Mark: The Good News Of Jesus – Chapter 13 | Pastor Austin Hix

Message Date: March 27, 2024
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Mark: The Good News Of Jesus – Chapter 13

Reading — Mark 13:1-37 ESV

Mark in 3 Acts:

    1. Act 1: Galilee: —
      • Chapters 1-8b —
        • Who Is Jesus?
    2. Acts 2: On the Way —
      • Chapters 8b-10 —
        • What does it mean for Jesus to be Messiah?
    3. Act 3: Jerusalem —
      • Chapters 11-16 —
        • How Jesus became King.

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” – Matthew 24:3 ESV

Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. – Mark 13:30 ESV

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. – Mark 13:31-32 ESV

How are you supposed to live when the world is out of control?

Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. – Mark 13:5-13 ESV

      1. Be on guard and stay awake
      2. Proclaim the gospel to all nations
      3. Don’t be anxious
      4. Endure

“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a] standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that this will not take place in winter, because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again. “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. – Mark 13:14-23 ESV

“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. – Luke 21:20 ESV

Hezekiah — 2 Kings 18:5

Josiah — 2 Kings 23:25

“But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. – Mark 13:24-27 ESV

The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light. – Isaiah 13:10 ESV

“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’

“They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. The glory of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it. – Ezekiel 11:17-23 ESV