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All right, we are going to dive into a question that might freak you out a

little bit. And the question is this, are you ready for the end times? I know some of you might be

freaked out by that question. Some people get maybe too obsessed with it. Some people don't pay nearly

enough attention to it. But my question is, are you ready for the end of times? And how do you know how to be ready?

This entire week, we're essentially going to study one of the parables at a Matthew chapter 25

that addresses this. And there are three parables in Matthew chapter 25, but you have to understand

that these parables come out of a question

that the disciples asked to Jesus in Matthew chapter 24. In Matthew 24, Jesus is walking by the

temple and he very famously says, truly, I say to you, if you were to tear down this whole temple,

I'll build it back in three days.

Everybody's freaking out about that.

And what he's talking about is about the end of times.

And then in Matthew 24 beginning in verse three, the Bible says, and as he sat down on the

Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying, tell us, when will these things

be and what will be the sign of your coming at the end of the age?

In other words, what the disciples are asking is, how are we going to know when the end of times or the end of the age is?

And then all of Matthew chapter 24 is fascinating.

Jesus begins to get into some very specific signs. He talks about signs and

wonders and wars and rumors of wars. He talks about earthquakes and pestilence. He talks about the

abomination of desolation. He talks about the second coming of the son of man. And he quotes a whole

bunch from the book of Daniel. and i think as he's doing this

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