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 Mark chapter 13 this morning as we continue in our series here through the book of Mark.

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 And we've seen last time as we concluded here at the end of chapter 12,

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 we find that Jesus was in the temple and he had been teaching and been questioned.

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 And they'd looked at those that had given offerings and he'd given an assessment of that.

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 And after watching that assessment, we find that Jesus completed his time in the temple.

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 And Jesus prepares to depart the temple for that last time.

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 And of all the things that had taken place, it was clear that each one there that day had a choice that they had to make.

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 You know, just like today, there's choices that we have to make concerning who Jesus is and his impact upon us.

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 You know, and the Bible tells us that many believed on him but did not confess him.

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 You know, I think we can see that a lot today in the world.

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 As Jesus departs the temple of all the questions, all the things, all the revelation about who he is,

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 there's still some that they recognize him, but they won't declare and confess him as their savior.

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 And the Bible tells us that there in the gospel of John, John makes an interesting statement.

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 He says, for they love the praise of men more than the praise of God.

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 You know, and that's a lot of the struggle that we find.

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 And even the disciples were faced with some of those challenges.

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 And as we find here, this crowd from which Jesus departed as he made his way from the temple towards the Mount of Olives.

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 We're going to get into what is called the Olivet Discourse this morning.

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 You know, talking about as Jesus was giving some final encouragement to his disciples,

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 but also talking about as the disciples' question about what is to come.

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 You know, in times, what's ahead?

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 Because Jesus had made some statements that caused them to begin to say,

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 okay, Lord, how are these things going to come to be?

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 You know, what and when?

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 And how are these things going to look?

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 What's going to come together along the way?

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 And they began to question him about some of these things.

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 And the discourse that follows records the events that reveal what's going to happen here upon the earth before the end of time.

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 And so as we're going to look here this morning, there's questions that people ask even today.

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 And it seems to captivate people because they're concerned about what's going to happen.

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 You know, people are concerned about the future.

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 They're concerned about, okay, if the Lord's going to come, when is he going to come?

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 You know, what's going to take place?

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 You know, and people are oftentimes today, just like they were in Jesus' day, they're worried about the signs.

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 You know, how do I know?

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 You know, how do I know if Jesus is coming?

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 And to be prepared, you know, the reality is, as we're going to see today,

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 you'd better be prepared because you don't know the day or the hour.

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 Things that you need to be prepared for now and to be prepared for that because one day Jesus will come again.

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 You know, that is a guarantee.

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 Just as he came the first time, he will come again.

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 But we're going to find here this morning the conversation between Jesus and his disciples was not only for them,

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 but this conversation is even for us.

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 Because we have those same type questions.

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 You know, people will come up with those questions about what and when.

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 And as we look at this this morning, I want you to keep that in mind as we look what's recorded,

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 that we might know the events that characterize the end times.

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 Because we're going to look at how Jesus lays this out

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 and put those things in context here with the rest of Scripture.

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 You know, because context is always important.

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 And we're going to find here when it comes to discussing end times,

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 people love to take things out of context.

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 You know, and piecemeal things.

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 And so let's take a look here this morning.

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 If you found Mark chapter 13, let's stand together here for the reading of God's Word.

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 We'll read down through verse 8 here this morning.

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 And follow along, and it says this,

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 And as he went out of the temple, one of the disciples saith unto him,

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 Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here.

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 And Jesus answering said unto him,

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 Seest thou these great buildings?

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 There shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.

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 And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives over against the temple,

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 Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

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 Tell us, when shall these things be?

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 And what shall be the signs when all these things shall be fulfilled?

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 And Jesus answering them began to say,

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 Take heed, lest any man deceive you.

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 For many shall come in my name, saying,

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 I am Christ, and shall deceive many.

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 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars,

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 be ye not troubled.

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 For such things must needs be.

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 But the end shall not be yet.

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 For nations shall rise against nation,

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 kingdom against kingdom.

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 And there shall be earthquakes in diverse places,

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 and there shall be famines and troubles.

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 These are the beginning of sorrows.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we come before you today, Lord,

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 as we look at your encouragement to be prepared for those things that are to come, Lord,

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 to be focused upon who you are and what you've done for us in the present, Lord,

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 and the need to respond to it and to be ready for that.

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 Lord, I pray you just help us to heed even the warning given today, Lord,

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 that we might understand how these things fit together.

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 And how they fit into your plan of the time that is going to be before us, Lord,

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 of the future events.

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 And as it's often referred to, Lord,

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 we know it's the end of this world,

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 but it's a beginning with you for eternity,

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 for those who have called upon you.

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 Lord, I pray that you just have your hand upon each one today, Lord.

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 You know those that are yours.

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 Lord, we pray just to challenge those that know you as Savior to be consistent in these things, Lord.

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 But also today, Lord, we ask that there's one here that's not sure,

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 that they would call upon you, Lord,

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 that they might know that they have eternal life,

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 that they're secure no matter what happens in this world around us.

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 And Lord, we ask all these things in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 May we be seated.

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 You know, as we look here this morning,

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 we see Jesus' disciples leaving the temple late on Tuesday afternoon.

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 But not before Jesus makes a declaration about the city of Jerusalem and the temple

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 because oftentimes in Scripture, sometimes like Mark chapter 13 seems kind of abrupt.

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 You know, as we're looking and reading that, it seems like an abrupt conversation.

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 Why would the disciples point that out?

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 What was leading them up to it?

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 Well, Matthew gives us a little insight.

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 And we can go back to Matthew's account.

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 If you look over to Matthew chapter 23,

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 because I believe the disciples here are responding to a statement that Jesus made.

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 A statement that I declared in here.

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 Notice what it tells us here in Matthew chapter 23 in verse 37.

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 Here's Jesus looking over Jerusalem.

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 And he says,

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 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee,

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 how often would I have gathered thy children together,

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 even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and she would not.

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 You know, here's Jesus lamenting over the city of Jerusalem,

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 over the Jewish people that he had given so much for.

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 He had sent the prophets.

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 They were possessors of all that God had commanded.

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 I mean, God had given them and blessed them so much.

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 But notice it says,

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 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

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 Why is it going to be desolate?

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 That's what I think sparks the disciples' questions.

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 Because remember, they're in the temple.

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 They're seeing the splendor of the temple.

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 The temple was the centerpiece of all that they'd been doing.

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 All the worship, everything centered around the temple.

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 That was the focal point.

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 And Jesus says, I'm going to leave this here desolate.

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 Empty.

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 And we're going to see here, notice what it says, verse 39.

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 For I say unto you,

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 Ye shall not see me henceforth,

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 till ye shall say,

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 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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 Now, what is he referring to?

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 He says, I'm not going to enter the temple again

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 until that day I return.

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 When people say,

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 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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 And Zechariah the prophet declares,

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 there's coming a day when Jesus is going to step down once again

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 and enter into Jerusalem

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 and enter into the temple.

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 We're going to see here this dynamic that takes place.

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 This is a picture that the disciples had in their mind.

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 They're thinking,

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 Jesus has already told us he's going to die.

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 And, you know, we're already struggling with,

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 okay, who's going to be in charge?

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 You know, we looked at all those normal things,

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 but now they're like another set of contemplation is,

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 okay, when and where and how are these things going to happen?

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 How is this going to, how are we going to know?

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 But we see here this verse 38 sets the stage for this question.

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 As they walk out the temple complex,

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 because I want you to understand,

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 the temple was a portion of this complex.

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 The entire temple complex was a very large structure,

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 even under Herod.

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 And you see, if you can,

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 they tell us that Herod had ornately remodeled

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 Ezra's temple that he had built

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 and he had expanded on it.

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 And there was all these glories

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 that had been added in this remodel

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 of the gold that was hanging on all the doors.

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 And they had big, white, large stones that were around it.

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 Luke 21 tells us this.

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 It says,

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 Some spake of the temple how it was adorned

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 with goodly stones and gifts.

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 So what are the disciples looking at?

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 As they're walking out,

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 they're saying,

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 Jesus, if you're going to leave this desolate,

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 this building, this structure,

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 this compound, if you might say,

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 with all these ornate things

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 and all the effort, all the energy,

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 all the things that have gone into it,

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 the beauty of the place

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 that we come to worship the Lord.

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 And the disciples are looking at it.

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 That's what we find here

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 in verse 1 of chapter 13.

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 It says,

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 Master, see what manner of stones

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 and what buildings are here.

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 You know?

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 They're looking at the majesty of the building,

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 the structure.

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 You know, they're not like on people today.

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 Oftentimes we get fascinated

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 with structures and buildings

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 and things,

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 and we get attached to them.

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 And since this was the place

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 that they worshiped God,

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 there was an attachment

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 they had to all this happening.

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 And Jesus then reveals something

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 that would have startled the disciples.

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 First he says he's going to leave it desolate,

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 and he's not going to come again

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 until he returns.

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 And now Jesus makes a very bold statement

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 about the destruction of it.

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 We see this as an artist's rendition

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 of what they think

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 Herod's temple complex would have looked like.

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 I mean, it's a very great structure,

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 and here Jesus makes a statement.

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 The destruction of the temple

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 seemed contrary to everything they'd known.

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 It had been the place of worship

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 since David purchased the threshing floor

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 from Orin

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 as a place to offer sacrifices

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 unto the Lord.

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 Solomon later would build

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 the first temple there

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 after the death of his father David,

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 only to find it was destroyed

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 when Judah was taken away

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 into captivity

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 for 70 years

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 there into Babylon.

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 But we find Ezra returned

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 with the mandate to rebuild,

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 and this was the same temple

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 that Ezra built 500 years before,

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 but had been remodeled

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 by Herod

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 and made even more ornate

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 and more of a bold statement

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 about who God is

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 and the place.

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 He was trying to gain favor

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 with the Jews.

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 You know?

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 You think the world is different today?

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 You have a politician

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 trying to bribe people

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 with buildings and other things

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 to try to gain their favor.

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 I want to let you know

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 there's nothing new today

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 that goes on

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 that didn't go on back then.

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 The same things happen,

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 and the same people get caught up

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 in the same things,

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 but we find here

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 that as they were there

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 leaving that temple complex,

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 Jesus tells them

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 that's what?

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 It's going to be destroyed.

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 He tells them

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 that see this great complex?

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 There's not even going to be

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 a single stone left.

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 Every stone

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 is going to be taken down.

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 And part of what we need

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 to understand this morning

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 is that what Jesus

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 was really saying

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 because the temple complex

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 was fascinating to see.

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 They say you could see it

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 all over the place.

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 You could see it

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 as you entered the city.

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 It sat up on the hill,

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 and they tell us here

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 that the stones

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 that they were used in this,

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 some of them were 40 feet long

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 by 18 feet high

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 by 15 feet wide.

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 Precision cut

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 to where you couldn't

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 put a piece of paper

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 between them.

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 And Jesus is looking

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 at his disciples

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 and saying,

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 hey guys,

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 I know you're fascinated

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 with this,

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 but there's going to come a day

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 there's not going to be

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 one stone upon another.

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 All this is going to be

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 taken away.

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 All the gold,

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 all the things

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 that Herod had done

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 to remodel the temple

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 to make it look

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 as an amazing place

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 to worship God.

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 But we find here

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 that we know from history

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 that in 70 A.D.

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 the temple was destroyed.

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 They dismantled it completely,

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 stripping it of gold

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 and precious stones.

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 Exactly what Jesus said

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 was going to happen to it.

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 Exactly how he had described it.

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 But I do want to let you know

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 there is going to be

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 another temple built.

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 You know?

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 But as we study through,

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 I want you to understand

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 there's going to be

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 sacrifices that resume

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 during the time of what we call,

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 the Bible calls

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 the time of Jacob's trouble,

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 also known as the tribulation.

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 And then we're going to find

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 there's going to be

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 a temple built

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 during the thousand year

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 reign of Christ.

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 We're going to see

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 all these magnificent things.

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 But as they're departing

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 out of the temple,

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 Jesus tells them

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 there's going to be

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 a destruction of the temple.

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 And I'm not going to

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 enter in again

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 until the time I come

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 in power and in glory.

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 So the disciples are trying

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 to process all this information.

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 They're trying to put

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 all the pieces together

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 to understand those things.

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 When he says,

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 okay, if Jesus is leaving

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 and the temple's going

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 to be destroyed,

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 but he's not going to do this again

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 or enter in

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 until we find

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 that he is coming

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 in his power and glory.

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 You know,

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 when blessed is he

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 that cometh in the name

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 of the Lord

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 when they receive him

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 as their king.

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 They're trying to put

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 this timeline together

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 in their head.

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 You know,

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 it's not unlike people today.

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 You know,

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 when people start studying

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 the end,

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 they're trying to put,

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 okay, it says this here

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 and that over here

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 and this over here

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 and this over here.

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 And okay,

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 how does that fit together?

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 How's this puzzle come together

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 to paint the picture

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 that God has?

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 To reveal what God has in store.

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 The disciples were trying

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 to figure this out.

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 They're trying to discern,

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 okay,

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 if this was going to happen,

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 how and when was it going to happen?

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 Because notice their discernment

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 that Jesus is going to give.

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 But look at verse 3 there

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 in verse 13.

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 And it says,

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 and he sat upon the Mount of Olives

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 over against the temple.

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 Now, I want you to get this picture

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 because here is Jesus.

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 They've left the temple complex.

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 They've went through the city

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 and they went up

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 on the Mount of Olives,

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 very likely to the very,

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 close to the place

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 that he would soon

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 to be arrested

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 because Judas told them

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 where to find Jesus

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 because it's a place

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 he went off in.

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 So I think this is probably

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 the same place

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 that they could oversee

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 the city

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 and oversee the temple.

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 And they're sitting there

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 and it just tells us

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 they were there

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 and they were having

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 another discussion

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 about things.

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 And it tells us

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 that the two pairs of brothers

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 show up again, you know.

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 Peter and Andrew

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 and James and John.

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 And we find that they sit down

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 with Jesus privately

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 and say,

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 Jesus, what about this?

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 Because notice what they ask him.

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 Notice what they say.

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 Tell us in verse 4,

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 when shall these things be

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 and what shall be the sign

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 when all these things

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 shall be fulfilled?

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 Now as we see here,

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 Jesus is telling them,

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 had described these things,

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 this catastrophe

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 that was going to happen

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 with the temple.

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 And he says,

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 when are these things

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 going to happen?

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 You know,

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 Matthew chapter 24

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 also records for us this.

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 It says,

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 and he sat upon the Mount of Olives

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 and the disciples

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 came to him privately saying,

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 tell us when these things shall be

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 and what shall be

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 the sign of thy coming

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 and of the end of the world.

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 They were worried about,

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 okay, how is this

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 going to come to fruition?

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 What's this going to look like?

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 They were looking

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 for signs of his coming

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 and the end of the world.

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 The establishment of the kingdom

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 was paramount to the disciples.

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 You know,

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 one thing we always

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 got to keep in mind

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 is that we're looking

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 at this passage.

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 You have to look at it

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 through a Jewish lens

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 of what they understood

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 and what they knew.

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 Their focus was,

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 hey, one day

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 there's going to be a kingdom

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 that our Savior

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 is going to rule

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 and reign

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 and we're going to be free

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 from all those

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 that have oppressed us.

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 That was their mindset,

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 their vision.

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 That's what they

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 had come to understand.

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 And we're going to see

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 as Jesus begins

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 to broaden

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 their perspective

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 to understand

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 the big picture

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 of what God is doing.

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 The establishment

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 of the kingdom

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 was just that.

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 It was paramount to them.

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 When is this going to happen?

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 Even right before

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 he was taken to heaven,

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 you know,

00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:43.119
 Jesus has died

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 and arose again

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 and he's getting ready

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 to go up into heaven.

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 Think about the disciples'

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 last question.

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 If you don't think

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 this is on their mind,

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.420
 Acts chapter 1,

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.399
 Jesus is getting ready

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 to depart from them

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 and notice they're still

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 asking this same question.

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 It says,

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 when they therefore

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 were come together,

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.019
 they asked of him,

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.279
 saying,

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.579
 Lord,

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 wilt thou at this time

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.339
 restore again

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.639
 the kingdom to Israel?

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 You know?

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 I mean,

00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.480
 this is something

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 that was stuck

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 in their mind.

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 I mean,

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 this is something

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 that weighed upon them

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.579
 to say,

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 how is this going to fit?

00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:17.299
 They were still trying

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.339
 to make sense of it.

00:19:20.179 --> 00:19:20.539
 Now,

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.319
 us today,

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.539
 as we have a completed

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 canon of Scripture,

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 we can look at it

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 and say,

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:24.879
 well,

00:19:24.919 --> 00:19:25.819
 what did they miss?

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 But I want you to understand,

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.240
 they were operating

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 with what they understood,

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 with the information

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 that they had.

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.079
 Now,

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.819
 we often have

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.440
 the same problem,

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 don't we?

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 We make decisions sometimes

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.000
 or get caught up

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.500
 into things

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 based on the information

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.180
 we have

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 and not all the information.

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 We can say

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 we are blessed

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 because we have

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 all the information

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 we need

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 in a completed

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 Word of God.

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 God's complete

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 revelation to us.

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 We live in a

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 blessed generation.

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 that we have that.

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 So I want you to understand

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 when the disciples

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.579
 are asking this,

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 you need to remember

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.740
 where they were

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.680
 and what was happening

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 and how their mindset

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 had been focused

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 and positioned

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 in their thought processes.

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 Because as believers,

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.839
 sometimes,

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.579
 if we're not careful,

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 we can end up

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 the same way

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 as the disciples.

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 We get caught up

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.740
 in something

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:20.559
 and don't look

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.359
 for the information

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.440
 that God's given us.

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 To put things

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 in perspective

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 because notice

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:27.180
 Jesus' response

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 there in Acts

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 and he said unto them,

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 it is not for you

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 to know the times

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 or the seasons

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 which the Father

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 hath put in his own power.

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 You know,

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 I want to give you

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 a little heads up.

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 Anybody that says

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.600
 Jesus is going to return

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:38.140
 right now,

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 you can put a mark

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 through them.

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 You know,

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 I won't ask for a show

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.059
 of hands,

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 but how many have heard

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 people make declarations

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 like that?

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 You can look at history.

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 History's filled with it.

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 The one thing

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.640
 I can tell you,

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.259
 if somebody says

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.360
 Jesus is going to return

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 on this date,

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 you can put a mark

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 through them

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.120
 and say you're a liar

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.859
 because Jesus made it clear

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.639
 you don't know.

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 You've just identified yourself

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 as somebody

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 contrary to Scripture.

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 But you know what?

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.159
 Oftentimes they get

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.819
 caught up in it

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.699
 because notice here

00:21:05.699 --> 00:21:07.839
 what Jesus responds

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:09.259
 to them in this

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.959
 because Jesus,

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.159
 look at verse 5

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:13.219
 of chapter 13

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 there in our text.

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 It says,

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.419
 Jesus answering them

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.459
 began to say,

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 take heed

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 lest any man what?

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.299
 Deceive you.

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.399
 He said,

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.000
 you guys need

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.160
 to use some discernment.

00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:27.540
 You need to be discerning

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:29.700
 in processing all this.

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.700
 Don't go by how you feel

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:33.340
 or how smooth

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:34.580
 somebody's words are.

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 He says,

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 take heed

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:37.660
 lest any man deceive you.

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 There's going to be

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:39.759
 deceivers out there.

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.519
 This world is filled

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.300
 with deceivers.

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:45.340
 When it comes to

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.820
 those things,

00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:48.040
 there will be people

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:48.980
 that come to you

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.740
 that will try to deceive

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 and we need to be discerning

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.500
 about that.

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.720
 Jesus warns them

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.900
 they need to be aware

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:57.160
 of the deceivers,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.019
 that the disciples

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.720
 could be drawn away

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.420
 by the things

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.299
 that they might see

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.700
 and hear.

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 Think about the potential

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.539
 we have today.

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.000
 If they could be deceived

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.779
 with Jesus giving them

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.779
 direct information,

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.500
 how much more

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.620
 in danger are we today?

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.839
 To be paying attention,

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.579
 to take the full counsel

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.539
 of God's word

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:19.079
 to put those things together?

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 What will be the part

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.419
 of the deception?

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.879
 Is that,

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.279
 notice what he tells them,

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 for many shall come

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.359
 in my name,

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:28.980
 saying,

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.019
 I am Christ

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 and shall deceive many.

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:31.859
 You know,

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.699
 over the years

00:22:32.699 --> 00:22:33.679
 there's many who have said

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 they've come

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 We even have people

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.859
 that declare themselves

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.960
 to be the Messiah,

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.039
 be the deliverer.

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.419
 You know,

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.740
 I don't have time

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.319
 to go through

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.619
 all the list

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.319
 of individuals,

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.299
 but sometimes we think,

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.419
 well,

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.659
 that was a future thing.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.159
 Acts chapter 5

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:50.039
 reveals something

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.839
 very interesting

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.439
 because when they're

00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:54.759
 assessing the apostles

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.259
 after Christ's resurrection

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.039
 and the early church,

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.700
 you'll find there

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.939
 in Acts chapter 5

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:02.059
 in verses 36 and 37,

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.919
 we won't go there,

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.000
 but it makes mention

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.779
 of two individuals,

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.159
 Thaddeus and Judas of Galilee,

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.939
 both whose movements

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:10.859
 came to nothing

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.679
 and were dispersed.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.980
 These were individuals

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.460
 that said,

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:13.859
 hey,

00:23:13.939 --> 00:23:14.740
 we're the Messiah,

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 follow me.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.400
 And these were

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:19.140
 in the very same time frame

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.480
 that Jesus walked the earth.

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.180
 Even while he was present,

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.799
 there was deceivers out there.

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.180
 And some people fell into it.

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.240
 It's a reality.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.339
 There are those

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.420
 that came a few years

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.259
 after Jesus

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.620
 and down through the ages.

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.799
 You know,

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.579
 some of you here

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:38.099
 have been around long enough

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.480
 to know names

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.680
 like Sung Moon,

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.640
 Moon,

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.060
 you know,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.860
 that crazy Korean guy

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:45.240
 that declared himself

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.860
 the Messiah.

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.380
 Now,

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.000
 some of you

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.400
 have been around long enough

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.000
 to know a name

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.140
 by Jim Jones.

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.220
 He was another one

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.620
 that declared,

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:51.900
 I mean,

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.740
 the list could,

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.080
 I mean,

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:54.080
 you look up history

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.900
 and the list

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.940
 just keeps compiling.

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.840
 It's amazing

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.980
 the list of people

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.360
 throughout the ages

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.220
 who have declared

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.560
 to say,

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.380
 I come in the name

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.779
 of the Lord.

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.019
 I'm the Messiah.

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.299
 I'm the Deliverer.

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.600
 And many were deceived.

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.039
 Why?

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.899
 Because they didn't

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.459
 pay attention

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:10.199
 to what Jesus

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.959
 had to say.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.419
 As the end approaches,

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.019
 there's going to be

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.839
 more and more

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.039
 put forth to claim.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.419
 You know,

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.219
 we've always got to be careful

00:24:18.219 --> 00:24:19.259
 not to be deceived

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:21.519
 by eloquent speech

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:23.199
 and smooth demeanors

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:24.039
 that people have.

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.879
 Because no matter

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.799
 who a person is,

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.519
 you better judge them

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.099
 by the book.

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.839
 Judge what they say

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.819
 by the Word of God.

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.480
 Does it line up

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:35.259
 to be paying attention

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.219
 to those things?

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.379
 It tells us here

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.340
 we're going to have wars

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.540
 and rumors of wars.

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.180
 You know,

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.500
 the world in which we live

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.220
 has experienced

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.620
 more times of war

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.340
 than at peace.

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.420
 You know,

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.200
 think about how many

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.180
 conflicts exist

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.120
 even in our lifetime.

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.660
 I mean,

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.060
 we have an entire generation

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.960
 that is growing up

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.560
 in conflict.

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.980
 Since 2001 forward,

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:57.040
 there's been a conflict

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.600
 happening.

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:59.080
 There was conflicts

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.800
 before that.

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.920
 I mean,

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.260
 you'll find there's wars

00:25:02.260 --> 00:25:03.500
 and rumors of wars.

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.460
 Even in our lifetime

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.680
 and in times to pass,

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.100
 there's going to be

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.740
 more coming.

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.279
 You know,

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.080
 what it reveals

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:10.160
 is something very simple

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.799
 is that instead

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.700
 of becoming better,

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.860
 the world just continues

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.980
 to rage wars

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.900
 against one another.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.519
 You know,

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.440
 we find all sorts

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.299
 of organizations

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.420
 that people found

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.700
 and other things contrary

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.440
 and try to say,

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.299
 we're going to make people

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.100
 better and better.

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.600
 You know,

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.160
 if you understand

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.980
 the Word of God,

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.759
 this world's not going

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.560
 to get better and better

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.740
 before Christ returns.

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.700
 It's going to get worse

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.220
 and worse.

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:30.720
 Why?

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:32.100
 Because sinful people

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:33.200
 do sinful things.

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.140
 Wicked people

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.960
 do wicked things.

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.660
 Our heart is deceitful

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.500
 because I want you

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.180
 to see here

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.180
 what Jesus makes

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.040
 a statement here.

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.160
 Look at the end

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.860
 of verse 7.

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.180
 It says,

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:44.140
 for such things

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.300
 must needs be,

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.200
 but the end

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.940
 shall not be yet.

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.420
 You know,

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.320
 Jesus is making

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.640
 an obvious statement here

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.360
 that I think we need

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.400
 to pay attention to

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.900
 because they're not

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:57.600
 to trouble us

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.820
 or to cause alarm

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:01.659
 because the end

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:01.960
 is,

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:03.000
 they don't mark

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.619
 the end.

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.559
 Jesus is admonishing

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.339
 His disciples.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.599
 He's admonishing us today.

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.539
 Don't get caught up

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.339
 in the news cycle.

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.579
 Just in my lifetime,

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.259
 it's amazing

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.039
 how many people,

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.939
 every time something

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.679
 happens in the middle,

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:16.220
 oh, the end is here.

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.059
 I mean,

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.379
 every time you have something,

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.500
 oh, the tribulation

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.399
 has begun.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.220
 Just remember

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.819
 Jesus' statement,

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.799
 but the end is not yet

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.839
 because the one thing

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.399
 you'll know

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.200
 is that when Jesus

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.119
 tells us what's going

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.439
 to happen,

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.259
 it's going to be clear.

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.559
 You won't have to ask,

00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.439
 is this?

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.219
 It'll be,

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.159
 it is.

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.979
 But oftentimes,

00:26:34.239 --> 00:26:35.919
 we get caught up

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.679
 in that every time

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.959
 something sparks up

00:26:37.959 --> 00:26:39.579
 and moves forward.

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.539
 I want you to understand

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.339
 that they're wrong

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.000
 by declaring,

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.479
 hey, this is what it is.

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:43.919
 You know,

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:46.219
 we should be paying attention

00:26:46.219 --> 00:26:47.219
 to world events,

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.379
 but we need to understand

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.399
 they don't direct

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:51.239
 the sign of the end

00:26:51.239 --> 00:26:52.139
 nor His coming

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:53.319
 by themselves

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:56.079
 because God also

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.959
 gives us an order

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:57.539
 of what things

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.099
 are going to take place.

00:26:58.119 --> 00:27:00.119
 You know,

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.659
 it's amazing

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.259
 how many people

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.059
 when something happens

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.479
 like this,

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.279
 there's a war someplace

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.319
 and they'll pull

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.039
 some verse out

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.719
 of Revelation

00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:06.439
 that has to do

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.459
 with maybe close

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:08.139
 to the area

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.059
 that it might be in.

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:10.179
 Oh, this is happening

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:11.159
 and my question is

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.459
 what happened

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.959
 to all the stuff

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.839
 that came before it?

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.439
 If the rest didn't fit,

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.799
 if this doesn't fit

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.019
 after in the right order

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.839
 that God said,

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.379
 you know what,

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:18.959
 I can guarantee

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.679
 it's not it.

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.319
 You've got to follow

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.339
 the Word of God

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.019
 to follow those things.

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.879
 Notice what he says,

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.759
 there's going to be earthquakes

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.599
 and natural catastrophes,

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.680
 earthquakes,

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.359
 floods,

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.019
 hurricanes,

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.119
 volcanic eruptions,

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.079
 droughts,

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.079
 tsunamis,

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.019
 all these are going

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.480
 to occur for the result

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.519
 of a fallen world

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.420
 in which we live.

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.879
 Those things just happen.

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.900
 You know,

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.839
 we live in a generation,

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.119
 they try to make excuses

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.500
 to say men cause it,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.700
 but I tell you what,

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:48.119
 that's a pretty arrogant statement.

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.079
 It amazes me

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.359
 how arrogant people are

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.019
 when they consider

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:53.099
 we can control our world.

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:55.480
 I want you to understand

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.159
 there's only one

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:57.319
 in control of this world.

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.619
 And the Bible tells us

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.539
 that it's by him

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.439
 all things consist.

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.539
 He is the one

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.719
 over all things.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.899
 He's the creator.

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.659
 He is the one

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.819
 that designed

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.659
 and put together.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.579
 He knows exactly

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.759
 how it operates.

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:15.000
 When these things happen,

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.919
 they're not signs

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.619
 of the end

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.659
 by themselves.

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.219
 There's going to be

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.399
 famines and troubles.

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.840
 You know,

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.680
 we see in the world

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.720
 there's starvation

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.660
 from famines.

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.620
 They're going to occur.

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.460
 I want you to understand

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.940
 it doesn't mean

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.759
 we shouldn't help,

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:32.340
 but these things

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.019
 are going to happen.

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.700
 Jesus says

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.860
 these things must be.

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.759
 They're going to be.

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.360
 This is the way

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.080
 it's going to be.

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.880
 We find troubles.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.820
 Troubles in Matthew

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.980
 chapter 24

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.720
 refers to them

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:46.060
 as a pestilence,

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.780
 a disease,

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.600
 or plagues.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.660
 You know,

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.660
 don't be disturbed.

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.400
 Jesus said

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.180
 it was going to happen.

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:53.200
 You know,

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:55.080
 a few years ago

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:56.140
 when COVID came through,

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.160
 people went ballistic.

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.880
 Oh, you know,

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.300
 the end,

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.280
 all this stuff.

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.000
 People start,

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:01.080
 I want you to understand

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:03.019
 it's stuff we have to endure,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.120
 things we go through,

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.519
 but Jesus said,

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:05.700
 hey,

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.340
 it's going to be.

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.460
 Those same things

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.880
 that happened

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.700
 throughout history,

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.420
 we don't get

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.360
 exempt cards from.

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.180
 Our day is going to

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.200
 have the same problems.

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.740
 You know,

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.460
 it's not hard

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.140
 to find the

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.300
 end is near crowd

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.900
 that's trying to base it

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.820
 off these things.

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.780
 I want you to understand,

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:22.180
 I believe Jesus

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.559
 can return at any time.

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.759
 We need to be prepared

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.799
 for His return,

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:28.399
 but I want you to understand

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.619
 we should not live

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:32.019
 our daily life

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.139
 only thinking,

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.799
 because we have to think

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.799
 Jesus tells us

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.559
 that we need to be ready,

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.660
 but we also need

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.160
 to be living.

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.859
 He says,

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.359
 you'll know

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.359
 when the time is.

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.019
 You know,

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.279
 we understand it

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.420
 as an attempt

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.359
 to twist Scripture

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.200
 out of context

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.579
 in order to reinforce

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.799
 their error.

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.799
 Jesus declares

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.539
 that these things

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.700
 are just the beginning

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.619
 of sorrows.

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.379
 Now,

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:54.200
 I want you to see here

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.899
 the declaration

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:56.599
 that Jesus makes here,

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.379
 because Jesus says

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.339
 these are the beginning

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.279
 of sorrows.

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.619
 Now,

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.519
 this term beginning

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.399
 of sorrows,

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.440
 this declaration

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.259
 that Jesus makes

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.099
 to the disciples,

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.960
 you cannot judge

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.559
 the end

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.299
 by the things

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.339
 happening solely

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.139
 around us,

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.579
 as they're just

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.259
 the beginning

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.440
 of sorrows.

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.299
 this word sorrows

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.559
 refers to birth pains.

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.120
 Okay?

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.080
 Now,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.200
 all the moms in here

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:21.279
 can probably understand

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.420
 this phrase,

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.920
 this context

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.660
 in reality,

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.700
 but when a woman

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.220
 gets ready

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.980
 to have a child,

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.740
 they'll begin

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.779
 having pains

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.400
 right before it delivers,

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.799
 and you know,

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.140
 they're thinking,

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.440
 oh,

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.380
 this is pretty bad.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.400
 Then they realize

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.000
 by the time they get

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.580
 in the middle of it,

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.400
 it gets a lot worse.

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.279
 The beginning

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.080
 is just that.

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.059
 There are some pains

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.559
 involved,

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.400
 but they're nothing

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:43.580
 in context

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.519
 to what it is

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.599
 in the actual

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.279
 giving of birth.

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.819
 This is the same

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.660
 picture Jesus

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.299
 uses here.

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.559
 He says,

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.420
 all these things

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.079
 are the beginning

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:53.339
 of sorrows.

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.000
 They're like those

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.779
 initial contractions

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.700
 that a lady has

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.279
 when she gets ready

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.859
 to give birth.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.440
 You know,

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.740
 they're like,

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.019
 oh,

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.279
 you know,

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.619
 I've been around

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.240
 a few ladies

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.740
 that have given birth.

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.000
 You know,

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.579
 most of them,

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.639
 they, you know,

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.139
 at the beginning

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.720
 it's just like,

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.039
 oh,

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.259
 you know,

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.639
 then by the end

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.980
 it's a whole different song.

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.039
 We'll just leave it there.

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.240
 Amen?

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.420
 But that's what Jesus

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.940
 is giving

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.720
 as an illustration

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.640
 here to help us

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.259
 understand.

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.720
 Because the beginning

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.519
 of those things

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.539
 is not the actual.

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.440
 The actual

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.360
 is way different.

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.660
 To understand

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.519
 those things,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.340
 you can't judge

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.799
 the end

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.460
 by those things

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.360
 that are just happening.

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.539
 The pains

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.100
 at the beginning

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.080
 are not even close

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.880
 to the intensity

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.620
 of actual birth,

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.539
 and we know

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.580
 it's going to be soon,

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.120
 but we don't know when.

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.559
 Jesus wanted

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.360
 His disciples

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.299
 and everyone else

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.779
 to know

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.559
 that yes,

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.979
 He will return

00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.619
 one day

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.459
 in power

00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.899
 and in glory.

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:49.199
 Notice what

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:51.659
 Jesus tells them here.

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:51.839
 He says,

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.679
 these are the beginning

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.459
 of sorrows,

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.599
 but He's speaking here

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.779
 about when He's going

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.319
 to return.

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.679
 Remember,

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.959
 that was the initial question.

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.699
 That was what was leading

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.919
 up to these things,

00:32:00.979 --> 00:32:02.219
 and I want you to know

00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:03.099
 today as we begin

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.379
 looking at this passage

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:06.419
 that Jesus is coming back.

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:09.600
 John chapter 14,

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.080
 Jesus makes it very clear

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.860
 to His disciples.

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.759
 Remember what He says,

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.740
 let not your heart

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.279
 be troubled.

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.640
 You know,

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.480
 isn't that some good news

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.840
 for today?

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.600
 Don't be troubled

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.700
 over all these things.

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.800
 Don't be troubled

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:23.100
 of all the things,

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.300
 the catastrophes

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:24.900
 and other things.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.820
 That word troubled

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:27.759
 means to be worked up

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.279
 or upset

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.460
 or to be dominated by.

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.000
 Remember,

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.539
 Jesus said

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.220
 these things need

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.759
 to be so.

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.400
 He says,

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.100
 let not your heart

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.640
 be troubled.

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.660
 You believe in God,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.900
 believe also in me.

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.940
 In my Father's house

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.779
 are many mansions.

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.660
 If it were not so,

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.519
 I would have told you.

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.180
 I go to prepare

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.880
 a place for you.

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:44.100
 Now notice verse 3,

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.360
 it says,

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.840
 and if I go

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.759
 and prepare a place

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.200
 for you,

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.500
 I will do what?

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.540
 Come again

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.800
 and receive you what?

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:54.120
 Unto myself,

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:56.040
 that where I am,

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.540
 there ye may be also.

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.500
 Jesus is coming again.

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.900
 You can rest assured,

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.080
 it's clear He's coming.

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:07.660
 But as we're going

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.300
 to find here

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.480
 as we look at this passage,

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.200
 as we continue

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.279
 in the weeks to come,

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.640
 we don't know

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.580
 the day or the hour.

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.720
 We don't have

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.360
 a set time frame

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.960
 to be able to say

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.680
 this is it.

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.080
 You know,

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.960
 we need to be looking

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.200
 for Him

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.019
 to understand

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.600
 what we need to do.

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.060
 Turn back over

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.160
 to Acts chapter 1

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.759
 for a moment.

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:28.060
 Acts chapter 1.

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.060
 Here Jesus

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:30.140
 has answered

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.920
 the disciples,

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.320
 you know,

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.800
 you don't know

00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:32.900
 the time or the hour

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.940
 and He tells us

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.259
 that you're going

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.920
 to be witnesses

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:36.200
 into the whole world

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.440
 and that Jesus

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.519
 gets caught up

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.700
 into the cloud

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.960
 and the disciples

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.840
 are standing there

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.880
 with their jaws open.

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.440
 Now,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.259
 you say,

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:44.640
 how do you know

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.580
 they had their jaws open?

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:47.040
 Because the Bible says

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.660
 they stood there

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.720
 gazing into heaven.

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.860
 I think I would probably

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.820
 have the same response

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.259
 right there.

00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:52.980
 If you were talking

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.580
 to Jesus

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.580
 and suddenly He just

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:56.280
 parted up into the clouds,

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.860
 you'd be going,

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:58.180
 normal response.

00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:00.080
 apostles were just

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:01.160
 people like you and I.

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.560
 They're looking at Jesus

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:04.360
 go up into the clouds

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:06.120
 and notice here

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.140
 in Acts chapter 1

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.740
 verse 11,

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 which also said,

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 ye men of Galilee,

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 why stand ye

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 gazing up into heaven?

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 This same Jesus

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 which is taken up

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 from you into heaven

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 shall so come

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 in like manner

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 as you've seen Him

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 go into heaven.

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 I want you to know

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 that Jesus is coming again.

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 There's coming a day

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 He's going to come

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 and He's going to come

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 first for His people.

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 You know,

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 Paul writing under

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 the guidance

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 he reveals a mystery

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 that those that believe

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 one day are going

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 to be caught up

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 to be with Him.

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 You know,

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 this catching up,

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 we often use

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 that term rapture.

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 That's what that term

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 refers to

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 as the idea

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 of being caught up.

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 And he makes it

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 very clear,

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 1 Thessalonians 4,

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 he says this,

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 for the Lord Himself

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 shall descend from heaven

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 with a shout,

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 with the voice

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 of the archangel,

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 with the trump of God.

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 And the dead in Christ

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 shall rise first

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 when we which are alive

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 and remain

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 shall be caught up

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 together with Him

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 in the clouds

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 to meet the Lord

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 in the air

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 and so shall we ever

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 be with the Lord.

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 Wherefore,

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 notice this,

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 comfort one another

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 with these words.

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 You know,

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 one of the things

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 we can keep in mind

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 that helps give us

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 comfort as believers

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 is Jesus is coming again.

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 He's coming for His own.

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 To take us out

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 out of this fallen world.

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 We know He's coming

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 for the saints

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 and also return

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 in majesty and power

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 to establish His kingdom.

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 But He doesn't want us

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 to be distracted

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 by His coming.

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 He wants us to be ready for it.

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 Because it's going to happen

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 when it happens.

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 I want you to know

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 that it's important

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 to be ready

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 when He does come.

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 Because if you're not

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 a believer today,

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 the things that Jesus

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 mentions in these verses

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 to come

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 could very well

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 come upon you.

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 There's coming a time

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 of the Bible refers

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 to as tribulation.

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 The question is,

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 are you going to be in it?

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 Or are you going to be above it?

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 Because Jesus says

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 He's going to take us out.

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 To be with Him.

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 We're not appointed

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 under wrath.

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 And we know

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 He's coming for the saints.

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 And you know,

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 if you're not a believer today,

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 these things ought to serve

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 as a wake-up call for you.

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 Because the fact is,

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 Jesus is coming.

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 The world is going to

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 go into a time

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 of terrible tribulations.

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 Billions will die

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 due to war

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 and disease

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 and starvation

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 and other plagues.

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 And the only way

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 to guarantee you miss it

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 is to have

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 accepted Christ

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 as your Savior.

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 That's how you miss it.

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 When people are ready

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 for the Lord's return

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 when He's coming

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 for His people.

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 You know,

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 today we need to be ready

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 because Jesus

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 is even telling

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 His disciples

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 as we continue

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 looking in this passage,

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 be ready,

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 but occupy

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 until He comes.

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 To be working

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 for the Lord.

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 Today,

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 if you've never

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 trusted Christ

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 as your Lord and Savior,

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 I challenge you

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 to consider

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 being prepared.

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 And that takes

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 recognizing your sin

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 and your pride

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 and to come to Jesus

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 in humility

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 and believe

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 the gospel

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 because He died

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 for your sin

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 and mine.

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 And it's for whoever

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 will call upon Him.

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 You're the one

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 that makes the decision

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 of what you're going

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 to do

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 with Jesus.

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 As heads are bowed

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 and eyes are closed

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 this morning,

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 are you ready

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 for the Lord's return?

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 Are you ready?

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 If you're not sure

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 that you're ready,

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 today would be

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 the best day

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 in the world

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 to get ready.

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 We can have somebody

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 show you from God's Word

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 how you can know,

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 not just guess or hope,

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 but to know

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 that you have

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 eternal life

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 from the promises

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 of God.

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 What about you

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 today, Christian?

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 Are you living

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 in light

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 of His return?

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 What about you

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 today?

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 Is the Lord

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 speaking to you?

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 Is there a need

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 that God has revealed

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 to you,

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 decision or direction?

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 If that be you,

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 I encourage you

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 to be with Him.

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 Pray today.

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 Call upon Him.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 as we conclude

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 this service here today,

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 Lord, we pray

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 just to have your hand

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 upon each heart,

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 each life.

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 Lord, you know

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 we might be able

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 to put on a good front

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 for others,

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 but Lord, you know

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 the heart of every individual.

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 Lord, I pray

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 just to work mightily

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 your spirit

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 would just convict

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 and convince.

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 Lord, you know

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 the need of each one.

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 Lord, maybe it's

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 some encouragement

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 that's needed.

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 Knowing that we

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 can trust you

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 and that Lord,

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 you're above all

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 the woes of this world.

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 Lord, I pray

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 just to have your way

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 in each heart

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 and life here today.

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 And let's give you

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 all the praise

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 in Jesus' name.

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 As the piano plays,

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 what about you?