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Open your Bibles to Mark 13:9-13.
We are continuing our study of the Gospel of Mark.
•This morning we find ourselves once again in the Olivet Discourse.
Our text today has to do with persecution.
•In these verses, our Lord will prophesy concerning the persecution that was to come upon the infant Church in the First Century prior to the destruction of the Temple.
•He speaks of arrests, courts, beatings in synagogues, betrayals, hatred, and martyrdom that will come upon His People.
•But He also speaks of preaching, faithfulness through suffering, the spread of the Gospel, and a promise of salvation for the newborn Church.
While I wholeheartedly believe that this text finds it’s fulfillment in the First Century, I also believe that it speaks to us today in 2022.
•We live in a time when biblical Christianity has become wildly unpopular with the majority of our society.
•Even those who claim to be conservative and would align themselves with some of our beliefs are Christless Conservatives.
(Consider just for a moment that Fox News, a network that is often considered a Conservative news network, is celebrating Gay Pride month.)
•And so, when the chips are down, we are often unpopular with them, too.
They agree with us on few things.
And the list is getting shorter every year.
(We have no real allies outside of the Church.)
•As I’ve said many times before, there are many cultural winds blowing, ideologies solidifying, and legislation that is probably coming, that spells trouble for us in the near future if we are going to be faithful to Christ.
•And so, a text that speaks of persecution, preaching, and the promise of salvation to those who endure is quite relevant for us.
So, brothers and sisters, my aim in this sermon is twofold:
1.
To show you how this text was fulfilled within “that generation” to whom Jesus was speaking.
•I want to vindicate the words of our Lord this morning.
2.
To encourage us all to be faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ, no matter what comes.
No matter what threats or hardships may come upon us.
And I plan to do that this morning by dividing our text into three main headings and then giving application at the end.
1.
The Persecution.
2. The Preaching.
3.
The Promise.
•May God bless us this morning as we turn to His Word to hear from Him.
Now, if you would and are able, please stand with me for the reading of the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God.
Mark 13:9-13
[9] “But be on your guard.
For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
[10] And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.
[11] And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
[12] And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
[13] And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
(PRAY)
Holy God,
We come before you this morning looking for grace to help us in our time of need.
We need to understand your Word.
But we are dull and so often cold of heart.
And so, we ask that you, by your Spirit, would warm our hearts and sharpen our minds so that we would receive your Word with soberness, reverence, and implicit faith in what you have said.
Help us to see this morning that Jesus Christ is better, that He is greater, and that He promises us better things than this world has to offer.
Glorify yourself by working in our hearts, granting faith, and conforming us more and more into the image of your Son.
We ask these things in Jesus’ Name and for His sake.
Amen.
1.)
Before we dive in, let’s take a moment to remember the context.
(This is incredibly important to do as we continue to walk through the OD.)
•Remember how our Lord Jesus, throughout His public ministry, has been harassed by the Jewish religious leaders, and rejected by the nation as a whole.
•He was a popular teacher and healer, but very few people had come to faith in Him.
•More than that, there had been a long-standing attempt by the religious leaders to have Jesus arrested and killed.
•And right before this Discourse, our Lord had spent the entire day debating with the chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees.
•At every turn, our Lord has been rejected by the very ones He came to.
As John 1:11 says, “He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.”
And so, as our Lord leaves the Temple for the final time, never again to return, he announces a prophecy of judgment on it in v2:
“Do you see these great buildings?
There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
•Jesus prophesies the destruction of the Temple that will occur in AD70.
Not one stone was to be left upon another.
•There would be great judgment upon Israel because they rejected the Savior.
There would be horrible destruction, pain, death, and judgment from God because they did not recognize their King.
And after our Lord announces the impending doom of the Temple, His disciples come and ask Him a question in v4:
“Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?”
•They ask “When?
And what will be the sign?”
•They are clearly asking about the destruction of the Temple.
That is all that Jesus has mentioned.
And that is, therefore, the only possible referent in the context.
•The question of the disciples has to do with the prophecy Jesus gave in v2 concerning the Temple being destroyed.
And that question is what kicks off the whole OD.
•The disciples asked “When?
And what will be the sign” And they were talking about the Temple coming down.
•And Jesus begins to answer them in v5.
Lastly, let’s remember our Time Text in v30.
•Our Lord says, “Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.”
•“This generation” refers to the people then living when Jesus spoke these words.
•And “all these things” refers to the disciples’ question in v4 when they asked for a “sign when all these things are about to be accomplished.”
•So then, Jesus makes it very clear that everything He said in vv5-30 is to be fulfilled within that generation.
•And His words were indeed fulfilled with the destruction of the Temple in AD70, forty years after He prophesied.
So the context tells us how we are to interpret this passage.
•vv5-30 have to do with the time leading up to, and the final destruction of the Temple.
And it would all be fulfilled within the generation then living.
•Jesus Himself has set our perimeter for interpretation.
And so, we must abide by it lest we call Him a liar.
•So we will be looking to see just how His words came to pass within that generation, while also looking to see what application can be made to us nearly 2,000 years later.
2.)
Let’s now begin looking at our text this morning.
•And our first heading will be: The Persecution.
•Let’s read what Jesus says about the persecution that was to come upon the infant church:
[9] “But be on your guard.
For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
[11] And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over,
[12] And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
[13] And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
•Clearly, our Lord was prophesying about a per suction that would come upon the Church.
That is abundantly clear in these verses.
Persecution would come upon the infant Church.
•The Apostles, who would found the Church and, therefore, represent it, are being spoken to.
•And there are three major aspects to this persecution that our Lord Jesus mentions:
1.
He mentions being delivered over to councils and being beaten in synagogues.
•He is clearly referring to how things were in Israel and surrounding areas in the First Century.
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