WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.359 Hello, Jeff, Hello Chris. 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:15.160 It's good to see this morning. Man. 6 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:17.519 I am so excited. I can hardly stand it. 7 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:19.920 Wow. I wonder if anybody believes that? Is that true? 8 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:20.480 Is that true? 9 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:20.640 Oh? 10 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:22.679 Man? This is a brand new week of the Bible Guys. 11 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.760 That's why you're excited because it's about us. 12 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:27.320 Absolutely, it's gonna be amazing. 13 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.679 Okay, well, hey, welcome to the Bible Guys. My name 14 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:33.159 is Chris, this is Jeff, and today we are jumping 15 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.640 into the phrase you also must be ready, which was 16 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:39.200 a famous phrase that Jesus said. 17 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:43.119 Yeah, and the whole premise of this, this series for 18 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:45.719 us is what if Jesus had a podcast, and so 19 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:48.039 we just took famous comments that he made. Yeah, and 20 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:49.679 we're jumping off from there. So it's kind of fun. 21 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.759 Yeah. Yeah, before we do, we have a famous Well 22 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.280 it's not really famous, is it famous. 23 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:56.640 It's for our listeners. 24 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.960 It's the guess the word I have to say. We're 25 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.640 words to Jeff. He has to guess the actual word. 26 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.000 But I'm not allowed to say five taboo words. 27 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.159 And if you're brand new listening to our podcast, you're 28 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:13.159 going to discover why we have so many followers and 29 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:14.920 listeners right here, y. 30 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:18.920 Yeah, genius, we're really yeah yeah, you put that on 31 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.000 me right now. If you're watching on video, we're going 32 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:23.400 to go ahead and put the five words up on 33 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.319 the screen, hopefully the five words that I cannot say, 34 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:28.319 and then, of course, you know, you can race. 35 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.159 Against This reads kind of like taboo. 36 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:36.920 Okay, yes, you're ready, Oh goodness, gracious wow. Okay. When 37 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.799 something is uncomfortable, another word for it is. 38 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:42.840 I don't know, rough. 39 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.439 It's so uncomfortable between us, so uncomfortable. There's a moment 40 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:52.200 that's just very awkward. Yes, yes, And the opposite of 41 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.439 noisy is loud. Opposite of noisy opposite quiet. Yeah, but 42 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:02.200 there another word silence, Yes, awkward silence. 43 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.120 Awkward silence. Man, that was a rough one. 44 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.000 It was so I wasn't allowed to say pause. 45 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.800 I know we were looking for two words. 46 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.039 Crickets, dead, nothing or I couldn't say quiet. 47 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:18.039 Okay, So two words, yes, yes, okay, uh wow? How 48 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:18.800 many words? 49 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:20.680 This is? Everything? Else is one word? 50 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:21.479 One word? Okay? 51 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.439 Yes, okay, remember that commercial weebles wobble, but they don't 52 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:26.840 fall down. 53 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:27.919 Yes, yeah, so you don't. 54 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:28.840 You don't really walk? 55 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.240 You what wobble? 56 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.719 Wattle wattle wattle wat? I guess what I did? 57 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.159 I said walk walk. Oh no, I. 58 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.520 Can't believe it. I get the weebels wobble. I pulled 59 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:45.240 that out. That was fabulous and and yeah, I threw 60 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:48.439 it away, threw it away. I need to uh get 61 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.719 rid of my my ding here. All right, here we go, 62 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.680 by the way. I wasn't allowed to say penguin, duck, walk, 63 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:01.439 wiggle or legs. I can't believe I did it. Okay, 64 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:08.599 sometimes when somebody does that t M, I what does 65 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:09.199 that stand for? 66 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:10.240 Too much information? 67 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:18.479 Yeah, it's not in under but in over communication, over over, oversharing, yes, overshare. Yes, 68 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:23.759 I was allowed to say information, personal details, boundaries, or embarrassing. 69 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.680 Okay, so TM I pretty good. Angle, They're pretty good. 70 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:27.080 All right? 71 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:28.240 Are you allowed to use initials? 72 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:33.080 Of course? You see anything? Okay? Okay, okay, you want Hey, yesterday, 73 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:37.879 yesterday Catlin brought us tacos. 74 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.199 Yes, yes, so I mentioned last week that, uh, we 75 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.639 just look like we know what we're doing, but really 76 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.919 we just hoping somebody brings us tacos, and then well 77 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.199 you mentioned you look like and then one of our 78 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.639 one of our staff guys brought us tacos. 79 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.599 Which was amazingly great, amazingly. 80 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.599 Nice from the Detroit Taco Company. 81 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.080 Yes, it was great. And so I wasn't allowed to 82 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:01.240 say shell, Mexican salsa, crunch or but all I had. 83 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.039 To say was caln, there you go. That's great. 84 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:12.719 Okay. Uh oh, wow, the sound a guy makes on 85 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:17.040 a movie right before he dies. Yes, Oh my goodness, 86 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:21.600 I can't believe it. I cannot believe you got gurgle 87 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:27.639 from that. Wow. I was say stomach, water, bubble, sink 88 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:28.319 or noise. 89 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.360 Now all of our new listeners are like, oh man, 90 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:31.600 I'm so glad I found this chair. 91 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.560 I can't believe you got that death the death gurgle. 92 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:37.240 I can't believe it. I can't be. I thought for 93 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:38.319 sure you wouldn't get that. 94 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:40.720 Does it make you a little bit nervous about me? 95 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.120 Now? Uh no, it makes me happier. 96 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:45.759 Okay, right, so you're tuned in. 97 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:46.639 Man, you're right there. 98 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:48.879 I just figured you'd be nervous that. Why does Jeff 99 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:49.959 know about the gurgle so much? 100 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:51.360 Like you're a suit. 101 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:53.360 Whatever. 102 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.920 No, I I am very proud of you, Jeff, so 103 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.279 good job that that was it? 104 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.879 Five of them, five out of four out of five. Well, 105 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:02.959 it's it's my fault. 106 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.439 Yeah, my fault, all right. Weebles wobble, but they don't 107 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.839 fall down for anybody who is over forty, probably forty, 108 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:15.240 they probably know what that is. Anybody under forty desireate 109 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.480 you know what weavels are. How old are you? 110 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.160 It's none of your business. You're not supposed to see that. 111 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:24.399 Oh man, you want to get beat up, you're supposed 112 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:25.240 to ask a young woman. 113 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:30.839 She is much younger than forty, and she has no 114 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:35.800 idea what a weavel is. A right, that's correct. They 115 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:38.040 were great. I had a bunch of weavels, did you know? 116 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:39.319 Really? No? 117 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:40.680 Oh, I had like thirty weavels. 118 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:45.040 I had like one or two and thought, what's the point. 119 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.199 I couldn't I couldn't figure out how to play with them. 120 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.240 Well, you had to have the things that they go in, Yeah, 121 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.959 with the different cars and the even houses and everything. 122 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.480 I was busy playing with like g I, Joe and guns. 123 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:56.920 Well I had those two. 124 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:02.639 Yeah, so hey, I don't even know, man, what is 125 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:03.920 the transition for this one. 126 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:07.959 Well, i'll tell you what. When you fall down, it 127 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:09.120 means you're really not ready. 128 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.480 You're not ready. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Jesus. 129 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.680 But Jesus said you must be ready. 130 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.040 Oh no, that's terrible. So we always try to figure 131 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.279 out the worst possible transition, and that was a pretty 132 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:19.639 bad one. 133 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:19.959 Yep. 134 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.360 So Jesus said you also must be ready. And we're 135 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.800 in Matthew chapter twenty four. 136 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.120 Look at this very unusual. We're skipping. 137 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.519 Yeah, yeah, we're skipping parts. There's a big chunk of 138 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:29.920 this that Dez just doesn't like. 139 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.199 Does doesn't like. 140 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.920 She likes the good parts, and she doesn't like some 141 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:36.279 of the other ones. So she's just like, get rid 142 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:37.120 of those verses. 143 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.759 It tells you to be kind and yeah, your neighbor. 144 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:40.279 Hates those ones. 145 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:40.680 Yeah. 146 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:45.680 So uh. In Matthew chapter twenty four, we're going to 147 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.079 read one through fourteen. Yep, we're going to skip all 148 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:49.759 the ones that Does hates, and then we're gonna pick 149 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:53.639 back up in thirty six. Okay, so here's what good. 150 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:56.480 Here's what it says. It says as Jesus was leaving 151 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.519 the temple grounds, as disciples pointed out to him the 152 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.040 various temple buildings, but he responded, you see all these buildings, 153 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.079 I tell you the truth. They will be completely demolished. 154 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:08.800 Not one stone will be left on top of another. Later, 155 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.040 Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, and his disciples 156 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.000 came to him privately and said, tell us, when will 157 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.800 this all happen? What sign will signal your return in 158 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.519 the end of the world. Jesus told them, don't let 159 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:20.720 anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name 160 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.560 claiming I am the Messiah, and they will deceive many. 161 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:25.800 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars. 162 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.560 But don't panic. Yes, these things must take place, but 163 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.759 the end won't follow immediately. Nation will go to war 164 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:34.879 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines 165 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:36.800 and earthquakes in many parts of the world. And all 166 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:40.120 this is only the first of the birth pains, with 167 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:44.319 more to come. Then you'll be arrested and persecuted and killed, 168 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.680 and you'll be hated all over the world because you 169 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.160 are my followers. And many will turn away from me 170 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.319 and betray and hate each other. Many false prophets will appear, 171 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.920 will deceive many people, sin will be rampant everywhere, and 172 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.199 the love of many will grow cold. But the one 173 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:00.399 who endures to the end will be saved. And the 174 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.319 good news about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the 175 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.199 whole world, so that all nations will hear it. And 176 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:09.360 then the end will come. And then we're going to 177 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.920 skip all those other ones where Jesus is. He's going on. 178 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:14.759 He's talking about the Book of Daniel, he's talking about 179 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:17.040 different different things, and then we pick back up with 180 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:20.199 this big idea in verse thirty. Success. However, no one 181 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.600 knows the day or hour when these things will happen, 182 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.399 not even the angels in heaven or the Son of 183 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:27.800 Man himself. Only the Father knows. When the Son of 184 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:30.040 Man returns, It'll be like it was in Noah's day. 185 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.080 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying 186 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.639 banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time 187 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:37.799 Noah entered his boat. People didn't realize what was going 188 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.879 to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. 189 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.679 And that is the way it'll be when the Son 190 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.559 of Man comes. Two men will be working together in 191 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.360 the field, and one will be taken the other left. 192 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.759 Two women be grinding flour at the mill, and one 193 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.480 will be taken and the other left. So you too 194 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.000 must keep watch for you don't know what day our 195 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.399 lord is coming. Understand this. If a homeowner knew exactly 196 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:59.159 when a burglar was coming, he'd keep watch and not 197 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.639 permit this, permit his house to be broken into. And 198 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:04.000 you must also be ready all the time, for the 199 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:09.399 son of Man will come when least expected. And two 200 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:12.080 podcasters will be doing a podcast, and one we've taken 201 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:13.240 and the other be left. 202 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.320 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry for you. 203 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.000 Yeah, so there you go. 204 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:23.600 Yeah, And then reminds me of that old DC talk song. 205 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:29.240 Remember we're all we all be ready that what's that called? 206 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:32.120 I don't know, come on, you know it? I don't remember. 207 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:36.759 One is walking up a hill. Oh I don't know 208 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.480 the tune. But anyway, it's uh, you're gonna make me 209 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:47.559 look it up. Okay, But it's very it's very it's 210 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.399 a great song. It's about the second Coming. 211 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.759 Well, Jesus talks about these things not to scare you, right, 212 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.759 A lot of times people read these things that sounds 213 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.399 scary because he's talking about earthquakes, he's talking about famines, 214 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:59.559 he's talking about all these things. If you turn off 215 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:01.679 the ringer side of it, it doesn't keep ringing. 216 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.399 Hey, y'rs beeped. Yeah, I did it. I did it. 217 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:11.159 Mind did because of the bad influence of yours, your phone. 218 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:14.799 And so he doesn't tell us all these things to 219 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.639 scare us. Yeah, he tells us these things to let 220 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:22.159 us know he's in control. Right, And so he does say, Hey, 221 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.320 arrests and persecution, martyrdom and all those things. People are 222 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.600 gonna hate you because as we race towards the end, 223 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.639 you know, we're in a real spiritual battle. And the 224 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.320 devil hates what Jesus is doing. So he's going to 225 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.879 start clawing and fighting as hard as he can to 226 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.159 hang onto his kingdom as long as he can, even 227 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.679 while it's slipping through his fingers. But Jesus tells us 228 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.159 all these things not to scare us, but to let 229 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.240 us know, Hey, I'm in control and I know exactly 230 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.559 what's coming. Oh yeah, I wish we'd all been read. 231 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:52.960 I wish ready. Yeah, life was filled with guns and 232 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.000 war and everyone's trampet on the floor. I wish we'd 233 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:59.360 all been ready and it speaks a pretty yucky you know, 234 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.559 this is er two men walking up a hill, one disappears, 235 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:05.399 one's left standing still and. 236 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:08.679 Yeah, super cool callback from two thousand. 237 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.159 Well, actually it's a remix in nineteen sixty nine by 238 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.159 Larry Norman. Yeah, yeah, I guess they remade it into that. Wow, 239 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:15.960 didn't know that. 240 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:21.559 Well, there you go. So anyways, in this then he's 241 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.440 talking about the difficulties that are going to happen. But 242 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.559 then there's a pivot, this massive pivot in verse fourteen, 243 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.559 where he says, and the good news about the Kingdom 244 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.000 will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all 245 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:36.360 nations will hear it, and then the end will come. Yeah. Right. 246 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.840 So I think one of the reasons why all the 247 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:42.360 animosity and the hatred and the violence and all those 248 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:45.960 things that begin to happen towards Christians is because the 249 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.799 devil is trying to claw and hang on as much 250 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.279 as he can to his kingdom. But the Gospel is 251 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.000 just spreading and spreading and spreading and moving into places 252 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.399 where it's only ever been darkness, where there's never been 253 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:00.159 any light, and the Gospel begins to invade those places, 254 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.399 losing his grip, So of course then he starts to 255 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:04.000 lash out because he's the prince of the power of 256 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:07.360 the ear. He's the prince of this world. Right. The 257 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.240 king of this world is really a weird way to 258 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.559 reference the devil, but that's how the Bible talks about him, 259 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.399 is he's kind of ruling this planet and he hates 260 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:17.559 the idea that he's going to lose it. 261 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.320 Yeah, you know, I could summarize the entire twenty one 262 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.559 chapters of the Book of Revelation on the two major thoughts. 263 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.720 The first one is the character of God. Right, So 264 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.000 all throughout the Book of Revelation, there are plenty of 265 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.720 things that describe who God is as the conqueror and 266 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.600 as the defeater and the ruler and the one who's 267 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.159 just and everything else. So that's amazing, right. And the 268 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:46.480 second thing is live every day as if Jesus were 269 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:51.519 coming today, right right now. That's it. If you study 270 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:53.759 the character of God and recognize who he is, and 271 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:58.320 you live every day like Jesus is coming like it's today, 272 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.279 you've mastered the Book of Relation. And by the way, 273 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.720 people are going to hate that comment because there's a 274 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:08.000 lot of people who want to master the Book of 275 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:13.080 Revelation in a million ways, right, but but truthfully as 276 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.440 it applies to my life. Uh, that's that. Those are 277 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.240 the two things that I that I take away to 278 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.799 live my life. I'm going to live my life recognizing 279 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:25.200 who God is and understanding who he is. And and 280 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.320 and by the way, that when you do that, it 281 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.440 gives you a perspective on evil, doesn't it. That's right, 282 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:32.320 it gives you a perspective on just like you said, 283 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.320 not to be afraid, not to be freaked out, to 284 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:38.159 recognize that, yes, evil is still here in the world. 285 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.600 But yet you know, we know that one day God 286 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.799 will defeat and destroy all evil, but He has not 287 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:49.159 yet defeated evil. So we in the meantime live in 288 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:52.799 a world that's broken and messed up. And uh, and 289 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.440 these things can be scary, and yes they sort of are, 290 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.559 to be honest, but you know, those who are faithful, 291 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:02.240 right in the end, we'll be rescued. 292 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.000 Yeah, and God will give you grace to go through it. Right, 293 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.360 if you have the power of the Holy Spirit in you, 294 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:12.559 everybody dies, we all do yep, right, so really, yeah, 295 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:16.480 everybody does. It's life is one hundred percent terminal. Find 296 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.279 out Yeah, it turns out, which is a bum deal. 297 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.720 Nobody tells you that when you're born, right, But that's 298 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.759 what happens. And so I think that when when you 299 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.159 look at it, Since we're all going to have this 300 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.440 last breath on earth, let's live a life that matters. 301 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.240 Let's let's be about the kingdom work. Let's let's do 302 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:38.200 something that rings into eternity. Uh. You know what's his name? Uh? 303 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:40.679 Ct Stud, one of my great missionary heroes that I 304 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:44.360 love reading about. Ct Stud wrote uh that he wanted 305 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.879 to live a life so that the devil would throw 306 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:51.679 a Thanksgiving party in hell the day he leaves the 307 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.600 field of battle. That's fun, right, And how cool of 308 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.480 a life is that? Right? That's it. So when I 309 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.960 read these things, I'm like, Okay, hey, life is hard. 310 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.000 Life's hard. So first Ascustion comms that these things happen. Okay, 311 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:05.759 that's just life is hard. In the meantime, let's live 312 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:08.960 a life that matters, then, and do something that rings 313 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.840 into all of eternity, not just chasing the things here 314 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:14.039 on earth. I mean, I have a nice life here 315 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.759 on earth. I have a nice home. I've got a 316 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:19.519 great family. I love everything about my life. But this 317 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.200 life here on this earth is temporary, and what we're 318 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:25.919 preparing for is eternity, and that lasts forever. And so 319 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:29.759 Jesus says, then difficulties are coming, but man alive. The 320 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.519 good news about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the 321 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.320 whole world, so that all the nations will hear it, 322 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.600 and then the end will come. And so this is 323 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.639 talking about the whole world. Some theologians would say, oh, 324 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:42.759 that only meant the known Roman world because they didn't 325 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:46.080 know about the whole world at the time, which I 326 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.600 think is an unfair assessment of this passage because it doesn't. 327 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.879 The Greek word being used doesn't just reference the known world, right, 328 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.799 it's the whole world. He's talking about the whole planet. 329 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.200 When Jesus said go into the whole world and preach 330 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:01.399 the gospel, he didn't just say go only to the 331 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.600 Roman empire. 332 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.879 Right, not what he said. 333 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.720 Right. So, while the people who wrote it didn't know 334 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.120 about everywhere and everybody, God did. And so God said, man, 335 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.480 there's people who haven't yet heard, and I'm not coming 336 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:17.279 back until and then the word that's used here in English, 337 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.919 it says until all the nations will hear it. It's 338 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.360 not talking about you know, the one hundred and ninety 339 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:26.519 eight nations or the two hundred and eight recognized territories 340 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.919 or whatever in the world. It's talking about every It's Ethnos. 341 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:36.519 It's every Ethno linguistic people group. There will be people. 342 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.679 And there's another place in the Bible and book Revelation 343 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:42.120 it says people from every Ethnos will be around the 344 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:45.159 throne of God at the end. Right. And so a 345 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.000 big part of our job is if we're looking forward 346 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.279 to the day when God fixes this, people go, how 347 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.320 come God hasn't gotten rid of disease and war and 348 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:54.799 violence and sin and all that stuff. He's gonna, right, 349 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.240 And he tells us when once you get the Gospel 350 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.759 to everybody, once every people group has had a chance 351 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.440 to hear the Gospel, then I'm going to come back. 352 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.559 I'm going to defeat evil, and there'll be no more 353 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.480 death or no more disease. He'll wipe every tear from 354 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:10.880 our eye. That's what we desire, and so we have 355 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.680 to move in that direction. 356 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.039 So Tti's mission is going to end it all for us. 357 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.519 Not just Tti. There's a bunch of great organizations out there. 358 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:22.039 Do you know the name Oswald J. Smith. He founded 359 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.720 the People's Church in Toronto back in like nineteen twenty. 360 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:26.240 I do not know this. 361 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.640 He was great. He was one of the heroes of 362 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:33.640 the mission movements. He was like this missionary statesman kind 363 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:35.160 of a guy. He was a pastor of a big church. 364 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.319 But they founded People's Church in nineteen twenty eight and 365 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:42.480 from day one gave fifty percent of their income resources 366 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.759 to global missions. Holy Christmas, can you imagine? It was phenomenal. 367 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.359 I pulled up a quote from him that's incredible because 368 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:54.160 I thought this would be worth looking at. People talk 369 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.839 about the second coming of Christ man. Jesus is coming back. 370 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.200 We read about this, Jesus is coming back. How exciting 371 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.880 that is. There's a lot of people your revelation friends 372 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:05.599 love talking about Jesus coming back as a matter of fact. 373 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.240 In the next day and they do the math and 374 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:07.720 figure it out. 375 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.720 In the next few verses. The verses that does hate 376 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:15.440 so much, she skipped in his reading it. It does 377 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.720 say that then at last, the sign that the Sun 378 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.960 of Man is coming will appear in the heavens right, 379 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.960 and He's coming back, and they will see the Son 380 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.799 of Man coming on the clouds of Heaven with power 381 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.359 and great glory. Right, what a cool passage. I don't 382 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.799 know why she didn't want us to read that she's 383 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:34.759 but but so the Second Coming is super exciting for 384 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:38.039 most Christians. And Oswald J. Smith said, we talk of 385 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.880 the Second Coming when half of the world has never 386 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.519 heard of the first Oh, well can you think? Can 387 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:46.640 you imagine that? So we're looking, well, Jesus, when are 388 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:49.599 you going to come back? And Jesus, like man, half 389 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.640 the world hasn't even heard of me, heard the first 390 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.720 time I was here, and we saw a stat lately. 391 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.720 I think I mentioned this a while back, but one 392 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.359 third of all the people on the planet don't even 393 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.920 know another Christian that can lead them to Jesus. One third. 394 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.519 So we still got a lot of work to do. 395 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.000 The problem is population is getting out of control. We 396 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.599 can't keep it. 397 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:10.680 It keeps growing. Yeah, but so the Christians. Christians are 398 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.519 spreading faster than the population growth I think so or 399 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.799 nearly at the same pace. So it's pretty exciting. We 400 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:19.839 only have to reach if there's two point four billion 401 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:22.039