As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
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… Let me just walk through starting at verse 1 of chapter 24 of Matthew. It says, then Jesus went out, verse 1, and departed from the temple. And his disciples came up to show him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, verse 2, do you not see all these things? assuredly I say to you not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be thrown down. Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives verse 3 the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age. they ask him two specifically pointed questions. When are you coming back? Because he had told them he was going to go away, but he was coming back. And they asked him also, what will be the indicators of when you're going to come back and what the end of time is going to be? …
… Matthew chapter 24, the Bible tells us in verse 1, Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples came to show him the buildings of the temple, because they were spectacular. And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you Not one stone shall be left upon another That shall not be thrown down None of us understand what this means fully Jesus is talking to his Jewish disciples And the very existence of God is wrapped up In that temple that is there in Jerusalem And Jesus is saying That's all coming apart What church do you attend normally? Or maybe it's this church Imagine if for a moment I were to say to you All of this is going to get blown up. It's all going to fall apart. The earth is going to shake and it's going to swallow up all this concrete. If you think that's the end of worship, you got another thing coming, friends. …
… If you have your Bible, turn there. Matthew 24 verse one. Now Jesus left the temple and was going away. His disciples came to point out to him the temple buildings. He responded, do you see all these things? I assure you that no stone will be left on another. Everything will be demolished. What a striking thing to say. I mean, the temple was so important for the Jewish people. And it was so beautiful. Constructed in 1920 and 19 BC by King Herod the Great. Now, you're replacing a previous temple. But this temple represented God's presence in their midst for the Jewish people. They knew that God didn't live inside the temple. but it was designed to be God's throne room. And when people came to Jerusalem, they came over the hill and they saw the temple and they knew God is in the midst of these people. That temple was so important to them and it was important to Jesus. From the time he was a child, he went to the temple. …