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 Two things we're going to look at today, if you like to keep track of the outlines.

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 We're going to look at Jesus' prophetic disclosure, and then we're going to look at his pastoral directives.

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 Let's first look at this prophetic disclosure.

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 Now, much of the narrative describing the week of Jesus' crucifixion, as you will remember,

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 is set in and around the temple in Jerusalem.

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 And one of the more important interpretive keys to this passage is noting exactly where Mark placed it in his narrative.

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 If you'll remember all the way back to chapter 11, you remember Jesus and his disciples make this final trek to Jerusalem.

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 Jesus rides to Jerusalem on the donkey.

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 There is tremendous praise that comes along with that.

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 And do you remember he goes into the temple?

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 He looks around.

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 He observes.

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 And then he goes back to Bethany for the night, and he thinks about what he's observed.

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 And do you remember what he did the next morning?

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 He goes back.

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 He's headed back to the temple, except he stops at a fig tree that was in bloom but had no fruit.

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 And he curses the fig tree as an illustration of the end of Israel's temple and Israel's worship.

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 A dramatic change is about to happen, and Jesus is illustrating that in the parable of the fig tree in the enacted parable there.

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 And you'll remember through his teaching there.

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 All of this is leading up to this moment when there is a literal fulfillment of that.

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 And it's going to happen in the time of the apostles.

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 Rome will eventually come in.

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 In the years leading up to AD 70, Titus will come in, and he will promise to raise to the ground, R-A-Z-E, raise to the ground everything that is there in Jerusalem in response to a rebellion.

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 And that's exactly what happened.

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 And so Jesus is describing that.

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 He is forewarning his disciples about this occurrence.

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 Let's look at it there in verse 1.

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 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,

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 Look, teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Do you see these great buildings?

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

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 Now, talk about a particular killjoy of a moment, right?

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 Because this was an amazing moment for the disciples.

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 They're from the backwaters of Galilee.

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 They don't make this trip to Jerusalem very often.

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 Maybe annually they would come and they would get to witness exactly the extravagance and the grandeur of the temple complex.

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 And that's what they're doing.

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 And they've come in and they're walking out, maybe perhaps for the last time before Jesus' death,

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 they're walking out of the temple.

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 And an unnamed disciple with amazement remarks to the Lord,

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 Look, look at what wonderful stones.

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 Look at the glory of this temple.

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 And indeed, it was a glorious sight to behold.

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 The complex itself had been in the process of renovation for 46 years by King Herod at this point,

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 and it was nearing completion.

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 It spanned 36 acres.

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 Now, that's not the temple building in this spot that is on a 35-acre plot of land.

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 No, the temple complex itself was 36 acres.

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 It was huge.

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 The stones that made up this great complex.

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 Josephus, a Jewish historian, wrote that some of the largest ones were some 40 or 50 feet long,

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 some 11 feet tall and 8 feet wide, weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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 Massive stones have been brought in to construct this amazing temple.

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 But it's not only that.

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 There was a particular ornamentation to this temple that Herod had brought in.

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 The outside of the walls were plated in various places by pure gold.

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 The gates were made of gold and brass and precious metals.

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 And the parts of the stone that wasn't covered in precious metal were a purest white.

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 So that Josephus said,

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 From a distance, when you're approaching Jerusalem,

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 the temple itself looks like a snow-clad mountain in the midst of Palestine,

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 in the midst of the desert mountains of Judea.

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 It really would have been an amazing thing to see.

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 And the disciples have spent their time there.

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 And they're walking out of the temple here in this moment.

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 And one of them looks up and says,

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 Lord, look how amazing this is.

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 Look how awesome this is.

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 And this is what sparks Jesus' lesson.

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 It's this particular comment.

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 This particular prophetic disclosure

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 that everything that they saw will be destroyed.

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 And this surely must have come as a shock to the men.

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 The temple then, as it is today for Jews,

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 was the very focus of Jewish life and worship.

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 For them, it was literally the house of God

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 where he had promised to dwell among his people.

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 And of course, we can read the Old Testament.

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 We can go to Ezekiel's book

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 and we can see that the vision Ezekiel had

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 where the glory of the Lord was removed from the temple

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 some hundreds of years before this event actually took place.

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 But in the minds of the Jews,

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 as they journeyed to Jerusalem,

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 as they saw the temple,

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 it stirred all kinds of spiritual emotions in them.

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 And just like they had no theological capacity

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 for a Messiah who would suffer,

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 neither did they have any kind of capacity in their minds

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 for a fruitful spiritual life

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 that was absent of the temple

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 and the forms of worship

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 that the temple represented and stood for.

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 So when they're coming out of the temple

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 and the disciple says,

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 look at how wonderful this is,

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 and Jesus says, yeah, it's all gonna be destroyed,

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 this is not a small passing statement from the Lord.

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 This is hugely impactful.

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 Remember the first time that the temple

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 was destroyed in the Old Testament

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 with Babylon coming in

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 and taking captive the people of God.

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 Remember when the remnant returns

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 and under the leadership of Ezra and Zerubbabel,

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 they begin to reconstruct the temple.

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 And the ones who were old enough

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 to have seen the former temple, Solomon's temple,

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 remember what they did when they saw the new one?

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 They wept.

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 But their weeping wasn't rejoicing.

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 Their weeping was the fact that this is such,

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 just a shadow of what it once was.

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 This meant so much to them.

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 This was everything to them.

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 Today, you can go to Jerusalem,

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 you will see it is just as important to the Jews today,

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 even though it's not underneath their control.

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 They are awaiting the moment

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 when they can reclaim the temple mount

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 and they can reestablish the temple

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 and their temple worship there in Israel.

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 It means everything to them.

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 So when Jesus tells these men,

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 it's going to be destroyed,

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 that means something to them.

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 It's impactful for them.

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 And so Jesus was essentially saying,

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 don't get too attached, fellas.

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 This is all going to go away.

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 The truth is,

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 if they were going to understand the gospel,

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 if they were going to faithfully follow Jesus,

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 their affections couldn't be attached

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 to the temple and the old covenant system

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 that it represented.

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 Do you understand why Jesus is saying this to them?

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 So long as these men,

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 so long as their affections were attached

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 to the things of this earth,

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 to the old forms of worship,

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 to the old covenant,

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 so long as they were attached first to those things,

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 they would never fully understand the gospel.

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 They would never really be faithful followers of Jesus

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 because remember what Jesus had come to do.

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 He had come to do away with the old

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 in order to establish the new covenant in his blood.

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 He talked about it as new wine at one point

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 that cannot be poured into old wineskins,

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 else it would burst and be destroyed.

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 Do you remember when Jesus said that in Mark's gospel?

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 This is what he's referring to.

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 You can't take the new covenant of Jesus Christ

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 and try to fit it into the old systems

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 of the old covenant and the law.

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 It just doesn't work.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 as long as your affection is set on this,

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 as long as your affection is set on this temporary thing,

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 you'll never really be able to faithfully follow me.

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 And in the same way,

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 we must not get so attached to this world

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 and the things that we love so much here

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 because eventually it's all going to be destroyed.

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 This earth will dissolve.

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 It will be shaken.

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 It's going to go away.

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 Don't waste your time setting your affections

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 on the things of this world.

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 Paul says, set your mind,

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 set your affections on heavenly things.

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 Set your affections on the things of Christ.

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 Christians belong to another kingdom.

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 And we're awaiting the day

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 that this earth will finally be dissolved

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 and the new heavens and the new earth

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 will be ours in eternity.

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 And just as Jesus is describing to these disciples,

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 don't get attached to the temple, it's going away.

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 Just focus on me.

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 Trust me.

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 So he says to us through this passage,

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 don't let your affections get set

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 on the things of this earth.

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 Follow me.

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 Trust me.

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 The end is coming.

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 Look at verse three.

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 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives

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 opposite the temple,

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 Peter and James and John and Andrew

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 asked him privately,

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 tell us, when will these things be?

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 And what will be the sign

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 when all these things are about to be accomplished?

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 And so the disciples just chew on the Lord's statement

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 for a little bit, don't they?

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 Sometime later, they're on the Mount of Olives.

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 I should have brought the picture for you today.

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 I showed it several weeks ago,

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 a picture of when my dad and my brother were there.

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 You can be on the Mount of Olives

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 and it's directly adjacent to the temple compound,

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 the temple complex and mount in Jerusalem.

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 That's where Jesus and the disciples move to.

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 They transfer over to the Mount of Olives.

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 They're sitting there adjacent from the temple

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 and they're just looking at it.

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 They're gazing on it.

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 Four of them pull Jesus to the side

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 or perhaps the others have gone to another place.

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 Maybe they've gone on to Bethany for the night

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 and these four disciples,

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 while they have Jesus to themselves,

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 ask him, when are these things gonna happen

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 and how will we know when they are about to happen?

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 And I think there's three questions here

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 for us to deal with just briefly before we move on.

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 One question that isn't asked,

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 one question that isn't answered,

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 and then one question that serves as the basis

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 for Jesus' teaching.

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 The first question that isn't actually asked is why?

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 Why?

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 The disciples are so focused on when,

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 they're so focused on the signs,

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 that they don't stop for a moment,

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 at least in the text,

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 they don't stop for a moment and ask the Lord,

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 you've said this is gonna be destroyed.

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 Why?

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 Why must it be destroyed?

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 Isn't that a good question to ask though, right?

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 Well, why is it gonna be destroyed?

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 Well, like I said,

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 if you look over the course of Jesus' teaching

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 in the Gospels,

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 you'll find this theme,

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 this motif woven through of something new

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 replacing the old.

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 Jesus himself is the fulfillment of everything

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 typified by and promised in the Old Testament.

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 He was the perfect sacrifice that rendered obsolete

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 the sacrificial system that was instructed through Moses.

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 He was the final fulfillment of that.

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 Through him,

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 we experience the eternal spiritual rest

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 that is typified by the law's approach to the Sabbath day.

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 Jesus fulfills that.

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 Because of his death on the cross,

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 we now have access to God through Jesus and Jesus alone,

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 not a priest or a temple system.

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 Because of the Lord,

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 the temple has no other reason to exist.

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 He himself in that day

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 was the presence of God among his people.

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 And after, as we talked about last week,

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 after he ascended to heaven,

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 he sent his spirit to indwell his people personally.

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 There's no reason for the temple to continue.

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 The old forms of the old covenant

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 have been perfectly fulfilled and replaced by Jesus.

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 And if you desire forgiveness of sin,

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 if you desire eternal life,

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 peace with God,

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 you will not find that in the temple.

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 You will not find that in a church building.

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 You will not find that in religious formalism.

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 You will find it through faith in Christ

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 and Christ alone.

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 That's the why.

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 Why is this going to happen?

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 Because I am the fulfillment of all these things,

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 would have been Jesus' answer.

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 But then that brings us to the second question,

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 a question that they actually do ask,

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 which is when?

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 When will these things happen,

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 the disciples say.

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 And what's interesting about this question

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 is that Jesus doesn't answer it.

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 You read all the way through the Olivet Discourse

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 in this chapter plus Matthew 24 plus Luke 21,

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 and you will never find where Jesus says,

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 let me tell you when it's going to happen.

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 In fact, the closest that he comes to it,

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 and Mark 13 is in verse 32,

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 and he essentially says,

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 you'll never know when it's going to happen

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 until it happens.

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 And so it's a question that goes unanswered.

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 And my point in bringing that up

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 is that since the Bible doesn't tell us

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 when the end will come,

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 we have to stop wasting our time

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 trying to determine it ourselves.

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 Right?

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 There was the one guy

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 through the 70s and 80s and 90s

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 that would write these books

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 that 99 reasons the Lord will return in 1999.

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 And then when the Lord doesn't return in 1999,

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 he writes the next one.

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 Well, you know,

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 21 reasons why the Lord will return in 2021.

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 You know what I mean?

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 The people trying to predict things

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 that the Lord never gave us an answer for.

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 In fact, he said,

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 you won't have an answer for it.

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 We have to stop trying to do that.

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 We need to beware of the people

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 that are so obsessed

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 with the things that are happening around the world

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 that all they can think about

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 is trying to pinpoint a time frame

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 for the Lord's return.

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 We can be satisfied with the fact

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 that the Lord is returning

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 and then come to his own teaching

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 and see he didn't give us an answer on that.

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 So we'll leave it there.

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 Then there's a third question.

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 What?

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 What will be the sign of these things?

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 The disciples say.

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 And this is the question that serves

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 as the foundation for the whole chapter.

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 They wanted to know how they could know

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 when everything Jesus said

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 was about to happen.

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 Now Matthew's account

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 adds a third element to this question.

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 Matthew says that they ask also

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 what will be the sign of the Lord's coming

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 at the end of the age?

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 Mark doesn't include that part of the question.

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 And I think the reason he doesn't include it

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 is because it's the same question

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 that they ask when they're asking

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 for the signs of the temple's destruction.

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 Here's why I think that.

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 Because to the disciples

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 and to the Jews in general,

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 the destruction of the temple

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 could only mean one thing.

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 That the end of the age has come.

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 Remember, theologically,

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 in their capacity,

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 that they had no theological understanding

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 of a spiritual life without the temple.

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 The only thing that the destruction

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 of the temple could mean

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 is that the eternal state has come.

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 The eternal kingdom has come.

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 And so I really think

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 when the disciples say,

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 what will be the sign

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 of all of these things?

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 It's the same as

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 if they're also asking

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 what will be the sign

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 at the end of the age.

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 So Jesus' answer corrects

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 their thinking that says

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 that these two things

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 are going to happen simultaneously.

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 And then he speaks of two separate events here.

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 One being a sign for the other.

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 I mention these three questions

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 because they serve as the context

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 to which we have to return

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 time and again

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 as we study this chapter.

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 The answers Jesus gave

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 to the disciples

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 are the same that he gives to us

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 as we await his return.

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 The gospel answers the why question.

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 We will not have an answer

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 for the when question.

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 And the signs and exhortations

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 of the what question

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 are the same for us

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 as they were for the disciples.

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 For the disciples,

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 it had the temple particularly in focus.

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 For us, it has the foreshadowing

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 of the end times.

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 Well, that's the prophetic disclosure.

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 Look with me now

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 at the pastoral directives.

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 Pastoral directives.

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 As the time of the temple's destruction drew near,

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 there are three things

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 that Jesus insinuates

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 that the disciples

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 are going to have to encounter.

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 They're going to encounter deception.

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 They're going to encounter persecution.

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 And as a result of both of those things,

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 they're going to encounter

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 personal spiritual doubt.

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 And so what Jesus does

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 as he begins to unfold

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 what will happen moving forward,

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 he uses it in the framework

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 of three exhortations,

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 three directives.

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 Here's what you must do

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 to be faithful disciples.

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 The first thing he says,

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 don't be led astray.

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 Don't be led astray.

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 Look at verse five.

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 And Jesus began to say to them,

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 see that no one leads you astray.

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 Now, his first warning was that

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 his followers were going to face

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 wave after wave of false teaching

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 that if they weren't careful

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 would lead them away

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 from following Christ

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 instead of encouraging them

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 to faithfully follow Christ.

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 Consider the cultural

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 and religious climate of their day.

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 Remember, the Jews believed

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 that the Messiah was going to be

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 primarily a political Messiah.

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 They thought he's going to deliver

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 the nation from the oppression

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 of Rome.

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 So you can imagine,

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 just as it happened historically,

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 as things got worse and worse

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 leading up to the destruction

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 of the temple,

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 there were many false messiahs

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 claiming that they would be

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 the one to save the nation.

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 The disciples were going to have

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 to be mindful of these things.

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 Jesus mentions two types of people

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 that Christians must be aware of

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 lest they're led away.

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 The first one is what I just mentioned,

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 fake messiahs.

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 Fake messiahs.

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 Look at verse six.

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 Many will come in my name

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 saying, I am he.

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 And they will lead many people astray.

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 Now, the claim here

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 is not that they are Jesus.

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 That's not the claim.

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 It's not that many were going to come

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 after Jesus' ascension

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 and say, I'm Jesus that has come back.

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 That's not what they're saying.

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 What they're claiming

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 is to be the savior for the nation,

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 the messiah for the nation.

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 Again, as Rome would come in

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 and as the tensions politically

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 would begin to boil over,

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 we would find historically

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 that there were many

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 who claimed to be the champion

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 that God had sent.

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 And Jesus indicated

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 that what would increase

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 the pressure on his disciples

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 as these false messiahs

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 came on the scene

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 is the amount of followers

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 that would follow these men.

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 I think it was a man

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 named Judas Maccabeus

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 who would be responsible

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 for the rebellion

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 around the AD 65, AD 66,

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 responsible for the rebellion.

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 He would be the one claiming,

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 I will be the one

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 to deliver the nation.

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 God has sent me.

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 And there were masses of people

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 following this man,

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 following this man

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 to their destruction.

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 Jesus says,

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 don't be led astray

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.440
 by the fake messiahs,

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 that the one saying,

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:45.259
 I am he that will deliver the nation.

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 These messiahs,

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 these false saviors

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.220
 would have the skills

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:52.279
 that align with the Jewish

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:54.119
 misunderstanding of the Messiah.

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 And the disciples

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 are going to face

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.980
 enormous pressure,

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 enormous cultural pressure

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 as the people around them

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 begin to believe these claims

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 and begin to abandon

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 the truth of Jesus

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 in the process.

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 And Jesus warned,

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 this is going to happen.

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 Men, don't be led astray,

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.019
 Jesus says.

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 Don't be led astray.

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 And we have to heed

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 this directive of the Lord.

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 Because many false saviors

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 arise in each generation

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 from religious and secular realms.

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 Their claims and skills

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 are deceptive.

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 And the cultural numbers of people

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 are often on their side.

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 Masses of people

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 following these false doctrines,

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 following these false saviors

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.019
 to their certain doom

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.240
 and destruction.

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 Don't be led astray

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:55.400
 by the false savior

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:57.839
 of expressive individualism.

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.319
 Don't be led astray

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.740
 by the false savior

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.819
 of moral relativism.

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.139
 Don't be led astray

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.559
 by the false saviors

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:09.480
 of Roman Catholicism

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.920
 or Mormonism

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.619
 or Zen Buddhism

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 or other false religions.

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 There will be many of them.

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 They will have many more followers

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 than Christ will have.

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 Don't be led astray.

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 It's only going to get worse

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 and worse and worse.

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 Beware of the false messiahs,

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.279
 Jesus says.

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 But there's a second group here

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 that he warns about.

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 They're really connected

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.079
 to the first.

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 I term them as foolish experts.

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 There's false messiahs,

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 fake messiahs,

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 then there's foolish experts.

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 Look at verse seven.

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 And when you hear of wars

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.860
 and rumors of wars,

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.920
 do not be alarmed.

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.579
 This must take place.

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 But the end is not yet.

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 Nation will rise against nation,

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.259
 kingdom against kingdom.

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.420
 There will be earthquakes

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.700
 in various places.

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 There will be famines.

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 And notice Jesus is saying this

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:08.500
 under the same paragraph,

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.480
 same context,

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 as do not be led astray.

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 Don't be led astray

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.780
 by the false saviors.

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 Don't be led astray

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:18.640
 by the foolish experts.

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 Because there's going to be

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.840
 plenty of people that come

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:25.180
 claiming to know the things

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.480
 that God hasn't revealed

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.060
 about the end.

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 In the years between

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:33.940
 Jesus' ascension and resurrection

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:36.400
 unto the destruction of the temple,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.000
 all of these things

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.340
 came to fruition

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 in and around Palestine.

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 There's a massive earthquake

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 and Laodicea,

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 massive destruction.

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 It wasn't too far removed

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.619
 from this time

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 that Vesuvius erupted

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.859
 and buried Pompeii.

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.619
 It was certainly during this time

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:57.439
 that there's constant wars

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.599
 and rumors of wars

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 just like there always has been.

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 And anytime those things

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.840
 take place,

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.620
 it's necessary,

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.620
 Jesus says,

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.900
 but they're not the exclusive

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.180
 signs of the end.

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:15.519
 Political and natural catastrophes

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.380
 will continue

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.660
 until Jesus returns,

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:19.920
 but we must not be led astray

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.580
 by the doomsday experts

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:24.180
 that strike fear in our hearts.

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.660
 You don't have to build

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.320
 a bomb shelter under your house

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.940
 in fear

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:30.940
 from reading the newspaper.

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:34.380
 You don't have to be led astray

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:36.019
 by these that claim to know

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.360
 when these things are going to happen

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.840
 and point to every little thing

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:41.400
 that the end is actually here.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.360
 Perhaps we can see

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:47.120
 the warnings here

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:49.140
 in application

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:51.960
 to the fear-mongering media age

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.820
 in which we live.

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.680
 Whether it's a newspaper

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.820
 or a news program

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:58.080
 or social media,

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.579
 all we get fed

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:01.339
 over and over and over

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.099
 is things that are designed

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.399
 to make us panic

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.519
 and fear.

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.579
 Is there a warning in this

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.139
 from Jesus?

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.460
 What does he say?

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.859
 You're going to hear of wars,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.500
 rumors of wars,

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.519
 earthquakes,

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.519


00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.099
 kingdoms against kingdoms.

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.119
 And what does he say?

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.519
 Don't be alarmed.

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.559
 Don't be alarmed.

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.419
 Don't be led astray.

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:26.960
 We've seen so much of this

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.740
 the last two years,

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.140
 haven't we?

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.759
 Christians are being led astray

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:35.300
 by notions that the COVID vaccination

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:36.800
 is the mark of the beast.

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:41.060
 Or that Bitcoin and Dogecoin

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:43.140
 are the universal currencies

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:46.140
 that mark the rule of the Antichrist

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.400
 at the end of the age.

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.320
 Listen, church.

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.620
 Don't be led astray

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.460
 by those

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.040
 who are obsessed

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:55.100
 with every little thing

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.259
 that happens in Israel.

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.920
 Beware of those

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.220
 who interpret the Bible

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.040
 through the lens

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:02.460
 of American politics.

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.340
 Beware of those

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.580
 that interpret their Bible

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.740
 by laying the grid

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.620
 of their newspapers

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.420
 across it

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.820
 in order to determine

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.360
 what it is

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.700
 that God has said

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.340
 for us here.

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.519
 Beware of those people.

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:17.180
 Don't be led astray.

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.940
 And notice what Jesus says

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.740
 in verse 8.

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:22.240
 These are but the beginning

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.100
 of the birth pains,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.720
 he says.

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:26.680
 These are but the beginning

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.180
 of the birth pains.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:30.060
 This is such a helpful analogy,

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.500
 isn't it?

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.720
 I say it's helpful

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.740
 because I wasn't the one

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.620
 that actually had to go

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.580
 through the birth pains

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.180
 in the process

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.800
 of our two children

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.420
 being born.

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.400
 It brings back to mind

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.580
 some of those days, though.

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.800
 Remember,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.740
 those of you ladies

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.820
 who have gone through this,

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.379
 you understand

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.179
 what it's like

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:49.240
 when you first begin

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.019
 to experience

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.579
 the early contractions

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.679
 that signal

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.919
 that birth is imminent.

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.599
 Even maybe the fake ones,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.639
 whatever those are called,

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.519
 that happen maybe

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.639
 the week or so before

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:01.099
 and you start to panic

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.679
 and you find out,

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.379
 you go to the doctor

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.779
 and you think

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.599
 you're about to have a baby

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.399
 and the doctor says,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.000
 well, those aren't even

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.939
 real contractions.

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.480
 Well, what are they for?

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:10.000
 We begin to panic.

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.559
 We see the early birth pains,

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:11.839
 right?

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.659
 Well, how is it

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.240
 that this works?

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.700
 You know.

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.579
 You've been there.

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.399
 You've witnessed it.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.299
 You start to feel the pain.

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.819
 You begin to panic

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.399
 a little bit.

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.220
 This baby might come

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.980
 any minute now

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:24.139
 because I had a little pain

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:26.919
 and you start to get urgent

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.939
 in the things that you do

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.679
 and you rush yourself

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:29.259
 to the hospital

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.240
 only to find that

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.139
 maybe it's going to be

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:32.460
 many, many hours,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.619
 maybe days

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.799
 before the baby

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.720
 actually arrives.

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.799
 Well, it's the purpose

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.839
 of the early birth pains.

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.139
 Well, they're a sign

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:40.079
 that the baby is coming,

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.220
 but they're not the sign

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.220
 that the baby is here.

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.360
 This is a helpful analogy,

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.860
 isn't it?

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.819
 Because it applies

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:48.039
 the same way to us.

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.180
 Think about those moments,

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.980
 that final extreme pain

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.799
 and effort

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.920
 that a mother goes through

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.600
 in giving birth

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:56.720
 and then joy suddenly comes

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.759
 in the experience

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.220
 of new life

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.220
 and knowing

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.880
 that the pains of birth

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.799
 are now a thing

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.860
 of the past.

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.420
 So it is

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.360
 with the end of the age,

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.140
 Jesus says.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.380
 The disciples assume

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.620
 that the destruction

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.200
 of the temple

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.480
 meant the end of the age.

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.620
 Jesus said

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:15.040
 it was not the end of the age,

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.940
 it was actually

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.440
 the beginning

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.500
 of a new era,

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.600
 a new era

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:20.240
 in redemptive history.

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.420
 It's just the beginning

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.980
 and the events

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.940
 foreshadowed

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.080
 in the temple's destruction

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:26.740
 are going to continue

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:28.120
 to increase

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.040
 as the day

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:30.180
 of the Lord draws near.

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.360
 Just like those

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.560
 early contractions

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.500
 are somewhat small

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.160
 and infrequent,

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.600
 but they grow stronger

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:37.160
 and they grow more frequent

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.020
 all the way up

00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:38.760
 until the moment

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.960
 that new life

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.960
 is realized.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.359
 So it will be

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.599
 with the end of the age.

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.359
 The temple

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.279
 was just the beginning.

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.500
 It's going to get worse.

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.879
 It's going to get more frequent

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.879
 and suddenly

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:49.920
 will come

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.980
 the end.

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.379
 And so as we read

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.900
 our Bibles,

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.839
 we quickly find

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.660
 that this analogy

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.400
 is so fitting.

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.220
 Things are going to worsen

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.160
 in this world.

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.079
 And at the end

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.920
 of the tribulation,

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.759
 the worst

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.099
 of the birth pains,

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.759
 the worst

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.539
 of the efforts,

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.379
 believers will rejoice

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.620
 in the experience

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:10.020
 of eternal life

00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:11.460
 in the new heavens

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.800
 and the new earth.

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:15.260
 Just like a mother

00:31:15.260 --> 00:31:16.720
 who is exhausted

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.660
 from hours of labor,

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.580
 so will weary Christians

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:23.060
 stand before their Lord

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.740
 and Savior.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.100
 And the Bible says

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:26.220
 at that moment,

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:27.240
 He will look

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.140
 at those of us

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.860
 who are weary,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.720
 who have come

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.960
 through great trial

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.660
 and hardship

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.640
 and persecution

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.560
 and tribulation,

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.779
 and He will wipe

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.460
 every tear

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.379
 from our eyes

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.299
 and death

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.240
 will be no more

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.119
 and sin

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.059
 will be no more

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.039
 and disease

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.139
 will be no more.

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.720
 No more martyrs,

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.159
 no more problems,

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.500
 no more war.

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.299
 It all will pass away

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.019
 in that moment.

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:50.339
 And what we will have

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.599
 is to enjoy

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.579
 in eternity

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.980
 the new heavens

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.399
 and the new earth.

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.179
 Jesus says

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.899
 this is just

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.480
 the beginning,

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.599
 but the beginning

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.799
 always has an end

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.839
 and in the end

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.980
 comes the new age

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:03.420
 and the new heavens.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.500
 What a day that will be.

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:08.220
 What a day that will be

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.700
 when my Jesus

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.819
 I shall see

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:13.680
 and I look upon His face

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.700
 the one who saved me

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.740
 by His grace

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.599
 and He takes me

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.559
 by the hand

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.819
 and leads me

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:22.779
 through the promised land.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.579
 What a day,

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.019
 glorious day

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.740
 that will be.

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.019
 Do you see what Jesus

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.700
 is doing for His disciples here?

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.420
 Things are going to get bad.

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.180
 It's going to be really hard.

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.240
 Endure men,

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.160
 He says.

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.579
 Don't be led astray.

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.259
 It's just the beginning

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.660
 and the end will come

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:47.019
 and the end will come

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.880
 with great victory

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.039
 and life.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.500
 Don't be led astray.

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.640
 And then He says

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.240
 don't drop your guard.

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.299
 Don't drop your guard.

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.559
 Look at verse 9.

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.400
 He very plainly says it.

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.780
 I know this is just

00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:02.700
 such an amazing

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.160
 sign of my ability

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.060
 as a wordsmith

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.880
 to come up with

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:08.000
 just tremendous ways

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.580
 to describe

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.920
 what this passage is saying.

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:11.440
 What is it that Jesus says?

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.800
 Be on your guard.

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.660
 Don't drop your guard.

00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.740
 Be on your guard.

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:19.340
 The directive here,

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:21.080
 it carries the idea

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:22.259
 of standing firm

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.040
 in the truth.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:25.619
 being prepared

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.639
 for what will come

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:29.379
 as a result.

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:33.259
 And in this section,

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.700
 Jesus is reminding

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.399
 the disciples

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.519
 of the reality

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:39.279
 of persecution

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.399
 for believers

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:41.319
 in this life.

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.980
 Persecution for the gospel

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.740
 will continue.

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.920
 It will increase

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.039
 as the day of the Lord

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.579
 approaches.

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:51.740
 and the Lord's directive

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.419
 was that we stand firm

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:55.819
 and be faithful

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.939
 to the glory of God.

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:59.359
 Isn't this what Paul

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.179
 was instructing

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:02.699
 the Philippian church with?

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.919
 In reference to

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.779
 his own suffering

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.699
 and their suffering

00:34:06.699 --> 00:34:07.399
 in that day,

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.880
 he writes,

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.900
 only let your manner

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:11.000
 of life be worthy

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.239
 of the gospel of Christ.

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.380
 So whether I come

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.119
 and see you

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.880
 or am absent,

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.219
 I may hear of you

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:19.439
 that you are standing firm

00:34:19.439 --> 00:34:20.500
 in one spirit

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:22.219
 with one mind,

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:24.539
 striving side by side

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.159
 for the faith

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.859
 of the gospel,

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:27.779
 not frightened

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.379
 in anything

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:29.279
 by your opponents,

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:29.939
 he says.

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:32.219
 This is a clear sign

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.619
 to them

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.459
 of their destruction,

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.779
 but of your salvation

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:37.659
 and that from God.

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:40.319
 For it has been granted

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:41.039
 to you

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.259
 that for the sake

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.939
 of Christ,

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.059
 you should not only

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.079
 believe in him,

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:46.619
 but also suffer

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.559
 for his sake,

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.679
 engaged in the same

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.659
 conflict that you

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.559
 saw I had

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.859
 and now hear

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:54.639
 that I still have.

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.980
 What is it that Paul's saying?

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:58.559
 He's saying what Jesus said.

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.639
 You're going to deal

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.519
 with persecution.

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.460
 And it will be great

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:07.059
 when I hear

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.039
 that you are standing

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.199
 firm together

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.139
 as the church,

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.319
 that you are standing

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:12.819
 firm in one spirit,

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.819
 that you are standing

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.219
 firm on the truth,

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:16.159
 not frightened

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.059
 by your opponents

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.399
 because you recognize

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:19.399
 that to suffer

00:35:19.399 --> 00:35:20.019
 for Christ

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.819
 in this life

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.759
 is an honor.

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.980
 It's a grace

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.539
 of the Lord

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.779
 that he would count us

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:26.000
 worthy to suffer

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.099
 for his sake

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.799
 because we know

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.439
 at the end

00:35:28.439 --> 00:35:29.219
 of this suffering

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:31.359
 is life eternal

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:32.819
 with him.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.819
 And so Jesus

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.779
 takes this

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:37.259
 reality

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.679
 of persecution

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.459
 as these men

00:35:39.459 --> 00:35:40.319
 continued on

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.799
 in their walk

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.379
 with Christ

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:42.799
 and I think he says

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.359
 three things

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.000
 about it here.

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.120
 First,

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.579
 he gives us

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.240
 the purpose

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:47.320
 of persecution

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.740
 in verse 9.

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.039
 The purpose,

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.640
 look at it.

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.000
 For they will deliver

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.180
 you over to councils

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:55.220
 and you will be beaten

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:56.440
 in synagogues.

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.780
 You will stand

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.680
 before governors

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.920
 and kings

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.000
 for my sake.

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.800
 Why?

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.700
 To bear witness

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.579
 before them.

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.840
 To bear witness

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.500
 before them.

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.240
 And you only have

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.800
 to get a couple

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.240
 of chapters

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.900
 into the book

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.420
 of Acts.

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.619
 Just days

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.380
 after Jesus

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.559
 tells them this

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.579
 that these men

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.160
 are indeed

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:16.200
 delivered before

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.760
 the councils

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.780
 of the Sanhedrin.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.760
 They're persecuted

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.880
 in the synagogues

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.760
 and cast out

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.940
 of the synagogues

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.500
 not allowed

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.539
 to even return.

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.260
 They stood

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.019
 before governors

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.680
 and kings

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.500
 as Paul stood

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.760
 before Agrippa

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:31.019
 and they testified

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:33.099
 gave witness

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.160
 to the resurrected

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.780
 Christ

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.740
 all for the glory

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.260
 of God.

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:39.240
 So in case

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.760
 we're tempted

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.340
 to think

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.500
 that the hardship

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.240
 we face

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.920
 is a result

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.380
 of God

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.440
 being out of control

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.120
 or perhaps

00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:46.740
 unconcerned

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:48.500
 Jesus proclaims

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.120
 there's actually

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:50.080
 a divine purpose

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.740
 to this.

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.580
 They would indeed

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.240
 stand before

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:55.200
 all of these people

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:56.820
 and the purpose

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.780
 was to bear witness

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.540
 of the truth

00:36:58.540 --> 00:37:00.500
 which had two

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.560
 possible results.

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:04.260
 It has one result

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.120
 the conversion

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.820
 of the lost.

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:07.800
 as people

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.360
 looked on

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.180
 to their persecution

00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:09.780
 and listened

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.360
 to the message

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.920
 of the gospel

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.400
 people were converted

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.260
 to Christ

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:14.200
 and they became

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.720
 Christians

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.539
 in that moment.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.740
 It also served

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.480
 the purpose

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.780
 of judgment

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:20.519
 a warning

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.620
 to the unbelievers

00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:23.660
 of their damnation

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:26.519
 and these results

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.160
 were to the glory

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.680
 of God

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:29.539
 for he is the God

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.720
 of perfect mercy

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:32.300
 and of perfect

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.280
 justice.

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:35.620
 So what does

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.200
 Jesus say

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.700
 the purpose

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.320
 of this is?

00:37:37.540 --> 00:37:38.580
 You're going to glorify

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.920
 God in your persecution.

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:42.200
 You're going to glorify

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.800
 the Lord

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.980
 in your hardship.

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:46.340
 People will be saved

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.160
 and others

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:48.040
 will be warned

00:37:48.040 --> 00:37:49.500
 and in either case

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.320
 the Lord

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.480
 will be glorified.

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.660
 The purpose

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.400
 of persecution.

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.440
 Then we see

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.400
 the product

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.660
 of persecution

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.280
 for them.

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.980
 Verse 10

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:00.300
 and the gospel

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.059
 must first

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.820
 be proclaimed

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.719
 to all nations.

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.380
 It will be

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.679
 proclaimed

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.500
 to all nations.

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.039
 All people groups

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.900
 will hear the truth

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:12.440
 so that when we

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.400
 endure the persecution

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.820
 for the gospel's sake

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.099
 it results

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.179
 in the evangelization

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.880
 of the world.

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.980
 The statement

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.559
 pointed to

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.240
 a dramatic

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:23.360
 shift

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.880
 in God's plan

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.260
 to show

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:25.679
 his glory

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.280
 to the world.

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:28.180
 Do you remember

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:29.700
 how God's plan

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.140
 to reveal

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.580
 his glory

00:38:30.580 --> 00:38:31.160
 to the world

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:32.460
 was structured

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.480
 in the Old Testament?

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.760
 Was structured

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.560
 through his people

00:38:36.560 --> 00:38:37.080
 in Israel?

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.900
 Through their worship?

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.780
 Through the temple?

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.100
 People would have

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:43.600
 to travel

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:44.460
 to Israel

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.440
 to learn

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.200
 of this God.

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.840
 They would have

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.300
 to travel

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.040
 to Jerusalem

00:38:48.040 --> 00:38:48.800
 to the temple

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.560
 to learn

00:38:49.560 --> 00:38:50.180
 of his glory

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.880
 to witness

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.500
 of his glory

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.260
 as they gazed

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.100
 upon his people

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.560
 and the way

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:54.220
 that they behaved

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.700
 and the things

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.260
 that they did.

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:56.800
 Not so in the New Testament.

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:59.140
 Temple's destroyed now.

00:38:59.520 --> 00:38:59.680
 Right?

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:00.640
 That's what Jesus

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:01.120
 is saying.

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.140
 And with that

00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:03.020
 comes a shift

00:39:03.020 --> 00:39:03.920
 in the way

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.740
 that God reveals

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.200
 his glory

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.820
 to the world.

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.900
 Instead of bringing

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.160
 people to a single

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.980
 place to reveal

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.440
 his glory

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.800
 he takes his people

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:12.280
 he indwells them

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.640
 and then he scatters

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.900
 them around the world

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.900
 and they take

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.640
 the demonstration

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:17.680
 of God's glory

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.300
 with them

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:19.320
 wherever they go.

00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:20.460
 And what is often

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:21.080
 the agent

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:22.040
 of this scattering?

00:39:23.040 --> 00:39:23.540
 Hardship.

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:25.480
 Persecution.

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.079
 The war

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:28.019
 in AD 70

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.619
 itself

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.139
 would see

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.259
 many Christians

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:31.139
 spread throughout

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.039
 the Roman Empire

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:33.420
 and as they're spread

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.340
 in the diaspora

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:36.059
 throughout the Roman Empire

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.019
 what do they take

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.480
 with them?

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.599
 The words

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.380
 of the Lord

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.599
 are on their lips

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.519
 and they preach

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.219
 the gospel

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.360
 and we see

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.300
 even in the book

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.860
 of Acts

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:46.380
 we see a foreshadowing

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.480
 of the gospel

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:49.519
 going to all nations

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.340
 around the world

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.460
 and Jesus says

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.219
 this will also

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.839
 be a sign

00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:53.399
 of the end

00:39:53.399 --> 00:39:54.619
 that as the end

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.039
 of the age

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.539
 approaches

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.500
 the gospel

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.159
 will prevail

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.319
 and the gospel

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.259
 will flourish

00:39:59.259 --> 00:40:00.419
 around the world

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:01.119
 once again.

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.219
 We see the product

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.579
 of it.

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.500
 Then we see

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.119
 the promise

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.719
 in it

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.799
 the promise

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.879
 in persecution.

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.219
 Verse 11

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:09.939
 and when they

00:40:09.939 --> 00:40:10.980
 bring you to trial

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:13.000
 and deliver you over

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.980
 do not be anxious

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.659
 beforehand

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.039
 what you are to say

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.779
 but say whatever

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.539
 is given you

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.239
 in that hour

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.839
 for it is not

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.679
 you who speak

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:24.639
 but the Holy Spirit.

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.619
 Now what peace

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.839
 this provides to us.

00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.500
 What peace.

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.619
 We don't have

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.299
 to attempt

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.859
 to predict

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.539
 the future

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:38.179
 so that we might

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:39.079
 prepare ourselves

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:40.139
 for its realities.

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.019
 We don't have

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.500
 to do that.

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.799
 We only need

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.500
 to faithfully

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.439
 follow Christ

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:47.200
 and trust

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:47.840
 his promise

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.380
 that he will

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:49.240
 send his spirit

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:51.059
 to sustain us

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.460
 in those moments.

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.599
 Wasn't that

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.079
 the point

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.240
 of that whole section

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:57.420
 between John 14

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:58.039
 and 16?

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.800
 Jesus is telling

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.440
 his disciples

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.139
 we read some of it

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.579
 last week

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.800
 I'm going away

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.760
 but when I go away

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.200
 I'm going to send

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.760
 my spirit.

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.320
 Now I want you

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.920
 to think about that

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.400
 for just a moment.

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.019
 I prayed this

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.460
 this morning

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.139
 here in this room

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.700
 before people

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.820
 began to show up

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.960
 for worship today.

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.400
 I pray that we

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.220
 would experience

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.919
 the reality

00:41:14.919 --> 00:41:15.959
 of that promise

00:41:15.959 --> 00:41:18.339
 that as we

00:41:18.339 --> 00:41:19.480
 gather for worship

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:21.439
 we have the

00:41:21.439 --> 00:41:22.039
 promise

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:23.279
 of Christ's

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.619
 spirit

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.459
 to help us

00:41:24.459 --> 00:41:25.239
 understand his

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.599
 truth.

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.599
 To help us

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.539
 respond to his

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.319
 truth in the way

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.779
 that we need

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:30.419
 to respond.

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.879
 To enlighten us

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:33.019
 to his glory.

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:34.279
 To inform

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:35.480
 and help us

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.239
 and encourage us

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:37.139
 in our worship.

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:39.239
 We have the

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.879
 seal of the

00:41:39.879 --> 00:41:41.000
 spirit within us

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.679
 as a seal

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.579
 of our salvation.

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.339
 There is

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:45.420
 wonderful promise

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.980
 that comes from

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.559
 Christ about

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.039
 the spirit

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.100
 and here in

00:41:49.100 --> 00:41:49.660
 this passage

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:50.500
 it is echoed

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.079
 once again

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.340
 that as you

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.400
 face certain

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.220
 persecution

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:54.840
 and hardship

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.620
 in this life

00:41:55.620 --> 00:41:56.400
 whether it be

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:57.039
 through natural

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.740
 catastrophe

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.760
 or political

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.380
 upheaval

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.320
 or persecution

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.240
 for the gospel

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.640
 sake

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.680
 he has promised

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.539
 us his spirit

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.660
 and his spirit

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.539
 will inform us

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:06.220
 in those moments.

00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:07.200
 You don't have

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:08.059
 to try to figure

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.640
 it all out

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:09.260
 and prepare.

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.820
 You just have

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.440
 to trust the

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.720
 Lord.

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:14.159
 trust his promise

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.859
 he will give you

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:17.119
 through great peace

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:18.599
 the things that we

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.959
 need

00:42:18.959 --> 00:42:20.199
 as we face

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.899
 these things.

00:42:22.419 --> 00:42:22.779
 And there's

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.500
 echoes of the

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.139
 promise in the

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.759
 great commission

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.099
 here

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.539
 in Matthew 28

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.579
 Jesus says

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.319
 all authority

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:29.000
 is given to me

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:30.139
 go and make

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.099
 disciples of all

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.539
 nations

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.879
 baptizing them

00:42:32.879 --> 00:42:33.199
 in the name

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.699
 of the father

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.079
 and the son

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.399
 of the holy

00:42:34.399 --> 00:42:34.859
 spirit

00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:36.159
 teaching them

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.739
 to observe

00:42:36.739 --> 00:42:37.459
 all things

00:42:37.459 --> 00:42:38.199
 I have commanded

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.439
 you.

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.239
 And what's the

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:39.799
 promise that

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.440
 that goes

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.800
 along with

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.100
 it at the

00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:41.539
 very end

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:43.240
 and behold

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:44.539
 I am with

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:45.180
 you always

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:47.260
 to the end

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.440
 of the age

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:49.480
 Jesus says

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.860
 and what does

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.340
 he tell his

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.140
 disciples here

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:53.240
 guys

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:54.860
 you're probably

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:55.519
 going to die

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:58.900
 you're going to

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.460
 face a lot

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.140
 of hardship

00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:02.300
 don't be

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.760
 alarmed

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:04.280
 I'll be

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.680
 with you

00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:06.240
 I will be

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:06.760
 with you

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:08.980
 what peace

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.480
 that brings

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.160
 to our hearts

00:43:10.160 --> 00:43:11.800
 what wonderful

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.940
 promise there is

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:14.460
 in persecution

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.800
 we got to

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.280
 hurry to the

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:16.660
 end here

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:18.500
 we're thinking

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.940
 pastoral directives

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:21.480
 Jesus says

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.420
 as the end

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:22.840
 of the age

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.540
 draws near

00:43:23.540 --> 00:43:24.660
 don't be led

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.120
 astray

00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:27.500
 don't drop

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.140
 your guard

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:29.400
 be prepared

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.080
 for what's

00:43:30.080 --> 00:43:30.480
 ahead

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:32.200
 and then he

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:32.600
 says

00:43:32.600 --> 00:43:33.700
 don't lose

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.140
 the faith

00:43:34.140 --> 00:43:35.900
 don't lose

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.380
 the faith

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:38.500
 because if

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:38.880
 they're led

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.360
 astray

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.039
 and they drop

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.579
 their guard

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.360
 that will be

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:41.920
 the result

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:43.300
 they will

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:43.700
 abandon

00:43:43.700 --> 00:43:44.260
 the faith

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:46.860
 verse 12

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:49.220
 brother will

00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:49.940
 deliver brother

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.780
 over to death

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:53.360
 and the father

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.160
 his child

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:56.539
 and children

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.220
 children

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:58.480
 will rise

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:59.240
 against parents

00:43:59.240 --> 00:44:00.039
 and have them

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.680
 put to death

00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:02.579
 and you will

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.140
 be hated

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:04.400
 by all

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:05.519
 for my

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.099
 name's

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:07.019
 sake

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.820
 but the

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:09.380
 one who

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.900
 endures

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.440
 to the

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.759
 end

00:44:10.759 --> 00:44:11.780
 will be

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.199
 saved

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:14.840
 this final

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.179
 directive

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.559
 I think

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.119
 brings us

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.400
 to the

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.900
 main point

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.219
 of this

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:18.000
 first section

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.539
 down through

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.840
 verse 13

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:22.659
 faith in the

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.360
 gospel can

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.440
 indeed result

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.960
 in loss

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.559
 of family

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:28.940
 we don't

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:31.119
 always have

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.340
 first hand

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.820
 experience

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.420
 with this

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.259
 in our

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:35.000
 context

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.639
 like many

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:36.019
 Christians

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.440
 do around

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.960
 the world

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:39.579
 but there

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.880
 are many

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.340
 people

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:42.259
 who upon

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.860
 converting

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.759
 to Christ

00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:44.940
 perhaps even

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.320
 through their

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.940
 baptism

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:47.480
 are totally

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:48.039
 abandoned

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.500
 by their

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:48.920
 families

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.599
 as a result

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:51.440
 they're

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.940
 abandoned

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.400
 by their

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.980
 friends

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:54.179
 they lose

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:54.380
 their

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:55.139
 jobs

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:56.599
 they lose

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.139
 life as

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.539
 they know

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:57.940
 it and

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.380
 they lose

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.539
 it

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.960
 willingly

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.820
 for the

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:00.139
 sake of

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:00.659
 the gospel

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:02.740
 that's a

00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:03.280
 reality

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:04.340
 for many

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.920
 people around

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.400
 the world

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:08.800
 faith in

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.240
 the gospel

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.940
 can result

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.300
 in loss

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:10.860
 of family

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:12.420
 it can

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.980
 result in

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.360
 loss of

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:13.880
 friends

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:15.500
 it can

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.579
 result in

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.219
 loss of

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:17.579
 life

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.400
 itself

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.920
 the end

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.460
 is coming

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:22.380
 and with

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:22.639
 it will

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:22.880
 be an

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.340
 incredible

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.820
 amount of

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.139
 hardship

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:24.880
 and persecution

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:26.700
 and in

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.059
 the midst

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.579
 of that

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.440
 we will

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:28.980
 be tempted

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.619
 to follow

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:29.960
 false

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.340
 teachers

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:31.480
 and we

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:31.940
 will be

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.260
 tempted

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:33.300
 to abandon

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.800
 Jesus

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.780
 in order

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:35.680
 to preserve

00:45:35.680 --> 00:45:36.880
 a comfortable

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:38.000
 life in

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.559
 this world

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:40.760
 that's the

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.340
 temptation

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:43.400
 that's why

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.400
 Jesus said

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.380
 whoever will

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:46.099
 lose his life

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:46.960
 for my sake

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.800
 will gain it

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.519
 and whoever

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:49.220
 will save

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:49.940
 his life

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:51.000
 will lose

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.280
 it

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:55.060
 but in

00:45:55.060 --> 00:45:55.600
 the end

00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:57.640
 all those

00:45:57.640 --> 00:45:58.600
 who endure

00:45:58.600 --> 00:46:00.700
 and persevere

00:46:00.700 --> 00:46:01.560
 in faith

00:46:01.560 --> 00:46:03.039
 will be

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.440
 saved

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.960
 that's the

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.440
 promise

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:08.519
 now Jesus

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.160
 didn't mean

00:46:09.160 --> 00:46:10.200
 that endurance

00:46:10.200 --> 00:46:11.580
 earns our

00:46:11.580 --> 00:46:12.180
 salvation

00:46:12.180 --> 00:46:12.960
 that's not

00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:13.460
 what he means

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:13.980
 by that

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:15.600
 our salvation

00:46:15.600 --> 00:46:16.660
 is a present

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:17.859
 possession

00:46:17.859 --> 00:46:18.960
 that comes

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.279
 to us

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:19.579
 at the

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:19.899
 moment

00:46:19.899 --> 00:46:20.519
 of regeneration

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.599
 and conversion

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:22.899
 we can trust

00:46:22.899 --> 00:46:23.259
 that

00:46:23.259 --> 00:46:24.000
 our eternity

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.039
 is secure

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:25.619
 at the moment

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.000
 that we're

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.379
 saved

00:46:26.379 --> 00:46:26.940
 but there

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.739
 is a dynamic

00:46:27.739 --> 00:46:28.199
 to our

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:28.679
 future

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:29.440
 salvation

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:31.279
 there's

00:46:31.279 --> 00:46:31.659
 echoes

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.159
 of Jesus'

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:32.920
 parable

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.940
 of the

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.399
 soils

00:46:34.399 --> 00:46:35.159
 do you remember

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:36.779
 Jesus said

00:46:36.779 --> 00:46:37.159
 that the

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:37.779
 gospel would

00:46:37.779 --> 00:46:38.339
 be cast

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:38.819
 the seed

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.139
 would be

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.379
 cast

00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:39.920
 on various

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:40.299
 types

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:40.799
 of soil

00:46:40.799 --> 00:46:41.440
 and there

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:41.839
 were two

00:46:41.839 --> 00:46:42.119
 types

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.579
 of soil

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.460
 that for

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:44.159
 a time

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:45.219
 appear to

00:46:45.219 --> 00:46:46.239
 be fruitful

00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:47.059
 they appear

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:48.059
 to be

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.859
 believers

00:46:48.859 --> 00:46:49.659
 but either

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.500
 through sin

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:51.880
 or persecution

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:53.039
 they fall

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.460
 away

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:55.000
 but the

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.400
 promise

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:56.019
 from Jesus

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.659
 in that

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.859
 is that

00:46:57.859 --> 00:46:58.420
 those who

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:59.019
 have truly

00:46:59.019 --> 00:46:59.599
 trusted

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.359
 Christ alone

00:47:00.359 --> 00:47:01.139
 for salvation

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:02.279
 will prove

00:47:02.279 --> 00:47:03.099
 to be fruitful

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.179
 even in the

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:04.480
 end

00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:06.400
 and how do

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.079
 we apply

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.739
 the end

00:47:07.739 --> 00:47:08.039
 here

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:09.019
 look again

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.239
 at the

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:09.619
 verse

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:10.579
 13

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:11.619
 the one

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.179
 who endures

00:47:12.179 --> 00:47:12.519
 to the

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.739
 end

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.039
 will be

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.400
 saved

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.920
 well these

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.340
 disciples

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:15.880
 didn't live

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.239
 all the way

00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:16.539
 to the

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:16.840
 end

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:17.199
 at least

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:17.519
 the end

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:17.739
 of the

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:18.119
 age

00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:19.679
 but they

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.079
 did come

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:21.219
 to an

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:21.679
 end

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.500
 didn't they

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:24.880
 all of us

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.420
 will face

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:25.920
 the waves

00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:26.440
 of death

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:26.799
 as we'll

00:47:26.799 --> 00:47:27.239
 sing about

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:27.739
 in just a

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.019
 moment

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:29.019
 Christ

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.480
 the sure

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:29.940
 and steady

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.279
 anchor

00:47:30.279 --> 00:47:31.420
 as we face

00:47:31.420 --> 00:47:32.059
 the waves

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.679
 of death

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:34.699
 if you

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:35.000
 remember

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.480
 back to

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:36.000
 pilgrim's

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.659
 progress

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.639
 do you

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:37.940
 remember

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.239
 us

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:39.139
 as pilgrim

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.659
 and hopeful

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.239
 they make

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.879
 it finally

00:47:40.879 --> 00:47:42.279
 to the

00:47:42.279 --> 00:47:42.619
 sea

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:42.959
 that they

00:47:42.959 --> 00:47:43.279
 have to

00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:43.739
 cross

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:44.059
 in order

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.519
 to get

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.119
 to

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:45.959
 the

00:47:45.959 --> 00:47:46.399
 celestial

00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.919
 city

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:48.539
 and it

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:49.019
 represents

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:49.479
 death

00:47:49.479 --> 00:47:50.019
 doesn't it

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:51.099
 and in

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:51.559
 that moment

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.119
 pilgrim

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.639
 wavers

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.439
 for just

00:47:53.439 --> 00:47:53.819
 a minute

00:47:53.819 --> 00:47:54.559
 afraid

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.419
 of the

00:47:55.419 --> 00:47:55.839
 death

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.679
 that awaits

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:56.879
 them

00:47:56.879 --> 00:47:57.439
 and we

00:47:57.439 --> 00:47:58.019
 can expect

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.500
 that at

00:47:58.500 --> 00:47:59.059
 the moment

00:47:59.059 --> 00:47:59.479
 that our

00:47:59.479 --> 00:47:59.819
 death

00:47:59.819 --> 00:48:00.419
 approaches

00:48:00.419 --> 00:48:00.919
 we will

00:48:00.919 --> 00:48:01.399
 be tempted

00:48:01.399 --> 00:48:02.079
 to abandon

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.519
 the faith

00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:03.339
 will you

00:48:03.339 --> 00:48:03.759
 trust

00:48:03.759 --> 00:48:04.299
 Christ

00:48:04.299 --> 00:48:05.379
 even in

00:48:05.379 --> 00:48:05.679
 those

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.259
 moments

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:07.820
 and Jesus

00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:08.180
 says

00:48:08.180 --> 00:48:08.760
 the one

00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:09.660
 who endures

00:48:09.660 --> 00:48:10.040
 to the

00:48:10.040 --> 00:48:10.340
 end

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:10.900
 will be

00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:11.280
 saved

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:12.680
 for you

00:48:12.680 --> 00:48:13.120
 the end

00:48:13.120 --> 00:48:13.800
 may be

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:15.540
 natural

00:48:15.540 --> 00:48:16.060
 death

00:48:16.060 --> 00:48:16.860
 for you

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:17.240
 the end

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.580
 may be

00:48:17.580 --> 00:48:18.200
 disease

00:48:18.200 --> 00:48:20.080
 for you

00:48:20.080 --> 00:48:20.580
 it may be

00:48:20.580 --> 00:48:21.020
 some type

00:48:21.020 --> 00:48:21.640
 of devastating

00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:22.240
 consequence

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:22.680
 for you

00:48:22.680 --> 00:48:23.160
 it may be

00:48:23.160 --> 00:48:23.900
 persecution

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.760
 hardship

00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:25.820
 the sun

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:26.820
 beating down

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.160
 on us

00:48:27.160 --> 00:48:27.760
 like it did

00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:28.580
 the seed

00:48:28.580 --> 00:48:29.080
 that Jesus

00:48:29.080 --> 00:48:29.620
 talked about

00:48:29.620 --> 00:48:29.940
 in that

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.360
 parable

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:31.300
 but the one

00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:31.800
 who endures

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:32.320
 will prove

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:33.040
 to be fruitful

00:48:33.040 --> 00:48:35.000
 it's a promise

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.620
 of the Lord

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:37.400
 so endure

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:37.739
 Jesus

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:38.219
 says

00:48:38.219 --> 00:48:38.599
 it's a

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.000
 pastoral

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:39.400
 warning

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:40.779
 endure

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:42.400
 don't lose

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.920
 the faith

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:44.639
 don't throw

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.219
 in the towel

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:46.779
 stay faithful

00:48:46.779 --> 00:48:48.400
 trust me

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.940
 continue

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:53.440
 the Olivet

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:53.940
 Discourse

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.579
 is so very

00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:54.960
 helpful

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:57.279
 but we have

00:48:57.279 --> 00:48:57.699
 to approach

00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:58.019
 it with the

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.619
 right purpose

00:48:58.619 --> 00:48:59.259
 as I said

00:48:59.259 --> 00:48:59.779
 in the beginning

00:48:59.779 --> 00:49:02.579
 we can learn

00:49:02.579 --> 00:49:03.319
 lots of things

00:49:03.319 --> 00:49:03.880
 about the end

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:04.299
 of the age

00:49:04.299 --> 00:49:04.679
 and we need

00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:04.980
 to learn

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.519
 those things

00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:06.440
 but the purpose

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:07.259
 of this section

00:49:07.259 --> 00:49:08.179
 is in order

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:08.960
 to exhort us

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.559
 to faithfully

00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:10.380
 follow Jesus

00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:11.659
 do you see it

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:15.840
 just as the temple

00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:17.880
 came to an end

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.639
 in AD 70

00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:19.340
 the end of this

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:20.119
 world is going

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:20.679
 to come

00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:22.840
 the end is coming

00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:25.219
 are you ready

00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:25.800
 for that

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:27.500
 are you ready

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:28.179
 for the end

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:31.980
 have you trusted

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:33.119
 Christ alone

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:35.000
 to forgive your sins

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:38.339
 will you endure

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:40.000
 the deception

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:41.940
 will you endure

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:43.440
 the destruction

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:45.699
 will you prove

00:49:45.699 --> 00:49:47.079
 to be a faithful

00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:47.599
 disciple

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:50.539
 we prayed

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:51.159
 about our

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:52.659
 discipling initiatives

00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:53.900
 earlier in the service

00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:54.920
 do you know why

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:55.839
 those things matter

00:49:55.839 --> 00:49:57.960
 they matter

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:59.319
 because we need

00:49:59.319 --> 00:49:59.819
 one another

00:49:59.819 --> 00:50:01.079
 to spur us

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:02.000
 along in this

00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:02.900
 don't we

00:50:02.900 --> 00:50:05.840
 sometimes we

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:06.539
 come to church

00:50:06.539 --> 00:50:07.299
 Sunday by Sunday

00:50:07.299 --> 00:50:08.880
 and we do the best

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.299
 we can

00:50:09.299 --> 00:50:09.759
 we only have

00:50:09.759 --> 00:50:10.380
 limited time

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:11.019
 together on Sunday

00:50:11.019 --> 00:50:11.279
 mornings

00:50:11.279 --> 00:50:11.659
 don't we

00:50:11.659 --> 00:50:12.840
 we do the best

00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:13.239
 we can

00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:13.779
 to encourage

00:50:13.779 --> 00:50:14.199
 people

00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:15.199
 the truth is

00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:15.900
 we really have

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.380
 no idea

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:16.840
 what's under

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:17.380
 the surface

00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:18.099
 of most of our

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:18.360
 hearts

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:18.819
 as we come

00:50:18.819 --> 00:50:19.239
 in Sunday

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:19.739
 by Sunday

00:50:19.739 --> 00:50:22.279
 and we may

00:50:22.279 --> 00:50:22.679
 think you know

00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:23.319
 nobody is

00:50:23.319 --> 00:50:24.099
 nobody's having

00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:24.779
 to go home

00:50:24.779 --> 00:50:25.480
 every Sunday

00:50:25.480 --> 00:50:26.599
 and deal with

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:28.340
 the threat

00:50:28.340 --> 00:50:29.199
 of their life

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:29.819
 because they

00:50:29.819 --> 00:50:30.399
 went to church

00:50:30.399 --> 00:50:30.839
 that day

00:50:30.839 --> 00:50:31.259
 at least I

00:50:31.259 --> 00:50:31.539
 don't think

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:32.139
 that's the case

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:32.539
 for anyone

00:50:32.539 --> 00:50:32.839
 here

00:50:32.839 --> 00:50:33.719
 but we don't

00:50:33.719 --> 00:50:33.960
 know what

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.219
 kind of

00:50:34.219 --> 00:50:34.579
 hardships

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:35.719
 and persecutions

00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:36.139
 each other

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:36.759
 are facing

00:50:36.759 --> 00:50:37.699
 you know why

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:38.139
 it's helpful

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:38.839
 when we come

00:50:38.839 --> 00:50:39.519
 to a lakeside

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.159
 connect group

00:50:40.159 --> 00:50:41.359
 we have a

00:50:41.359 --> 00:50:41.879
 moment to

00:50:41.879 --> 00:50:42.759
 encourage people

00:50:42.759 --> 00:50:43.879
 along to

00:50:43.879 --> 00:50:44.879
 say just

00:50:44.879 --> 00:50:45.599
 keep going

00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:47.559
 trust the

00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.199
 promise

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:50.679
 isn't that

00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:51.059
 what we want

00:50:51.059 --> 00:50:51.379
 to do with

00:50:51.379 --> 00:50:51.879
 our children

00:50:51.879 --> 00:50:53.079
 on Thursdays

00:50:53.079 --> 00:50:54.659
 because things

00:50:54.659 --> 00:50:55.259
 might be harder

00:50:55.259 --> 00:50:55.659
 for them

00:50:55.659 --> 00:50:56.019
 than what it

00:50:56.019 --> 00:50:56.460
 actually is

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:57.079
 for us

00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:59.340
 in either

00:50:59.340 --> 00:50:59.679
 case

00:50:59.679 --> 00:50:59.940
 they're going

00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:00.299
 to face

00:51:00.299 --> 00:51:01.099
 great difficulty

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.920
 as believers

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:03.719
 don't we want

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:04.059
 to start

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:04.539
 teaching them

00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:04.799
 now

00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:05.239
 hey

00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:05.980
 trust the

00:51:05.980 --> 00:51:06.500
 promise

00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:07.440
 Jesus said

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:07.779
 this would

00:51:07.779 --> 00:51:08.139
 happen

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:09.039
 just stay

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:09.480
 faithful

00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:10.699
 just trust

00:51:10.699 --> 00:51:11.099
 him

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:13.079
 isn't that

00:51:13.079 --> 00:51:13.599
 what we do

00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:14.199
 is we pray

00:51:14.199 --> 00:51:14.940
 for one another

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.860
 in the prayer

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.219
 breakfast

00:51:16.219 --> 00:51:16.699
 and in our

00:51:16.699 --> 00:51:17.539
 personal time

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:18.699
 that's what

00:51:18.699 --> 00:51:19.079
 we're doing

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.420
 when we're

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:20.099
 meeting together

00:51:20.099 --> 00:51:20.679
 for coffee

00:51:20.679 --> 00:51:21.779
 and when we're

00:51:21.779 --> 00:51:22.219
 investing

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:23.940
 we're saying

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:25.179
 keep going

00:51:25.179 --> 00:51:26.699
 God is good

00:51:26.699 --> 00:51:27.839
 the Lord

00:51:27.839 --> 00:51:28.460
 is faithful

00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:29.799
 he will help

00:51:29.799 --> 00:51:30.079
 you

00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:31.779
 keep moving

00:51:31.779 --> 00:51:33.460
 endure

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:34.799
 to the end

00:51:34.799 --> 00:51:36.839
 and in the end

00:51:36.839 --> 00:51:38.639
 every one of us

00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:39.460
 who know Christ

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:41.219
 will celebrate

00:51:41.219 --> 00:51:42.219
 just like a new

00:51:42.219 --> 00:51:42.539
 mother

00:51:42.539 --> 00:51:44.679
 new life

00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:46.039
 and joy

00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:46.739
NING

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