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Everyone wants to know the future.
A cynic might see everyone's future like this.
Birth.
School.
Work.
Marriage.
Debt.
Children.
More debt.
Cake.
Weight gain.
Retirement.
Cancer or heart disease.
Sorrow.
Then, death.
(Sounds like Ecclesiastes, eh?) Apart from God, life is tragic.
Sometimes the future holds good news.
Yet even good news is often mixed news.
Ethel had an art gallery.
Fred was a local artist.
One day, Ethel called Fred.
"Want the good news or the bad news?" "Good news."
Fred replied.
"A woman came in today & loved your work.
She asked, 'Will its value would go up after he dies?'
I said 'yes.'
She bought every piece in the store."
Fred was excited.
"That's great!
How can there be bad news?"
Ethel paused.
"It was your wife."
We want to know the future.
It's human.
So do Jesus' disciples.
Let's look at Lk 21:5-19.
Mt Olivet is 150' above the temple.
It's ~1mile away as Jesus tries to teach His disciples.
The temple looms before them.
5aSome disciples are admiring the temple.
'Look 5bhow it's adorned with such beautiful stones!' <Temple slide> Its pure white marble stones are massive, ≤ 37' x 18' x 12' & 100 tons!
It's 4 football fields wide.
5 long.
Its columns tower 40 feet high.
The top is gold, the rest gleaming white.
At a distance it all looks like a gold-capped snow mountain.
The gold & white are almost blinding in the fiery sun.
It's massive & beautiful.
Even so, restoration, ongoing the last 46yr, won't finish for another 30yr!
5cAnd such gifts inside dedicated to God! They're stunning!
Gifts of furniture from rulers all over the world.
It's massive, itself a treasure, & full of treasures!
5dBut Jesus?
He isn't smiling.
6a"What you see here?
The time will come (~40yr) when not one stone will be left on another.
It'll be as dead as Jewish religion.
Hard times are coming.
War.
Destruction.
It'll get even worse.
They'll persecute you because you follow Me.
Not their gods.
6bEvery stone will be thrown down."
< 10yr after finishing the restoration, Rome razed the temple in 70 AD.
Josephus said over 1M died by crucifixion, sword, & famine.
To survive, the starving people became murderers & cannibals.
The temple?
Destroyed stone-by-stone.
Ground into rubble.
Just as Jesus said.
Only at the Wailing Wall do a few pieces remain.
Only the foundation.
No other trace.
Scholars still argue where things were.
It seemed massive.
Permanent.
But Jesus says it'll be completely destroyed.
To His disciples, that can mean just one thing: end times.
Judgment on the world.
The KoG fully here.
Jesus, the king.
And they'll reign with Him.
7a"Teacher!" they gasp.
Questions bubble up.
7b"When will these things happen?
Our question, too.
It's the end of all we know.
When?
The next pressing question?
7cWhat'll be the sign they're about to take place?"
How will we know?
What's our warning?
What's the future?
Jesus isn't interested in setting a date.
He just wants to urge them (& us) to remain steadfast & faithful till He returns.
It's urgent.
8aJesus replied, "Watch out that you aren't deceived.
Jaws drop.
'Jesus, You trained us.
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