Welcome to the Plenteous Redemption podcast, where the cross and the culture are on a collision course for discussion. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign The Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified. Unto the Jews a stumbling block. Unto the Greeks foolishness. But unto them which are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. Now, here's your host, Thomas Ervin. Mark 13. Man, we are near the end of the book of Mark. I feel like it just flew by. Very soon we'll be at the cross and the Lord will be risen and then we'll be talking about His birth. Mark 13. 16 chapters in Mark, I believe it's Mark 12 through 16, that a lot of people argue or try to argue, foolishly, that they should not be there. And the Bible obviously disagrees, and we agree with the Bible. All right, now let's read verses one and two. We'll start there. And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here? And Jesus answering said unto him, seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down." Now imagine that conversation. Hey, let me show you how beautiful this place is. Look at how great this is. Isn't this neat? Isn't this wonderful? And you look over and the Lord says, I'm going to tear every single stone down. Every one of them will be ripped down. Now there's a mosque in its place. Now, the Dome of the Rock is a huge mosque on the temple mount where the temple is supposed to be situated. You talk about a rough day when that has to be taken down in order to put up the Jewish temple. That's going to be rough. pray about them, well, the problem is it'll be done before Jesus comes back. So that temple will be erected and set up and that'll happen and then sometime after that, the tribulation begins and that's when they make that covenant with the Antichrist and begin to worship in their temple. without harm at least for three and a half years. So the Lord said He's going to tear it all down and that temple is not there. If you were to ask the Jews today, how do you worship God the way you're supposed to, they can't. They don't have a temple. It's not there. It doesn't exist. And so they can't do what they're supposed to be able to do. But the Lord will fix all that eventually, but they're going to go through a lot of trouble before that happens. Verse 2, And Jesus answering said unto them, Oh, we already read all that. He's going to throw down every one of those. Look at verses 3 through 13. Verse 3, And as he said upon the Mount of Olives, right now, When you read this parallel passage in Matthew, the conversation that took place in verses 1 and 2 appear to have happened possibly on top of the Mount of Olives as he's giving what we called the... When you read in Matthew 24, 25, and 26, they somewhat correlate with this. And it looks like they're in Bethany on the Mount of Olives. So the temple is on Mount Zion. Then you go down through that valley, I believe it's the Valley of Megiddo and all that, and you begin to go up the other side on the Mount of Olives. So it's a valley between the two mountains. And as you go up the Mount of Olives, you go through Gethsemane and Bethpage and Bethany and all those villages on the Mount of Olives. And so it looks like they're sitting in Bethany looking across that valley at the temple sitting on top of the other mountain. That's why there are multiple reasons, but one of the reasons that when every time someone's going to Jerusalem, it says they went up to Jerusalem, because they're going down through that valley up to Jerusalem. And so that's how you have to get there. And so it looks like they're sitting, and here it says they're on the Mount of Olives. Bethany is on the Mount of Olives. At the end of Matthew 24, 25, and 26, when he's wrapping up that discourse that he's giving there, They're in Bethany by the time you get to the end of that. So somewhere in this conversation, they end up in Bethany, and they're looking across. And when the Lord returns, if you remember in Luke, when He ascended into heaven, He ascended from Bethany. And so when you pick up in Acts chapter 1, it says when the Lord returns, He'll return in like manner as He did when He ascended. So there's a good chance He's going to descend, come back at His second coming into Bethany. And of course, Zechariah says He's going to come back and His feet will touch down on the Mount of Olives. So Bethany being on the Mount of Olives, there's a good chance that that's what's going to happen. though it may not be definitive. All right, verse 3. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? Now this gets into Very confusing topics and conversations amongst Christians because they've read too many Tim LaHaye books and they've read too many books about prophecy rather than just reading the Bible and trying to understand what the Lord says about prophecy. Now, the question is, what is the sign of thy coming? which is a reference to the second coming, not the rapture. And what ends up happening is people get confused. They conflate passages about the rapture with the second coming and the second coming about the rapture. And so then their doctrine gets all confused. And they just say, you know what? I think we're going to go through the tribulation. Well, no, we're not going through the tribulation. You've just misplaced certain passages. And it's something else Christians say. They'll say, well, you know, I'm just, I'm seeing all these times of the season or, you know, these signs of the times, all this stupid, ridiculous garbage about the second coming. And so when you say that, when you say, I'm seeing the signs of the times, that is a reference not to the rapture. It is a reference to the second coming. So what you're saying is that we are at the end of the tribulation, and you're seeing the signs Jesus said would come, that the tribulation is over and that He is returning. And they don't even realize they're saying that. They just say, you know, there's wars and rumors of wars. What if there had not been wars and rumors of wars? There was an earthquake the other day. When have there not been earthquakes? People in Somalia, they're in famine. They're having a famine and there's no water. When has it ever not been like that in Somalia? or several places in the world. It happens. Jesus said, these are the beginnings of sorrows. All right, now, the beginnings of sorrows began in Genesis chapter three, when God told the woman, in sorrow, you're gonna give birth. It's gonna be difficult, it's gonna be hard, and it's gonna be painful, and so I'm glad I'm a man. He said, by the sweat of thy brow, I'd rather go out and sweat than birth a baby. I'd rather go fight with the briars. So thank you to my wife. I appreciate it. Verse 3, and as he sat on the Mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John asked him privately, tell us, when shall these things be and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed, lest any man," what? Deceive you. I would suggest that a lot of Christians are deceived. They are at least confused. Well, you know, Russia invades Ukraine. Oh, the signs of the times. What are you talking about? Signs of what times? It's a sign that you live in a sin-cursed world with a bunch of prideful men who want to take what don't belong to them. What is that? That's been true since Genesis chapter 3. And nothing has changed and is gonna change till Jesus Christ comes back. So the Lord said, take heed, don't be deceived. What is it we're not supposed to be deceived about? Verse six, for many shall come in my name saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many. There's a man, I don't know if he's still alive, there's a man in Florida that has thousands and thousands of followers, and he's telling those people that he's the reincarnated Jesus Christ. There's a man, I believe he's in Russia, somewhere in that part of Europe, who also has hundreds, if not thousands of followers. He walks around with long hair, wearing a white, long, flowing robe, and has, you know, the European depiction of Jesus. He looks like that, and he walks around telling people that he is Jesus. It happens all the time. And the Lord said, you're not supposed to be deceived by that. When I come, you will know it. Everybody will know it. No one will be confused. Like, is this it? Remember when John the Baptist sent those people to Jesus and said, are you the one we're looking for? At his second coming, there will be none of that. You will know exactly who has come. There will be no confusion. There will be no mistaking it. You'll know exactly who it is. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled. Lord, what about all these wars going on? Unless it's in your neighborhood, don't worry about it. Well, isn't that a sign of your coming? No. In fact, they asked the Lord, what is the sign of your coming? And he gave them a list of things that are not the sign of his coming and said, those things, don't be worried about those. You go to the second part of verse seven. For such things must needs be, but the end shall not be yet. And yet, what do people say? There's a war, it's a sign of the end, and Jesus just literally said, all these wars are gonna take place, because you live in a sin-cursed world, and they have nothing to do with the end. And yet, Christians walk around every day, man, did you see what they did in Israel? Did you see what they did in Russia? Signs of the end. Jesus said that is not a sign of the end, and that you should stay away from that garbage and not be deceived by it. Verse 8, for nations shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in diverse places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These are the beginning, not the end. Jesus said, these are the beginnings of sorrow. And that began, these are the beginnings of sorrows, that began all the way back in Genesis 3 and has been going on ever since. So the Lord says, all that stuff, that has nothing to do with my coming. That has no relationship whatsoever to my coming. And you should not let it deceive you. Verse 9, but, okay, so now he's going to give us some instruction. So, Lord, what is the sign of your coming? Well, wars, famines, earthquakes, that has nothing to do with it. And yet Christians walk around, man, did you hear about that earthquake the other day? Jesus must be coming soon. Coming for what soon? As the context of what he's talking about is the end of the tribulation. The tribulation hadn't even begun. The church hasn't been raptured. There are a lot of things that have got to happen long before we get here. And so he's telling you, none of that has to do with this. You've got to separate all that. That's just life in this world. And so, verse nine, but take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to councils. And in the synagogues, you shall be beaten, and you shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among what? All nations. Now, the context of Mark is which kingdom? Who remembers? Kingdom of what? We're in Mark. What's the context of Matthew? It's the kingdom of heaven, the physical earthly kingdom. The context of Mark is the kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven is never mentioned. So we're talking about the gospel that we went out and preached all over the state of Mississippi yesterday. So that is what you're supposed to go and preach. And Jesus said it has to be published in all nations. Now the Apostle Paul said that it was preached to every creature before he died. That it was preached everywhere before he ever left the earth. That was early on. And, of course, it's being preached all over the place now, but Jesus said it'll be preached in every nation, and that should be our focus. Not wars, not rumors of wars, not kingdoms against kingdoms, not politics. None of that garbage is our focus. You participate in politics insofar it is necessary for you to be a good citizen of your country, and then that's the end of it. You're supposed to be preaching the gospel and telling people about Jesus Christ and going into all the world and making sure everybody knows what Jesus did for them on the cross. Now look at verse 11. But when they shall lead you and deliver you up, Take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate. But whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost." So if you're taken captive because of your beliefs and dealt with harshly, the Lord said, don't worry about what you're going to say. You just wait for me. When you're there, I will tell you what to say. Now, praise the Lord, we live in a country where that's highly unlikely to happen. It's possible things are trending in that direction. We may have gotten just a little brief pause on that with this current election, politically speaking, but it's coming. It's going to happen. I'd be very surprised if it doesn't consume our country. It'd be interesting, the country that took out communism is trending towards communism. It's a shame, but that's how it's going. Verse 12. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father, the son, and the children shall rise up against their parents and shall cause them to be put to death." That happens all over the world. You trust in Jesus in Saudi Arabia, it's going to go, it's going to be... I read a letter of a young man who trusted Jesus in Saudi Arabia and his family sent him away. They didn't want to kill him, which they're supposed to do in Saudi Arabia, but he couldn't stay there, and so they sent him away. You got it good here. We don't deal with that here, and thankfully so. But they're going to betray each other. Verse 13, and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. Was anything mentioned there about the salvation of the soul? No. That is not the context. The context is a time of turmoil, a time of wars and rumors of wars and physical trouble. And the Lord said, you do what I tell you to do, you'll endure. You'll make it. All right, now verse 14. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation. Okay, now we're changing context. Now it's going to get very serious. Now we're in the middle of the tribulation with that statement. Right? And the word but is notable. It always is, every time it comes up. But when you shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, let him that readeth understand. Now this is going to take you back to the book of Daniel, Daniel chapter 9 primarily, but there are numerous passages throughout the book of Daniel that you need to read to fully understand this. But here's what the Lord says. Then let them that be in Judea flee. to the mountains. You need to run. You need to go hide. Right now, this is in the tribulation when this happens. The church is long gone. According to Jesus Christ, in every cross-reference throughout the New Testament, the church has been taken away. The Tribulation begins the moment that Israel and the Antichrist make that covenant. The Tribulation begins. They have peace and are allowed to worship for three and a half years. And then halfway through, he's going to set up the abomination of desolation in the temple, breaking that covenant and setting himself up as God. And then it gets rough. Then it goes from tribulation to tribulation such as the world has never seen. It goes from bad to so bad that we couldn't even explain it to us. Verse 15, and let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein to take anything out of his house. Don't grab clothes, don't grab food. As soon as that abomination of desolation is set up in the temple, run. Grab your family and go. Don't like, well, all right, what are we gonna pack? What are we gonna take with us? You're dead, it's over. If you do that, you're caught. The Lord says the moment that happens, if you're in Judea, you better flee into the wilderness. You gotta get out. Now why would that be? Can you imagine having Shiloh and two toddlers trying to flee into the wilderness? Can you imagine the people who are hunting you down, trying to find you, and you're trying to keep a baby quiet? Can you imagine starving to death, no food to give your children, as you're trying to hide in the wilderness, and you're just going to sit there and watch them die? The Lord says, just... How about just trusting Jesus Christ, and you don't have to go through any of this? Trust in the Lord now, and you don't partake of any of this. You just move on with him. And imagine if it's in the winter. I sat here talking to that homeless guy the other night, and I asked him, it's about to get real cold, what do you do? I just camp out in the woods and try to keep a fire going. I'm like, why don't you just get a job and get a place to live? Well, I'm trying to. I said, with all due respect, sir, I don't believe you. Well, I have a bad back. There are plenty of jobs where you just sit at a cash register. There are plenty of jobs where you just sit and answer a phone. You don't need a back to do any of that. You can just sit down, answer a phone, and they'll pay you. So I'm sorry, I don't follow. I don't believe you. And so the Lord's just saying, this is going to be a horrible time. This is a terrible, terrible time. Excuse me. Verse 19, for in those days shall be affliction such as was not from the beginning of the creation, which God created unto this time, neither shall be. That goes all the way back to Genesis 1.1. The Lord says from Genesis 1.1 until now, there has never been trouble like you're going to see during this time. All the horrible things that happened October 7th when Hamas went into Israel and did, I mean, they did unspeakable things, horrendous, disgusting things in the name of their God. And the Lord said that has nothing on what's gonna happen during this time. It is not comparable. Verse 20, and except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved, but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. Now it's interesting, when it says he's shortening the days, it's not going to be less than 24 hours. What's really interesting is recently a study came out that was able to prove mathematically that for the last several years, the Earth has been spinning faster. And so every year, we're always like, man, I just feel like time's moving by so fast. Well, it's still a 24-hour day, but it's passing much faster. And so the Lord's not going to shorten the time. It's still going to be a full 24-hour day, but it's going to pass by much faster. And that's part of His mercy. He said, if I don't do that, I don't know that anybody will survive. Verse 21, "...and then if any man shall say to you, lo, here is Christ, or lo, he is there, believe him not." Don't let somebody come and convince you while you're starving in the woods, while you're hiding, while you're trying to get away, Jesus is here. It's probably going to be a trap. It's probably going to be a setup. Oh, all these people came to see Jesus? Good. Throw them all in the camps. Throw them all in prison. Put them to death. And so, For false Christ and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect." So the Lord is telling you that men are going to raise up who are able to do miracles. And the purpose of those miracles are to deceive you, not to help you. People say all these silly things, again, about the Bible. I just, you know, I think God can heal. God can heal. He absolutely can. But you're going to get that through prayer if it's going to happen at all. God hasn't promised the church healing. So if you have physical problems, it's likely you're going to have to deal with those until the time the Lord comes back and fixes them physically. Now, can He heal you between now and then? Absolutely. But if some man walks in and lays his hands on you and says, I'm here to heal you, you better get away from that guy. He's either going to take your $30 out of your checkbook for a love offering and leave you with nothing, or he may actually be able to do it. And if he can actually do it, that's not a good thing. At this point, it'd be a very bad thing. It'd be a very dangerous thing, and you need to stay away from it. The Lord said, don't let that deceive you, but take ye heed. Behold, I have foretold you all things. Imagine that. And yet, Christians go into some faith healer and give him hundreds, even thousands of dollars, because they think he's going to be able to heal them, and he can't. So far as we have seen, it doesn't exist at all today, not in the slightest. They're all a bunch of charlatans, a bunch of liars that are robbing people. But a day is coming when they will be able to. And the Lord said, you better stay away from them. They are false prophets, and I've told you this before so that you will not be deceived. And yet people are, Christians are already deceived. They're already prepared to fall right into this. It's a good thing God takes us away before it comes, otherwise Christians would be right there in the middle of it all. It's amazing. All right, verse 24. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened." All right, now, so far, the Lord, they asked him, what are the signs of these things? What is the sign of your coming? And the answer was, here are the things that are not the sign of my coming. Then he said, if you want a sign when you see the abomination of desolation set up in the temple, run. you're in trouble. That's your first sign. You've got three and a half years. Try not to die. Try to survive in the wilderness with children, without children, in the winter, in the summer. You've got to figure it out. But then, We get another but, but in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light. Now, when the Lord says, after the tribulation, He's telling you, it's time for me to come. The tribulation is over. And you're going to know I'm coming because the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light. Verse 25, and the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory." So the sign of His coming is the sun will no longer shine, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will be shaken and fall from the sky. Has any of that happened? So when people say, you know, you need to look for the signs of the Lord's coming, that's what He's talking about. So that is not happening. That is not for you to be looking for. That is not for you to be dealing with. Verse 27, And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. So wherever the elect are, now in the Bible, the elect, that is not a Calvinist doctrinal position. Calvinists have corrupted that word. The elect in the Bible, you have Jesus Christ, who is the elect. Christians are only elect after they get in Jesus Christ through salvation. We are not elect, therefore we get saved. We get saved and then become elect because we are in Jesus. Now, when this happens, we're gone. We're not here, so this is not us. Jesus is still in heaven. So this is not Jesus. He's going to return. He's coming. But right now, he's saying that he's going to send these angels to gather his elect. That's Israel. They are scattered all over the earth. They're hiding in the wilderness. They're trying not to die. They're trying not to be tortured and killed by all the horrible things that are going on. And the Lord said, I'm going to send my angels to gather them together. I will bring them together across earth and where else? Heaven. Wherever they are, I'm going to gather Israel together. Verse 28. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When her branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. So the Lord said, when you see the sun darken, the moon darken, the stars fall, I'm coming. Until then, wars, rumors of wars, famines, pestilence have nothing to do with my coming. That's what the chapter very clearly said. The Lord said, when you see wars, rumors of wars, this is the beginning of sorrows. It has nothing to do with the end. It's the beginning, not the end. Now, when you see the sun go dark, when you see the moon go dark, when you see the stars fall, and when you see angels gathering Israel from heaven and earth, I'm coming. I'm about to come back, and that final battle before the millennial reign is going to happen, and it's going to be bloody. It's going to be ugly. The Bible says when Jesus comes out of Saudi Arabia, that the blood will flow as high as the horse's rein. He's not coming back the sweet, kind, compassionate Jesus that he was when he was on earth the first time. He's coming back to put down his enemies. And man, what a day that is going to be. It will not be good to be one of his enemies on that day. So I would strive not to be in that position. Verse 32, but of that day and that hour, everybody knows you should mark it on your calendar. Why do people keep guessing or predicting or prophesying? How can so many people follow Harold Camping and his crowd? And the Jehovah's Witnesses have predicted the end of the world multiple times, and it's just one religious organization after another have done this repeatedly, and yet people still follow them. It's amazing. I don't understand it, but they do. But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man. But I think, know not the angels. The Lord does that all the time, because he just, I believe he knows, there's always going to be those people who just say, but I think I, no, no you don't. Don't think that, because it's a dumb thing to think. Well, I just, I did this mathematical, no, no, just, just give it up. No, you don't know, the angels don't know. Well, who knows? Not the angels, which are in heaven, neither the Son. Jesus Christ just said, I don't know when I'm coming back. I don't have any idea. So don't ask me, don't ask the angels, don't ask men on earth, because none of us know. Only the Father knows and when he tells me he's ready for me to come back and we read about that in in the book of Daniel when the the ancient of days goes down into the second heaven and he judges the principality and powers and then who meets him there Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, and he gives dominion to Jesus Christ, and as soon as he gives that, he takes it away from Satan and the angels, gives it to Jesus, and the moment he does, Jesus comes straight to the earth and sets up his kingdom. So that hadn't happened yet. You just gotta wait. When's it gonna happen? I don't know. Take ye heed, watch and pray, for you know not when the time is. You say, well, how do I, you know, I just want to be ready for when he's coming. You know, I mess with people all the time. I tell them I'm coming on this day. What time? Don't worry about it. Just know I'll be there. Well, I want to be ready for you. Well, just be ready the whole day. That's what the Lord's saying. You want to know when so you can be doing what you think I want you to be doing when I walk in the door. And we're not going to do that. I just want to walk in and let you surprise me with your diligence. And so here we are. The Lord says, don't worry about it. Just live like you're supposed to live. Live as though I'm coming in the next five minutes. every five minutes. That way you're constantly doing what I want you to do and not fumbling around and then I show up. Wouldn't that be terrible? Verse 34, For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore, For ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning, lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you, I say unto all, watch." That verse is one of the most interesting verses to me in all the Bible. I'm saying it to you, and I'm saying it to everybody else. There's no special group of people. There's no select group of people who have some special knowledge that you don't have. What I'm telling you is live like I'm coming any moment, any day, any time. Well, Lord, if you gave us an idea when you're coming, I'm not giving you an idea. Well, what are the signs of your coming? I'll show you. Look at Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1, he said it pretty clearly. to Christians. Who's He talking to in Acts chapter 1? This is the resurrected Jesus Christ talking to His saved disciples, right? Well, let's see what He says. Acts chapter 1, verse 6, "...when they therefore were come together, they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore the kingdom unto Israel?" You had one chance to ask, or you had a few opportunities, let's say, to ask the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrected Son of God, a question. And your question is, can we get the kingdom going now? After he's told you repeatedly, that's not what I came for. That's not why I'm here. Well, let's look at his answer, verse seven. And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power. The kingdom will be established after the tribulation, after the second coming, right? So the Lord said, when it comes to the kingdom for you Christians, don't worry about it. It's not for you to know. Well then Lord, what do we do? Well, verse eight, but you shall receive power. After that the Holy Ghost has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and under the uttermost part of the earth. So he said, this is what I need you to do. I need you to go everywhere filled with the Holy Spirit and preach the gospel to every creature, everywhere. Lousdale, Mississippi, America, Africa, South America, Central America, Canada, everywhere. preach the gospel to every creature in every nation. It's all connected right back to Mark chapter 13. The gospel should be published in every nation. That's what we're supposed to be focused on. Everything after that is none of our business because we won't be here. Now, should you study it? Should you know it? Sure. But should you be so concerned about it that it's not foundational to your Christian life? Now, the Lord said, don't be deceived. So don't let somebody come along and deceive you into thinking that the Lord has come, the Lord is coming at a certain time, on a certain date, in a certain way. You don't know. You don't know any of that. What we're supposed to be focused on is preaching the gospel to every creature. We want a good understanding of prophetic events, but Far too many Christians are confused about it and deceived by it and are too heavily focused on it. That is not our focus. Our focus is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and telling people what he did for them on the cross. Amen? All right. 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