When the Dam Breaks (Matthew 24:21-22)
Matthew: Behold Your King!
English - September 18, 2018 00:00 - 1023 Bytes - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality matthew bible ray steadmen www.raystedman.org god holy spirit jesus christ sermon exposition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jesus is nw describing to his disciples the end of the age. That end will not be a single climatic event but a chain of events, all of which are the inevitable consequence of forces that have been at work in society throughout the whole course of this age. The scriptures agree that the "desolating sacrilege" our Lord refers to is a man; a man of world prominence who enters the rebuilt temple in the city of Jerusalem and assumes the prerogatives and claims the powers of Deity. So serious is this act that it precipitates the greatest crisis the world ever will face. In Matthew 24:21,22 Jesus says of it: