Luk 21:28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.“
Olivet Discourse – Last Public Sermon –
Three Questions – Eschatology – last Things
• Mat 24:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying,
• 1. “Tell us, when will these things be, – Jerusalem temple break down AD 70
• 2. and what will be the sign of your coming – youth rebellion, sodomy, increasing persecution & all nations hearing the gospel
• 3. and of the close of the age?” – Ocean roaring, great earthquake
Matt chap 24 – beginning of Sorrows Lk 21, Mk 13
1st sign Religious Realm Matt 24:5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Rev 6 White Horse with bow
2nd sign Political Realm
Rev 6 Red horse with sword Matt 24:6-7 And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.,.
3rd sign Economic Realm
Rev 6 Black horse with scales Matt 24:7 And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. Consumerism – Lk 17:28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built – predator activity of Noah’s day – economic giants swallowing up small nation & common people
4th sign Societal Realm
Rev 6 Pale Horse Mark 13:12 Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
Luke 17:27-28 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.; Lk 17:28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: – Sodom – Homosexual activity. Rebellion against family, gender.
Christian Church – Three Traps
• Matt 24:8 – These are the beginnings of Birth pangs
• Matt 24:9-12 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation & kill you, & you’ll be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
• 1. v10And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. (Pride of Life 1 Jn 2:16)
• 2. v11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. (Lust of the eye – deceived in doctrine & conduct)
• 3. v12. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. (immorality) (Lust of the flesh)
• 4. v13 He that endures to the end will be saved
Israel – God’s Time Clock – 70 AD to 1967
• 70 AD Luk 21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
• Luk 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled – 1967.
• 1948 – Israel became a nation again
• 1967 – Jerusalem returned to Israel Custody
• 1970 – world’s moral crash – legalizing abortion
6th Sign – Celestial & Geophysical Phenomena
• Jerusalem’s return to Israel signals end of gentile dominance
• Luke 21:25-26 And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; – since Ocean warming, La Nina, El Nino
• “men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken
• Increased solar flairs
Christian Church – Three Traps
• Matt 24:8 – These are the beginnings of Birth pangs
• Matt 24:9-12 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation & kill you, & you’ll be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
• 1. v10And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. (Pride of Life 1 Jn 2:16)
• 2. v11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. (Lust of the eye – deceived in doctrine & conduct)
• 3. v12. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. (immorality) (Lust of the flesh)
• 4. v13 He that endures to the end will be saved
Offence & stumbling, Deception & cover up,
Iniquity abounding & Love growing cold..
• Mat 24:10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Deliver me from Offence, stumbling = scandalon, fall away, apostatize, hate, break koinonia, isolate, selfie religion
• Mat 24:11 “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. No more will I be Deceived, mislead, cover up, blinded, veiled, darkness, eye darkened, whole body becomes dark. I am blood washed
• Mat 24:12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. Lord I conquer Iniquity & wickedness increase. I Overcome Love growing cold or lukewarm, Lust will not get hot. I am blood washed
Word of God for Walk & Sight – United Assurance for Young
• Psa 119:165 Great peace is to those who love Your Law, and there is no stumbling block for them
• Psa 119:9 With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.
• Psa 19:7-9 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; (8) the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; (9) the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
Confessions for Overcoming Offences
• Lord I pray you cleanse by your blood all offence umbrage, rage grudge, falling away, arrogance – where I needed to humbly repent & take away from my life & washed by the blood of Jesus. I know where Jesus’ blood cleanses, your Holy Fire by your Holy Spirit will flush out all apostasy – me doing my own will. I come running to the mercy seat
• In the darkness – Where everything is unknown – Lord I come to the Mercy Seat to be washed by the blood of Jesus
• Father forgive When I face the power of sin on my own, I did not know of a place I could go – but thank you for Jesus’ blood that pleaded for me
• Where I could not find a way to Heal my wounded soul, Thank you for saying I could come into Your presence without fear – where the blood of Jesus cleanses and I come Into the holy place where Your mercy hovers near
Anointing of Meekness – Working With Others
• Mat 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (30) For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Confessions for Overcoming Offences
• Lord Jesus, I’m runnin’ I’m runnin’ I’m runnin’ to the mercy seat Where Jesus is callin’ he said – His grace would cover me – His blood will flow freely to provide the healin’
• I Come runnin’ to the mercy seat – I’m runnin; to mercy seat.
• O Lord save my relatives & friends who Are livin’ where hope has not been? O Lord Who are lost in the curse of a Lifetime of sin. Believing Lovely illusions that never fulfill
• Lord push them to where there’s a place Of mercy for them. O my relatives & friends –Come to Jesus, that you could come into his Presence without fear Into this holy place
• Where his presence hovers near. So please Come runnin’ come runnin’ Come runnin’ to the mercy seat – under the blood of Jesus, under Jesus’ blood, under Jesus’ blood
Persuade Our Loved Ones – Big or Small God has Life For All
• 2Co 5:10-11 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. (11) Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.
• O Lord save me from blindness, deception, cover up, dens & darkness. Cleanse my eye with your blood & send your holy fire into all my organs. I ask for clean eye & fire baptized organs overcoming all infections, cholesterol plaques, cancer changes, Heal by holy fire iniquity lines of generations.
• Wash my understanding with Jesus’ blood, remove all deceptions that flood my thoughts, Wash my affections, & secret recesses of my heart with your Holy Fire
• Let God’s fire come with quickness in the fear of God. Protect my mind from the arrows of the White Horse rider.
• Isa 11:2 Let The Spirit of the LORD rest on me, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD that I will never be deceived in doctrine or character.
• Love is Immunity for Whole Body
Resist Iniquity, Infiltration, Invasion, Infirmity
• Rom 5:5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
• Rom 5:9-10 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. (10) For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
• O Lord Jesus we arise above iniquities of the present world. We ask for cleansing by the blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus, blood of Jesus. We ask our feet anoint with God’s fire to run to the mercy seat. We ask our friends & relatives will be touched in their heart & feet by the fire of God & come running to the mercy seat, come running to the mercy seat. Lord we receive the fiery love of God into our heart & washing of God’s fire over all my organs. All my fountains will be blood washed & fire baptized in Jesus’ name.
• I call for the blood of Jesus & holy fire of God to cleanse all my organs, all my affections. I come running tot eh mercy seat as your holy fire sets my feet on fire & my spirit is cleansed by your Blood.
Fearful Ones & Favoured Ones
• Luk 21:26 and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Luk 21:27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Luk 21:28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.“
• Luk 21:32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.