THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Mark Thirteen Through inspiration we have been allowed to walk with Jesus though the Temple area and hear Him as He taught the people. Much of what He said had to do with God's judgment against the Jewish nation because of their unfaithfulness. God had committed to the... [ Continue Reading ]
_ THE QUESTION THAT WAS ANSWERED MARK 13:1-4:_ Jesus knew that the Jews were about to kill Him. Yet they were hypocritically saying, "If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets." (Matthew 23:30) He lamented over the terrible cal... [ Continue Reading ]
_FALSE SIGNS THAT MIGHT DECEIVE MARK 13:5-13:_ Jesus warned the disciples that it was easy to be misled by false teachers. (Mark 13:5) Jesus did not say that these were things to look for to predict the coming of the destruction of Jerusalem. He said these are false signs that should not deceive peo... [ Continue Reading ]
_ THE TRUE SIGN TO WATCH FOR MARK 13:14-31:_ Mark 13:14 described the true sign in these words, "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains... [ Continue Reading ]
_ BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR MARK 13:32-37:_ There is an obvious change that takes place here. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32) He no longer talks about "those days" but instead about "that day." "That... [ Continue Reading ]