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Fascination with the future
Destruction is Coming
Destruction is Coming
Movies about the future
Books about the future
Kids ask questions about the future
Cosmological studies in eschatology
And of course millions of dollars have been made with end times fiction books in christian publishing
Well, we are not the only ones who have an interest in the future, Jesus disciples were also very interested in what the future would hold.
Turn with me if you would to and we will begin looking as what has come to be known as the Olivet Discourse.
The Fate of the Temple
Destruction is Coming
mark 13 1-4
So here the disciples are asking about
The Fate of The Temple
The disciples heard Jesus say that the templed would be overthrown, and now they are truly curious about the fate of the temple.
But, lets start in verse 1
And as he came out of the temple
And as he came out of the temple
This is a powerful phrase when reading in the context of the OT.
You see, This is the last time Jesus is in the temple.
He is never to return again.
He has left the temple for the final time.
We know that Jesus is the physical manifestation of God’s glory
In the OT the glory of God is manifested in the Holy of Holies.
The Shekinah glory, that is the glory that dwells with man.
And wherever the tabernacle went, so went the glory of God.
And when the temple was built the glory of God decended upon the temple and the shekinah glory rested in the Holy of Holies.
In we find the glory of God, God’s dwelling glory, depart form the temple not to return until Jesus himself walks into the temple as a boy.
And now, as Jesus leaves the temple the glory of God likewise leaves never to return again.
Now, Herod’s temple is still under construction during the time of Jesus.
The temple had the reputation of being the most glorious building on earth.
It was certainly the largest building for hundreds of miles.
And as they are walking out of the temple the disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings”
“Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings”
The disciples were very impressed by the magnitude of the temple.
the glory of the temple.
and the architecture of the temple.
And Jesus responds in a way that was shocking to the disciples.
Rather than admiring the temples grandure, Jesus responds with an apocalyptic pronouncement.
I like when Jesus talks like this.
He doesn’t sugar coat it, he doesn’t qualify it, he just speaks the truth.
No doubt that this apocalyptic statement caused the disciples to really think.
some were probably embarrassed wondering if people might have over heard him.
Some maybe even afraid because to say such a think was punishable by death.
In fact this is part of the charge brought against Jesus in his trial - that he said he would destroy the temple.
So as Jesus and his disciples left the temple they went and sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple.
So four of Jesus disciples came to him and asked him what for many people is the most important question - when will these things take place?
And four of his disciples
We live in a world that wants to be prepared for anything
Y2K - when the computers were going to all shut down
generators
heaters
food and water
community support
Terror attacks
We have answer readily available
End times
We have food that can be served to us within minutes of ordering
preppers
Binge watching TV shows fit our lifestyles because won’t have to wait a whole week for the next episode to come out - and there are limited to no commercials .
The disciples are no different, they hear about the destruction of the temple and they want to be prepared.
They want to know whats going to happen.
One of the main strategies of marketing is to assure the customer that their product will streamline your life.
there will be less waiting
I think we can all affirm the words of Inigo Montoya, “I hate waiting”
Well, the disciples likewise were restless about Jesus words and asked him the big question,
What Jesus is about to tell them is his longest teaching in Mark’s gospel.
Matthew and Luke likewise have this sermon recorded and it has come to be known as the Olivet Discourse because he gives this sermon while on the mount of Olives.
The Olivet Discourse has been one of the center texts for some major end times debate.
This entire discourse is full of apocalyptic language - echoing much of the OT
Many assume that the Olivet Discourse is talking about the future of the world.
in fact, this is the most popular view to hold.
And it has been made popular through dispensational theology and most recently the Left Behind series
This view has promoted a dooms day sort of eschatology where the world will undergo some of the worst plagues and tribulations in human history.
Where demonic activity will be at its highest
And Satan and he legions will unmask themselves and try and rule the world.
So when we read verse 7
We have been trained to think that this is referring to the end of the world
or when we read
I was good friends with a man in Colorado who had an earthquake app on his phone and he would check for earthquakes daily on his phone convinced that end of the world was near because of an uptick in earthquakes
Believing the world was coming to an end was a big part of his theology.
or perhaps we read
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We think of martyrdom
The Center for the Study of Global Christianity estimates that more than 70 million Christians have been martyred over the last two millennia.
More than half of these were in the 20th century under fascist and communist regimes.
Thus the 20th century is the bloodiest century for Christian martyrs in the history of the church - therefore the end must be near.
Or we read
Here we hear about the great tribulation that is coming after the rapture of the church.
Where after God’s people have been raptured away from the world a seven year tribulation comes that will be the greatest the world has ever seen.
This view has been made popular by dispensational thinkers such as John Nelson Darby, CI Scolfield, Charles Ryrie, and the Left Behind series.
Or we read
Cleary this fits our imaginative predictions of the great tribulation that is to come so therefore this is speaking of a day in the future when all hell breaks loose on earth.
Mark 13
We then go to the book of Revelation trying to figure out when all this will happen
when will the anti-christ show up?
when will the beast and the false prophet make their appearance?
What role does the USA play in the end of the world events?
when will the rapture happen?
What about the mark of the beast?
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