Pastor, teacher, and author Adrian Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ,

and has impacted untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth simply stated.

Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers.

Mankind always wants to look into the future. We have the prognosticators, the guessers, the pundits,

the so-called prophets without divine inspiration. But the only book, the only book that has a

batting average of 1,000 is the Word of God. And the next great event that we're looking for is the return,

the literal, visible, bodily return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

And may I tell you that this episode, the coming of Christ,

is a major doctrine in the Word of God.

It is mentioned no less than 1,200 times in the Old Testament,

and then again 300 more times in the New Testament. God is telling us that this same Jesus,

who has come, is coming again. And we're going to study today the words of Jesus as he leads us

on a journey of prophecy as we look to our age and then through our age to his coming. And we're

going to see from the Word of God the fate of earth. Now it's so important for our age

because those of us who are living in this age

can say it and mean it, the future is here. And I want you to notice the setting of the

prophecy that we're going to read. Matthew chapter 24, let's read the first three verses.

And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples

came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. Now, don't you think Jesus had seen

the temple before? Why would the disciples be showing Jesus the buildings of the temple? And Jesus said

unto them,

see ye not all these things,

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