OCTOBER 08 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:02)

 

OCTOBER 08  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#30 

“Do you not see all these things?”  (Matthew 24:02)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, all days are Your days for all Eternity is Yours and all 

that is in it, but Lord Jesus this day my Spirit is leading my soul 

to give this day as a “Special” day to worship You in a “Special” 

way! Lord Jesus, I do not want to think of the world but of what 

You are and Your Glory for You Lord Jesus are Worthy! Lord, 

neither the world nor my worldly life in the flesh would have even 

the smallest meaning without You and the Love of God being poured

 out on us in such a blessed way. Lord, I trust in You to lead me by

 the Holy Spirit to do the kingdom work You would have me to do

 so Lord, let me on this day especially think only thoughts of You 

and Your Glory that I might truly worship You in Spirit and in Truth!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus was asked by His disciples to give them a “sign” of 

“[His] coming [again]”  and “of the end of the age” which was 

probably prompted by Jesus announcing as they left Jerusalem 

heading to the Mount of Olives that 

“not one stone shall be left here upon another, 

that shall not be thrown down”

 indicating that the Great Temple built by Solomon 

was going to be totally destroyed! (Matthew 24:1-3) 

By this time His disciples had been with Him almost 3 years and

 had seen Jesus perform miracle after miracle, heal the lame and 

the blind, cast out demons, resurrect the dead, and not once had 

Jesus declared anything but the glory of His Father in heaven! So 

the disciples knew by now that Jesus had come to do the will of God 

and to return the nation to worshipping the God of Abraham, Isaac, 

and Jacob who had led them out of bondage in Egypt and had by

 His Mighty Hand delivered them to the “Promised Land”, so if Jesus

 said the temple would be destroyed, they knew full well the temple 

and all its grandeur would be destroyed!  The nation of Israel had 

built their existence around this temple of God built by Solomon in 

Jerusalem and now that Jesus was telling them that God is going to

 remove His Presence and the temple will be destroyed that the 

disciples were thinking that surely this was the end of an age! Jesus

 has repeatedly told them that He would be betrayed in Jerusalem 

and that He would die there but Jesus always added that even 

though He would die, that on the 3rd Day He would be “resurrected”

 and perhaps this was what the disciples were asking in terms of

 “Your coming [again?]” — Jesus has been telling His disciples all

 along that the “Judgement” was coming — at this time Jesus is still 

alive and therefore everything He is telling them about the future is

 “prophetic” so the disciples are now trying to get a handle on His

 leaving and what to do without a temple made of stone? Jesus 

begins His Olivet Discourse with a warning that others will come saying,

 “I am the Christ” and "deceive many” 

(Matthew 24:4-5) 

then Jesus starts making a list of

 “signs” of the “end of the age” and His “Coming Again”. 

The list of (9) “signs” started with

 

(Sign 1) 

(S1) - others coming claiming they are the Christ, and then Jesus continued, 

(Sign 2)

(S2) - “there will be wars and rumors of wars” and Jesus added 

“See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass…”

(Sign 3) 

(S3) - “nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” 

(Sign 4)

(S4) - “there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places”

 and again Jesus added, “All these [things] will be the beginning of sorrows.”

(Sign 5) 

(S5) - “they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and 

you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” 

(Sign 6)

(S6) - “many will be offended, will betray one another, 

and will hate one another”

(Sign 7)

 (S7) - “many false prophets will rise up and deceive many” 

(Sign 8) 

(S8) - “lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold”, 

but before Jesus announces the last sign He gives them this encouragement:

 “But he who endures to the end shall be saved” then Jesus

 concludes the signs with

(Sign 9) 

(S9) - “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world

 as a witness to all the nations, and THEN the END will come.”

 (Matthew 24:4-14)

 

I cannot read this list without thinking about the state the world is in right now

 which makes me believe that any day now the last person to be added 

to the kingdom before the “Tribulation” begins will be preached

 “this gospel of the kingdom” and then the

 END WILL BEGIN! 

Everything on this list of signs 

has happened in the past generation

 and surely the END could happen 

with THIS GENERATION — 

I know that it is a good time 

to stop and listen to the

 ONE who gives HOPE 

and promises that all who 

“endures to the end shall be saved” — 

or 

you can listen 

to those preaching death and hate — 

it’s your “Choice”!

OCTOBER 07 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:02)

 

OCTOBER 07  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#30 

“Do you not see all these things?”  (Matthew 24:02)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer   

JESUS, Lord of lords, Savior, Redeemer, the Good Shepherd, King of kings,

 praise be to the One that came in the Name of the LORD, and was

 the Sacrificial Lamb of God. The Only Begotten SON of the Father 

that became flesh and dwelt among us not as a conquering king but 

as an innocent Babe who grew up as we grow up, who was tempted by 

the world as we are tempted yet Jesus did not yield to temptation but was

 obedient to the Father even unto death on the cross to complete the 

Plan of Salvation. Lord Jesus we know You LIVE today for You are 

still changing lives and resurrecting those dead in their sin to a 

New Life in Christ — 

we praise Your Holy Names and bow before You with a Repentant Heart

 seeking both Your Mercy and Your Grace. Lord, I anxiously await 

the appointed day when I stand face-to-face with the One

 that gave His Life for mine.

 Even so, Come LORD Jesus!!!     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus starts His Olivet Discourse on the Mount of Olives after He 

and His disciples had left Jerusalem just after Jesus had pronounced 

the “Seven Woes” against the scribes and Pharisees because their 

“hypocrisy” had become a deadly cancer which had infected the

 whole nation of Israel! Jesus entered the City on Palm Sunday and

 demonstrated His Messiahship after His Triumphal Entry when He 

went straight to the temple and restored it to a house of prayer as 

it was intended by God where Jesus began immediately healing the

 lame and the blind that came to Him in the temple. 

But now several days later, 

“Jesus went out and departed from the temple” (Matthew 24:1) 

and when the disciples stopped and looked back at the temple buildings

 that were among the greatest structures in the world, Jesus asked them,

 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:2)

 then Jesus told them that the grand temple and all its buildings 

would be utterly destroyed and 

“not one stone shall be left here upon another…” 

which was a complete shock to His disciples for the nation’s identity

 was this grand temple in Jerusalem! As they left the city I am sure the 

disciples were silent and were contemplating their lives without a temple

 in the City of David! Once they arrived at the Mount of Olives they 

approached Jesus and began to question Him about His comment

 for they knew that Jesus “spoke” and then things happened just like

 He said they would — and there were NO EXCEPTIONS! 

(Matthew 24:1-2) 

His disciples asked Jesus,

 “Tell us, when will these things be?…”

 which started Jesus on His Olivet Discourse which started with a warning,

 “Take heed that no one deceives you. 

For many will come in My name,

 saying. ‘I am the Christ’, and will deceive many.”

 (Matthew 24:3a-5)

 Jesus then started answering the other questions

 asked privately by His disciples,

 “…And what will be the sign of Your coming, 

and of the end of the age?” 

(Matthew 24:3b) 

Just by looking at the disciples questions we can assume that Jesus 

has been talking to them about two very specific events

 that will happen in the “future”:

 

(Future Event 1) 

Jesus is going to “Come again” for the disciples are sitting talking to

 Jesus and asking “What will be the sign of Your coming…” and 

(Future Event 2) 

Jesus has talked about the “end of the age” for the disciples 

used that very phase when asking for “signs” to know also

 when the “end of the age” was coming? 

Just the fact that the disciples are asking these two questions about

 the “future” is a Lesson we often miss,

 the Truth of God is that He has a Plan 

and that God always tells us what is required of us —

 then God “provides” whatever tools and information 

that are necessary for us to complete the task 

or instructions He has given us! 

The disciples could not have come to the knowledge that Jesus

 is “coming again” or that the “age is coming to an end” 

without getting that information from God! 

This is information that God

 revealed through the Holy Spirit 

to the disciples like when Jesus asked Peter,

 “Who do you say I am?” 

and the Holy Spirit revealed to Peter that Jesus was the Son of God:

 “Simon Peter answered and said, 

‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’”

 and Jesus replied,

 “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, 

for flesh and blood has not

 revealed this to you,

 but My Father who is in heaven.” 

(Matthew 16:15-17) 

So now that Jesus has told them the temple would be destroyed,

 the disciples were certain that Israel’s golden age was drawing to an end.

 Jesus had already mentioned several times that in Jerusalem 

that He (the Messiah) would be 

“betrayed into the hands of men and killed” 

(Matthew 17:22)

 

so 

if His death as the Messiah was imminent 

then His “coming again” as the Christ 

would certainly be a miracle 

performed by God the Father Himself 

for His Son Jesus Christ!!! 

This is something that each of us should keep foremost in our daily lives

 and our daily thoughts:

 

(Daily Thought 1) 

Jesus IS Christ, the SON of the LIVING GOD 

 

(Daily Thought 2) 

Jesus came once and died for our sins 

and Jesus IS “Coming Again” 

(Daily Thought 3) 

we should all “Take heed that no one deceives [us]” 

Remember, “The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying,

 

‘Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, 

and as I have purposed, so it shall stand.’” 

(Isaiah 14:24) 

and 

“So shall My WORD be that goes forth from My mouth; 

it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish 

what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” 

(Isaiah 55:11) 

Remember the words of Jesus at the beginning of His Lessons,

 “Seek first the kingdom of God 

and His righteousness 

and all these things will be added to you.”

 (Matthew 6:33)