1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 I'm doing tonight. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,800 I'm doing all right. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,940 I think Pastor Ben's gonna come and make an announcement 4 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:11,500 after the sermon. 5 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:15,280 Just reading the notes here, but we're gonna pray 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:16,540 and then we'll get started. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,380 Thank you Lord for allowing us to come together tonight 8 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:27,280 and to get into your word. 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,840 And I just pray that as we look through this, 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,400 we could see how it applies to our lives 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,880 and that we could make the changes 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,960 that you point out to us Lord, 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,560 that we could walk more like you leave in here tonight 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,920 and I just thank you for the opportunity 15 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,160 and for this new year that we could worship you 16 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:46,000 and serve you together. 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,360 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,860 And so tonight we're gonna be doing a one off 19 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,960 because we would have done this series 20 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,960 but we were doing other things for the Christmas season. 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,920 So it's gonna be called Looking Forward with Expectation 22 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,980 and it's gonna be in Matthew 24. 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,280 And so today's the first Wednesday of the year. 24 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,200 Are you guys glad to be here? 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,120 I'm glad you guys are here. 26 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,760 I'm glad to be here. 27 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,320 And so since it's 2025 and we're looking forward 28 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,880 to this new year, I wanna ask you guys, 29 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,760 what are you looking forward to this year? 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,760 And you wanna pull a Pastor Ben, 31 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,300 you can look to the person beside you on three 32 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:26,880 and you just tell them what you're looking forward to 33 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,880 and I'll tell you all what I'm looking forward to, okay? 34 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:29,700 You ready? 35 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:31,360 One, two, three, go ahead. 36 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,360 What are you looking forward to this year? 37 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,880 You guys aren't looking forward too much, huh? 38 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,000 New grandbaby, that's awesome. 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,360 You weren't expecting me to have you guys talk, were you? 40 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,040 You were. That's awesome. 41 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,520 This year, I am looking forward to walking again. 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:07,680 That'll be great. 43 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:10,800 That would be great. 44 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,520 So I'm looking forward to that. 45 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,840 There's something, when it comes to looking forward, 46 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,600 there's really one condition to looking forward 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,320 and it has to, it's that what you're looking forward to 48 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,040 has to be something in the future. 49 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,600 The event has to take place in the future. 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,840 You can't look forward to something 51 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,320 that's already occurred. 52 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,320 And some people are looking forward to Trump taking office. 53 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,440 Some people are not looking forward to Trump taking office. 54 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,000 We just had our first big snow. 55 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,520 Some people were looking forward to that. 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,920 Other people right now are currently looking forward 57 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,140 to summer, you know? 58 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,080 But something else that goes hand in hand 59 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,560 with looking forward and with 60 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,120 with expect, or is expectations. 61 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,920 Typically when you look forward to an event, 62 00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:00,280 it's because you have some level of expectation 63 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,200 for what's gonna occur. 64 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,200 And so you have some sort of expectation 65 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,040 of how it's gonna go. 66 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,400 And we just had Christmas. 67 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,040 And is there any Christmas lovers in here? 68 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,960 Anybody love Christmas? 69 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Is anybody looking forward to Christmas? 70 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,000 Right? 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:15,840 Yeah, we just had it. 72 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,200 But some people are looking forward to Christmas right now. 73 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,840 My wife, she loves Christmas 74 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,460 and she can't wait till October 75 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:25,560 when she gets to play her Christmas music again. 76 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,800 And yeah, I said October. 77 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,640 So yes, pray for me on that one. 78 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,520 But what kind of things do you, 79 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,480 what kind of expectations do you have for next Christmas? 80 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,840 I would say like, typically people are gonna think, 81 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,760 you know, joy, good food, family. 82 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,040 Is there any other expectations 83 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,120 you guys are looking forward to Christmas? 84 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,160 Life? Yeah. 85 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,200 You'd expect to be alive for next Christmas. 86 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,040 That's good. 87 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:49,880 God willing, right? 88 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:50,800 I hope to be too. 89 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,240 Does anybody look forward to gifts? 90 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,040 You look forward to gifts? 91 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:57,880 Yeah. 92 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,020 Have you guys ever looked forward to a gift 93 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:03,920 for Christmas and then you didn't get it? 94 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,000 One year I wanted a BB gun. 95 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,680 And yeah, exactly. 96 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,080 And that's probably, 97 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,520 well, I'm not gonna spoil the story, 98 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,440 but my parents got me this gift 99 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,920 and they're like, you can't open this gift 100 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,000 until the very last gift. 101 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,680 And it's a tall box, probably this tall, thin. 102 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,000 And I'm like, it's a rifle. 103 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,040 I got a BB gun. 104 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,700 And so I'm so excited waiting for this gift. 105 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,160 And we get to the last present. 106 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,520 And all my other presents were good, 107 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,840 but the BB gun was what I wanted, right? 108 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:46,160 And so I open it up and it's a pooper scooper. 109 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,480 That was the worst gift I think I've ever gotten. 110 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:52,960 We had gotten a dog earlier that year. 111 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,720 We had gotten a dog earlier that year. 112 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,320 And so I thought I was gonna get this fun, 113 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,640 like you'll shoot your eye out, 114 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,160 like BB gun is gonna be a great time, 115 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,880 but I got something that was my responsibility. 116 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,000 So that's kind of beside the point, 117 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,880 but I thought it was a fun question to ask. 118 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,320 But again, today we're looking forward to Christmas 119 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,440 once again, or we're not looking forward to Christmas, 120 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,600 some people. 121 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,960 But we know exactly when Christmas is gonna come. 122 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,160 And so we can kind of relax about Christmas. 123 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,640 We can sit back and there's a few exceptionally wise people 124 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,920 who prepare for Christmas. 125 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,960 Maybe they bought the gifts already 126 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,320 or they're gonna go out with the post-Christmas sales 127 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,880 or they're budgeting. 128 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,720 Does anybody budget for Christmas? 129 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:42,560 Some people do. 130 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,840 Most of us, we're just chilling. 131 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:48,360 We're just, Christmas is on December 25th. 132 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,440 I know when it's gonna be here. 133 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,320 And as long as I'm ready, when Christmas comes, 134 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,280 we'll be good, right? 135 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:55,160 On that morning. 136 00:05:58,560 --> 00:05:59,680 We don't really have to think about it 137 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,320 until next December, right? 138 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,160 A lot of people. 139 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,080 Let me ask you guys another question. 140 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,520 Are you guys expecting Christ's return this year? 141 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:10,280 You should be. 142 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,920 I'm not saying that he's coming back this year. 143 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:12,760 That's not what I'm saying. 144 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,520 I'm just saying that he could. 145 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,600 Jesus is gonna return and he's gonna bring us into his kingdom 146 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,680 and are you ready for that? 147 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,560 Unlike Christmas, we know when Christmas is. 148 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,920 We don't know when Jesus is coming back. 149 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,360 But we know that he is coming back. 150 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,600 And I'm just thinking, man, could you imagine 151 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,600 if Christmas could just pop up on you guys at any moment? 152 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,640 Like you just wake up and your house is full of people 153 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,760 and they all expect you to have gifts ready for them 154 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,920 and they expect a meal and all this stuff. 155 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,560 They expect the tree to be up 156 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,120 and you have all that just pop up on you in a moment. 157 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,280 You would have to be ready literally all year round 158 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:58,800 for Christmas because the expectation of it, 159 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,440 you would have to be ready, right? 160 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,280 And similarly, Jesus is coming back at any moment 161 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,240 and we need to be ready for that. 162 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,080 And we need to be like that few diligent people 163 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,400 about Christmas who are prepared when, 164 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,760 they're prepared before it comes 165 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,240 so that when it gets there, they don't have to worry. 166 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,360 And so we need to be looking forward 167 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,120 to Jesus second coming with expectation. 168 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,680 And so like I said, we'll be in Matthew 24 today. 169 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,680 And just a little bit of context. 170 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,840 We're picking up at the end of Jesus' ministry. 171 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,720 We're picking up at the famous Olivet discourse. 172 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,680 And Jesus right before where we're picking up 173 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,960 has basically been recognized by all of his disciples 174 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:44,880 as the Messiah. 175 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,560 He had his triumphal entry. 176 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,720 He had went into the temple and flipped the tables 177 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,080 and called it a den of thieves. 178 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,840 And he went head to head with the religious leaders. 179 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,880 He called them hypocrites. 180 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,560 He was stomping them over and over again 181 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,040 with the knowledge of God. 182 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,120 And he called, like I said, 183 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,720 they called them hypocrites in front of everybody. 184 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,600 And he's preaching Christ to the masses in front of them. 185 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,520 And he's telling them, those people over there, 186 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,560 they love to be called master and teacher, 187 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,600 but there's one master and it's Christ. 188 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,360 And this is in Matthew 23, seven through 12. 189 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,840 And then he says, you have one master and it's Christ. 190 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,320 And so in essence, what he's saying is, 191 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,480 you need to follow Christ. 192 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,720 And of course, everyone who had been paying attention 193 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,000 to this time and his disciples specifically know that 194 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,120 by implication, he's saying, you need to follow me. 195 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,520 You need to follow Jesus. 196 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,320 And the people at the time, they're ready to follow Christ 197 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,360 because the people at the time, 198 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,440 the average Jewish person at the time, 199 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,640 they had the mindset of expecting 200 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,800 or at least yearning for Christ 201 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,920 because they had been subjects to other nations 202 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,560 for over 500 years. 203 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:58,000 There's been a little gap where they had some independence, 204 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,280 but they for the most part had been subject 205 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,840 to the occupation of other nations. 206 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,160 And they then recently had King Herod, 207 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,760 who was kind of crazy. 208 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,920 I don't know if you guys remember this, 209 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,240 but he killed all the babies in Bethlehem 210 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,520 because he was scared that Jesus was gonna take over. 211 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,320 Right, and then we also know from history 212 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,280 and Pastor Miles preaching a few weeks ago 213 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,000 that he even killed a wife of his own 214 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,440 and he killed some of his own sons 215 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,520 because he was scared that they were gonna usurp him. 216 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,160 And so they had to deal with that. 217 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,760 And now they're under Roman occupation 218 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,680 and let's just say that they don't exactly 219 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:37,720 like Roman occupation. 220 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,560 And so the people are hungry for the Messiah, 221 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,920 for the King that's like David, 222 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,400 whom God had prophesied to them throughout the years 223 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,440 over the thousands of years through the laws and the prophets, 224 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,720 the King who's gonna deliver them from their enemies 225 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,320 and establish their land and give them the fullness 226 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,840 of all the promises that he had given the people. 227 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,480 And that's what they want, that's what they're hungry for. 228 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,520 And they're kind of expecting it at this time 229 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,600 because recently they had John the Baptist come 230 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,480 and he said, he's proclaiming that the kingdom of God 231 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,000 is at hand, he's saying that he's preparing the way 232 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,600 of the Lord and then Jesus comes and he goes, 233 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,880 hey, there's the Lamb of God, right? 234 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,680 And so the people are desperate, 235 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:20,720 they're ready for the Messiah, 236 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,400 but they're not really expecting the Messiah they got. 237 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,200 They're not really expecting the Messiah to do what he did 238 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,520 and what we know Jesus did. 239 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,560 And so that's where we're picking up 240 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,100 right after this altercation at the temple 241 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,320 with the religious leaders. 242 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,400 Jesus is leaving the temple with his disciples. 243 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,760 The tensions are high, adrenaline I imagine with the disciples 244 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,760 and with the people in the area is high 245 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,640 and because of this interaction. 246 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,560 And have you guys ever had to set anybody straight? 247 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,800 I know Marie has, she set me straight the other day, 248 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,520 I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. 249 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,240 But have you ever had to set anybody straight? 250 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,400 When you set somebody straight, your blood is pumping, 251 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,560 your adrenaline's high and that's kind of how I imagine 252 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,440 the situation, at least from the disciples. 253 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,160 And you got like, Jesus had just set the religious leader 254 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,960 straight and the disciples are like behind them, 255 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:11,800 like hyping them up. 256 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:12,960 Have you ever been with a group of your friends 257 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,320 when you were like in an argument 258 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,240 and his friends are like behind them hyping them up 259 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,160 and I can imagine that's like the scene. 260 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,480 They're behind them and they're like, yeah, 261 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,400 yeah you render under Caesar, punk, you know. 262 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,000 They're getting at the religious leaders, 263 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,600 sticking their tongue out and Jesus is like, 264 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,920 hey guys, cool it, you know. 265 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,480 But as they leave, they're like bumping Jesus, 266 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,320 they're messing up his hair, they're like, that was awesome. 267 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,720 And they see the temple and this is just how I imagine it. 268 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,400 I don't know if this is necessarily the case, 269 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,880 but they look at the temple and they say to Jesus, 270 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,760 basically look at how amazing this place is 271 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,840 and they're kind of thinking in their heads like, 272 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:53,080 this is ours, like I know Jesus is the Messiah 273 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,440 and I know that he's gonna rule and reign here 274 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,920 and I'm gonna kind of benefit from my relationship 275 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:58,760 with Jesus in that way. 276 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,240 And I kind of think that's what they're thinking 277 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,560 when they say that, cause we already know 278 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,920 that they had already been arguing about 279 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,720 who's gonna be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven 280 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,120 and stuff like that over the years or over his ministry. 281 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:16,120 And Jesus goes to them and he responds in Matthew 24 verse 282 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,720 2, he says, 283 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,120 seeing not all these things, talking about the temple, 284 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,840 verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here 285 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,800 one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. 286 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,480 And so this must have like blown their minds 287 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,000 that the temple was gonna be destroyed. 288 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:43,000 And I don't know, I know you guys have probably 289 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,840 had your mind blown before, you're like, that's crazy. 290 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,680 Somebody once told me Kobe Bryant was not a top 10 NBA player 291 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:51,520 and that blew my mind. 292 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,480 I was like pulling my hair, I was like, 293 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:54,800 what are you talking about? 294 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,400 You know, I imagine that's kind of how they felt 295 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,640 when he said the temple is gonna be destroyed. 296 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,000 One time Gabby called me and she's like, what are you doing? 297 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,280 And I said, well, I'm cleaning the house. 298 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,880 And she said, talk about your mind blown, right? 299 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:09,840 I'm just kidding, that never happened. 300 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,800 But they're expecting their guy, 301 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,800 they're expecting their Messiah is going to rule 302 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:19,960 and reign in that temple. 303 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,280 And especially after they had this interaction 304 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,640 with the Jewish leaders and they're expecting that. 305 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,280 And Jesus says, yeah, the temple that was just built 306 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,080 recently is gonna be destroyed. 307 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,240 And this sparks some questions. 308 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,160 And so in verse three, we see the two questions 309 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,120 that they ask him. 310 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,840 We'll read that, it says, 311 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,240 and he sat upon the Mount of Olives, 312 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,920 the disciples, as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, 313 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,360 the disciples came unto him privately saying, 314 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,000 tell us when shall these things be 315 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,680 and what shall be the sign of thy coming 316 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,040 and of the end of the world? 317 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,800 So they asked him two questions, 318 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,400 when can we expect these things? 319 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,600 When will the temple be torn down? 320 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,520 And what is the sign of your coming? 321 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,920 Or what is the sign of your arrival? 322 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,120 When are you gonna come into your own? 323 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,480 Basically what they're asking him is, 324 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,320 when are you gonna take the throne? 325 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,520 When are you gonna tear down? 326 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:17,720 When is the temple gonna be torn down? 327 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,400 And when are you gonna take the throne, son of David? 328 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,680 And subsequently, as a result of him taking the throne, 329 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,920 when is the world as we know it gonna be, 330 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,080 when is the end of the world as we know it? 331 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,840 Because they know and they expect him 332 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,280 to set everything straight, to, 333 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,880 they expect a whole new world for him 334 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,280 to establish his kingdom. 335 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,160 There's gonna be no sin, no death, no tears for his people 336 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,440 and Israel's gonna see every promise 337 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,080 that God ever made to them come true. 338 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,480 That's what they're expecting. 339 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,200 And for the disciples in Jesus' day, 340 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,000 that meant no more Roman occupation 341 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,600 that the established kingdom of God 342 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,160 was gonna be in Jerusalem. 343 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,840 And they're kind of expecting that tomorrow 344 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,520 because here's Jesus, here's the temple, 345 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,600 he just set the leaders of the temple straight. 346 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,520 So when is that gonna happen? 347 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,720 And we know the answer to the first question 348 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,720 when the temple got destroyed, 349 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,320 about 40 years later the temple was torn down, 350 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,840 but when is Jesus gonna take his throne? 351 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,480 And we don't necessarily know when that's gonna happen. 352 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,440 He gave, he did answer their question, 353 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,520 but he doesn't say mark your calendars, 354 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,320 set your alarm clock, here's when it's gonna happen. 355 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,240 He goes through a list of signs 356 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,600 and Pastor Ben talked about all of these signs recently, 357 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,200 but he goes through this list of signs 358 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,800 and he says, when you see all of these things, 359 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,360 then you can expect that I'll take my throne. 360 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,520 Then you can, then that's when I'm gonna take my throne. 361 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,320 And he goes through, he says the end will be like this, 362 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:47,320 there's gonna be birth pains, 363 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,960 there's gonna be deceptions, false Christ, 364 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,000 wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, plagues, 365 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,600 all of that stuff. 366 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,080 And that's just the beginning, right? 367 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,160 That's just the first half essentially. 368 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,960 And then the abomination of desolation 369 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,280 is gonna take place in the covenant 370 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,400 that the Antichrist had made with. 371 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,800 Israel's gonna be broken by some sacrilegious act 372 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,320 in the temple and then you're gonna see 373 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,160 the great tribulation, right? 374 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,100 And that's gonna be the worst three and a half years 375 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,880 in all of history. 376 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,280 And then after all of that, after those seven years, 377 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,640 then Jesus is gonna be coming. 378 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,920 Then Jesus is coming and immediately 379 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,480 he's gonna come like lightning 380 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,680 and he's gonna come down from the clouds in power 381 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,520 and great glory and he's gonna establish his millennial kingdom 382 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,760 there. 383 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,320 And that's gonna be amazing, right? 384 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,640 That is gonna be amazing. 385 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,960 But they're gonna have to wait for all of that stuff 386 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,720 to happen before they see Jesus come and take his throne. 387 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:44,720 And so we know a few days after Jesus said that, 388 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,600 he died and then three days later, he rose from the dead. 389 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,920 And then 40 days after that, he ascended into heaven. 390 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,800 And so those disciples that were there, 391 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,080 they didn't get to see Jesus come and set up his kingdom 392 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,280 on earth in their lifetime. 393 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,440 But they did teach his followers that they should expect 394 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,120 that to happen at any moment really. 395 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:11,660 And they did that throughout the New Testament. 396 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:13,200 So Jesus is coming back. 397 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,040 We can expect that. 398 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,460 I don't know when he's coming back exactly, 399 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:19,240 but we're gonna read about three analogies 400 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,120 that Jesus gives his disciples after he told them 401 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:24,800 that he's coming back. 402 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,040 And they're gonna show us some very valuable truths. 403 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,360 So this is the objective today. 404 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,480 Jesus will return and establish his kingdom 405 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,000 and everyone can be ready for the second coming of Christ 406 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,080 by understanding these three analogies. 407 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,320 So we're gonna look at analogy number one, 408 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,360 which is the fig tree. 409 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:47,240 And that's gonna be in Matthew 24 verse 32, 410 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,800 through 35. 411 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,680 Now learn a parable of the fig tree. 412 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,600 When his branches get tender, he put it forth leaves. 413 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,000 You know that the summer is not. 414 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,120 So likewise, when ye shall see all these things, 415 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,840 know that it is near, even at the doors. 416 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,640 Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass 417 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,640 till all these things be fulfilled. 418 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,520 Heaven and earth shall pass away, 419 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,360 but my word shall not pass away. 420 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,560 And so what he's really saying is, 421 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,520 we can be ready for the second coming 422 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:25,840 by using some discernment. 423 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:31,080 Have you guys ever heard the saying, read the room? 424 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,000 Just look at the way the world's playing out. 425 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Even people the furthest from God can see 426 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,080 or a lot of them believe that the end is near. 427 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,320 And you know, God bless people like Elon Musk, 428 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,440 who aspire to give us a few more years, 429 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,600 few more good years, you know. 430 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,320 But the future of humanity is pretty grim. 431 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,660 We can expect broken families. 432 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:55,960 We can expect wars and rumors of wars. 433 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,760 We can expect tyranny and sickness and death. 434 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,880 And we can expect trouble in Israel. 435 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,040 And you know what, we're already seeing 436 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,640 a lot of those things happen. 437 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,280 But you know what we can't expect? 438 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,840 The Browns to win the Super Bowl. 439 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,360 No offense. 440 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,160 If we had to wait for the Browns to win the Super Bowl, 441 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:17,760 I don't know if we would make it. 442 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:24,080 But Jesus tells his disciples that by using discernment, 443 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,240 they can see that the branch is tender. 444 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,120 They can see that the leaves are sprung forth 445 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:30,120 and they can know that the summer is nigh, 446 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,040 that Jesus is coming back. 447 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,600 And in context, he's talking to a Jewish audience 448 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,880 about the tribulation time. 449 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,320 And he had went through all these signs 450 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,480 and he's telling them, when you see the birth pains, 451 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,840 when you see the abomination of desolation 452 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,480 and you see the great tribulation, 453 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,720 then you'll know that the day of judgment's coming. 454 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,160 Then you'll know that the return of your king is coming. 455 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:53,960 I'm coming to take my throne. 456 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,080 And today, we believe that the return of Jesus is imminent. 457 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,440 Amen, it could happen at any moment. 458 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,680 But that's, we're waiting on a different coming. 459 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,640 We're waiting on when believers are caught up in the clouds 460 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,080 to meet the Lord in the year. 461 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,240 That's what we're waiting on today. 462 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,000 And that's gonna be so amazing. 463 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 But the disciples at this moment in time, 464 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,120 what they're asking him about is something else. 465 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,280 They're asking him, when are you gonna take your throne? 466 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,560 And so Jesus responds and he says, 467 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,320 when you see these things, then you'll know I'm coming 468 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,760 and it's gonna be quick. 469 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,680 It's gonna be in a flash. 470 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,120 This generation won't pass, right? 471 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:28,560 It says this generation shall not pass. 472 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,360 Those who are alive at the time of the tribulation 473 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,040 are gonna be the same generation 474 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:34,960 that's gonna see his return. 475 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,120 It's gonna be quick. 476 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:39,160 And he says in Matthew 24, 25, 477 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,360 heaven and earth shall pass away, 478 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,080 but my words shall not pass away. 479 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,040 So what is he saying there? 480 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,680 He's saying if Jesus said it, you can count on it. 481 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,800 And he came the first time, didn't he? 482 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,320 God made all these prophecies about him 483 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,480 and he came the first time and he fulfilled 300 484 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,600 plus over 300 prophecies. 485 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,640 And then he died and rose from the dead. 486 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,200 And if that weren't true, none of us would be here today. 487 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,440 But he has us convinced at least, 488 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,120 most of us convinced at least, 489 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,640 that he is the Son of God. 490 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,720 And so when he says these kind of things, 491 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,560 like those disciples, we can trust those, 492 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,520 we can trust him, that those things are gonna come true. 493 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,120 And we know that Jesus left this promise, 494 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:22,000 his promise of his return, and the signs. 495 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,000 And if we use discernment, we can know 496 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,960 that the second coming is near. 497 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,720 If the second coming is near, we can know that, 498 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,320 man, the rapture is even near, right? 499 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,840 And then that's amazing and we can prepare for it. 500 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,280 And so just read the room. 501 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,160 We're not in the birth pains yet. 502 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,480 The wheels are turning, the world seems to be trending 503 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,360 in that direction in a lot of ways. 504 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:45,440 And every day that passes is one day closer. 505 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,440 And if you know him, that's a great thing. 506 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,240 The world, the best day on this world 507 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,760 doesn't compare to life in his presence. 508 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,480 But if you don't know him, if you don't know Jesus, 509 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,800 you're gonna wanna know him before the leaves spring forth. 510 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,640 Right? 511 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,640 You're gonna wanna know him before the tribulation time. 512 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,000 And you're definitely gonna wanna know him 513 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,120 before he comes back and establishes his kingdom. 514 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,040 But that's the fig tree, the analogy of the fig tree, 515 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,120 the parable of the fig tree. 516 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,840 Those who experience the birth pains, 517 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,520 the abomination desolation, the great tribulation, 518 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,200 they're gonna know with absolute certainty 519 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,200 that Jesus is coming back and they better get ready. 520 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,000 And so that's the first analogy. 521 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,080 The second analogy he gives us, 522 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,240 it gives his disciples about his second coming 523 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,360 is the days of Noah. 524 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,120 So we're gonna pick up in verse 36. 525 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,640 But of that day and hour, no man knoweth. 526 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,920 No, not the angels of heaven, but my father only. 527 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,960 But as the days of Noah were, 528 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,040 so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be 529 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,640 for as in those days, for as in the days 530 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,680 that were before the flood, 531 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,560 they were eating and drinking and marrying 532 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,360 and giving in marriage until the day of Noah, 533 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:05,560 until the day Noah entered into the ark. 534 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,200 And he knew not until the flood came and took them away. 535 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,400 And knew not until the flood came and took them away. 536 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,520 So shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. 537 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,760 So with some discernment, we can know that Jesus is coming. 538 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,600 But we can't know the exact date, 539 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,480 we can't know the exact time. 540 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,600 Nobody can predict it. 541 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,800 When it happens, it's gonna catch everybody off guard 542 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,160 that's not actively waiting for Jesus. 543 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,320 Another verse says it's gonna come like a flash of lightning 544 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:38,320 to those who aren't expecting it. 545 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,600 Is anybody scared of lightning? 546 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,680 I am not gonna lie, I'm terrified of lightning. 547 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,400 There's no shame in that. 548 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,200 It's okay, it can kill you. 549 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,920 But it's gonna come quickly 550 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,160 and it's gonna be dreadful for some. 551 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,480 And Jesus says that his second coming 552 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,520 will be like the days of Noah. 553 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,440 What do we know about the days of Noah? 554 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,120 Genesis 6, 5, it says, 555 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,840 and God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth 556 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,120 in that every imagination, 557 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,240 that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart 558 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,520 was only evil continually. 559 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,440 And then God saw that and then he judged the earth 560 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,600 and only Noah and his family made it out. 561 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,880 Does that kind of sound like the world today? 562 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,720 Maybe, maybe a little. 563 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,720 But the wickedness is not what this passage is pointing at 564 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,600 as the similarity. 565 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,400 It says the people were eating and drinking 566 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,000 and getting married and giving in marriage 567 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,160 right up into the last second. 568 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,800 And that's how it will be when Jesus comes back. 569 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,200 They're gonna be at their wedding 570 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,360 and they're gonna be like drinking their champagne 571 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,400 or whatever, toasting and then, 572 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,360 where are you guys going on your honeymoon? 573 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,440 And then Jesus is coming back 574 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,400 and hopefully they're not going to the lake of fire. 575 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,320 That won't be a good honeymoon. 576 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,320 But the Bible lists every day kind of things 577 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,280 is what they're gonna be doing. 578 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,880 It's not, the comparison isn't the wickedness. 579 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,800 It's gonna be taking away of the people unexpectedly. 580 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:13,960 They're not gonna be ready for it. 581 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,920 They're not gonna be prepared for it. 582 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,160 And the only person that, or in the days of Noah, 583 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:25,160 he was the only person who was expecting it. 584 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,720 The point of the analogy is that no one really 585 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:29,640 is gonna be expecting it. 586 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,120 The only person that's gonna be expecting it 587 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,120 is the one that is watching for Noah. 588 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:37,040 Noah and his, or sorry, is watching for God to return. 589 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,640 Noah and his family were the only ones 590 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:40,720 to survive the great flood. 591 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:41,560 But the rest of the people, 592 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,120 they were busy just going about their lives. 593 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:45,920 They were busy just doing whatever they were doing, 594 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,320 ignoring the signs, right? 595 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,680 They, you think anybody was like, why is Noah 596 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,040 building a boat as big as the whole neighborhood? 597 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,760 Man, he's just crazy, right? 598 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:56,880 The people in the tribulation, 599 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,560 they're gonna have to ignore even greater signs than that. 600 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,120 They're gonna have to say, man, 601 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:02,800 why are Christians being killed on the spot? 602 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,320 Why is crazy stuff happening in Jerusalem? 603 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:11,000 Oh man, the world leader turned on Israel, that's weird. 604 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,280 But they're gonna have to ignore that, and many will. 605 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,040 But those who are ready, like Noah, 606 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,440 who see those signs, who know the word of God, 607 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,320 and who are waiting on the Lord to descend on the clouds, 608 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,920 they'll be ready, they won't be caught off guard. 609 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,240 And so we see, in this passage, 610 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,760 we see a warning of judgment, of unpredictability, 611 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,000 of preoccupation with worldly concerns. 612 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,240 But we know that Noah was ready 613 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,800 because he obeyed God's command, 614 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,160 he built the ark, and he demonstrated faith 615 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,280 by preparing for that flood. 616 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,440 And so we can do the same today 617 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,920 as we wait on Christ's return. 618 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,920 Titus 2, 12 through 13, it says, 619 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,960 teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, 620 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,640 we should live soberly, righteously, and godly 621 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,080 in the present world, looking for that blessed hope, 622 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,440 and for the glorious appearing of the great God 623 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,160 and our Savior, Jesus Christ. 624 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,400 And so, though no man can know the day or the hour, 625 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,400 though it can't be predicted, 626 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,280 we don't have to be caught off guard by Jesus coming, 627 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,600 we can be looking forward to it 628 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,080 with the expectation of his return. 629 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,360 And so that is the second analogy, 630 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,760 the third analogy that we're gonna look at today 631 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,840 that can help a person be ready for Jesus' return 632 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,120 is the ones taken. 633 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:40,120 And so we're gonna pick up in Matthew 24, verse 40. 634 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,440 And it says, 635 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,000 then two shall be in the field 636 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,760 and the one shall be taken and the other left. 637 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,000 Two women shall be grinding at the mill 638 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,600 and the one taken and the other left. 639 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,560 Watch therefore for ye know not the hour, 640 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,440 or ye know not the what hour your Lord doth come. 641 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,400 But know this, that if the good man of the house 642 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,080 had known in what watch the thief would come, 643 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,080 he would have watched 644 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,960 and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 645 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,720 Therefore, be ye also ready in such an hour 646 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,960 as ye think not the Son of Man coming. 647 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,280 And so think back to the context. 648 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:29,280 Remember, all this, it stemmed from the disciples 649 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,880 asking Jesus, when are you gonna establish your kingdom? 650 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,300 And so I don't see any indication 651 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:39,900 that what Jesus is talking about has changed. 652 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:41,300 It's still in the same context. 653 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:43,820 And he gave them that list of signs. 654 00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,820 He told them to use discernment 655 00:28:45,820 --> 00:28:48,500 and they'll have a good idea when it was. 656 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:50,860 He told them no man knows exactly when, 657 00:28:50,860 --> 00:28:51,900 but they have these clues 658 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:55,820 and now he's really given them the application of all this. 659 00:28:55,820 --> 00:29:00,180 Jesus is coming to establish his kingdom. 660 00:29:00,180 --> 00:29:02,840 And so believers, they need to watch and be ready 661 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,780 because it's gonna come out of nowhere. 662 00:29:05,860 --> 00:29:10,860 But a lot of people see this as a rapture verse. 663 00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:13,860 I don't necessarily see this as a rapture verse, 664 00:29:13,860 --> 00:29:16,700 but I do believe the same is true about the rapture. 665 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:18,860 It can happen at any given moment. 666 00:29:18,860 --> 00:29:23,860 And though there are signs, clear signs of the timing 667 00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:25,220 that people can look to, 668 00:29:25,220 --> 00:29:28,420 Jesus is emphasizing that the second coming 669 00:29:28,420 --> 00:29:30,380 is gonna be unexpected. 670 00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:32,700 You're gonna be caught off guard. 671 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:37,700 And I don't know, has anybody ever been to the hospital 672 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:39,420 for like a baby delivery? 673 00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:40,900 We have three kids. 674 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:43,220 And when you're at the hospital, 675 00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:45,180 they kind of like move at their own pace. 676 00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:48,340 They don't always, you know, tell you what's going on. 677 00:29:48,340 --> 00:29:51,180 And like I said, we have three kids 678 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:53,580 and no birthing experience has been the same. 679 00:29:53,580 --> 00:29:56,540 And so the first time we went, 680 00:29:56,540 --> 00:29:59,980 we waited about seven hours before the show got started. 681 00:29:59,980 --> 00:30:02,380 And so we're just hanging out, you know, 682 00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:04,660 we're locked in, we're ready to go. 683 00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:07,020 And we don't know what's going on. 684 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:07,860 We're just waiting. 685 00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:08,980 And then all of a sudden, seven hours later, 686 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,800 somebody comes in and everything gets rolling. 687 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,980 And, you know, nurses were in and out regularly, 688 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:16,780 but the communication wasn't that great. 689 00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:17,620 We didn't really know. 690 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:20,900 But the second time with Angela, we got there, 691 00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:22,740 it seemed like we had just gotten there. 692 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:25,100 And they are doing their thing, you know, over there. 693 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,780 And I'm sitting and I'm watching some commercials 694 00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:29,620 and I'm eating a cookie. 695 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,860 And you guys ever seen that Chili's commercial 696 00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:32,860 for the baby back ribs? 697 00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:35,380 Chili's baby back ribs, you know? 698 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:39,180 You'll understand why this is seared into my brain 699 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:40,020 in a second. 700 00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:41,780 So I'm sitting there eating this cookie 701 00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:44,100 and watching this commercial. 702 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,420 And all of a sudden I hear Gabby put that cookie down 703 00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:48,660 and get over here. 704 00:30:48,660 --> 00:30:49,700 We're having a baby. 705 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:52,940 And I dropped the cookie, I was so sad, 706 00:30:52,940 --> 00:30:54,680 but I was happy at the same time, you know? 707 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,740 Amen, we're having a baby. 708 00:30:56,740 --> 00:30:58,180 But that was a good cookie, man. 709 00:30:58,180 --> 00:31:01,540 But I thought the wrath of Gabby was bad. 710 00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:03,060 I don't want to see the wrath of God. 711 00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:04,740 And I don't want to be, 712 00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:06,980 you don't want to be caught off guard by God. 713 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,060 You don't want to be caught off guard by God's second, 714 00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:11,260 by Jesus' second coming. 715 00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:12,300 You don't want to see that wrath. 716 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:17,300 And so Jesus says, watch therefore and be also ready. 717 00:31:18,060 --> 00:31:19,060 That's what he says. 718 00:31:19,060 --> 00:31:23,300 And so in Matthew 40 through 41, it says, 719 00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:24,540 then shall two be in the field 720 00:31:24,540 --> 00:31:26,840 and one shall be taken and the other left. 721 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,100 Two women shall be grinding at the mill 722 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:30,940 and one shall be taken and the other left. 723 00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:32,100 And again, like I said, 724 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,180 some read this as a rapture verse 725 00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:36,260 and I'm open to correction, 726 00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:39,300 but in context of everything that Jesus has said, 727 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:42,020 it seems like he's still talking about the second coming. 728 00:31:42,020 --> 00:31:44,100 When the Lord returns to judge his creation 729 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:46,780 and those who are taken, 730 00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:49,700 it seems like, or sorry, those who are taken 731 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,980 are those who will not be present in the Millennial Kingdom. 732 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:57,540 I think the key for this lies in the comparison to Noah. 733 00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:00,300 So if you go to the next slide, 734 00:32:02,860 --> 00:32:06,460 if you read in verse 39, it says, 735 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:09,060 and knew not until the flood came and took away, 736 00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:11,500 or took them away, sorry, 737 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:13,420 and knew not until the flood came and took them away, 738 00:32:13,420 --> 00:32:16,100 so shall the coming of the Son of Man be, 739 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,940 then two shall be in the field 740 00:32:17,940 --> 00:32:19,500 and one taken and another left 741 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,100 and two women shall be grinding at the mill 742 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:23,340 and one taken and another left. 743 00:32:23,340 --> 00:32:25,620 It says it's gonna be as the days of Noah. 744 00:32:25,620 --> 00:32:28,620 The second coming is gonna be like the flood of Noah. 745 00:32:28,620 --> 00:32:30,620 And we know that the second, 746 00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:32,460 or that the flood of Noah, 747 00:32:32,460 --> 00:32:34,700 it took away all the wicked from the earth, right? 748 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:35,540 That's what it did. 749 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:37,980 And so the only thing that's gonna leave behind 750 00:32:37,980 --> 00:32:38,820 is the faithful. 751 00:32:38,820 --> 00:32:40,900 And those people at the second coming 752 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:42,180 will enter into the Millennial Kingdom. 753 00:32:42,180 --> 00:32:44,820 This is the parable of the sheeps and goats 754 00:32:44,820 --> 00:32:48,060 which Jesus talks about in just a chapter, 755 00:32:48,060 --> 00:32:50,460 but in the same exact conversation, 756 00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:52,340 he talks about this towards the end of the conversation. 757 00:32:52,340 --> 00:32:56,420 And that's in Matthew 25, verse 31 through 32. 758 00:32:57,460 --> 00:32:58,460 Jesus says, 759 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,020 when the Son of Man shall come in his glory 760 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:05,780 and all his holy angels with him, 761 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:09,140 then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory 762 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:11,500 and before him shall be gathered all the nations 763 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:13,740 and he shall separate them one from another 764 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:17,340 as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats. 765 00:33:18,260 --> 00:33:19,340 And it goes on to, 766 00:33:20,980 --> 00:33:23,060 or they asked him, Jesus, when is this gonna happen? 767 00:33:23,060 --> 00:33:25,180 And he tells them, he tells them when earlier, 768 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:27,940 and now he's telling them what's gonna happen. 769 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:32,020 Those who live faithfully while they waited on Christ, 770 00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:33,820 they're gonna spend eternity with Christ. 771 00:33:33,820 --> 00:33:36,380 And those who didn't wait faithfully, 772 00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:38,300 they're gonna spend eternity separated 773 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:40,340 in every lasting punishment. 774 00:33:40,340 --> 00:33:45,340 But either way, I believe the application is the same. 775 00:33:46,020 --> 00:33:49,140 For those who are, who see this as waiting on Christ's 776 00:33:49,140 --> 00:33:52,460 return and for those who see this as waiting on Christ 777 00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:53,980 to meet them in the crowds, 778 00:33:53,980 --> 00:33:55,740 I see the application is the same way. 779 00:33:55,740 --> 00:33:58,580 It's watch and be ready. 780 00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:01,300 Live in expectation of the Lord's coming. 781 00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:03,380 It's gonna come like a thief in the night 782 00:34:03,380 --> 00:34:05,420 and it's gonna come when you least expect it. 783 00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:07,420 And you don't wanna be caught off guard. 784 00:34:08,740 --> 00:34:10,220 No matter your view on this, 785 00:34:10,220 --> 00:34:12,300 someday each and every one of us 786 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,180 is gonna come face to face with Jesus. 787 00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:18,660 And when that happens, there's little importance 788 00:34:19,660 --> 00:34:23,580 to your finances, the details of your finances, 789 00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:28,020 your car repair, how your sports team is faring, 790 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:29,700 or any of the other little things, 791 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:32,660 the other temporary things that we allow to distract us. 792 00:34:32,660 --> 00:34:34,380 Those things are of little importance 793 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:36,740 when it comes to Jesus coming back. 794 00:34:36,740 --> 00:34:39,620 And so today, we have to be diligent. 795 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:41,580 We have to stay alert, we have to watch, 796 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:45,140 we have to pray and live our lives with a holy expectation 797 00:34:45,140 --> 00:34:49,100 that in such an hour, as you think not, 798 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:50,020 the Son of Man coming. 799 00:34:50,020 --> 00:34:52,700 We don't know when it's gonna happen, but he's coming. 800 00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:57,700 And so in application, Jesus will return 801 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:58,820 to establish His kingdom. 802 00:34:58,820 --> 00:35:01,500 It's going to happen and everyone can be ready 803 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,300 for His second coming by understanding 804 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:06,100 these three analogies, the fig tree, the days of Noah, 805 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,700 and the ones taken. 806 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:10,500 And so how does this apply to us? 807 00:35:11,820 --> 00:35:13,620 Let me ask you guys a question. 808 00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:16,700 How would you live differently today 809 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,780 if you knew that Jesus was coming back tomorrow? 810 00:35:21,020 --> 00:35:22,700 I think that's a good place of application. 811 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:25,020 That's a good place to start, at least. 812 00:35:26,340 --> 00:35:28,660 You don't have to wait until you know 813 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:30,460 that the world is ending. 814 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:31,780 You can know Jesus today. 815 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:33,500 You can live for Jesus today. 816 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,220 And I believe that that's the point 817 00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:37,420 of what he's telling his disciples. 818 00:35:37,420 --> 00:35:38,820 They ask, when are you taking your throne? 819 00:35:38,820 --> 00:35:42,260 And he says, essentially, no man knows 820 00:35:42,260 --> 00:35:44,780 when I'm taking my throne, but you need to be ready. 821 00:35:45,860 --> 00:35:47,060 Disciples, you need to be ready. 822 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:50,620 So you don't have to, so if you don't know Jesus today, 823 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:52,580 you can call on Him right now. 824 00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:57,260 And if you're sincere, He will save you, right? 825 00:35:57,260 --> 00:36:00,740 John 11, 25 through 26, it says, 826 00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:02,740 I am the resurrection and the life. 827 00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:05,260 He that believeth in me, though he were dead, 828 00:36:05,260 --> 00:36:07,660 yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth 829 00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:09,620 and believeth in me shall never die. 830 00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:11,380 Believous thou this. 831 00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:14,100 You can be as sure of your salvation 832 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,060 as you are that Jesus is gonna return. 833 00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:19,020 And if you put your faith and trust in Him today. 834 00:36:19,020 --> 00:36:21,260 And so as believers, though, if you have, 835 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,420 the next thing we're waiting on is the rapture. 836 00:36:23,420 --> 00:36:26,220 And whether we die or we're raptured, 837 00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:30,460 or somehow you end up in the tribulation 838 00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:32,260 and you're waiting on Christ, 839 00:36:33,260 --> 00:36:34,420 the application is the same. 840 00:36:34,420 --> 00:36:35,580 Be ready. 841 00:36:35,580 --> 00:36:37,780 And so we're gonna read one more analogy. 842 00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:40,940 And it's literally the next thing that Jesus says 843 00:36:40,940 --> 00:36:42,940 in Matthew 24 to his disciples. 844 00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:47,940 It says in 24, 45, it says, 845 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:52,500 Who then is a faithful and wise servant 846 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,020 whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household 847 00:36:56,020 --> 00:36:59,820 to give them me in due season? 848 00:36:59,820 --> 00:37:03,060 Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh, 849 00:37:03,060 --> 00:37:04,700 shall find so doing. 850 00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:07,700 Jesus didn't give us these analogies 851 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:09,660 to debate over necessarily, 852 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:11,700 but he gave them to us to encourage us 853 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:15,740 and to activate our faith to accomplish his mission. 854 00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:17,820 There's no greater work. 855 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:20,020 There's no greater concern in this world 856 00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:23,940 than that we be about God's work, about his business. 857 00:37:23,940 --> 00:37:28,220 And we don't know how much time that we have left. 858 00:37:28,220 --> 00:37:29,700 He could come back today. 859 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:32,620 And so we need to be diligent 860 00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:33,820 about his business. 861 00:37:33,820 --> 00:37:36,620 So let's pray that we're ready when he comes, 862 00:37:36,620 --> 00:37:39,380 but that today and tomorrow and every day until then 863 00:37:39,380 --> 00:37:41,700 that we're living faithfully, 864 00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:44,340 doing what he has left for us to do, 865 00:37:44,340 --> 00:37:47,140 reaching the lost and edifying the saints 866 00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:48,780 and loving one another. 867 00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:50,660 Let's pray that we're doing that. 868 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:53,100 And then we're gonna go into a time of prayer. 869 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:55,020 Let's pray. 870 00:37:55,020 --> 00:37:57,500 Thank you, Lord, for allowing us to come together 871 00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,980 and allowing us to dive into your word 872 00:38:00,980 --> 00:38:05,980 and to see that, man, you could come back at any moment 873 00:38:06,660 --> 00:38:10,600 and we ought to be diligent about what you're asking us to do. 874 00:38:11,940 --> 00:38:14,900 There's been times in my life where I've thought, man, 875 00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:18,280 I know that when Jesus comes back, 876 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:19,620 everything's gonna be better. 877 00:38:19,620 --> 00:38:20,780 Everything's gonna be amazing. 878 00:38:20,780 --> 00:38:24,260 But if he were to come back right now, I'd be ashamed. 879 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:26,620 And I'm sure everybody else in here 880 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:28,460 has felt that way at some point. 881 00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:29,540 And we don't wanna feel that way. 882 00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:30,620 We wanna feel like, man, 883 00:38:30,620 --> 00:38:34,100 God, we're living for you and we're doing what you had to do 884 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,620 and we're excited for you to come back 885 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:37,060 because it's gonna be a glorious day. 886 00:38:37,060 --> 00:38:38,580 And even if we felt that way, 887 00:38:38,580 --> 00:38:40,620 we know that when we die, 888 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:43,140 we're gonna go to heaven and our sins are forgiven. 889 00:38:43,140 --> 00:38:44,340 And so that's amazing, Lord. 890 00:38:44,340 --> 00:38:46,220 But I just pray that as we live out, 891 00:38:47,740 --> 00:38:49,460 however many days we get to live out, 892 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:52,940 that we could do it in such a way that glorifies you 893 00:38:52,940 --> 00:38:55,180 and that builds up the body for your glory. 894 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:56,420 In Jesus' name, we pray. 895 00:38:56,420 --> 00:39:01,420 Amen.