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… saved his life in a basket through the wall. Jesus said, let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. The angel told the wise men, go back another way. You're going to get killed if you don't. Avoid the risk of getting killed. Go another way. Not all risk is right. You know that from the Bible. And you know it from the wisdom of your own life. Now, back to that word might. in the definition. A risk is an action that might expose you or others to loss or injury. Why the word might? That word means that the only people who can risk are people who don't know how it's going to go. If you know how it's going to go, you don't call it a risk. If you know you're going to die when you throw yourself on a grenade, you don't say, I'm going to take a risk. You say, I'm going to make a sacrifice. I'm going to lay my life down. …
… You'll know that the time of its destruction has arrived. Let those who are in Judea flee to the hills and those in Jerusalem must get out and those out in the country should return to the city. Now understand, these events, and I'll get to this in a moment, this hasn't started yet. We're not in the great tribulation period. The verse I just read is not unfolding, but here's what we're seeing. We're seeing four shocks of it. We're seeing labor pains. Jesus described end times events as a woman getting closer to having her baby. And you ladies know who've had children that the closer you get to the birth of the baby, the closer the labor pains are to each other. So we're seeing labor pains closer together. Let me put it another way. We're seeing signs of the times, things that are happening. He used to be, you know, maybe every couple years something significant. would happen. Or maybe every couple of months. Nowadays it seems like every day there's something going on that alerts us to the fact that Jesus is coming. Right? So Jerusalem, this amazing, this is the most important city in all of the world. Not Washington, D.C., not Moscow, not Paris, not Berlin, not Norco. …
… And this one is going to stand in the holy place. Verse 16, then let those who are in Judea flee. Are you in Judea? No. Don't mess with the Bible. It says Judea, it means Judea. Flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. Do you live on top of your house? They do. they did then and they still do now. Verse 18, and let him who was in the field not go back to get his clothes. Total sense of urgency, clearly. But woe to those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days. Why? What's Jesus got against nursing moms and pregnant women? Answer, nothing. It's hard to escape and to flee when you're trying to nurse a baby, hold a baby, or be pregnant. I wouldn't know. I've only had a kidney stone. That's all I've ever known. But Jesus is saying it's going to be very sad for women pregnant in those days and nursing moms because it's going to be such a time of urgency that when this one stands in this place and commits this incredible atrocity against God, and he's going to declare himself to be God, Jesus said run, get down from your house up and run. …
… So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place, let the reader understand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house. And let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. and alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days. Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath, for then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you, look, here is the Christ, or there he is, do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. So if they say to you, look, he's in the wilderness, do not go out. If they say, look, He is in the inner rooms. Do not believe it. …