WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome to immerse, the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.988 --> 00:00:03.498 Day nine. 00:00:03.944 --> 00:00:07.364 After telling this story, Jesus went on toward Jerusalem, 00:00:07.874 --> 00:00:09.494 walking ahead of his disciples. 00:00:10.574 --> 00:00:14.084 As you came to the towns of Beth Fiji and Bethany on the Mount of 00:00:14.084 --> 00:00:18.534 Olives, he sent two disciples ahead, go into that village over there. 00:00:18.644 --> 00:00:22.364 He told them, as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied 00:00:22.364 --> 00:00:23.774 there that no one has ever ridden. 00:00:24.404 --> 00:00:25.874 Untie it and bring it here. 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.339 If anyone asks, why are you untying that col? 00:00:29.909 --> 00:00:31.829 Just say, the Lord needs it. 00:00:32.849 --> 00:00:36.269 So they went and found the cult, just as Jesus had said. 00:00:36.989 --> 00:00:40.259 And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, 00:00:40.589 --> 00:00:42.149 why are you untying that cult? 00:00:42.779 --> 00:00:45.929 And the disciples simply replied, the Lord needs it. 00:00:46.829 --> 00:00:49.739 So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments 00:00:49.739 --> 00:00:51.209 over it for him to ride on. 00:00:52.394 --> 00:00:56.564 As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. 00:00:57.254 --> 00:01:00.854 When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:06.554 his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all 00:01:06.559 --> 00:01:08.414 the wonderful miracles they had seen. 00:01:09.404 --> 00:01:14.234 Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord, peace in 00:01:14.234 --> 00:01:16.574 heaven and glory and highest heaven. 00:01:17.669 --> 00:01:21.599 But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, teacher rebuke your 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.459 followers for saying things like that. 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:30.209 He replied, if they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers. 00:01:31.499 --> 00:01:35.879 But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep. 00:01:36.869 --> 00:01:41.219 How I wish today that you, of all people would understand the way to 00:01:41.219 --> 00:01:46.049 peace, but now it is too late and peace is hidden from your eyes. 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:51.449 Before long, your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle 00:01:51.449 --> 00:01:53.789 you and close in on you from every side. 00:01:54.479 --> 00:01:57.899 They will crush you into the ground and your children with you. 00:01:58.679 --> 00:02:03.419 Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place because you did not recognize it. 00:02:03.419 --> 00:02:09.329 When God visited you, then Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out the 00:02:09.329 --> 00:02:11.549 people selling animals for sacrifices. 00:02:12.029 --> 00:02:17.519 He said to them, the scriptures declare my temple will be a house of prayer, but 00:02:17.519 --> 00:02:19.949 you have turned it into a den of thieves. 00:02:20.909 --> 00:02:22.769 After that, he taught daily in the temple. 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:27.269 But the leading priests, the teachers of religious law and the other leaders 00:02:27.274 --> 00:02:30.959 of the people began planning how to kill him, but they could think 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:36.569 of nothing because all the people hung on every word he said one day. 00:02:36.569 --> 00:02:40.019 It's Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the good news in the temple. 00:02:40.574 --> 00:02:43.094 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, 00:02:43.304 --> 00:02:44.744 and the elders came up to him. 00:02:45.284 --> 00:02:48.884 They demanded, by what authority are you doing all these things? 00:02:49.274 --> 00:02:54.104 Who gave you the right, let me ask you a question First, he replied, 00:02:54.734 --> 00:02:59.114 did John's authority to baptize come from heaven or was it merely human? 00:02:59.924 --> 00:03:01.664 They talked it over among themselves. 00:03:02.384 --> 00:03:06.434 If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe John. 00:03:07.094 --> 00:03:10.754 But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they 00:03:10.754 --> 00:03:12.434 are convinced John was a prophet. 00:03:13.334 --> 00:03:17.414 So they finally replied that they didn't know, and Jesus responded, 00:03:18.254 --> 00:03:21.614 then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things. 00:03:23.114 --> 00:03:23.384 Now. 00:03:23.389 --> 00:03:26.744 Jesus turned the people again and told them this story. 00:03:27.734 --> 00:03:31.934 A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another 00:03:31.934 --> 00:03:33.854 country to live for several years. 00:03:34.559 --> 00:03:38.039 At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.779 his share of the crop, but the farmers attacked the servant, beat him up 00:03:43.019 --> 00:03:44.639 and sent him back empty handed. 00:03:45.329 --> 00:03:49.289 So the owner sent another servant, but they also insulted him, beat him 00:03:49.289 --> 00:03:51.629 up, and sent him away empty handed. 00:03:52.469 --> 00:03:56.189 A third man was sent and they wounded him and chased him away. 00:03:56.999 --> 00:03:58.199 What will I do? 00:03:58.679 --> 00:04:00.029 The owner asked himself. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.539 I know I'll send my cherished son. 00:04:03.779 --> 00:04:05.579 Surely they will respect him. 00:04:06.449 --> 00:04:09.899 But when the tenant farmer saw his son, they said to each other, 00:04:10.409 --> 00:04:12.209 here comes the air to this estate. 00:04:12.509 --> 00:04:15.359 Let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves. 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:19.289 So they dragged him outta the vineyard and murdered him. 00:04:20.129 --> 00:04:22.919 What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them? 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.179 Jesus asked. 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:29.909 I'll tell you, he will come and kill those farmers and lease the vineyard to others. 00:04:30.914 --> 00:04:33.104 How terrible that such a thing should ever happen. 00:04:33.374 --> 00:04:34.724 His listeners protested. 00:04:35.624 --> 00:04:39.284 Jesus looked at them and said, then what does the scripture mean? 00:04:40.094 --> 00:04:44.594 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. 00:04:45.434 --> 00:04:48.704 Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to 00:04:48.709 --> 00:04:51.104 pieces and it will crush anyone. 00:04:51.104 --> 00:04:52.034 It falls on. 00:04:53.069 --> 00:04:57.269 The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus 00:04:57.269 --> 00:05:01.049 immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them. 00:05:01.529 --> 00:05:05.909 They were the wicked farmers, but they were afraid of the people's reaction 00:05:07.649 --> 00:05:09.149 watching for their opportunity. 00:05:09.479 --> 00:05:12.239 The leader sent spies pretending to be honest men. 00:05:12.929 --> 00:05:16.019 They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman 00:05:16.019 --> 00:05:18.389 governor, so he would arrest Jesus. 00:05:19.094 --> 00:05:19.544 Teacher. 00:05:19.574 --> 00:05:23.114 They said, we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not 00:05:23.114 --> 00:05:24.884 influenced by what others think. 00:05:25.514 --> 00:05:27.674 You teach the way of God truthfully. 00:05:28.424 --> 00:05:32.564 Now tell us, is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 00:05:33.764 --> 00:05:38.084 He saw through their trickery and said, show me a Roman coin whose 00:05:38.084 --> 00:05:39.854 picture and title are stamped on it? 00:05:40.634 --> 00:05:41.414 Caesar's. 00:05:41.534 --> 00:05:47.294 They replied, well, then he said, give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. 00:05:47.864 --> 00:05:50.234 And give to God what belongs to God. 00:05:51.464 --> 00:05:54.494 So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. 00:05:54.914 --> 00:05:59.174 Instead, they were amazed by his answer and they became silent. 00:06:00.824 --> 00:06:04.754 Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees religious leaders who say 00:06:04.754 --> 00:06:06.434 there was no resurrection from the dead. 00:06:07.124 --> 00:06:08.474 They posed this question. 00:06:09.134 --> 00:06:13.634 Teacher Moses gave us a law that if a man dies leaving a wife, but 00:06:13.634 --> 00:06:17.444 no children, His brother should marry the widow and have a child who 00:06:17.444 --> 00:06:18.944 will carry on the brother's name. 00:06:19.484 --> 00:06:22.004 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. 00:06:22.814 --> 00:06:25.544 The oldest one married and then died without children. 00:06:26.114 --> 00:06:29.174 So the second brother married the widow, but he also died. 00:06:29.474 --> 00:06:30.884 Then the third brother married her. 00:06:31.514 --> 00:06:34.844 This continued with all seven of them who died without children. 00:06:35.414 --> 00:06:37.304 Finally, the woman also died. 00:06:37.904 --> 00:06:42.584 So tell us whose wife will she be in the resurrection for all seven. 00:06:42.584 --> 00:06:43.544 Were married to her. 00:06:44.609 --> 00:06:50.249 Jesus replied, marriage is for people here on earth, but in the age to come. 00:06:50.369 --> 00:06:55.349 Those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in 00:06:55.354 --> 00:06:58.259 marriage, and they will never die again. 00:06:59.069 --> 00:07:01.859 In this respect, they will be like angels. 00:07:02.429 --> 00:07:05.849 They are children of God and children of the resurrection. 00:07:06.749 --> 00:07:11.309 But now as to whether the dead will be raised, even Moses proved this 00:07:11.314 --> 00:07:12.839 when he wrote about the burning bush. 00:07:13.769 --> 00:07:18.209 Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the 00:07:18.209 --> 00:07:22.499 Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 00:07:23.219 --> 00:07:28.469 So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him. 00:07:29.369 --> 00:07:30.149 Well said. 00:07:30.149 --> 00:07:33.509 Teacher remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were 00:07:33.509 --> 00:07:38.159 standing there, and then no one dared to ask him any more questions. 00:07:39.809 --> 00:07:42.059 Then Jesus presented them with a question. 00:07:42.734 --> 00:07:46.634 Why is it he asked that the Messiah is said to be the son of David? 00:07:47.264 --> 00:07:52.604 For David himself wrote in the Book of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, sit 00:07:52.604 --> 00:07:57.524 in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making 00:07:57.524 --> 00:07:59.534 them a footstool under your feet. 00:08:00.764 --> 00:08:04.964 Since David called the Messiah Lord, how can the Messiah be his son? 00:08:05.684 --> 00:08:10.829 Then with the crowds listening, he turned to his disciples and said, Beware of 00:08:10.829 --> 00:08:15.569 these teachers of religious law for they like to parade around in flowing robes 00:08:15.569 --> 00:08:20.819 and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces and 00:08:20.824 --> 00:08:25.229 how they love the seats of honor and the synagogues and the head table at banquets. 00:08:26.009 --> 00:08:29.789 Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be 00:08:29.789 --> 00:08:32.999 pious by making long prayers in public. 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:36.989 Because of this, they will be severely punished. 00:08:38.129 --> 00:08:41.669 While Jesus was in the temple, he watched the rich people dropping 00:08:41.669 --> 00:08:43.319 their gifts in the collection box. 00:08:43.859 --> 00:08:47.729 Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. 00:08:48.839 --> 00:08:53.309 I tell you the truth, Jesus said this poor widow has given more 00:08:53.314 --> 00:08:55.259 than all the rest of them for. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:59.309 They have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she poor as she 00:08:59.309 --> 00:09:01.829 is, has given everything she has. 00:09:03.209 --> 00:09:07.829 Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the temple and 00:09:07.829 --> 00:09:09.809 the memorial decorations on the walls. 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:13.919 But Jesus said, the time is coming when all these things 00:09:13.924 --> 00:09:15.569 will be completely demolished. 00:09:16.109 --> 00:09:19.739 Not one stone will be left on top of another teacher. 00:09:19.744 --> 00:09:21.989 They asked, when will all this happen? 00:09:22.499 --> 00:09:25.589 What sign will show us that these things are about to take place? 00:09:26.309 --> 00:09:29.294 He replied, Don't let anyone mislead you. 00:09:29.684 --> 00:09:35.204 For many will come in my name, claiming I am the Messiah, and saying The time 00:09:35.204 --> 00:09:37.754 has come, but don't believe them. 00:09:38.504 --> 00:09:41.894 And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don't panic. 00:09:42.314 --> 00:09:47.414 Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won't follow immediately. 00:09:48.134 --> 00:09:51.794 Then he added Nation will go to war against nation 00:09:52.184 --> 00:09:54.044 and kingdom against Kingdom. 00:09:54.704 --> 00:09:58.874 There will be great earthquakes and there will be famines and plagues and many 00:09:58.874 --> 00:10:04.214 lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven. 00:10:05.234 --> 00:10:09.284 But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. 00:10:09.944 --> 00:10:14.174 You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial 00:10:14.174 --> 00:10:19.274 before kings and governors because you are my followers, but this will be 00:10:19.274 --> 00:10:21.314 your opportunity to tell them about me. 00:10:22.184 --> 00:10:26.414 So don't worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you for 00:10:26.414 --> 00:10:30.344 I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents 00:10:30.344 --> 00:10:32.714 will be able to reply or refute you. 00:10:33.404 --> 00:10:37.964 Even those closest to you, your parents, brothers, relatives, 00:10:37.964 --> 00:10:39.794 and friends will betray you. 00:10:40.514 --> 00:10:41.954 They will even kill some of you. 00:10:42.374 --> 00:10:47.444 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers, but not a 00:10:47.444 --> 00:10:49.364 hair of your head will perish. 00:10:49.964 --> 00:10:53.294 By standing firm, you will win your souls. 00:10:53.924 --> 00:10:58.094 And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the 00:10:58.094 --> 00:11:00.164 time of its destruction has arrived. 00:11:00.914 --> 00:11:03.494 Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. 00:11:03.974 --> 00:11:07.454 Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country 00:11:07.454 --> 00:11:08.894 should not return to the city. 00:11:09.674 --> 00:11:13.724 For those will be days of God's vengeance and the prophetic words 00:11:13.724 --> 00:11:15.464 of the scriptures will be fulfilled. 00:11:16.454 --> 00:11:21.524 How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. 00:11:22.274 --> 00:11:26.624 For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people. 00:11:27.314 --> 00:11:30.944 They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to 00:11:30.949 --> 00:11:32.564 all the nations of the world. 00:11:33.434 --> 00:11:37.664 And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the 00:11:37.664 --> 00:11:44.474 Gentiles comes to an end and there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. 00:11:45.329 --> 00:11:49.019 And here on earth, the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:51.449 roaring seas and strange tides. 00:11:52.319 --> 00:11:56.069 People will be terrified of what they see coming upon the earth for the 00:11:56.069 --> 00:11:58.169 powers and the heavens will be shaken. 00:11:58.949 --> 00:12:01.949 Then everyone will see the son of man coming on a cloud 00:12:01.949 --> 00:12:04.229 with power and great glory. 00:12:05.129 --> 00:12:08.939 So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up 00:12:09.329 --> 00:12:11.159 for your salvation is near. 00:12:12.449 --> 00:12:14.339 Then he gave them this illustration. 00:12:14.954 --> 00:12:20.054 Notice the fig tree or any other tree when the leaves come out, you know, 00:12:20.054 --> 00:12:21.884 without being told that summer is near. 00:12:22.544 --> 00:12:26.384 In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can 00:12:26.384 --> 00:12:28.454 know that the kingdom of God is near. 00:12:29.384 --> 00:12:33.434 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until 00:12:33.434 --> 00:12:35.324 all these things have taken place. 00:12:35.804 --> 00:12:40.094 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear. 00:12:41.054 --> 00:12:41.684 Watch out. 00:12:42.194 --> 00:12:45.464 Don't let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness 00:12:45.824 --> 00:12:47.264 and by the worries of this life. 00:12:47.804 --> 00:12:53.024 Don't let that day catch you unaware, like a trap for that day will come 00:12:53.024 --> 00:12:54.764 upon everyone living on the earth. 00:12:55.064 --> 00:12:59.294 Keep alert at all times and pray that you might be strong enough 00:12:59.294 --> 00:13:03.764 to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of man. 00:13:05.429 --> 00:13:10.199 Every day, Jesus went to the temple to teach, and each evening he returned to 00:13:10.199 --> 00:13:11.789 spend the night on the Mount of Olives. 00:13:12.449 --> 00:13:15.719 The crowds gathered at the temple early each morning to hear him. 00:13:17.459 --> 00:13:20.309 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:13:20.459 --> 00:13:21.659 Thank you for joining us.