Hello Everyone,
To bring a child into the world requires a delivery to take place, beginning with birth or labor pains. I’m no expert at labor, but I’ve seen it happen a few times! And Jesus says in our text that it is the same when it comes to the end times. Read with me:

Matthew 24:1-8
1Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."
3As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, 'and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.


v. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. (NIV)
The (KJV) “sorrows”
The (Amplified) All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].

Birth pains/labor pains start low and they increase in intensity as they progress. They also start slow and increase in frequency.

So it is with the signs of the times, which are many!

Jesus has finally gotten it across to the disciples that He’s not in Jerusalem this time to set up His Kingdom, and that He will be going away and returning for the end of the world.

v. 1 The Temple in Jerusalem was an amazing design of buildings, made mostly of white polished marble.

It was still under construction at this time, it was not completed until A.D. 64. Some of the stones that made up the temple were up to 40’ x 20’ x 12’.

v. 2 Jesus walked out of the temple for the last time, never to return to it again. His prophecy about its destruction was beyond belief to His disciples, but it came to pass in A.D. 70 when the Roman General Titus surrounded Jerusalem and laid siege to it.

He cut it off from the rest of the world and eventually breached the wall and gained access to the city. They demolished the city completely, with not one stone left on another.

Mark tells us that Peter, James, John, and Andrew went to Jesus off to the side to ask Him these 3 questions found in v. 3...

This week we want to see the big picture of how the “shadows” of events to come are already cast across our day today, leading us to be warned that there is wrath soon to come to this world!

We need to understand that in the END there will be specific events that will take place. We will be looking at these events this week.

All for Jesus
Pastor Phil