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Hi everybody. Max Lakato here from my home to yours.

Thanks so much for joining me for today's

encouraging word. God bless you today. God bless you. I can't promise that my dog won't make an

appearance. There he is, sound asleep. He's following me everywhere I go today. So don't be surprised if old Andy doesn't jump

up on my shoulder or something. Hey, we're coming to the end of a discussion based on John 3 and

verse 16. In this beautiful passage, Jesus promises to bring everlasting life, eternal life to everybody who believes in

him. What a wonderful scripture. This is a kingdom in which there will be no tears, there be no

graves. It's going to be exactly like, well, God will have his Garden of Eden. Let's discuss the

proximity of the inauguration of this kingdom.

He said, nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and that there will be famines

and that there will be earthquakes in various places. All these, he said, are the beginnings of birth pains. Matthew 24, 7, and 8. This phrase

birth pains, we men, we're not qualified to define it. I get that. And I wouldn't try, but I have it on

good authority that birth pains are painful and that they come with increasing frequency as the time draws near.

Now Jesus compares the signs of the end to birth pains. They're painful and they come with

increasing frequency. They're increasingly common. So with that in mind, I wonder if you'd

be willing and interested in considering some of the signs of the end.

Jesus said, in the end, nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

This is an idiomatic expression that describes a widespread conflict, not just a localized skirmish, but a widespread conflict.

Boy, we've seen that twice in the last century, correct?

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