
 The only man and woman is

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.160
 made in the image of God.

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:03.880
 They rebel against God.

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:05.240
 They want to be their own

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.600
 God.

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.680
 And as a result, evil

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:08.160
 enters, evil and

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:10.280
 brokenness enters into the

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.960
 human world.

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:13.400
 And then chapter three is

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.280
 what we now primarily know

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.460
 as the Old Testament, is

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.140
 that God makes promises and

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.660
 prepares to send a

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.240
 deliverer.

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:21.820
 And then chapter four is

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.240
 Jesus.

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.960
 And Jesus is God keeping

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.760
 his promise.

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:26.760
 He sends the deliverer.

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:28.880
 And then chapter five is

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:30.120
 the already not yet.

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:31.380
 It's the time that we're

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.960
 living in.

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.660
 And then chapter six is the

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.660
 end of all things and the

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.620
 beginning of all things.

00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:37.200
 But if we, if you look at

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:39.260
 the next image, you'll see

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.040
 that there's a slightly

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:41.660
 different way that I want to

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.620
 write, show you it.

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.180
 You probably can't read it.

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.740
 Maybe you can.

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.620
 And I apologize.

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.660
 I don't know how to do

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:50.960
 things on the computer, as

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.600
 you can see.

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:53.059
 So I hand draw them.

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:55.139
 So here you have another

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.039
 way of looking at this

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.480
 story.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.619
 You see at the bottom the

00:36:58.619 --> 00:37:00.860
 good creation, the fall,

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.059
 the preparation.

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.900
 Number four is Jesus.

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.400
 But then you see that with

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.819
 the resurrection of Jesus,

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.759
 this is how the New

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.880
 Testament describes it.

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.019
 And this is how you see it

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.000
 even in this description,

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.679
 verses 24 to 27.

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.259
 That the life of the new

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:19.619
 creation, when Jesus rises

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:21.039
 from the dead, that's the

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.299
 life of the new creation

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.980
 entering into our created

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.440
 order.

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:29.759
 And so we live in this pink

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.259
 area.

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:32.579
 Human beings live in this

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.279
 pink area.

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.619
 One way to describe it is

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.619
 the already not yet.

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:38.039
 What that means is this.

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:40.079
 On one hand, I still am part

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.139
 of the old created order.

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:43.319
 I have a tendency to sin.

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.400
 I have a tendency to

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.079
 selfishness.

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.500
 I get sick.

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.599
 I suffer.

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.599
 I die.

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.599
 On the other hand, there's

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:52.119
 also in me, not because

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.079
 there's anything special

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.460
 about me, but purely and

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.579
 utterly because of Christ.

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.739
 When I put my faith and

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:58.519
 trust in Christ, I am born

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.059
 again.

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:01.539
 And that means the life of

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:03.159
 Christ enters into me.

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.940
 That resurrection life

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.659
 enters into me.

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:09.739
 I have become God's child by

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.860
 adoption and grace.

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.920
 It means that when I die, I

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.940
 don't really die.

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:17.000
 I just continue into this new

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.239
 heaven and the new earth.

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.880
 It means that I have gifts of

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.380
 the Holy Spirit that come from

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.159
 the Holy Spirit.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.239
 It means I have a new

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.619
 relationship with my Father

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:27.280
 that in some ways, some of

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.099
 this new creation already has

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.539
 little tiny glimpse and

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:32.380
 gleamings within even the

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.679
 lowliest of Christians.

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:37.780
 But when he comes the second

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:40.880
 time, then this created order

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.940
 comes to an end.

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.760
 And there will be a judgment of

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.599
 the living and the dead.

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:47.039
 And the new creation continues

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:49.539
 on with the second coming into

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.960
 the new heaven and the new

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.259
 earth.

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.799
 So why is this so precious?

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:56.539
 You see, the Bible is very wise.

00:38:57.299 --> 00:39:01.500
 It tells us that Jesus and Jesus,

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:03.599
 what's it like to be a Christian?

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.339
 I win.

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:06.440
 I fail.

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.619
 I suffer.

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.819
 I win.

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.920
 I lose.

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.779
 I suffer.

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.019
 I fail.

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.460
 I lose.

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.339
 I win.

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.179
 I suffer.

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:18.619
 At the end, win.

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 And it means that in the midst of my

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 failures and my sufferings, my sin,

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 I know that I am the adopted child

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 of the triune God, that he is still

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 sovereign in this world, and that

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 every day that I live, I am one day

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 closer to seeing Jesus face to face.

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 And the end of the story of my life,

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 well, one way to put it is win.

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 Another way to put it is welcome.

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 The Father and the Son and the Holy

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 Spirit say to George, welcome.

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 They say to the lowliest Christian,

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 welcome.

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 I am so glad you are here.

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 That is the good news of the gospel.

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 That changes how you take risks.

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 It means you can take risks.

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 Because the final word about you is welcome.

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 I invite you to stand, please.

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 Let's bow our heads in prayer.

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 Father, the world can make it seem like

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 it's kooky to believe that Jesus will

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 return and that there will be an ending

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 of this created order.

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 Father, some of us feel that kookiness,

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 pressure very strongly.

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 Others, just like water off a duck's back.

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 We ask for all of us, Lord, that you help us

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 not to go overboard thinking and talking

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 about this.

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 But we ask, Father, most importantly for most

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 of us that it become a precious thought to us

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 to know that as your child, by adoption and

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 grace, that every day we live, we are one day

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 closer to seeing you, that we are one day closer

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 to hearing your welcome, that you do,

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 as my granddaughter says, you do beat everything.

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 And that when we are in Jesus, we share in his being

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 of everything.

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 And we give you thanks and praise for Jesus,

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 that his death is for us, his resurrection is for us,

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 and that because we are in him, your final word about us

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 will be welcome.

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 So, Father, please keep these truths precious

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 and make them deep in our hearts.

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 Help us to be unashamed of them, unembarrassed.

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 Help us not to be led astray.

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 Help us to be on our guard.

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 And we ask all these things in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.