Welcome to Chapel City Church! We are glad that you have come to worship with us today. We have been working through the gospel of Matthew, and this week we will jump back into Matthew 24. Jesus has cleansed the temple and silenced the religious leaders. He has mourned over Jerusalem for her failure to recognize the promised messiah. And at the beginning of Chapter 24 he told his disciples that the temple was going to be destroyed. Into the conflict and confusion of the events of the week, the disciples ask a critical question: When will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Christ’s coming and the end of the age? The Olivet Discourse is the answer to that question. And this week we will work through a part of Jesus’ response that deals with troubles that are to come. The disciples anticipate a quickly coming kingdom, and all of the reward that goes along with that. And while the kingdom is coming, they need to understand that it is not coming immediately. They need to be prepared for the reality of persecution and rejection. But how do you approach suffering with hope? How do you persevere when you face hatred and even death?
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.
Matthew 24:14
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