Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today's reading has a lot in common with yesterday's reading.

We recap the first half yesterday, so today we'll zoom in on the second half.

I mentioned this yesterday, but it bears repeating.

One of the things that helps me through passages like these is to look at what parts are

information and what parts are instruction.

To figure out which is which, you can ask yourself questions like, is Jesus telling

me something God is going to do or something the disciples are supposed to do or something

I am supposed to do.

If he's telling us what God is doing or what the disciples were supposed to do, it's

information.

If he's telling us what we're supposed to do, it's instruction, but just a heads up.

Sometimes there is a clear or implied overlap of information and instruction.

This is the final week of his life, and Jesus is talking to his inner circle, plus Andrew,

on the Mount of Olives, just outside the gates of Jerusalem.

He tells them about how the temple will be destroyed and Jerusalem will fall to Rome.

He tells them about lots of trials and struggles they'll endure, and so far it seems like

he's kind of working in chronological order.

Thanks, Jesus.

As a reminder, one of the names for the Messiah is Son of Man.

So when Jesus stives into this topic, he's talking about his return to earth after his

death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven.

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