Various Texts — In the Olivet Discourse Jesus describes the events that will occur during the Tribulation (see Part 4). This is a time of unprecedented trouble and suffering that immediately precedes Christ’s return. Is it possible that Christians alive today might live through this time? Or to put it another way, does the Church, the…
Luke 11:14-20 — “Some of them said, He [Jesus] casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils…” This accusation was the most thorough repudiation possible of Jesus’ claims, as well as a terrible assault on His character. He was not only a fraud, said these men, but in league with the Devil. The depth…
Matthew 24:21 — “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Trouble and suffering have been the experience of God’s people in every age. The Apostle Paul said that “we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22).…
Daniel 6 — Daniel’s deliverance from the lion’s den is one of the most well-known and best-loved stories in the Bible. It’s been taught in Sunday School to generations of Christian children. As we work through the narrative in this sermon, we see that Daniel’s ordeal is powerfully applicable to the times in which God’s…
Matthew 24:1-8 — “Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars… and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places…” In the opening section of the Olivet Discourse Jesus describes as series of signs that He calls…
Matthew 24:1-14, Luke 21:5-20 — There are three versions of the Olivet Discourse in the New Testament, one in each of the Synoptic Gospels. The differences between each account become apparent in a quick read through. In this study we begin by looking at the time references in Matthew and Luke’s account and we see…
Luke 11:11-13 — “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? …Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?…” In these familiar verses, Jesus encourages His disciples to pray by emphasising the loving heart of their Heavenly Father. If they were…
Matthew 24:1-3 — “There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down…” The Olivet Discourse is the most significant prophetic passage in the Gospels and second only to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. It is the second longest message Jesus gave (after the Sermon on the Mount)…
Luke 11:5-10 — “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you…” Jesus prefaced these famous words with an illustration of a man who shamelessly persisted in asking his friend for bread. He knocked on his friend’s door at midnight and wouldn’t take “no”…
Joshua 23:11 — “Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God…” In Joshua chapter 23 we have old-man Joshua’s second last address to the Children of Israel. It was given perhaps 20 or 30 years after the conquest of Canaan and it was very timely. With peace and prosperity came the…