The Destruction of a Kingdom

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Our Scripture serves as the focal point of a much larger narrative that is overlooked. This narrative shows us what Christ’s kingdom will look like.

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Mark 13:1–2 ESV

1 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” 2 And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

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Introduction

Exegete

The New Kingdom

Introduction

The importance of reader’s Bibles and/or reading multiple passages.

Exegete

Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52)

Healing him coming away from Jericho

Trimphal entry (Mark 11:1-11)

Jesus is praised as king

Luke’s Gospel the stones cry out

Habakkuk 2:9–11 ESV

9 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm! 10 You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life. 11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.

a curse, not a children’s story

Fig Tree (Mark 11:12-14)

Israel is often referenced as a fig tree (Jer. 8:13, Hosea 9:10, Joel 1:7)

Dont bear fruit, get burned

Cleanses the Temple (Mark 11:15-19)

Exchanged currency for temple tax

sold animals for sacrifice

Priest more upset over temple than their impurity

Fig tree lesson (Mark 11:20-26)

Mountains a symbol of the impossible or magnificent

Faith to remove that which keeps you from bearing fruit.

Authority (Mark 11:27-33)

He is God, he doens’t have to explain himself

Tenants (Mark 12:1-12)

Killed the Prophets and the son

Taxes (Mark 12:13-17)

Their deceit

God’s kingdom, for now, will exist with the secular

Sadducees and Resurrection (Mark 12:18-27)

Use God’s law to disprove resurrection

know neither God nor his power.

Greatest Commandment (Mark 12:28-34)

Deuteronomy 6:4

Whose Son ( Mark 12:35-37)

Son of God

The Scribes (Mark 12:38-40)

their wickedness

Widow’s offering (Mark 12:41-44)

1 Kings 17:8–16 ESV

8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12 And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’ ” 15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

Temple destruction (Mark 13:1-2)

Recently constructed

a symbol of their religion

destruction marks the beginning of the end

End of age (Mark 13:3-13)

False prophets, persecution, natural phenomenon, division

Abomination of Desolation (Mark 13:14-23)

Refers to Titus the Governer who sacked the temple and destroyed Jerusalem

It’s coming soon

Unknown Hour (Mark 13:32-37)

No one knows.

The New kingdom

The destruction of the temple signifies the corrupt religion being torn down and a new one established.

James 1:27 ESV

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.