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Our sermon will be on Luke 16:14-17
We have a website: https://tahlequahworshipcenter.com/
We are going through the book of John on Wednesday Nights
We need to have another work day before long but it will have to be a few weeks from now.
We will be having Church Camp this year and we need a couple more boys teachers.
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Gerald
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God’s Gonna Cut You Down
He’s Coming Back
We sang that Johnny Cash song and it sounds a bit harsh doesn’t it?
It’s also true.
I know we are supposed to be the bearers of good news, but sometimes we have to give the bad news so they can understand the need for the good news.
Jesus and John the Baptist’s first message was “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
Also, Jesus preached more about Hell than Heaven.
It’s time for some bad news.
One of my jobs as Dad is to have fun with my Kids.
Another is to punish.
One time I was looking at something on the internet with Billy, and I heard some thumping on the roof above me.
I go outside and Josh is holding the ladder and he said, “I told them not to do it”
I look up and Christian is running all over the roof of the house.
He was about 3.
I’m sure he was punished.
In today’s passage, Jesus is going to talk about punishment.
He’s talking about the Judgment.
When is Jesus Coming Again?
Different People believe different things.
FWB don’t have a set position.
Neither does this church.
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There are 2 main views that FWBs have.
Amillennialism
(Amil)
Amil’s main teaching is that the millennium that we read about in Revelation is happening right now.
It’s not a literal 1000 years, but it’s symbolic.
So think about how Christianity started becoming more and more prevalent until the Roman Empire basically becomes Christian.
Satan is currently bound and that’s why Christianity is allowed to spread.
Most will say that Satan will be loosed and then destruction will come and the world will be recreated.
This view was the only view talked about in the church for almost 2000 years.
Even now, it might be the majority view, but not in America.
Premillennialism
(Premil)
Premil loosely believes that there is a coming Millennium after a 7 year tribulation.
Some believe that Jesus will return before the tribulation, some in the middle and some after or right at the end before all the vials are emptied.
So the ones that are Pre-trib believe that Jesus will come and gather his saints before the start of the trib.
There is a Pre-wraith that believes Jesus will come right as the last of the vials or bowls of wrath are poured upon the world.
There is an old version that is called Historic Premil, but we don’t have enough time to discuss.
It’s similar to the Pre-wrath.
The Pre-trib Premil position is fairly new, having come into use in about 1830 or so.
Having said all that, let’s get into our text.
What is the Kingdom of God?
So what is the Kingdom of God?
Well, that is the big question.
When we look at this scripture, we see that the kingdom is spiritual.
There are 3 other places where the kingdom is explicitly taught as spiritual.
Matthew 12:28, Romans 14:17, and John 18:36
I guess the question really is: Will there be a physical kingdom as well?
There is often a 2-fold fulfillment of scripture.
Anyway, what Jesus says here is that the kingdom is spiritual.
It’s those that believe.
When is the Kingdom of God?
Well, if you are Amil, then it’s right now, but there are other things going on in this text.
First of all, verses 22-23 seems to point to looking for the signs.
The same is true in the somewhat parallel version in Matthew 24.
He says to not listen to those looking for a signs.
Instead, it will come so fast that nobody will understand what’s going on.
We need to remember that Jesus is talking to Jews before any of this takes place.
But has some of it taken place?
When you read the account in Matthew 24, you see Jesus talking about the ‘abomination of desolation’ spoken of by Daniel.
The context of Matthew 24 is the destruction of the temple, the context of our text is the Kingdom of God.
The question then is did these events already happen?
Just so you will know, the Romans, under Titus, completely destroyed the temple and desecrated it.
So at least in a sense part of this did happen.
For the Amil, it means that the only thing to wait on is the return of Jesus and the renewal of this world.
For the Premil, these events are coming in the future.
That means the temple will have to be rebuilt and a bunch of nation activities.
So what is this passage talking about in verses 31-36?
Many think this is talking about the rapture, where Jesus comes again and takes his church, but the text seems to be talking about judgment.
In other words, those that are taken, are taken in judgment.
Where is the Kingdom of God?
This is the last question that Jesus asks: where does this happen?
His answer is simple: Luke 17:37
The word eagles here means vultures.
Once again, what is Jesus talking about?
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