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Show us a sign
Our text today is jammed full of information we can overlook.
It can be confusing and it is certainly disturbing.
It could fall into a couple of categories
Prophetic
Apocolyptic
Wisdom
Narrative
We could SPEND TIME here, and a PROPHECY TEACHER probably would.
But, I get really bored with prophecy.
Scratch that, I get irritated with prophecy!
Instead, let’s look for the nuggets that are overlooked
We closed last week with this:
Last week we had the corrupt teachers, leaders, and religious aristocrats who have been judged by Jesus
They steal from the widows and the poor.
There was a rich man who put in his offering and a poor widow who gave all.
And their response to this teaching is...
“But look at what we built for God!”
“God must love us and be proud of us for we build beautiful things!”
Jesus’ response is clear.
It will be destroyed.
And it does get destroyed in approx 70 CE.
The Romans come in and tear it down.
1800 years later, the City of David is plowed under, it is a field.
You would never know it had been there.
PICTURE THEN
PICTURE Between
PICTURE NOW
It would appear that Jesus’ words did come true.
The words of the prophets came true as well.
Their response...
This generation, ALWAYS ASKING FOR A SIGN.
There is only one sign that will be given…Sign of Jonah.
I have a different question.
Why is the temple going to be destroyed?
Is Jesus going to do this?
He has made statements about destroying the temple and rebuilding it in three days.
THEIR QUESTIONS: WHEN and WHAT SIGN?
Same as today…NOTICE THE ANSWER.
ANSWER THE WHEN...
WHOA…Did you catch that?
Yes, anyone who claims to know something about the future, ignore them.
And yes, wars and rumors of wars, don’t react with concern about the end, it is still a ways away.
But, here is what I want you to notice...
“…come in my name claiming, ‘I Am’”
Two things a bible nerd might notice
Jesus is equating his name to I Am (Burning Bush)
When you hear someone proclaiming the time is now or making a date claim, they are claiming to be “I Am”
You can safely ignore all the prophetic prognosticators.
None of them are Jesus!
Nation against nation (ethnos, ethnic, human)
Kingdom against kingdom (divine, same word as Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven)
These are not the same thing.
Nations: earthquakes, famines, pestilences (think Egypt)
Kingdoms: terrors and great heavenly signs (think Egypt)
How is it there will be a battle in Heaven if there are no rebellious deities?
Moving on...
TRANSITION from WHEN to SIGNS
He is still answering the When.
When you see Jerusalem, then the time of its destruction has arrived.
Jerusalem’s destruction, not the world.
We don’t like the vengeance language!
SIGNS...
Genesis language, sun, moon, and stars (Genesis, given as signs, the gods of the heavens)
Nations perplexed because of roaring seas and waves…(Not climate change…Sea, chaos, evil)
The POWERS of the heavens will be shaken (how does that work, again, there are other powers in the unseen realm)
And WHEN you see all of this going on…THAT IS WHEN YOU STAND AND LOOK UP!
Until these things happen…what are we to do?
All that Jesus has been teaching us.
He could have just said this, but he does them the courtesy of giving them some information.
It is the last slide ****NEXT SLIDE**** where we want to concentrate.
Here is the question: HOW DOES KNOWING WHEN and the SIGNs CHANGE YOUR LIFE?
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