Okay, we're gonna get started. We're gonna start on page 387. We're talking about the Olivet Discourse, and there's several readings on the Olivet Discourse, so we're kind of in the second major one. page 387, so I'm going to start by reading that with some commentary. You have a map, so I'm going to take a historical turn at some point. Josephus. For those of you that didn't hear me say that, Josephus, that looks like this, that's a terrific book for you to add to your library. That's Meyer, M-A-I-E-R. That's a boiling down, good morning, that's a boiling down of about 18 volumes. And so he just didn't print all the repetition and the stuff that was at all spurious. So anyway, that's a good reference for your library. I make a lot of those recommendations. Okay, page 387, the Olivet Discourse, and this is overviewing, this is combining, excuse me, harmonizing Matthew 24, 15-31, Mark 13, 14-27, and Luke 21, 20-28, so it's pretty expansive. So when you see Jerusalem, and put this into context of what's happening. Put all this reading into your mind in the context of what's happening and the way you view what's happening with any possibility that you're holding to a futuristic view as well. So if you're one of those, remember we said that there's three camps, there's the Preterist camp, that considers it all done except for the New Heaven and the New Earth. That's the Preterist camp. The Futurist camp is the left-behind guys, the pre-tribulational rapture Beast all that stuff there. That's the future camp and somewhere They're lurking in the middle is the sort of preterist camp Which guys like RC sprawl are in and Kurt's probably in there and I'm in there for sure Okay, so three camps now the future. So what we're doing is comparing what we're reading and assessing whether that futurist camp which is the dominant and view in Christianity whether that futurist camp is right. We're doing kind of a side-by-side comparison, okay? So keep that in your head while we read this. So when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you're asking yourself, when did this happen? Then know that its desolation is near. Therefore, when you see, and here's a big one, the abomination of desolation, we're going to spend some time on that. Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, that's important, standing where it ought not, in the holy place, that's important, whoever reads, let them understand. Then let those that see this, who are in Judea, flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart, let not those who are in the country enter her. Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But these are the days that vengeance of all things that are written may be fulfilled. Now in your futurist days, and I think you all spent time there, what was that? If you're on the roof, don't go down. If you're in the field, don't go in. That was very clearly, that was talking about the second coming of Christ, wasn't it? Right, everybody clear about that? All right, so just admit your ignorance of those days, just admit that. Because we are now enlightened. Okay, well, woe to those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days. Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath, for there will be great distress in the land, wrath upon this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Now, who is Jesus talking to? Jews. He's talking to his disciples. So he's got a confined group of people. He had just named his apostles. Good morning, Mrs. Perry. Morning. Right here in front. Sit right there. No, no, no, right there. That's just. That's Rick and Gay. Yeah, but you sit right there. Right. Sit right there. Sit right there, say that, she moved down. See, now I can see you better. Alright, so do you remember that he is talking to his disciples, right? That's important here. Because he's talking about, look, when you see this start to happen, don't go into the city. I'm warning you. Okay? Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. In those days there will be great tribulation. And now, when is Jesus talking about? In those days there will be great tribulation. So you're asking yourself, when? such as not been seen since the beginning of the world which God created until this time? No, nor ever shall be. And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days. Then, if anyone says to you, look, here is the Christ, or look, he's there, don't believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will rise show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Therefore, if they say to you, look, he's in the desert, don't go out. Or, look, he's in the inner rooms, don't believe him. Now, this is important. They're talking about the false Christ. Now watch what Jesus does here. But take he. See, I've told you all things beforehand. Now look at this. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. So you got these false Christs. Look, he's in the desert. Or look, he's in the inner room. Don't believe it because When I come, there's gonna be a flash of lightning from east to west and you won't have to be searching me out. Immediately after the tribulation of those days. Now this is a problem, this is a problem phrase for the futurists. This causes them great problems. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, The sun will be darkened. The moon will not give its light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken. There will be signs in the sun, the moon, the stars, and in the earth the stress of nations. With perplexity in the sea, the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them from fear and expectation of those things which are coming on the earth. For the powers of heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. All the tribes of the earth will mourn, they will see the Son of Man, this is the key word of this whole section, coming. Coming. We'll see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power, great glory, and then he will send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth, the farthest part of heaven, Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads because your redemption draws near. All right. Are you a futurist? Do you see that coming about sometime out there? Is that what you think? Are you missing the key word coming? Does that sound to you like that is Jesus somewhere out there in that futuristic time coming? So I ask you this, and I don't mean this to be in any way snarky, but I was thinking about this. Okay, so Jesus leaves his glorious realm, right? second person of the Trinity, perfect harmony, everything was wonderful in the heavenly realm, the perfect unity and love of the Trinity, right? There isn't any disunity, there isn't any discussions about what they're going to do. As the redemptive second person of the Trinity, he comes to fulfill his role, leaves heaven. Now, he's leaving myriads upon myriads of angels that he created, He's leaving the divine unity of the Trinity, he's leaving all that, and he comes to earth to take on a body of flesh and sin. He dies, he is resurrected, and he ascends back to his heavenly realm. Now, my question to you is this, what do you think that looked like? What do you think that return to his rightful and heavenly realm, what do you think that looked like? Even in heaven or on earth? Glory. Him returning to his heavenly realm. I think that would be joyous. Myriads upon myriads of angels, almighty God, the Holy Spirit of God, and Jesus carrying a body. Remember this, okay? Does that now blow your mind what that homecoming would look like? Okay. That's what Jesus is talking about here as far as coming is concerned. He's talking about his coming into the glory that he once held in the heavenly realm. He's not talking about coming back to earth because earth is not his place. So are we clear about this? You know, Jerry, he also says at his last, he says, it is finished. He finished his work on Earth. I mean, that's another way that Futurists try to say there's other stuff to be done. Yeah, we've got this idea that Jesus belongs to the Earth, and no, he doesn't. Jesus belongs to the heavenly realm, and Earth is part of the created order. So when you think about this, and you're trying to put it in place, yes, Dolores? Then how do you explain the net sense? where he sends his angels with a sound trumpet, he'll gather together his elect from the four winds. Very good. I'm not saying that I get the Son of Man coming into glory, but there does still seem to be somewhat of a futurism. I totally agree. Who are the angels he's talking about here? The angels he created. He's talking about us. I thought we would be the elect. That is true. Gathering the elect, that is the responsibility of the Church. So you've got a spot in this, and that's what we are supposed to be doing. Now that's used elsewhere, that's used in Revelations. For example, when Jesus says, I'm speaking to the angels of the churches. Who is he talking about there? He's talking about the pastors and elders of the churches that are the point of revelation. But is it not really he's speaking about an event that has happened, as well as looking into the future of what will happen? Well, on a continuing basis, sure. We are constantly collecting the elect. By the preaching of the gospel, we are constantly growing the church of the Lord. That's why we have missions. Missions is a big part of that. Jerry, maybe Dolores is confusing futurist and future. There are things still to happen. Well, new heaven and new earth for sure. And Jesus will come back. And Jesus will come back, yes. That's just not what he's talking about here. OK. OK. OK, the great sound of the trumpet? Yeah. See, the trumpet is just symbolic. I don't see where he gathered his elect when he went back to glory. OK, so you think that's a consonant? So can you explain how he gathered his elect if we weren't even here yet, even though I know we were elected before the world? I don't know exactly what y'all define a futurist, or a prayerist, or a pastor, or a Sunday pet, or any of those silly things. Pre-trib, pre-mill, you know. There's a lot of them. Sounds like a tire company to me. So are you saying a futurist would say that everything in this passage is to happen? that none of it has happened yet, but everything will happen. being destroyed, according to what Jesus said. And it was being destroyed when? In the future? Somewhere out there? What did Jesus say? Before you guys croak, that temple is going to be destroyed. This passage right here, these two sentences, Partially, it has happened. He went and turned a boy. Coming. Maybe they should have used a better word. But the angel that gathered the elect is something that happens in the future. It happens constantly. Yes. It's constantly going on. It was going on then. I see how you're interpreting it. OK, that makes sense. Yeah. Well, so all right, I'm gonna give you a weird one. You don't finish the sentence from the farthest part of Earth to the farthest part of heaven. Yes. So how is that his angels are going to gather his elect from as part of that. That's a phrase, but that's the...yeah, see, and you've got to also consider that's not the job of angels. It's not the job of angels to evangelize. That's not their responsibility. That's our responsibility. Okay, so why does he say we'll send his angels? Well, he's talking about us. And really, when this happened, What did Jesus do? What were the last words of Jesus with his apostles? Go into all the world and preach the gospel, baptizing them in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, right? I'm with you always, even until the end of the age. But didn't he send his elect to separate the grace from the The separation, the deciding is not our job. You don't want to get into that attitude. Dolores, I'm going to add one more thing to you. That term coming comes out of Daniel. That's the prophecy out of Daniel. where I saw one like the Son of Man coming to receive his kingdom. That's what's happening here in Matthew as Jesus is relating the prophecy of Daniel. He's relating it to himself. Now, I've got a question. Isn't some of that cataclysmic type speak. Oh, it is. I mean, like, from the furthest reach of heaven and the furthest reach of earth, and some of that is... The heavens gonna roll up like a scroll. Did that ever happen? Did the sun ever drop out of the sky? Did the moon ever lose its brightness? That stuff never happened when it was prophesied. It was cataclysmic language that was meant to make a point that This is a major turning point in the way God is running his show. So Jesus uses it, I'm sorry. Yeah, so is this, I'm really, I guess, simple-minded, but the, so Jesus, is this like a sign to everybody, like he comes in the clouds and you see him? You're not gonna see that. Okay, so, but he's talking about an event. He's talking about an event of him returning to heaven. But he's already done that. He's already done that. Absolutely. He's already done that. So what is Jesus talking about? This time frame from the destruction of the temple. Remember, that's how the chapter started. The destruction of the temple to this, where Jesus returns to his glory. Talking about that? So it's a futuristic thing. Well, no, not to us. It isn't. This has already happened. OK, it's already happened. And Jesus is saying to his disciples, this is going to happen in your generation. See, which is why I said that phrase causes future such problems. Well, wait a minute. Now, see, the conclusions are here. What you got to say is to take that position, that Jesus said to Rayberry, Ray, you are going to see all this happen, and to take the position that it didn't happen, that Ray never saw it happen, to take that position, you've got to say, Jesus lied. Oh, I'm not going to say lied. He was mistaken about that. He just didn't know, and he went out there on a flyer because he thought it might happen, and so that's what he said to Ray. That's not, no. See, that's why it caused the Futurists all these problems, because they recognized the direct speak of Jesus saying, you are going to see this happen. And then it flows right into his return to his glory, and they've got to try to separate the two. And what happens is they start making up stuff. And I'll tell you, MacArthur. So this is valuable to us because it exposes this whole view that we think is totally incorrect. And it came into the church just, what, 200 years ago? 200 years ago. This was never seen this way. 200 years. So if we are alive, let's just say hypothetically, we are alive. And Jesus returned. Yeah. What are we going to see? Clouds, light, trumpet, angels, glory, so he will return per se on cloud or so I mean, we will see. Yes. The Bible says that every eye shall see. We will see all these events. I claim to see what Jesus is saying here. I think you've made it abundantly clear. He's speaking to those in his generation right now. He spoke very clearly that there was tribulation coming, great tribulation. That great tribulation took place in their day. It took place prior to the destruction of the temple there. And then when the temple was overthrown, when it was taken over, Jesus made it clear that there would never be a time like this again. Because had he not interceded and put a stop to it when he did, it says that everything would have been demolished, everything would have been destroyed. And so I see it then that there was a coming there that took place. It was a coming, a coming of judgment, as Jesus had predicted. Jesus had predicted this, what, 40 days out, I mean 40 years out. And so this destruction came And from what I see, from what I've got, just looking at Sproul's commentary as well, is that this was a judgment that came from the Lord. Did he comment on trials of glory? I don't know. I mean, I don't see where it came on trials of glory. What I do see, at least from what Sproul's saying, this was a figurative language, because he took this and showed us There's figurative language used in the Old Testament as well. The things you couldn't take literally. The whole thing about writing on clouds is figurative. All that's doing is talking about the glory of God. That's all it's saying, Judy. If you try to put it into this earthly world, it doesn't fit because when Jesus comes in, everybody sees him. How's that? You know, we're on a sphere, you know, how's that all gonna happen? It's just like that kind of melts away and We're just there, and he's there, I think. I was at a conference with D. James Kennedy. Those of you that know D. James Kennedy, I'm going back a few years. Elizabeth and I were at a conference, and he'd always do Q&A. He was terrific at it. And so some guy said, well, OK, the Bible says that the whole world is going to see Jesus when he comes back. Is that because of CNN? And if you know Dr. Kennedy, he stopped and he paused, and boy, you knew something was going to happen. And he said, good ma'am, the Almighty God does not need CNN to make himself visible to all men. And he went off. That was rough. That puts a squelch on the old Q&A, I'll tell you. I'm not asking the question. All right, go to your map, and I'm going to talk about what Hurt is talking about. Now, this is out of Josephus. Okay, this is the book that I showed you. This is Paul Meyer. You need a map? You don't have a map? You don't have a map? I happen to have plenty. Does anyone else not have a map? Here, you got the prime copies. You have a map, Diane? You need your own map. You don't want your own map? You don't use a map, you have GPS. She's surrounded by maps. Alright, so I'm taking a bit of a historical turn. I just want you to look at this. I'm going to go to Philip Schaff, who is the preeminent historian of church history, so I'm going to go to him, but I want you to look at this to kind of get a perspective of what Jesus was talking about here. And then there's something in what Schaff has to say that may bring this and Revelation to light. All right, now this map is oriented top to bottom towards the north, so you just Okay, you know how to do that with a map. You know you can't turn it upside down, and that's what Terry was trying to do here, sideways. Yeah, you see the little thing, the flag that says North? All right. All right, do you see the, what is marked, the siege wall? That's the dotted line. Okay, see that around? Okay, that is supposed to be five miles in length. historically, that siege wall that the Romans built, supposed to be five miles. Now that was a totally separate issue late in the campaign against Jerusalem, which Jesus is telling the Apostles, this is going to happen in your lifetime. If you see the wall that surrounds Jerusalem, There are three of those. There's the outer wall, there's a second wall, and then there's an inner wall that goes around the temple. You see that? I'm just trying to give you some perspective on the history of this, that this was not like attacking Blairsville. Now these walls in some cases were, I made a note, 90 feet tall. Alright, I lost my note, but I'm going on memory. 90 feet tall, and in other cases where, for example, the Kidron Valley is, or where it says on the south end of this map, Gehenna, That was a steep ravine that they just threw their garbage into. That's what Jesus referred to as hell. It's likened to hell was this burning rubbish pile that they threw stuff in. OK, so I'm trying to give you some perspective. So you had the outer wall, some places 90 feet tall or better. You had the second wall that guarded the city. The outer wall, Gentiles could roam around in there. That was OK. But the second wall, the second corridor, not so, and definitely not the wall around the temple. And this Jerusalem, anybody been to Jerusalem? Okay, Dolores, tell us your perspective of Jerusalem is what? What did it look like geographically to you? Okay, crowded and mountainous? That's what I'm kind of after. It's not flat. No, no, it's not flat at all. The walls in some places, they may have been repaired through the years, but you can walk around the top of the walls and look down into the city. Some of the stones that were used, I think I made this point to you, 40 feet long, the stones that they built for the foundation. 40 foot blocks of stone, 12 feet wide, 12 feet high. But was that just under the temple? Well, those were used throughout, and according to Josephus, if you read him, he said that the whole thing, because of what they used, some say it's likened to limestone in buildings, that it glowed white in the sun, with major portions of it covered in gold. Sounds beautiful to me. Just trying to give you some historical perspective because Jesus is saying, okay, now look at all that. This is four miles of outer wall. Now this is just the city. Four miles of outer wall. You have the inner wall. You have the wall around the temple. That's just wall. On top of the other things that included all the temple buildings. Okay, so Jesus is saying to his disciples, do you see that? There isn't one stone that's going to be left on another. Now, okay, Ray was there. Okay, Ray's sitting there saying, no, that can't be. Right? Isn't that what you'd be saying? No. I saw you change water into wine and I saw you heal and saw you grow limbs and stuff, but I mean, this is kind of out there, Jesus. In fact, that would be unimaginable. Unimaginable. As you just described the thickness, the lengths of these stones. The human mind just can't conceive, especially in that era, back in antiquity, of destroying such a massive structure as the temple. So, you know, Jesus says, Matthew 23, 38, he said, your house is going to be, talking to the Jews, your house is going to be left to you desolate. Remember he said that, and I've got this, I'm going to try to get there. Your house is going to be left to you desolate. And then he comes on top of that in 24, and he says, do you see all that? Not one stone on top of another, and you're going to see it. So there's some fantastic, right? If you're in that spot, I've got to think you're thinking what I'm thinking. So it was pretty much destroyed in 70 AD, right? Yeah, it was totally destroyed. Maybe a little bit of a ball left here and there. Those rocks were... The Wailing Wall is left, and three towers. So it was. I guess it was something we could imagine because it happened. Well, it definitely happened. Well, in fact, if you think about it, there's one passage right here, remember, Jesus had said, tear down this temple in three days, I'll erase them. There is no 40 years, and they were not even finished with 40 years. Okay, so you see, you see what we're talking about here? And see, and all this is being talked about and said, because Jesus, what Jesus is actually saying to them is every Jews, everything that you know that you're hanging your hat on is going away. The old has passed away, the new has come, and I'm going to give you a physical sign that it's over. You see that temple? Nothing's going to be left. Now, here. Now, this is out of Philip Schaff, and you don't have to buy the 12 volumes of this. You can go online. Philip Schaff is now online, and you can, it's all indexed by chapter, and he divides up church history from just before the Apostles, just before the first century, all the way through into what he calls modern times, which is about the 19th century or so. Okay, so he covers all aspects of it, very thorough, and what Philip Schaff does is he, before the chapter, he assesses the major historical elements that talk about that particular subject. So I'm going to read about the approaching doom and the seven-year period that led to the destruction of Jerusalem. That's key. It's actually seven years and five months of siege. on Jerusalem, and that should sound familiar to you, that seven years, because that's right out of Revelations and what futurists want to talk about. But anyway, here's what Schaff does. He says, OK, the major contributor to this area is Josephus. And then he talks about how credible Josephus was because he was an eyewitness to everything he was writing about. Now let me give you a comparison. he's talking about the Roman historian Tacitus, and he says, this is a mere fragment full of errors and insults toward the vanquished Jews. So that's his assessment of the historical relevance of what Tacitus wrote. So he assesses what information there is, and what he's going to write about. You getting that? So he evaluates the sources, he evaluates the sources. All right, so I'm just going to read this, and just listen forward for the key words, okay? The most unfortunate country in this period of history, this is AD, this is after the death of Jesus, Anno Domini, so this is year one to year 100. The most unfortunate country in this period was Palestine, where an ancient and venerable nation brought upon itself unspeakable suffering and destruction. The tragedy of Jerusalem prefigures in miniature the final judgment, and in this light it is represented in the eschatological discourse of Christ, who foresaw the end of from the beginning. The forbearance of God with his covenant people who had crucified their own Savior, the forbearance of God had reached its limit. As many as could be saved in the usual way were rescued. The mass of the people had obstinately set themselves against all improvement. In fact, James, the one who was trying to convince the Jews of the truth of Christianity, failed to reconcile the Jews to the Christian religion, and he himself daily interceded in the temple for the Christian community in Jerusalem and the Jews had totally lost the importance of this city of Jerusalem to the whole scheme of Christianity. The hour of the great tribulation and fearful judgment drew near. The prophecy of the Lord approached its literal fulfillment. Jerusalem was razed to the ground, the temple burned, and not one stone was left upon another." Now, this is not a narrative. This is a historical piece that Schaff has evaluated and now tells it in one place. All right, now, here's what I'm getting to. Not long before the outbreak of the Jewish War, now the Jewish War was this rebellion by the Jews against Rome. All right? Not long before the outbreak of the Jewish War, seven years before the siege of Jerusalem. Now, seven years should ring in your head because that's a key figure to Futurists, okay, about some future tribulation, right? Is everybody tracking with me? Is that ringing in your head? Okay. Seven years before the siege of Jerusalem, a peasant by the name of Joshua, who also used the name Jesus, appeared in the city of Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles and in a tone of prophetic ecstasy cried day and night on the street among the people, quote, a voice from the morning, a voice from the evening, a voice from the four winds. A voice of rain against Jerusalem and against the temple. A voice against the bridegrooms and the brides. And we're going to get to all those parables, okay? We're going to get to those parables. Those are next, coming weeks. A voice against the whole people. Woe, woe to Jerusalem, end quote. The magistrates, terrified by this woe, had the prophet of evil taken up and scourged. He offered no resistance, continued to cry, Woe! Being brought before the procurator, Albinus, he was scourged till his bones could be seen, but interposed not a word for himself, uttered no curse on his enemies, simply exclaimed at every blow in a mournful tone, Woe! Woe! to Jerusalem. Now again, this is seven years before 70 AD. This is 63 AD. Are we clear? So the governors questioned who and whence he was. He answered nothing. Finally, they let him go, considering him a madman. But he continued for seven years and five months till the outbreak of the war, especially at the three great feasts to proclaim the approaching fall of Jerusalem. During the siege, he was singing his dirge for the last time from the wall of Jerusalem. Suddenly he added, woe, woe also to me. And a stone of the Romans hurled at his head put an end to his prophetic lamentation." Now that was when the siege of Jerusalem was underway. Some of this is really interesting. Let me get to Titus, who was the Roman general. that was in charge of destroying Jerusalem, capturing Jerusalem. He's the Roman general. Titus, and this is according to Josephus, eyewitness, Titus intended at first to save the temple and the city, considering the temple in particular to be a magnificent work of architecture. And he wanted to keep it as a trophy of victory, and perhaps from some superstitious fear. And when the flames threatened to reach the Holy of Holies, he forced his way through flame and smoke, even over the dead and dying, to arrest the fire. He was trying to put the fire out, trying not to let it get to the Holy of Holies. But the destruction was determined by a higher decree. His own soldiers, roused to madness by the stubborn resistance and greedy for the golden treasures, could not be restrained from the work of destruction. At first the halls of the temples were set on fire, and a firebrand was hurled through the golden gate. When the flames arose, the Jews rose a hideous yell and tried to put out the fire, but it was not going to be done. The echo from all the mountains around, even to Perea, increased the deafening roar of the misery of the Jews as their temple burned. The Romans, now again, I'm reading all this to you so that you put this into context, because this is the futurists are looking at this one way, we are looking at this totally a different way, all right? The Romans planted their eagles on the shapeless ruins over the heap that was the Holy of Holies, offered their sacrifices to them, and proclaimed Titus to be omnipotent creator. With the greatest acclamations of joy, thus was fulfilled the prophecy concerning the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place. Not a future event. Jerusalem was razed to the ground, only three towers of the palace of Herod stood standing. Even the heathen Titus is reported as declaring that God by a special providence, now this is Titus the Roman pagan, all right, declaring that God, by a special providence, aided the Romans and drove the Jews from their impregnable strongholds. Josephus, who went through the war himself from beginning to end at first as governor, said, I will not hesitate to say what gives me pain. I believe that had the Romans delayed their punishment of these villains, he's talking about his Jewish compatriots, I believe that had the Romans delayed their punishment of these villains, the city would have been swallowed up by the earth, or overwhelmed with a flood, or like Sodom and Gomorrah, consumed with fire from heaven. This is still Josephus quoting. For the generation which was in it was far more ungodly than the men on whom these other punishments had times fallen. By their madness, this is Josephus, by their madness, the whole nation came to be ruined. The Apocalypse, the book of Revelation says, predicts, that the heathens shall tread the holy city underfoot for forty and two months. And how long is that? Seven years. The Jewish rebellion, as they warred with the Romans, and then the Roman siege, The city itself lasted, depending on how you count when the Jewish Rebellion started, seven to seven and a half years, which is picked up in Revelations as being the time of Tribulation. So the point being here, as I'm trying to hammer this out with you, is that not necessarily as old as future. The destruction of the temple, certainly not. Jesus returning to heaven and the great celebration, that certainly happened. What we are looking for is the coming of Christ in the new heaven and the new earth, which we count on happening, right? And Jerry Nehru came into that, too, once Jesus had gone to do it, and just sawed people in two, murdered people. I mean, it was horrible. Yeah, that was before the destruction of the temple. Okay, so four out of ten, but that was more of a historical spin. I'm going to, and I always say this to you, this is a good time for you to think and question and talk about it. That's the kind of format that we're taking. We'll move on into the next section of the Olivet Discourse, which is on 391. We'll talk about that next week. And I would go ahead and read the Ten Virgins as well. Okay? Lord, thank you. Thank you for your word. Some of this stuff is hard for us to understand, and yet we know that your ways are true and right. And you will give us understanding as we pursue the truth with you. And Lord, we praise you for your glory. And I, Lord, and I say that that must have been a magnificent homecoming. I mean, I just can't imagine the glory that was viewed as the myriads and myriads of angels looked upon the second person of the Trinity. That must have been fabulous. Lord, one day we'll see. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.