Location, Location, Location - WK 2

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Matthew 24

3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, 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?” 

4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. 

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 

13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

What is the big deal with this tiny nation Israel? 

• 9 million 

• The size of Rhode Island

• 263 miles north to south

• 71 miles at its widest / 6.2 at its narrowest

ALL OF MANKIND’S HISTORY HAS DEPENDED ON IT 

AND ALL OF MANKIND’S DESTINY WAITS ON IT.  

Why has every Arab country turned its back on Gaza?

Israel:

1948 became a nation again

Nakba = Catastrophe

750,000

1969 = 6 DAY WAR

300,000 Fled to The surrounding Arab nations. 

PLO - Palestinian liberation organization

By 1970, Palestinians made up 1/2 of Jordan’s population.

Lebanon

Civil War from 1975 to 1990 

Kuwait 

1990 about 400,000 Palestinians 

20% of their population. 

Today:

No Arab state will take Palestinian refugees. 

Egypt:

currently at peace with Israel. 

For Arab nations;

It’s easier to condemn Israel loudly than it is to practically support the Palestinian refugees.

Genesis 17 ESV

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

Ezekiel 11:17 ESV 

Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’

Isaiah 11:12 ESV 

He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the 

PICTURE OF THE TEMPLE mount.  

Melchizedek - king of righteousness/ lived in Salem or the city of peace which is Mount Moriah and Jerusalem. 

Genesis 14:18-20

Abraham offered up Isaac on the same mountain.

Genesis 22:1–20

David purchased this spot, which was a threshing floor, from Ornan. 

1 Chronicles 21: 16–29

931 BC Solomon built the First temple on the top of Mount Moriah.

Chronicles 3:1–2

2 Chronicles 6

5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel. 6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 

Nehemiah rebuilt the second temple on the same spot in 520 BC

Why is this place so valuable?

The land where Messiah was born. 

Matthew 2 ESV

6 “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

THE TEMPLE WHERE BABY JESUS WAS DEDICATED. 

THE PLACE GOD CHOSE TO REDEEM ALL OF MANKIND BY THE DEATH OF THE LAMB OF GOD. THE PLACE JESUS ROSE FROM THE GRAVE  AND CONQUERED DEATH 

THE PLACE JESUS ASCENDED ON A CLOUD AND ANGELS DECLARED HIS RETURN. 

THE PLACE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT AND THE CHURCH WAS BORN ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.  

Why is this place so valuable?

Second temple destroyed by the Romans 

70 A.D.

Mohamed and Islam:

Mohamed’s vision in 610AD 

Islam officially ESTABLISHED IN 631AD

The Dome of the Rock:

“Oh you people of the book, overstep not bounds in your religion and of God, speak only the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, is only an apostle of God… Believe, therefore in God and his apostles, and say not three. It will be better for you. God is only one god. Far be it from his glory, that he should have a son.”

“From the river to the see”

CALIPHATE:

An institution under Islam, led by a person (caliph)

Considered the successor of the prophet Muhammad and Leader of the entire Muslim world.  

This “location” is Also the Epicenter for future events.

Seven year Peace Treaty:

Daniel 9:27 CBS 

He (the antichrist ) will make a firm covenant with me for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.

A seven-year peace treaty

Resume Offering Sacrifices (Lambs) Heifers 

A Third Temple?

The Abomination of desolation:

2 Thessalonians 2 ESV

3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God

Broken treaty

Abomination that brings desolation.  

Battle of Armageddon:

Revelation 16 ESV

13 And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. 14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. 

16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The return of Christ:

Revelation 19:11 ESV

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! 

The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.