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What a joy to be with you today.
Well, if you were with us last 

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week, you know that we took our 
time together to investigate and

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confirm the major signs and 
events that will precede and 

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prepare for the triumphant 
return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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And we examine five of those 
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most descriptive and unique 
among them all, and Jesus Christ

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himself. 
And identifying that significant

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indicator called it the 
abomination of desolation in 

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verse 14 of Mark chapter 13. 
And I invite you to turn with me

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to Mark 13 as we prepare to 
continue in this glorious 

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discourse of Christ concerning. 
The things to come. 

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We determined together by 
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Scriptures, especially the book 
of Daniel, that the abomination 

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of desolation, it didn't 
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prophet Daniel spoke of this. 
And in Speaking of this, we have

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concluded that he was describing
a powerful political figure who 

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is to come and one day he will 
invade the Temple in Jerusalem 

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and will perform a blasphemous 
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Place. 
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that abomination that will cause
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be desecrated or desolate. 
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chapter 2, verse four, that the 
man of lawlessness will take his

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seat in the temple of God and he
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And that is a significant thing 
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And it is a sign that is 
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understanding of when a 
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head and realize, at least for 
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redemption is near. 
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That the abomination of 
desolation was already fulfilled

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in one of two ways in history 
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One common claim and belief is 
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the name of Antiochus Epiphanes.
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title which means God manifest 
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who ruled over Syria between 175
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Now in his attempt to solidify 
his rule he sought to oppress 

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the Jewish people and not just 
Hellenize it, but to erase 

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Jewish culture and faith 
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And of course, the Jews of that 
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And this only stirred the king 
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unthinkable, unthinkable for the
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unthinkable from an objective 
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And Teakiss invades Jerusalem. 
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enters into the holy place, he 
removes the artifacts and the 

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treasures of the Temple of God, 
and he sets up an altar 

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dedicated to false gods and 
sacrifices the flesh of pigs 

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upon it. 
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known in history as the 
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find that in the apocryphal 
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Maccabees. 
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about it as well. 
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was a group of Jewish people who
in great faith and zeal, wanting

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to defend the honor of their 
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and even defeated the Syrian 
Greek oppression that they were 

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enduring to the degree that they
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temple, cleanse it once again 
and separate it unto the glory 

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of God as it once was. 
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place then. 
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Hanukkah. 
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what Daniel predicted throughout
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part, was ultimately fulfilled 
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history. 
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you and I looked at and 
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that although this group may 
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then was an abomination, it 
could not have fulfilled what 

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Daniel predicted because of what
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In Mark 13, Matthew 24, Jesus 
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abomination of desolation, but 
it would occur in this 

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generation. 
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this generation speaks of the 
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the time of Christ. 
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factor. 
It couldn't have happened in the

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past because Christ says it is 
to happen apparently in his 

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time. 
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70 AD when the Romans surrounded
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invaded and destroyed it as the 
fulfillment of what Daniel said 

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concerning the abomination of 
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What do you and I do with these 
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that are clearly connected to 
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Here's where we concluded last 
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this today, that although those 
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biblical prophecy and 
prediction, they are but partial

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fulfillments. 
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previews of something greater to
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testifies specifically about the
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what it will cause has not yet 
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And so you and I remember that 
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week, we explored how this man 
of lawlessness who would be the 

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reason why there would be an 
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begin with, His profile, 
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Thessalonians, does not fit past
descriptions of others who have 

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desecrated the temple. 
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one who would what? 
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wonders. 
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writings of Paul, would 
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this man of lawlessness who 
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God and proclaim himself to. 
Be God, that hasn't happened 

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yet. 
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The abomination of desolation 
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been partially fulfilled in 70 
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speaking about would set into 
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in Mark 13. 
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speaking about the abomination 
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Notice what the Lord says, for 
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the days of the abomination of 
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For in those days there will be 
such tribulation as has not been

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from the beginning of the 
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now, and never will be. 
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saying that what the abomination
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the great tribulation. 
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that you and I hold to at least 
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there can't be a future 
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because there is no standing 
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hopefully agreed, is that in 
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the even the prophecies of the 
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order for those things to be 
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be a temple to come, that a 
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arrive at some point. 
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the nation of Israel 1948, and a
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Jews there who long to revive 
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of the Mosaic covenant, the 
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temple is more possible now than
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concerning a people group that 
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sense. 
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the point where it's at today. 
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Nothing short of it. 
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grasp this, then realize that 
the most apocalyptic book in the

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library of the Bible tells us 
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So turn with me briefly to 
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especially after chapter 4 and 
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record, then this this is 
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Look at what John describes in 
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this vision that I was given a 
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I was told rise and measure the 
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those who worship there, but do 
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the temple. 
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over to the nations, and they 
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42 months. 
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describe two witnesses who will 
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of time from Jerusalem. 
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The world is going to celebrate 
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Interestingly, we're also told 
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in the world will behold their 
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How is John able to describe how
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would see the same thing at the 
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It's in your pocket, that's how.
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miraculous resurrection. 
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hasn't happened yet. 
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these two witnesses performing 
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being slain, the world 
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to one another because they were
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When does that happen? 
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origami with the Bible to say 
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spiritualized. 
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you, say that within the context
of those two witnesses and all 

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the things attached to them. 
You have a temple described in 

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the beginning. 
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week about the sermon man, that 
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that, and that was intentional. 
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scripture in this one too. 
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Because I don't want you to 
wrestle with any ideas that come

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from here. 
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wrestle with the text that has 
been prayerfully and hopefully 

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you will recognize rightly 
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Is going to be not a common 
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here, if you've been here week 
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love to go to different places 
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meditate on certain truths. 
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Last week and this week and 
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want to just present to you 
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Scripture for what purpose? 
So that you can see that these 

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truths are harmonized in the 
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end they testified the same 
thing, and that there's evidence

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for why we believe what we 
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times. 
And so prepare yourself to turn 

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your Bible to different places 
because again, I want to bring 

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your attention to these passages
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holistic grasp on these things. 
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is there anything else to add 
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the last days? 
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absolutely. 
We can go back in to Mark 13 and

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look at these signs in greater 
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We can pause between verses 14 
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Israel's role in the end times 
because Jesus himself directly 

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addresses the Jewish people and 
how they should respond to the 

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Matthew calls it the great 
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What? 
What is that period of time the 

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world has known the world has 
known horrors before, but it's 

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Jesus described me something 
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If the Lord wills, we will look 
at these different subjects in 

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greater detail on an individual 
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But what I want to do today is 
honor the flow of thought that 

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Christ offers in his teaching. 
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where we left off and after 
giving us the signs that we must

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see and anticipate before His 
return, after describing the 

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most descriptive sign being the 
abomination of desolation, where

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does Jesus want us to go now? 
What does He want us to unpack? 

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And Christ now wants to turn our
gaze upon the day, the actual 

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day when He returns. 
He told us about the occasions 

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and the signs leading up to that
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is going to. 
He is going to paint for us a 

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picture of what it's going to be
when he physically returns to 

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the earth. 
That's our main text today. 

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So let's read together Mark 13 
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But in those days after that 
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darkened, and the moon will not 
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will be falling from heaven, and
the powers in the heavens will 

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be shaken. 
And then they will see the Son 

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of Man coming in clouds with 
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And then he will send out the 
angels and gather his elect from

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the four winds, from the ends of
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If you are somebody who takes 
notes, then you'll be happy 

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today because I want to gather 
the thoughts here in these 

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verses under 4 headings that 
will hopefully organize what we 

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want to clarify concerning 
Jesus's teaching about His 

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return. 
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to consider is the period of His
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return. 
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platform of His return, the 
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of His return. 
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procuring of His return, the 
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And if you are again, if you are
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understanding this particular 
viewpoint of the end times or 

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just trying to understand it 
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be prepared to take notes of 
these references because they 

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will greatly help you. 
And having a familiarity of this

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very important truth concerning 
our faith, Lord, we ask that you

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help us now by Your grace, by 
Your Spirit, Give us the minds 

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and the hearts to be attentive. 
May the delivery of this word be

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assisted by the power and wisdom
of the Holy Spirit, and may the 

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Person of Jesus Christ be 
exalted even in this teaching. 

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We pray these things in His 
precious name, Amen. 

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The period of His return. 
You and I very shortly are going

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to realize that Jesus says no 
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the Son of Man knows the day or 
the hour of His return. 

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If that text has troubled you, I
suggest not missing the next two

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weeks of church because we will 
explore that in greater detail. 

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How is it that Jesus, who is 
God, did not know the day or the

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hour? 
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not know the general period of. 
His return because he tells us 

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when it will happen again. 
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So again, he says after that 
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in human history there have been
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tribulation that will precede 
his return. 

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So Christ now offers us a block,
a chronological block, that 

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after that tribulation, my 
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Well, again, if we look at the 
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at the entirety of Scripture, 
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this tribulation period in terms
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seven years. 
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own time, because we don't have 
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27, where that's spelled out so 
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It's confirmed in the Book of 
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found in Daniel 924 to 27. 
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detail about why we believe this
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years, what we can determine at 
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purpose on the earth. 
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why this tribulation period will
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The first one is very obvious. 
It's for the Lord to exercise 

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judgment against the wicked with
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repentance before He returns. 
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and devastations again, like 
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never seen before. 
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against this world, but also to 
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wickedness and call upon God to 
be saved. 

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And what you find in Revelation 
that spells out that tribulation

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period in greater detail is 
many, many people will refuse to

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repent even after these 
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horrors. 
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tongues in disgust against God 
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still highlighting the depravity
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But there's a second purpose. 
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be shaken one more time, but 
it's for God to bring about and 

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finalize his discipline against 
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It's for God to now focus 
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the Gentiles are fulfilled upon 
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bring them to a place in which 
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Christ is the Messiah and they 
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chastisement during the 
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The basis for these 
understandings of what that 

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tribulation period is about, 
specifically about Israel is is 

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found throughout the Word of 
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And I want to show you a few 
places why this tribulation 

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period must take place. 
Turn with me to Daniel. 

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Look at Daniel chapter 12, 
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I want to show you just a few 
verses from the Hebrew 

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Scriptures that speak about this
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the people of Israel. 
Daniel chapter 12, verse one and

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two. 
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Michael, the great Prince, who 
has charge over your people, and

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there shall be a time of 
trouble. 

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Highlight that there shall be a 
time of trouble such as never 

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has been since there was a 
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Does that sound familiar? 
A time of trouble that the world

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has not seen specifically for 
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When Jesus spoke about the 
abomination of desolation and 

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therein how it will trigger this
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The context of speaking about 
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Israel. 
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years before Jesus is teaching 
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there will be a time of great 
trouble like the nation has 

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never seen before. 
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But at that time your people 
shall be delivered, everyone 

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whose name shall be found 
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Pause when Daniel is being 
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this time. 
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your people. 
Who are his people. 

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Daniel was a Jew. 
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Jewish people. 
So let's collect our evidence so

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far. 
There's going to be a time for 

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the Jewish people of great 
trouble like the world has never

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seen before. 
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not 'cause their extinction. 
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annihilated because we're also 
promised that they shall be 

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delivered from it. 
There is going to be salvation 

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out of it. 
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this being something about the 
days to come in the latter days,

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look at verse two. 
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the context that is important. 
And many of those who sleep in 

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the dust of the earth shall 
awake, some to everlasting life 

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and some to shame and 
everlasting contempt. 

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You want an Old Testament verse 
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That's one of them. 
But notice here that in this 

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teaching about the people of 
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trouble like they've never 
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about the resurrection. 
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resurrection deals with when 
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So this is this is strategic. 
This is beautiful. 

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And Jeremiah the prophet echoes 
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Ingredients of what is to come 
for this people turn with me to 

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Jeremiah chapter 30. 
We're going to have a workout in

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the Bible today. 
OK Jeremiah 30 beginning in 

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verse 4. 
Jeremiah the prophet says by the

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Spirit, these are the words that
the Lord spoke concerning Israel

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and Judah. 
Thus says the Lord. 

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Verse five. 
We have heard a cry of panic, of

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terror and no peace. 
Ask now and see, can a man bear 

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a child? 
Why then do I see every man with

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his hands on his stomach like a 
woman and labor? 

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Alas, that day is so great there
is none like it. 

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It is a time of distress for 
Jacob, yet he shall be saved out

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of it. 
Do you see the concert of the 

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Bible? 
Do you see the Symphony of the 

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Scriptures? 
Does not sound so familiar to 

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Daniel's prediction that there 
will be a time so great this 

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day. 
There is none like it. 

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Verse seven. 
It is a time of distress for 

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Jacob. 
That's why many people 

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identified the tribulation 
period, that seven-year period, 

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as the tribulation or the time 
of Jacob's trouble, the time of 

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Jacob's trouble. 
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yet he shall be saved out of it.
So again, you have Jeremiah and 

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Daniel agreeing that there is 
going to be this unparalleled 

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period of discipline and 
restoration in this future 

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moment. 
And what's so amazing about 

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Jeremiah's prophecies that he 
continues to speak about it? 

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And it only confirms what you 
and I believe that will happen 

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after the tribulation period. 
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deals with God judging the world
but also disciplining Israel, we

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know that's not where it ends. 
And it doesn't end here with 

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Jeremiah's prediction. 
So look here at verse 8 now. 

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And it shall come to pass in 
that day, declares the Lord of 

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hosts, that I will break his 
yoke from off your neck, and I 

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will burst your bonds. 
And foreigners shall no more 

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make a servant of him, but they 
shall serve the Lord their God, 

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and David their king, whom I 
will. 

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Raise up for them. 
You want answers in the Bible? 

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Ask the Bible questions. 
Here's my question. 

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It seems to be speaking in 
sequence. 

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That after this time of great 
trouble there will be 

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liberation, and part of that 
liberation is that foreigners 

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shall no more make a servant of 
him, Him being who? 

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Israel, Jacob. 
But following that, we also read

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that the nation of Israel will. 
Serve the Lord their God and 

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check this out, David their 
king. 

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Why is it interesting that David
is being mentioned here? 

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Because David was in the grave 
hundreds of years before this 

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prophecy. 
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David being served in this 
future time after Jacob's 

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trouble, time of distress, and 
after that this treasures would 

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be liberation. 
They're going to serve their God

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and David their king. 
This is not speaking about David

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specifically, but about a son of
David, one who will occupy the 

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throne of David, one who has 
been promised by the same Old 

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Testament prophets that will 
establish an everlasting 

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Kingdom. 
And so we read here that there 

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will be this revival of worship 
and honor towards a. 

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Promised king as well. 
And if there's any confusion 

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about this prophecy being about 
Christ returning after the 

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tribulation and establishing his
rule on the earth, specifically 

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his throne in a literal, real, 
physical Jerusalem, keep reading

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on. 
Look at verse 10. 

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Then fear not, O Jacob, my 
servant, declares the Lord, nor 

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be dismayed, O Israel, for 
behold, I will save you from far

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away, and your offspring from 
the land of their captivity. 

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Jacob shall return and have 
quiet and ease, and none shall 

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make him afraid. 
Can I ask you a question? 

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Has there been any time in 
Israel's history where they were

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quiet and at ease, and none 
shall make them afraid? 

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No, no. 
There have been periods of 

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grace, yes, especially in the 
Old Testament when they had 

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their own monarchy. 
But following that, especially 

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in recent history, this can't be
true. 

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But notice verse 11. 
For I am with you to save you, 

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declares the Lord. 
I will make a full end of all 

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the nations among whom I 
scattered you. 

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But if you, I will not make a 
full end, I will discipline you 

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in just measure, and I will by 
no means leave you unpunished. 

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There's a time coming where the 
Lord is going to deal with all 

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the nations that harassed 
Israel, all the nations that 

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oppressed Israel, but the Lord 
assures them. 

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That doesn't mean that you're 
not going to be disciplined. 

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You will be punished, you will 
undergo chastisement and that 

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chastisement will climax during 
the seven-year tribulation where

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they will know. 
Pain and distress unlike any 

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time, no matter what history has
told us about this particular 

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people group. 
And so again, over and over, we 

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see here that the Scripture 
speaks about this time that has 

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not yet been realized. 
And once more, if we have 

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difficulty believing that this 
speaks about the end times, or 

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maybe it was fulfilled in times 
past, look at the final verse of

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Jeremiah chapter 3024. 
The fierce anger of the Lord 

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will not turn back until He has 
executed and accomplished the 

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intentions of his mind. 
In the latter days, you will 

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understand this. 
The latter days is a consistent 

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phrase that speaks about the 
last days. 

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And here Jeremiah gives this 
prophecy and he signs off by 

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saying, if you're not going to 
get it now, you're going to get 

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it in the latter days. 
Is anybody going to be able to 

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thwart God's purposes for 
Israel? 

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No, he says. 
The fierce anger of the Lord 

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will not turn back until He's 
executed and accomplished it. 

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So all this to say that you and 
I want to establish here that 

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there is going to be as Jesus 
taught, as Daniel taught, as 

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revelation teaches, how the 
return of Christ will occur 

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after the seven-year tribulation
period when the Lord will judge 

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the world and discipline Israel.
And if you want to know more 

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about the the revelation 
concerning the Tribulation 

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period, God has given us an 
extensive record, specifically 

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Revelation chapter 6 to 
Revelation 19. 

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Those chapters give us with a 
wonderful insight series of 

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insights about what will take 
place. 

456
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:11,160
During those seven years, but. 
We speak about here the period 

457
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,960
of his return. 
This tribulation period must 

458
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,720
take place. 
There's a lot of debate about 

459
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,040
when that tribulation will 
happen, what will trigger that 

460
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,840
tribulation period. 
But let's not overstuff 

461
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,000
ourselves. 
Let's speak about the platform 

462
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,640
of his return. 
Coming back to Mark 13, verse 

463
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,760
24. 
But in those days after that 

464
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,960
tribulation, something's going 
to happen. 

465
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,160
The sun will be darkened and the
moon will not give its light, 

466
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,120
and the stars will be falling 
from heaven, and the powers in 

467
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:47,320
the heavens will be shaken. 
What is Christ describing here? 

468
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,640
He's describing a literal and 
final stage that will set up the

469
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:58,000
universe to introduce the 
commencement of the culmination 

470
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,480
of human history. 
The point of this terrifying 

471
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,800
chaotic cosmic scene is to 
illustrate different points. 

472
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,480
One of the main points is this, 
that regardless of the moral and

473
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,120
literal darkness that will 
overcome the world, nothing will

474
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,800
stop the glorious return of 
Christ. 

475
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,600
So during that tribulation 
period, it's you you thought I. 

476
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,440
Don't know if I can say this 
world without it being flagged. 

477
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,120
You thought the you know that 
pandemic thing that happened? 

478
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,440
You thought that was bad. 
You you, you thought the world 

479
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,800
being held hostage for 2-3 years
was suffocating. 

480
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,920
You have no idea what the 
tribulation period will be like.

481
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,320
People are going to wish to die 
and they won't be able to at one

482
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:58,160
particular point at least. 
It's going to be severe. 

483
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:03,200
It's going to be detrimental in 
so many ways, and not only 

484
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,600
because of the judgments, but 
because of the people's 

485
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,720
immorality and their unbelief 
and their hatred towards God and

486
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,000
righteousness. 
Paul told us that it's only 

487
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,800
going to get worse in terms of 
people's pride and their lust 

488
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,640
and their love for money and 
their priority on pleasure 

489
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,400
rather than prioritizing God. 
There are there are those out 

490
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,080
there within Christendom who 
believe that the world is only 

491
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,720
going to get better and better 
and better before Jesus returns.

492
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,680
I don't know how you can come to
that conclusion with all the 

493
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,600
prophecies. 
It's going to get worse. 

494
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,320
It's going to get worse. 
And some are hesitant to believe

495
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,840
that because they think that it 
will only cause Christians to 

496
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,520
bunker and hide and just hope 
for the return of Christ. 

497
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,720
But no, I believe if anything, 
it stirs us. 

498
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,600
It should stir us at least to 
save as many people from the 

499
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:52,360
sinking ship. 
So Jesus here in saying that the

500
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,280
sun will be darkened. 
All these heavenly bodies, 

501
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,880
they're they're going to be 
affected, they're going to be 

502
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,560
shaken, is meant to present to 
us the universe preparing, 

503
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,400
rolling out the red carpet, so 
to speak. 

504
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,560
The spotlight now is going to 
come upon the center of this 

505
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,560
whole story, Jesus Christ 
himself, and he doesn't need a 

506
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,800
spotlight. 
His glory will be enough light. 

507
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,120
But these celestial shakings 
also indicate to us that there's

508
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,360
a realignment coming in the very
universe itself. 

509
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,560
That that things are ready now 
to shift. 

510
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,880
Things are ready now to change, 
so to speak. 

511
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,400
And what's amazing here is that 
this end time imagery is found 

512
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,160
throughout the Old Testament. 
Jesus is not introducing a new 

513
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,680
picture here. 
He's only confirming what the 

514
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,360
prophet saw and wrote about. 
And when you see this thing 

515
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,680
again, it should only encourage 
your heart to realize the Bible 

516
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,520
is consistent. 
Hey, listen, the book that's 

517
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,160
you're holding your hand wasn't 
written by one or two people in 

518
00:32:52,160 --> 00:33:00,120
the span of 30 years, over 1400 
years and 40 different authors 

519
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,440
and different languages and yet 
the same theme, the same point, 

520
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,720
the same script. 
And you and I last week we 

521
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,360
peeked into the book of 
Zechariah to realize the 

522
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,120
foundation of the Olivet 
Discourse was built upon that. 

523
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,200
So let's peek again and realize 
that even the details of Jesus 

524
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,080
teaching here are found in the 
prophets. 

525
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,880
Look at Zechariah 14. 
Last time we read from verse one

526
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,040
to verse four and we touched on 
verse 9. 

527
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,680
But look again at another verse 
that we didn't touch on that 

528
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,960
confirms and agrees with the 
Lord Jesus. 

529
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:45,800
Zechariah 14, verse 4. 
On that day his feet shall stand

530
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,720
on the Mount of Olives that lies
before Jerusalem on the east. 

531
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,920
And the Mount of Olives shall be
split in two from east to West 

532
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,680
by very wide valley, so that 1/2
of the mount shall move 

533
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,040
northward and the other half 
southward, and you shall flee to

534
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,120
the valley of my mountains. 
I love that. 

535
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,160
Whose mountains are they? 
They're my mountains. 

536
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,360
There's a lot of debate about 
who deserves that land. 

537
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,120
It belongs to God. 
For the valley of the mountain 

538
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,239
shall reach to Azal, and you 
shall flee, as you fled from the

539
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,560
earthquake in the days of 
Uzziah, king of Judah. 

540
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,639
Then the Lord my God will come, 
and all the holy ones with him. 

541
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,360
Now look at this verse 6. 
On that day. 

542
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:30,760
On what day? 
Pause, Zechariah. 

543
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,159
If you read Zechariah 14, he 
loves to say that on that day, 

544
00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:37,719
on that day on, he says it over 
and over again, speaking about 

545
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,199
the day when the Lord returns 
and also the dispensation of 

546
00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:43,280
when Christ does set up His 
earthly Kingdom. 

547
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,440
But look at this phrase here, 
verse six. 

548
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,600
On that day what's going to 
happen? 

549
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:53,000
There shall be no light, cold or
frost, and there shall be a 

550
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,400
unique day which is known to the
Lord, neither day nor night, but

551
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,840
at evening time there shall be 
light. 

552
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,760
Doesn't that sound familiar to 
what Jesus says in Mark 1324 and

553
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,640
25? 
The sun will be darker and the 

554
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,520
moon will not give its light, 
and the stars will be falling 

555
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,720
from heaven, and the powers in 
the heavens will be shaken. 

556
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:17,840
Yes, yes, Jesus saying, you 
know, the prophets are 

557
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,840
confirming what I'm saying, and 
I'm telling you that you could 

558
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,800
trust in what they say because 
yes, me, I'm telling you the 

559
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,560
same thing is going to occur. 
And it's not just Zechariah. 

560
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,000
If your arm hasn't gotten tired 
yet, there's another passage in 

561
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,600
Isaiah. 
Plenty of passages. 

562
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:44,480
Isaiah 24. 
Verse 21, mark it down, mark it 

563
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,560
down, mark it down and be good 
brains. 

564
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,040
Go home with your family, with 
your spouse, with your siblings 

565
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,120
and see if these things are 
true. 

566
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,440
Isaiah 24 verse 21 on that day. 
I guess Isaiah likes that phrase

567
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,680
too on that day. 
The Lord will. 

568
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,320
Punish the host of heaven in 
heaven. 

569
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,280
You know the host in heaven in 
heaven. 

570
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,640
You know what he's speaking 
about there, what Paul spoke 

571
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,280
about in Ephesians 6. 
Principalities, cosmic powers, 

572
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:17,160
invisible beings who occupied 
the heavenlies. 

573
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,720
On that day, the Lord will 
punish the host of heaven in 

574
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,200
heaven and the kings of the 
earth on the earth. 

575
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,680
They'll be gathered together as 
prisoners in a pit. 

576
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,440
They'll be shut up in a prison, 
and after many days they will be

577
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,080
punished. 
Look at verse 23. 

578
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,240
Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed, for the 

579
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,840
Lord of hosts reigns on Mount 
Zion and in Jerusalem, and his 

580
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:45,680
glory will be before his elders.
Verse 9. 

581
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:49,880
Verse nine of Isaiah. 
Not 24. 

582
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,280
But look at verse nine of Isaiah
13. 

583
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,840
You're already there, so it 
shouldn't be too much work. 

584
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,360
Isaiah 13. 
Verse 9. 

585
00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:09,680
Behold, the day of the Lord 
comes cruel with wrath and 

586
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:15,000
fierce anger, to make the land a
desolation, and to destroy its 

587
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,080
sinners from it. 
For the stars of the heavens and

588
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,480
their constellations will not 
give their light. 

589
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,240
The sun will be dark at its 
rising, and the moon will not 

590
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:27,680
shed its light. 
I will punish the world for its 

591
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,400
evil and the wicked for their 
iniquity. 

592
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,320
I will put an end to the pomp of
the arrogant and lay low the 

593
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,560
pompous pride of the ruthless. 
Pause. 

594
00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:38,880
Do you know why Isaiah 13 is 
very important? 

595
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:44,280
Because those who believe that 
what happened in 70 AD completed

596
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,360
all of Jesus's prophecies 
concerning his return will use 

597
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:53,120
Isaiah 13 as a proof text to say
that Jesus talking about the sun

598
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,880
being darkened and the moon and 
the the stars, all of that is 

599
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,960
just symbolic apocalyptic 
language. 

600
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,480
It's not literal. 
And why would they go to Isaiah 

601
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,880
13? 
Because Isaiah 13 in its context

602
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:08,640
is speaking about the fall of 
Babylon, the fall of Babylon. 

603
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,320
So they say this didn't happen 
when Babylon fell. 

604
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,760
We we didn't see the sun being 
darkened and and the moon being 

605
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,720
affected. 
This is just symbolic language 

606
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,840
of God's coming judgment. 
But again, like many other 

607
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,120
prophecies, there is a already 
not yet component to many of 

608
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,000
those predictions. 
And so yes, this is speaking 

609
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,040
about Babylon in many ways. 
But then there are details woven

610
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:36,360
in that cannot be known for a 
specific context. 

611
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,480
So again, if this is strictly 
speaking about Babylon, look 

612
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:44,440
again at verse 11. 
I will punish the world for its 

613
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,080
evil and the wicked for their 
iniquity. 

614
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:51,360
Not just one nation, all 
nations, all nations. 

615
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,400
You want to talk about how 
catastrophic this will be? 

616
00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,120
Look at verse 12. 
I will make people more rare 

617
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:06,160
than fine gold, and mankind than
the gold of offer. 

618
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,160
Therefore, I will make the 
heavens tremble, and the earth 

619
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,960
shall be shaken out of its place
at the wrath of the Lord of 

620
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:15,880
hosts in the day of his fierce 
anger. 

621
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,200
So what have you and I learned 
so far together? 

622
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,640
That there's going to be this 
tribulation period for seven 

623
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,680
years, and at the end of that 
Jesus Christ will come. 

624
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,160
Does anybody know the exact day 
or hour of his coming? 

625
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:36,240
No, but when he does come, the 
heavenly bodies will be 

626
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,680
affected. 
They will tremble. 

627
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,640
They will introduce the 
commencement of the culmination 

628
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,840
of the age. 
But you know, I had a question. 

629
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,240
What's going to happen to the 
sun and the moon and the stars? 

630
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,440
Because what we believe is when 
Christ comes, that's not the end

631
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:49,600
of the story. 
He's going to come. 

632
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,640
And we're just getting started 
with the Kingdom. 

633
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,840
So what's going to happen if 
he's going to come to physically

634
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,280
rule and reign? 
That's an innocent question, is 

635
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,960
it not? 
The sun will be darkened, the 

636
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,040
moon will be affected, the stars
are going to fall. 

637
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,720
Sounds like we're starting a new
heaven and a new earth. 

638
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,240
Not necessarily. 
I'm persuaded that there's 

639
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,320
another text in Isaiah that 
gives us a glimpse of what's 

640
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,320
going to happen to the very 
things that were affected at the

641
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,000
coming of the Lord on that day, 
and how they will be changed 

642
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,400
during that 1000 year period 
when Christ will rule from 

643
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:22,960
Jerusalem. 
You want to see it with me? 

644
00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:27,840
OK, Isaiah 30. 
Turn with me to verse 26 of 

645
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:36,870
Isaiah 30. 
Isaiah 30, verse 26. 

646
00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:44,430
Moreover, the light of the moon 
will be as the light of the sun,

647
00:40:45,670 --> 00:40:50,630
and the light of the sun will be
sevenfold as the light of seven 

648
00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:53,510
days in the day when the Lord 
binds up the brokenness of His 

649
00:40:53,510 --> 00:40:58,680
people and heals the wounds 
inflicted by His blow, saying, 

650
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,440
when is that going to happen? 
Well, if the day of the Lord, 

651
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,520
when he comes, the sun will be 
darkened and the moon will not 

652
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,400
give its light, and the stars 
will be falling from heaven. 

653
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,600
And when the eternal age, 
remember there's eternity still,

654
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,400
right? 
There's going to be eternity. 

655
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,680
And you know what we're told 
about eternity? 

656
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,080
There's going to be no sun. 
There's going to be no need for 

657
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:20,640
the light of the sun. 
Tell me why? 

658
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:26,000
Because the glory of the light 
of the Son of God will 

659
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,960
illuminate our universe. 
So if the day of the Lord, 

660
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,480
there's going to be no sunlight 
and in the eternal age there's 

661
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,160
going to be no sun at all, then 
what is Isaiah speaking about? 

662
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,360
I, I think he's speaking about 
what the sun and the moon will 

663
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:42,600
be like during that interval 
period when Christ for 1000 

664
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,520
years is going to thin the veil 
between our world as we know it 

665
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,360
and the eternal age. 
And he's going to be reviving 

666
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,600
and restoring that Edenic scene 
that we we were introduced in 

667
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,800
Genesis one and two. 
And part of the brilliance of 

668
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,960
the millennial Kingdom is that 
you're going to see the moon 

669
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:01,920
shining as the sun. 
And what about the sun? 

670
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,120
It's going to shine seven times 
stronger than what you and I 

671
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,240
have been used to. 
Just a little. 

672
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,680
Glimpse, I love how the Lord 
gives us just little peeks into 

673
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,160
what's to what's to come for the
redeemed. 

674
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,600
So we talked about the period of
his return. 

675
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,360
We talked about the platform of 
his return. 

676
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,680
We still have two, two more 
truths to explore. 

677
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,520
The third one is the power of 
his return. 

678
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,640
So come back to Mark 13, please,
if you're not already there. 

679
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:33,160
And this is a very common 
passage in verse 26. 

680
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:38,560
And then they will see the Son 
of Man coming into clouds with 

681
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:42,600
great power and glory. 
That's what the disciples want 

682
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,960
to hear. 
Not this dying and being 

683
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:51,440
betrayed and being tortured. 
No, no, no, that's what we want 

684
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,960
to know. 
Yes, the Son of Man coming, 

685
00:42:54,120 --> 00:43:00,600
great power, awesome glory. 
And I think this is so 

686
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,680
significant for many reasons. 
One, because in the same way 

687
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,480
Jesus and warning about the 
abomination of desolation tells 

688
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,480
us in Matthew go to the prophet.
Daniel, Let the reader 

689
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,320
understand. 
Christ continues to rely on 

690
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,360
Daniel even in this part. 
Because Jesus in verse 26 

691
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,000
borrows Daniel's language 
concerning the Son of Man, 

692
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,440
Pastor Mark opened up the 
service with it in Daniel 713 to

693
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:31,120
14 specifically where one like a
Son of man will come on the 

694
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,200
clouds and to come on the clouds
as a prerogative that belongs to

695
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,440
God alone. 
Clouds in many instances of the 

696
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:41,680
Old Testament speak of a chariot
like kind of manifestation. 

697
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,520
And so for the Son of Man to 
ride on the clouds, that's a 

698
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,600
claim to deity. 
And so we see here that Christ 

699
00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:54,880
also now goes to Daniel 
indirectly by really quoting him

700
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,800
and copying his language. 
And these disciples will surely 

701
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,080
know what he is speaking about. 
But Jesus speaking about this 

702
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:06,200
would be so important also 
because in this discourse, he's 

703
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,520
been warning in so many places, 
hey, be careful false prophets 

704
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:12,440
and be careful false messiahs 
because some of them will have 

705
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:17,280
the audacity to say I am he, I'm
the Savior, I'm the one to 

706
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:22,400
rescue the world from this mess.
And Christ says, be careful. 

707
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,240
And I'm telling you one of the 
ways you're going to know 

708
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,200
whether or not somebody's true. 
And realizing the description of

709
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:32,960
my coming, I will come in clouds
with great power and glory. 

710
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,120
I'm not going to show up on 
TikTok and say I'm the Messiah. 

711
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,600
And who's going to see Him when 
he says, and they will see the 

712
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:45,000
Son of Man John tells us who's 
going to see Him in Revelation 

713
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:46,440
17. 
You don't have to turn there. 

714
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,040
Just listen to this awesome 
declaration. 

715
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:53,960
Behold, He is coming with the 
clouds, and every eye will see 

716
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:57,040
Him. 
Every eye, not just the people 

717
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,680
of Israel, every eye will see 
Him, even those who pierced 

718
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,480
them. 
And all the tribes of the earth 

719
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,400
will wail on account of Him. 
Even so. 

720
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,280
Amen. 
Amen. 

721
00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:10,720
And so Christ, you're mentioning
this was important in terms of 

722
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:14,920
the warnings of false messiahs. 
Because no Messiah, no matter 

723
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,160
what kind of miracle he would be
able to perform, would not be 

724
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:21,120
able to come close to this 
triumphant entrance into this 

725
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,120
universe. 
And again, this would only help 

726
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,840
the disciples more as they are 
preparing just in a few days, 

727
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,960
whether greatly they would not 
be expecting it, Their Messiah 

728
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,080
who just told him he would come 
in great power and glory will be

729
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:37,480
humiliated, nailed on a cross. 
Christ wants to instill that 

730
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,840
future hope that that's not the 
end of the story. 

731
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:46,080
So when Christ does come, it 
will be accompanied by creations

732
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:51,040
dramatic response and it will be
globally visible and it will be 

733
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:55,120
unmistakably Him. 
And again, these disciples would

734
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:56,840
need to be comforted by that 
truth. 

735
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:04,080
Now we come to the last thing, 
the procuring of His return, the

736
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:08,160
careful gathering and collecting
of His return. 

737
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,640
You would think that this would 
end at verse 26, this crescendo,

738
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:17,280
but it doesn't. 
Verse 27 and Mark 13 And then He

739
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:21,520
will send out the angels and 
gather His elect from the four 

740
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:26,600
winds, from the ends of the 
earth to the ends of heaven. 

741
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:33,120
What is the centerpiece of the 
culmination of the age? 

742
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:36,680
Christ? 
It's Jesus, one that we are 

743
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:40,600
waiting for even today. 
But essential as He is, do you 

744
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:44,680
realize that those who belong to
Him also play a part in this 

745
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:48,400
grand story? 
That in God's final program for 

746
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:52,240
the earth, you and I are in His 
mind. 

747
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,440
He is mindful of us. 
In fact, that's part of His 

748
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,680
great mission. 
When He comes back, He's not 

749
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,440
just coming back to bring 
judgment. 

750
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:06,040
He's not even during that 
Tribulation period and preparing

751
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:11,920
for His return, focusing solely 
on Israel in his mind at least. 

752
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,640
We read in verse 27 that when he
comes, he's going to dispatch 

753
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:19,160
angels and he's going to gather 
all of those who believed on his

754
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,480
name. 
And the language here denotes 

755
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,480
like a great searching. 
There's not going to be one of 

756
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,240
us that's going to go missing. 
There's not going to be one of 

757
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:29,440
us that's going to be left 
behind. 

758
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,440
It's not going to be one of us. 
It's going to be overlooked. 

759
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,560
Christ is going to gather us 
unto himself. 

760
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,640
And if you want another text to 
prove the deity of Christ, I 

761
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,720
won't turn there, but I'll just 
throw it out there for you if 

762
00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:46,960
you're interested in this. 
The language here of have of 

763
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:52,800
Christ gathering His elect is 
exclusive also to Yahweh when in

764
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,760
many instances He speaks about 
the regathering of His people 

765
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,200
when they go out into exile. 
And one reference for that is 

766
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,960
actually found in Deuteronomy 
chapter 30, verse 4, where this 

767
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,560
act of regathering from the four
corners of the earth is 

768
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,600
something only God can perform. 
And yet Christ here says He will

769
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:13,960
do it because He is God. 
But more than that, here's what 

770
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,720
we have to ask ourselves so far.
Here's what you and I have 

771
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:20,720
learned. 
There's going to be birth pains 

772
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:22,840
and they're going to only 
intensify as we come to the 

773
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,520
birthing of the Kingdom. 
And there's going to be one 

774
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,520
specific period in human history
that's really going to 'cause 

775
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,360
these contractions to go wild, 
and that's the seven-year 

776
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:33,480
tribulation. 
And even in that seven-year 

777
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,800
tribulation, at the 3 1/2 year 
mark, it's going to set off the 

778
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,960
great tribulation. 
And Jesus says after that 

779
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:44,120
tribulation, you're going to see
the sun darken, the moon not 

780
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:45,960
give its life, the stars 
falling. 

781
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,320
And I'm going to crash through 
the skies. 

782
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,120
And when I crash through the 
skies, not only am I going to 

783
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:57,760
cause the nations to wail, but 
I'm going to send my angels and 

784
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,040
they're going to gather all 
those who belong to me. 

785
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,960
And we think, OK, great, and 
then we're going to be in heaven

786
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:07,360
forever. 
No, not yet. 

787
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:10,880
You heard me tell tell you 
earlier that there is this 

788
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:16,080
important period of time where 
Jesus will set up the millennial

789
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:19,560
Kingdom. 
And when he gathers the elect, 

790
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,600
it's not to just place us in 
some neutral space or to put on 

791
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:27,280
a garb on us and us just sing 
for all eternity. 

792
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,880
No, he's going to gather us. 
And that's where we're going to 

793
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:35,480
get busy. 
You thought you were just going 

794
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:36,880
to serve the Lord here until 
you. 

795
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,680
Yeah, there is a unique way of 
serving the Lord with this life 

796
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,640
He's given us. 
But let me show you what's going

797
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,680
to happen when Christ returns 
and gathers his elect. 

798
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:48,760
It's found in Revelation 20, 
specifically in verse 4. 

799
00:49:58,980 --> 00:50:04,100
May I remind you that Revelation
20 is preceded by Revelation 19.

800
00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:08,120
What a thought, right? 
But in Revelation 19, you have 

801
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:11,560
the description of Jesus Christ 
returning with even greater 

802
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:15,080
detail than all of it discourse.
And again, I think one of the 

803
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,240
most important keys in unlocking
the truth of Revelation is to 

804
00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:20,400
honor the fact that it's a 
chronology. 

805
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,920
Revelation 19 Jesus comes back. 
He destroys the enemies. 

806
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:29,520
He destroys those who hate. 
Him who hate his cause, his 

807
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,600
message, his gospel. 
And then Revelation 20 follows, 

808
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,240
and here's what we read in verse
four. 

809
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:39,600
Then I saw Thrones, and seated 
on them were those to whom the 

810
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,400
authority to judge was 
committed. 

811
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,760
Also I saw the souls of those 
who had been beheaded for the 

812
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,640
testimony of Jesus and for the 
Word of God, and those who had 

813
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:51,920
not worshipped the beast or its 
image and had not received its 

814
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:56,520
mark on their foreheads or their
hands, They came to life and 

815
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,680
reigned with Christ for 1000 
years. 

816
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:03,040
Isn't it plain? 
Isn't it clear? 

817
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:08,600
I hope that this time frame is 
becoming more obvious to us. 

818
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,680
So he returns. 
Matthew tells us he's going to 

819
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,600
gather his elect. 
But for what purpose? 

820
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:17,040
Well, the Lord, in establishing 
His Kingdom, is going to set up 

821
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,960
Thrones, and depending upon the 
faithfulness of His people with 

822
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,480
the one life that they have 
lived, will determine the degree

823
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,280
of the responsibility and reward
in that millennial Kingdom. 

824
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,560
So some will rule. 
Some will be designated for 

825
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:36,920
these awesome tasks, some less. 
Yes, we're saved by grace. 

826
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,840
Your faith will bring you into 
the eternal age, but your. 

827
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,720
Faithfulness or lack thereof, 
will determine your experience 

828
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:49,840
in that Kingdom to come. 
And he speaks about the souls 

829
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,000
who have been beheaded during 
that tribulation period. 

830
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,560
You're going to have people 
coming to Christ, those who have

831
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:57,040
not worshiped the beast or its 
image. 

832
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,640
You understand how difficult 
that will be to resist the 

833
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,840
beast. 
Do you understand how difficult 

834
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,400
that will be when this 
Antichrist will say you can't 

835
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,800
eat, you can't drink, you can't 
do business? 

836
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,280
We got a little sample of it for
a couple of years and it was 

837
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:16,000
light. 
Want you to understand how 

838
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,040
difficult it would be for a 
mother or father to look at 

839
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,800
their starving children and all 
they have to do is go to the 

840
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,680
nearest whatever under A1 world 
government. 

841
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:27,440
Take that Mark and their kids 
can eat and survive, but some 

842
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:32,560
will choose to rather suffer and
die instead of pledge their 

843
00:52:32,560 --> 00:52:36,560
allegiance to this false Messiah
and they will be honored in the 

844
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:41,560
millennial Kingdom. 
They came to life and reigned 

845
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:47,960
with Christ for 1000 years. 
Come Lord Jesus, come Lord 

846
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,360
Jesus, this world's a mess. 
Every government has failed. 

847
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,080
Every empire that has risen, no 
matter how long they've risen 

848
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:58,040
for came tumbling down. 
But there is one whom Isaiah 

849
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,960
tells us where his government 
will never come to an end, never

850
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,360
come to an end. 
And listen, I I'm excited. 

851
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:08,280
I'm excited for Christ's name to
be vindicated. 

852
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,720
I I'm excited for righteousness 
to dominate our world. 

853
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:16,480
I'm excited for the Prince of 
Peace to prove to the 

854
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:20,880
generations that he is the true 
king and he is the one who only 

855
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:25,280
can solve sin's problem. 
I'm excited for all of that. 

856
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:29,560
I'm I'm excited for that 
conversation with the King of 

857
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:35,400
Kings about what that millennial
king them will look like for you

858
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:39,480
and I on an individual basis. 
I'm I'm excited for holiness to 

859
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,120
be the atmosphere of this 
universe. 

860
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:45,880
I'm excited for the geographical
and even the the animal Kingdom 

861
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:47,680
being altered by the rule and 
reign. 

862
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,960
I'm excited for all of that. 
But I'm primarily more excited 

863
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,520
about one thing in this whole 
teaching about the last days. 

864
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,360
Being free from sin, yes. 
Being free from temptation, yes.

865
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:00,760
Getting that resurrection body, 
please. 

866
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:03,800
Yes, All of that is glorious to 
me. 

867
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,440
But Paul indicates one thing 
that believers will be 

868
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:11,920
preoccupied by, and I present to
you what I am the most excited 

869
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,480
about, and I trust you share 
that same conviction. 

870
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,320
Here's our last verse. 
It's in Second Thessalonians 

871
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:24,320
chapter one, 2nd Thessalonians 
chapter one. 

872
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:37,820
And just look at one verse with 
me in verse 10, Paul says when 

873
00:54:37,820 --> 00:54:44,720
he comes on that day to be 
glorified in his Saints, this is

874
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,800
the part. 
And to be marveled at among all 

875
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:53,200
who have believed, because our 
testimony to you was believed. 

876
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,800
There's a time coming where we 
will no longer look through a 

877
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:04,400
glass dimly, where we won't have
to rely on our imagination, 

878
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,080
Where as much as there might 
have been gifted preachers in 

879
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:11,160
our lives who are able to paint 
pictures for us about what is to

880
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:13,560
come, there is a time coming 
without filter. 

881
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:18,320
Christ will stand before us, and
we can't help but marvel at Him.

882
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,080
Have you ever marveled at 
somebody? 

883
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:28,320
Marveled Like astonishment, 
spellbound, gripped. 

884
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:35,280
When Christ comes, He will be 
the object of your adoration for

885
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,640
1000 years and for an eternity 
following it. 

886
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,640
I know your mind can't wrap 
around it, but Paul assures us 

887
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:46,080
that believers will look at him 
and they won't be able to take 

888
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:49,120
their eyes off of him. 
And you will know a satisfaction

889
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:52,720
and a joy when you experience 
the presence of Christ and the 

890
00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:55,720
way it will come. 
So that's why the Spirit of the 

891
00:55:55,720 --> 00:55:59,120
bride say come, Lord Jesus, 
that's our prayer. 

892
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:16,560
Let's pray it together. 
We thank you, Lord, for giving 

893
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,920
us the grace and the energy to 
be able to put these truths 

894
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:22,760
together. 
Your word says my people perish 

895
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:26,160
for a lack of knowledge. 
But Lord, you have fed us with 

896
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:29,080
your word today. 
And we're thankful, Lord, that 

897
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:32,000
there is more clarity and 
assurance and confidence of what

898
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,440
we believe. 
And Lord, for the person who 

899
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:37,880
might be wrestling with this 
particular viewpoint of the last

900
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,160
days, or maybe for those who 
still can't seem to understand 

901
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:45,280
the ABC's of it, may Your grace 
only continue to flow in our 

902
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:47,920
hearts. 
Bring us to where we need to be 

903
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:49,800
in our understanding of this 
truth. 

904
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,960
And Lord, we pray that it would 
not just satiate our curiosity 

905
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:56,200
or cause us to be better at 
debate. 

906
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:59,320
God forbid we ask. 
Lord, more than anything, it 

907
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:04,080
would stir our hearts to worship
you and to love you and to serve

908
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:09,720
You with everything in us. 
Before you come back, Lord, we 

909
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:13,400
ask that you would receive 
glory, and we say what John 

910
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:16,120
writes about at the end of that 
glorious book, Revelation. 

911
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:19,600
Come, Lord Jesus. 
Lord, our purpose is not in our 

912
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,360
business. 
It's not in our money, it's not 

913
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:24,200
in our bank account, it's not 
even in our relationships, it's 

914
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:27,320
not in our health, it's not in 
the experiences of this world. 

915
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:30,400
Lord, we long for you more than 
anything else. 

916
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,080
Oh God, you were the giver of 
every good gift. 

917
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:35,000
But Lord, we want the Giver 
himself. 

918
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:39,000
And so, Lord, if any of us in 
this place have gone stale in 

919
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,680
our relationship with you and 
our relishing of you from a 

920
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:44,560
personal basis, revive it 
through this teaching. 

921
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,960
Help us realize that it all 
roads will lead to you. 

922
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:52,160
Lord, all roads will lead to 
you, You coming and being the 

923
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,520
center of it all. 
But Lord, we won't wait until 

924
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:59,000
that time we choose to make You 
the centerpiece of our existence

925
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:02,320
here on earth. 
Lord, Your word has gone forth, 

926
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:05,040
but we pray that Your Holy 
Spirit would drive it, etch it, 

927
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:10,000
chain it around us so that we 
would not forget or lose out on 

928
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,680
the benefits, the life changing 
aspects of this teaching. 

929
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:15,960
We look to you Lord, moving 
forward. 

930
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,040
In Jesus name we pray, Amen. 
Amen. 

931
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:22,760
I'm so happy that I know the 
future. 

932
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,600
Aren't you? 
We know the future. 

933
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,480
We know what's coming. 
Nothing will catch us by 

934
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:32,280
surprise. 
But it's still possible for the 

935
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:35,520
believer to so fall asleep that 
he misses out on what God wants 

936
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:38,520
him to be prepared for. 
So I pray that your heart would 

937
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:42,280
be realigned in your walk with 
the Lord, that you would gird up

938
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,760
your loins, that your legs would
be strong, and that your heart 

939
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:49,440
would would beat again for this 
purpose of living for Jesus 

940
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,200
Christ. 
Let's stand and worship this 

941
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:52,160
King together, shall we?