Fix Your Posture

All right. Well, we are back in Mark. We have been in this gospel now for, I think this is week 43. So obviously we're not going to be able to recap everything in the gospel of Mark. Other than just going back to verse 1, we've been doing this every week. Hopefully you maybe have this memorized by now. This is the beginning of the good news. That's what gospel means. It's the good news about Jesus. It's not Mark's good news. It's Jesus's good news. It's his gospel. It's his story, the Messiah, the Son of God. And so we've been looking at this for quite a while. And Mark is trying to kind of just help us wrap our brain around who is this guy? Who is Jesus? How is he able to have authority and power over nature and storms and demons and sin and what's going on? And then there's this shift that we kind of encountered last week when we get into chapter 13, that he goes to the temple and then he leaves the temple. He rebukes the people, the religious leaders that are there. He says, that's not what this kingdom is about. That's not the kingdom of God is about. That it was about all people coming, all nations. And so we will pick up there. I was just talking with Duncan and John in the back, and we were talking about back problems. I think it's just what happens when you get older. I've always had back problems, but it's gotten worse. And so I have two herniated discs, and at least I did a year ago. Maybe it's more now. I don't know. But when I went, it was funny because I've been going to chiropractors, and I've been going to different doctors. And Angela was like, have you ever thought about going to a spine doctor? It's like, oh, maybe I should do that. And I remember when I went, because I was just in so much pain, and I went to them thinking, like, fix it. I want you to dissect me, cut me open, and fix this problem, right? Well, the doctor doesn't do that, which is ironic, because you'd think, hey, I want you to take my money. I want you to fix me, right? Well, they don't do that. They say, no, no, no. Actually, I want you to work on your posture. I want you to think about how you're sitting when you're working. I want you to get the right kind of lumbar support in your chair, and I want you to do these exercises, right? And it's like, I don't want to do that. I want you to fix it. I don't want to have to work at it. I don't want to have to like take the time to try to fix this. I don't want to take energy and work and focus. I just want you to give me the quick fix. And I think that's what we're going to see today in the passage. The disciples are going to ask Jesus a question and they want a quick answer. Just tell me what's going to happen. And Jesus says, ah, it's not that simple. And actually, I want you to work on fixing your posture. And so that's why I've titled it that. We're going to be looking at Mark chapter 13. I tried to help myself out last week and covered two verses of chapter 13. There's just no other way to do this. I was all poured over it. Anyways, here's what's going on. In this passage, which we'll read the whole thing, if you have your handout, I couldn't fit the whole passage on there, but it'll all be up on the screen. We're gonna be talking about this big fancy word called eschatology, which just means the end times. It means the future time period, okay? And there's been a lot of controversy over this. There's a lot of different viewpoints on this. And I'm not going to be presenting all the different kinds of viewpoints. I thought about doing that and I don't wanna do that. I'm presenting you with what I think is the best argument of this? And you say, well, have you ever thought about, yes, I have thought about that. I have studied it quite a lot. And so I'm not trying to just say, nope, those are completely wrong or to dismiss them. I just don't think they're the best way to approach this passage. And so I'm going to present you with the position that I believe is the honest to the text, which I hope hopefully will make sense. But eschatology, the view of end times is actually really important, okay? It's not just, well, it doesn't really affect me, or I'm probably not going to be around for it, so who cares? I get that. The thing is, though, we live with the end in mind. We know how this story ends, and we know that when Jesus returns and makes all things new, it affects me how I live in the here and now. I was just listening to a podcast on abolition and the destruction of the slavery institution. If you will, at least in the United States. And the idea was that it came from people's view of in the future, that when Jesus says, no, no, no, everyone's made in the image of God, therefore we are all brothers and sisters of all nations, tongues, tribes, and, languages, that if that's what it's going to be like in the future, we should try to do that now, right? Does that make sense? So eschatology, my view of what happens in the future affects me in the here and Now, so in this passage, though, we're going to be looking at maybe two wrong ways of thinking about the end times. One is, it just freaks me out. I see what's going on in the world around me. It looks like everything's going to hell in a handbasket. And I just, I'm terrified. I'm freaking out about what could be happening and what's going to go on in the future. And so I throw my hands up and I just go, this must be the end of the world. Clearly, Jesus is coming back soon. People have been saying that for thousands of years. The other way to wrongly think about end times is to say, it's not my problem. There's nothing I can do will matter in the grand scheme of things. So why even remain faithful? Why even try to be watchful? Well, we're going to hear the disciples ask Jesus, when is this going to happen? When are the things on the end going to take place? And we love to ask those questions. We love to ask the when, right? That's why I asked that question. What would you do if you could go into the future, right? There's questions that we have that we want the answers for and the disciples are like, hey, Jesus, you're the Messiah. You're able to say things and predict things unlike anyone that we've ever met. So, hey, we got a question for you. When's it going to happen? But Jesus doesn't give them the answer they're looking for. He doesn't give them the quick fix. He says, I want you to work on your posture. Not a date that you can pencil in on the calendar. I want to highlight how controversial this passage has been by quoting one of my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis, and talking on this passage. In the passage, we're going to read that Jesus is going to tell his disciples that this generation will not pass away until these things happen. Okay? So Jesus says, hey, you're listening to me? Within the next 40 years, a generation, these things are all going to happen. And C.S. Lewis reads it and goes, but it didn't happen. So what do we do with that? Okay, so let me read this quote from C.S. Lewis in one of his essays. So, say what you like, we shall be told. The apocalyptic beliefs of the first Christians have been proved to be false. It is clear from the New Testament that they all expected the second coming in their own lifetime. And worse still, they had a reason. And one which you will find very embarrassing. Their master had told them so. He shared and indeed created their delusions. He said in so many words, this generation shall not pass till all these things be done. And he was wrong. He clearly knew no more about the end of the world than anyone else. It is certainly the most embarrassing verse in the Bible. I love C.S. Lewis. I couldn't disagree with him more. There's nothing embarrassing about this passage. Once I think we get in our understanding of what Jesus is getting after, I think it's actually pretty quite clear. So let's look at this. Let's look at the when. And last week, Jesus, in verses one and two, the disciples show up, they're at the temple, this beautiful building. And they go, Jesus, look at this building. And he goes, yeah, it's all coming down. It's all gonna be destroyed. So then what happens? So he just says, it's all gonna be destroyed. And he sat at the Mount of Olives. This is commonly called the Olivet Discourse. The Mount of Olives opposite of the temple. And Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, tell us when will these things be and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished. I think it can get confusing here because the disciples really are asking two different questions. And so Jesus gives them two different answers. But if you try to mush them into one response, that's when things can get embarrassing. They ask two questions, when will the temple be destroyed? And two, what will the world look like when time is about to end? When will this all be accomplished? We know that I've been quoting James Edwards quite a lot in this series, in this commentary on Mark. It's been phenomenal, and I think he's very helpful in our understanding, and we can see it, so we're going to follow his outline. And chapter 13 is thus constructed according to a two-fold scheme of tension and paradox, alternating between the immediate future related to these things and the end of time related to those days. Okay, so there's two questions and he's going to go after them both simultaneously. In which the destruction of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem function as a prefigurement and paradigm for the perusa or the return of Jesus, the second coming end times. Okay, So he's saying there's going to be a physical here and now destruction of the temple, and it's going to prefigure, it's gonna represent something that's also going to happen in the future. It's a both and, okay? So what in the world happens? Let's look at this. Well, again, Edward says this, there's kind of this ABAB function. ABAB in how Jesus is gonna respond to this. One through 13 is the end of the temple in the fall of Jerusalem, whereas 14 he's going to talk about tribulations that are going to happen then there now in the first century and also in the future, and then he's going to go back to the end of the temple and destruction of the temple in the fall of jerusalem and then he's going to go end times eschatology return of himself, and then what to do with it to be watchful, If all of these things that we read about from Jesus already happened in the past. Then what are we even talking about? There's not even a point. Why would Jesus even bring it up? So there's got to be some futureness. But then if it's all future, that's when things can get embarrassing. Okay? So let's read the text now. And Jesus began to say to them, See that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name saying, I am he. And they will lead many astray. And when you hear of the wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed, this must take place, but the end is not yet. The first warning that Jesus gives that is gonna be the end of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem, where that's the section we're in, the end of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem, he's saying the first thing that's gonna happen is deception. Now people are gonna show up, they're gonna say, I am actually the Christ. Yeah, there was that Jesus the Christ, but I'm actually Christ. And they're going to try to deceive. And we actually know this. The Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke, names two of them before AD 70. Thutius and the Egyptian in Acts 5 and Acts 21. I'm not going to take the time to look at that. But we see that 70 AD, it's not far off. These things that he's talking about is just in the immediate future. And he keeps going. He's describing what's going to happen at the destruction of the temple. for nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains. When these things start happening, when there's wars and rumors of war, we're just getting started. But this is about to happen in a time period that happened almost 2000 years ago. Be on your guard for they will deliver you over to councils and you will be beaten forever. In synagogues and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake to bear witness before them the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations 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 to you in that hour for it is not you who speak but the holy spirit, and brother will deliver brother over to death and father his children his children will rise against parents and have them put to death and you will be hated by all for my name's sake, but the one who endures to the end will be saved. Jesus is talking about a time period just before the destruction of the temple. And he's saying, it's going to get bad. It's going to get ugly. And people are going to be executed on a whim. Did that happen? Yeah. Yeah, it happened. We know this. Tacitus wrote a lot of history books on the history of imperial Rome, wrote this in 115 AD, and he's going to recount what Nero did. So Nero is going to be emperor during 64, well, he was 59. What is he, Henry? When was Nero emperor? Fifteen? Yeah. Fifty-nine? Fifty-nine. Okay. All right. Henry is very into the Roman, very into Rome right now. It's very fascinating. I'm like, I ask him questions all the time. Nero's emperor, and he's in charge, and he detests Christians. And this is a new thing, right? From the late fifties to the, well, to 69, 68, 69 is when he ceases to be emperor. But Tacitus writes about Nero's rule and reign and he's just murdering people left and right. This is what Tacitus says. Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius. He's talking about Jesus. Did Jesus ever actually exist? Well, historians say he did. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all men who pleaded guilty. Then upon their information, an immense multitude was convinced, not so much of the crime of firing the city, because Nero burns Rome, then he says it was those rascally Christians. They're burning everything down. We need to execute them all. So it wasn't so much of the crime of burning the city as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished or were nailed to crosses or were doomed to the flames and burnt to serve as a nightly illumination. Not wild. They were used as candles. When daylight had expired, Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle and was exhibiting a show in the circus while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft in a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion, for it was not as it seemed for the public good to kill these Christians, but to glut one man's cruelty that they were being destroyed. This happens. Jesus warns about it. It's going to get awful. It's going to get real bad. and then it happens. And we have examples, I'm not going to take the time to read them, but we have stuff from Oxyrankus that shows how brother turned in brothers because they were Christians, because they wouldn't sacrifice a pig in the honor of the emperor. People were executed for it. So let's be watchful. So let's go now, now we're in B. So that first one, destruction of temple. Now we're in B, and this is the one that gets a little weird. This one is going to say, I don't know, this is going to happen in 70 AD, but it's also going to prefigure something. But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be, let the reader understand. Mark's saying, I'm going to say this to you very clearly from the words of Jesus. I'm going to shoot it straight here. And this abomination of desolation, What's that all about? Well, Jesus here is quoting a lot of Old Testament prophets. And we've got to keep that in mind. So when Jesus is teaching, it's like, oh, is this the end times? This fall future stuff? It's like, well, he's quoting prophets from a thousand years prior. He quotes here Daniel. This is this idea of the abomination of desolation. What is that all about? Daniel chapter 9 and 11 and 12 talks about this. And on the wing of abomination shall come one who makes desolate until the decree and is poured out on the desolator. He says this three different times in three different ways. It's abomination of desolation. What's going on here? Again, this phrase here comes from Daniel, but it's first fulfilled by Antiochus VI in 167 BC. I know there's a lot of like history and nerdery going on right now. I apologize, but this is just what happens, okay? And I think it's helpful to understand what Jesus is getting at. That the abomination of desolation, you had this guy Antiochus who goes into the temple and he starts sacrificing and eating pigs in the Holy of Holies. He just desecrates the temple. And they go, that is the abomination of desolation. But then it's also going to happen in 70 AD. So Jesus references what had already happened of this abomination of desolation, says it's going to happen again. And it does happen again. That we have record of Roman soldiers taking their standard, their eagle standard, going into the Holy of Holies and having a sacrifice to their standard in the temple again. This is gonna happen again. Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is in the housetop not go down nor enter his house to take anything out. And let not one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. And alas, for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days, pray that it may not happen in winter. We know, again, Eusebius talks about how the church, the Jerusalem church, fled into the wilderness, into the mountains and to Pella before the siege. Jesus here is predicting the destruction of the temple, but he wants us to keep in mind what else is going on in the future. For in those days, there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God has created until now and never will be. And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no human would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he chose, he shortened the days. And that if anyone says to you, look, here is the Christ, or look, there he is, do not believe it, for false Christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders to lead astray. If possible, the elect to be on your guard, I have told you all these things beforehand. And then that does happen. We actually have a Jesus Bar-Jonah of Jesus, he's also named Jesus, that he shows up and he's like, hey, he starts talking about the destruction of the temple, and he gets killed during the destruction of the temple. It's a pretty fascinating story. Jesus here is saying that even the most obvious signs can mislead. You can be a dedicated follower of me, but you might hear something and get turned astray. He says, but in those days after the tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will be falling from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Okay, this is where it gets a little confusing. And you can see, well, if I just read this normally, well, because I look outside and the sun is still shining. The stars are still there. The moon is still reflecting the sun's light. That's still happening. Therefore, this verse must be in the future. See, this is where C.S. Lewis got a little confused, thinking that this was all future things rather than something that happened in the first century. How do we know this? Again, Jesus is quoting Old Testament prophets who say the exact same thing. We see this in Isaiah. Listen to what Isaiah says. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark at its rise and the moon will not shed its light. Well, hang on a second. What's Isaiah talking about? Isaiah is talking about the coming destruction of the city of Babylon. And guess what? That did happen. He's saying it's going to be so bad. It's going to be as if the stars are going to fall from heaven and the whole world is going to be turned topsy-turvy and is going to be destroyed. Everything's going to be destroyed. Well, that did happen. There was a destruction of the city of Babylon. And Jesus is saying the same exact thing is going to happen here in Jerusalem. So it's not some future thing that hasn't happened yet. Jesus is saying that this has happened and it's happening and maybe it will happen again, but this is what's actually going on in the past. And then they will see the son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and he will send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. Well, wait a second, that's clearly hasn't happened yet. That's future as well. There's no way this could have happened in 70 AD Has the Son of Man returned in the clouds yet? It's got to be a future event. Well, there's something else maybe going on here. If we look again at Daniel chapter 7, verse 13, I saw in the night visions and behold with clouds of heaven there came one like the Son of Man and he came to the Ancient of Days and he was presented before him. This is on the far horizon. And this is where it gets a little confusing. It's like, well, you're talking about the tribulation. You're talking about things happening now in 70 AD, but it's going to prefigure what's also going to happen someday. He draws on the prophet's cosmic language in Isaiah 13, 34 and Daniel 7, which I just read. The near catastrophe of the impending destruction of the temple gives you a small scale picture of the final one. It's a both and. It's a prediction and destruction of the temple as well as a future return of the Messiah. So here we are now with this 2A, the end of the temple and the fall of Jerusalem. So we can go back now to temporary only destruction of the temple. From the fig tree, learn the lesson. As soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out the leaves, you know that the summer is near. So also when you see these things take place, you know that he is near at the very gates. Truly I say to you, here it is, this generation will not take place, will not pass away until these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Jesus here is saying, he's bringing this fig tree analogy again. We've seen this multiple times throughout Mark, that there's this fig tree and it's got leaves, but it's got no fruit. So he curses it and he says, this fig tree is an example of the temple. It's going to be destroyed. It's going to be utterly wiped out because it has no purpose anymore. It's not bearing fruit. And so it must be eliminated. And that's the example of the temple, that the temple is going to be destroyed because it no longer serves and functions a purpose. It is the old covenant and I'm going to establish a new covenant in my body, in my blood. There's nothing embarrassing about this at all because it is exactly what happened. The stones will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Buildings, gone, pointless. No purpose anymore. But my words, my words will endure forever. So let's look at wake, last little section here. But concerning the day or the hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven or the Son, but only the Father. Let me read here again from Edwards. He says, most importantly, Mark 13 admonishes readers against attempts at constructing timetables and deciphering signs of the peruse, of the end times. Disciples are admonished to be alert and watchful, reminded that they do not know the time of the end and warned not to be led astray by even the most obvious signs for the end is not yet. Nobody knows when Jesus is gonna come back. And so, I mean, how many times, I've been alive now for 40 years and there's always someone who's writing a book of when Jesus is gonna return where they get out the charts and the graphs. I've figured it out, I've cracked the code. This is when Jesus is coming back. And I hear things like that and I put it on my calendar and say, Jesus for sure is not coming back on this day. It just doesn't work that way. I know that's not the point of Jesus talking about the end times, right? I wanna fix it. Tell me when is this gonna happen? No one is either encouraged or commended for attempting to be an eschatological code cracker. That is folly, for even the Son of Man is ignorant of the end. The premium of discipleship is placed not on predicting the future, but on faithfulness in the present, especially in trials, adversity, and suffering. Well, how is it that Jesus couldn't know something? Again, it's this paradox that you have God as fully man and fully God, and yet submits to the Father. And so the disciples again, when is this gonna happen? And Jesus says, who? I want you to focus on the Father. And that when the world seems to be falling apart, that your Father is still a good Father. I want you to focus on Him. I want you to be watchful and ready. It says, be on guard, keep awake, for you do not know when the time will come. It's like a man going on a journey and when he leaves home, he puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and he commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. What's this all about? Is it just, do we just stare up into the sky? No, because that's what the disciples do. In Acts chapter two, Jesus ascends. They're all like, we just, he said he was gonna come back in the same way. So when's he gonna do that? Do we just stand and wait? No, that's not what he's saying. Watchfulness. Doing your assigned job when the master returns. This is about expecting, expectation. Have we stopped expecting that God is actually gonna do something incredible? Do we watch and wait? and expect that God's actually going to do this? Do I put things off? Because maybe I think I've got time. Excuse me. Maybe I just, I wanna put my faith in Christ, or yes, I believe in Jesus, and I believe that he died for my sins, but man, I go to church, I do the thing, but man, I don't know if I'm fully into this thing. Maybe I will be eventually, this is what he's saying, be watchful, be a doorkeeper. What am I putting off because I think I might have more time? Therefore, stay awake. You do not know when the mass of the house will come. In the evening or at midnight or when the rooster crows or in the morning, lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you all, stay awake. I love this. He mentions the evening. Last supper happens in the evening. You've got midnight where he goes to the Garden of Gethsemane and finds the disciples sleeping. And everybody says, you know, stay awake, stay alert. And then they're going to go fall asleep. And he mentions the crow. And the crow then, Peter denies knowing Jesus even exists. And then you have the morning where Jesus is delivered to Pilate for execution. No one knows the day. How do we remain watchful? One thing is we do it through the table. We do it through this meal that we get to eat together. It's watchfulness in action. Looking back to the night that he was betrayed, the evening watch and forward to the day when Paul says the same thing in 1 Corinthians 11, 26, that you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. This is how we are watchful. We remember how he was betrayed. We remember his sacrifice on the cross and we look forward to the day that he's going to return. We do this every week. This is how we remain watchful and diligent together in community. One last nerdy quote for you. Cyril of Jerusalem says this. This is in 350 AD. Jesus Christ who ascended will come again, not from heaven, or sorry, will come again from heaven, not from the earth. And I have said not from the earth because many antichrists have come at this time are from the earth. For already, as you have seen, many have begun to say, I am the Christ. And afterwards there is to come the abomination of desolation, assuming for himself the false title of Christ. So even in 350, there are people saying, no, no, I'm the Messiah. Cyril's warning is, well, did you come from earth? If you came from earth, you're not the Messiah. But do you look for the true Christ, the only begotten son of God coming henceforth, no more from earth, but from heaven, appearing to all as lightning and splendor and light above all, attending by a guard of angels that he may judge the living and the dead, reigning over a kingdom, heavenly, eternal, and without end. That's the beauty of end time stuff. Jesus is going to come back gloriously and empower. And so, oh man, who is this guy? Maybe the Messiah. Maybe this is Jesus. This is our guy. This is our woman that we need to put in power. That is not Jesus. Jesus will return from heaven. So if you ever confuse, well, is he from heaven? It will be very evident when jesus returns and it's going to be glorious glorious day, so in application i know this was a lot of of quotes and text but i want to get back to that initial premise of in what ways can christ help you fix your posture this week. How can he help me fix my posture? Because again, this isn't just work hard. This isn't just do better. It's not, okay, I got to pull myself up by my bootstraps. I got to learn some stretches and I'll be able to fix my back on my own. That's not what Jesus is saying here. What Jesus is asking is, have you gotten complacent with your walk with me, with Christ? Have I just gotten complacent? It just become, yeah, yeah, it's just another day. It's another Tuesday and this is what we do. Or am I expecting? Am I waiting for God to do the things that he's promised to do in my life? I wanna let Christ in and stay vigilant with his help. Are you worried about the future? I know, especially if you're a parent, I know sometimes it's kind of freaky. What's gonna happen? What's it gonna look like in the next five, 10 years? Do I want my kids even to grow up in this society? And it can be a little nerve wracking. Jesus here is saying, don't worry about that. You look to me, I've got this. You stay vigilant. You stay engaged in Christ. Let Christ in, let him look around and point out areas that need his attention. And what I love about this passage, and I think what Jesus is really getting at is it's not a quick fix. It's not a quick fix. It's not just, oh, here's the answer. Okay, cool. Well, good. That's when it's all gonna happen. No, this takes work, takes energy. It takes a drive. But what I love about Christianity is we don't do it alone. We don't do it alone. This is a community. And so when we go to this table, we do it as a community. Yes, I have a personal relationship with Jesus, but it's not ever meant to be private, ever. We do this together in community and we can focus on Christ full well knowing he's going to return. Are we ready for that day? Let me pray. The worship team's gonna come back up. They're gonna sing two songs. And we now get to do this. We get to stay watchful and vigilant together by taking the bread that represents the body of Christ that's broken for us, the juice that represents his blood that was shed for us. We get to do this together. You don't need to be a member of this church or any church, but if you're a follower of Jesus and you say, yes, I love King Jesus and I worship him and I'm expecting him to come back. I don't know when it's gonna happen, but I believe him at his word. And I take him at his word that he will come back and he will make all of this right someday. I'd love for you to take these elements with us if that's you, if you were a follower of Jesus. Let me pray, worship team's gonna come, they're gonna sing two more songs and as they sing, feel free to grab those elements and take them as you are led and then we'll close. Let me pray. Father, thank you for this time. Thank you just for this passage of looking at something that has been confusing, can be confusing. But as we look to Jesus that maybe we don't understand everything and maybe, I have understand it wrongly or poorly but what I do know and what everyone agrees on is that someday Jesus is gonna make this all right. That he's gonna right the wrongs that everything wrong and sad will become untrue. What a day. Maranatha come Lord Jesus. Fix this. Pray that you would just be made much of that you would be honored. You'd be glorified. Pray now as much as we take these elements that we would stay watchful, that we would remember what you did on the cross and at the same time, remember what you did until you return. Thank you for this opportunity to serve you and love you. In the name of your precious, most beautiful son of Jesus, I pray, amen.

Mark 13 · chapter mention Daniel 9 · chapter mention Daniel 7:13