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TOUGH TIMES ARE COMING (19)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Mark 13:1-37
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Tough Times Are Coming (19)
Gospel of Mark
Donald Cantrell
Mark 13: 1 - 37



Gospel of Mark Commentary Series - Sermon 19

I - The Prediction (1 - 2)

II - The Question (3 - 4)

III - The Generalization (5 - 13)

IV - The Abomination (14 - 18)

V - The Tribulation (19 - 23)

VI - The Conclusion (24 - 27)

VII - The Illustration (28 - 31)

VIII - The Summation (32 - 37)

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Tough Times

Lord Joseph Duveen, American head of the art firm that bore his name, planned in 1915 to send one of his experts to England to examine some ancient pottery. He booked passage on the Lusitania. Then the German Embassy issued a warning that the liner might be torpedoed. Duveen wanted to call off the trip.

"I can't take the risk of your being killed," he said to his young employee. "Don't worry," said the man, "I'm a strong swimmer, and when I read what was happening in the Atlantic, I began hardening myself by spending time every day in a tub of ice water. At first, I could sit only a few minutes, but this morning, I stayed in that tub nearly two hours."

Naturally, Duveen laughed. It sounded preposterous. But his expert sailed, and the Lusitania was torpedoed. The young man was rescued after nearly five hours in the chilly ocean, still in excellent condition.

In the chapter before us, the disciples of the Lord wanted to know about what the future held and how things might be in the end, so Jesus gives them some troubling insight as to "Things to Come." We are now living in the church age, but the next age will be treacherous and hazardous for all involved.
I - The Prediction (1 - 2)

This chapter begins with a simple, yet profound prediction of the coming destruction of the temple, and it happened just as the Lord predicted.

A) The Wondrous Beauty (1)

Mar 13:1 KJV - And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of ston ...

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