Be Ready at Any Moment (1-13)

Be Faithful with What He Gives You (14-30)

Be Prepared for His Return and Reckoning

We're back in Genesis today as we look at the end of the Jacob narrative.

The lesson from the fig tree. 32-35

This generation WILL NOT pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth WILL pass away, but these words will not.

That day and hour. 36-41

No one knows. Not angels. Not the Son, but the Father only.

The flood and the rapture?!

Therefore, stay awake and be ready. 42-51

HOW. With a posture of holy, earnest defense.

Without procrastination as a faithful and wise servant.

WHY. Aware of the RADICAL Consequence

Chapter 1, Of Holy Scripture

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24.15-22

Coming soon…

The abomination of desolation.

The great tribulation.

… and cut short.

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24.23-28

[Interlude: The absurdity of deception.]

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24.29-31

“Immediately” after…

The coming of the Son of Man.

The gathering of the elect.

… and never to end.

Special episode today as Pastor Bobby Roberts (Westminster Pres, Johnson City) joins us to talk about their upcoming church plant in Jonesborough.

Pray for God's gracious work in and through Bobby, his family, and this upcoming church plant.

https://christchurchjonesborough.org/

ONE context. 1-2

TWO understandable questions. 3

When will these things be?

What will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?

THREE present “things”.

False Christs. Do not be led astray. 4-5

External portents. Do not be alarmed. 6-8

Personal tribulation. Do not fail to endure. 9-13

FOUR powerful words. 14

Gospel.

Kingdom.

Preached.

World.

And then the end will come.

Genesis 34 today, a chapter with darkness, sin, and response.

Woe to you, workaholics with wrong priorities. 23.25-26

Woe to you, performance addicts fixated on the wrong audience. 23.27-28

Woe to you, false pietists who will receive the full penalty. 23.29-36

The TONE of lament. 23.37-39

The GOSPEL of substitution.