Since we are in the middle of working through the Olivet Discourse in Mark 13, We at Christ Covenant Church took time to study some of the Old Testament background and prophecies that the coming of Christ and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD fulfill. During this Wednesday night service we want to considered two questions that the book of Daniel answers for us:

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Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; Lowly, and riding upon an donkey, And upon a colt the foal of an donkey. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, And the battle bow shall be cut off; And he shall speak peace unto the heathen; And his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, And from the river even to the ends of the earth.

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

Count the cost, and know that God is of infinite value! Friendship with God is more to be prized than the best and closest relationships we have on earth. And when the days get hard, when relationships are strained because of your religion, remember the promise of Christ, that he who endures unto the end shall be saved.

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

David gives us no doubt about the fatherhood of God. He directly compares earthly fathers with our Father in heaven when he says, "Just as a father pities his children." We might understand the word 'pity' in our modern day language as 'compassion.' This word compassion might even be more clearly expressed as love with an understanding of our weakness. Good fathers with a natural affection for their children understand this feeling well. 

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

Jesus Christ is presently reigning from heaven right now, just like he began to reign in the 1st century when he ascended to heaven. And throughout the centuries, Christ has come in judgment upon many nations, and he continues to steer history, and footstool his enemies, and the promise of Psalm 110 and 1 Corinthians 15 and many other passages is that, “he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet…And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

This is a bonus conversation and follow up to Joe Stout's lesson on Family Worship 24/7 (Episode 191).

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

God is a Father, and He condescends to us and invites us into His presence and to pray to Him. Our prayers can "turn" the direction in which we observe God moving. Yes, He is immutable. However, we actually have access to the throne room and we have the ability to talk to Him in a way that produces results in our lives. 

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

What makes the sabbath sweet, is when we work really hard for six days, toiling, suffering, getting up early, plowing in hope, and then we stop, and we sit down with God around this communion table, and we give thanks to Him for the fruit of our hands. And we remember the promise is that is given in Revelation 14:13-14 which says, “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

Christ Covenant Church (CCC), is a local reformed church in Centralia, WA. We are a gathering of saints who love the Lord Jesus Christ because He first loved us. We are a thoroughly Trinitarian, Biblically devoted, and Historically Reformed church founded within the CREC denomination in 2021. Learn more at ChristCovenantCentralia.com

What is the second greatest commandement, parents? To love your neighbor as yourself. And who is your neighbor? The answer is the teenager in your home who often appears to be less lovable than when he was a cute little toddler. The first neighbor that you are loving is the one that is in your home, and that is often the hardest one. That is your flesh - you need to deal with your flesh. God says to love your neighbor. As you teach them that love, as you manifest that grace that God has poured into your life, they are going to be catching it.