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

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