Mark pt.26

Things to come

The 4 Gospels are very different portraits of Jesus Christ, purposefully.

Mono, Stereo , Quadraphonic Stereo

- Review of Mark up to this point....

Mark is telling the Euongelion

Jesus has the attention of everyone in Jerusalem at Passover week.

Pharisees, Saducees, Herodians, Romans, Jews, Gentiles, slaves… Why?

His claims are high treasonous. Lord, Savior of the World.

Where are they?

Mount of Olives VIEW OF TEMPLE PHOTO

(MAP)

Common place of discussing judgment ,

Absolom betrayed David.

This is the Olivet Discourse, found also in and .

This is one of the most misunderstood and mis-used passages of the book of Mark.

The Olivet Discourse is Eschatology.

The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

The End Times

The Great Tribulation, The Rapture, The Second Coming, The Resurrection of the Dead, The Millennium, The end of the world and last judgment, and the New Heaven and New Earth

Pre-Tribulation Preachers - Jack Van Impe, John Hagee, John Ankerburg, David Jeremiah, John MacArthur, James Robinson, Jimmy DeYoung

A Millennial Pre-terist, Post Tribulation - R.C. Sproul, John Calvin

We have a different focus today than discussing opinions of interpretation.

Sometimes there are 2 different ways of looking at something...

Smudge the Cat sitting confused at a table behind a dinner plate featured side-by-side with a screengrab from Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taylor Armstrong”

The result is “Woman yelling at Cat” Meme which features 2 different ways of looking at something. The woman always has an initally wrong view of something and then smudge corrects her with a completely different point of view on the subject..

In studying the Bible we use Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

the theory and methodology of interpretation

An angle to which we read and interpret the scriptures.

Things to Come

Mark 13 NASB95

1 As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” 2 And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.” 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?” 5 And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. 6 “Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many. 7 “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. 8 “For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 “But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. 10 “The gospel must first be preached to all the nations. 11 “When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. 12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15 “The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; 16 and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. 17 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 18 “But pray that it may not happen in the winter. 19 “For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. 20 “Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. 21 “And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; 22 for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. 23 “But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance. 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. 26 “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 “And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven. 28 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 “Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door. 30 “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 31 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. 32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 33 “Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. 34 “It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. 35 “Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— 36 in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. 37 “What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’ ”

Look at these magnificent buildings!

The stones (picture) found are 50 feet long and 8 feet wide. 420-600 tons.

Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, Volume 11: Matthew and Mark Notes

13:2 they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another! The NLT clearly brings out Jesus’ imagery in referring to the building’s being completely demolished. The Gr. reads, “There will not be one stone left on another that will not be thrown down.”

The Inner Circle - Peter, James, John and Andrew.

DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Take Heed “Don’t let anyone mislead you”

Others will come and say they are the Messiah

The End Times are full of Wars and threats or rumors of Wars

But the end won’t follow immediately… A time between the temple’s destruction and the end.

Famines, Earthquakes

First of the birth pains… With more to come

Birthpangs - sorrows (KJV)

This image pictures a woman giving birth..

These things are but the beginning of the birth pangs

they are at first random, but then predictable and constant.

We take these signs as a negative destructive bad time.

This is the beginning of a New Heaven and a New Earth.

BE ON YOUR GUARD...

Everyone will hate you because you are My followers

The Great Tribulation

The Lord’s Return in glory

The parable of the fig tree

Watching for the return of the Lord

Abomination of Desolation - flee to the hills, , Isaiah

What is normally a blessing will become a bad situation. Pregnant women

Winter will be more difficult - climate change

Mark 13:32 NASB95

32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Mark 13:30 NASB95

30 “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Mark 13:32 NASB95

32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.