The Book of ACTS | The Ascension

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What's really cool is we are a Reformed Baptist Church and we're the only one the only

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fill each other's pulpits and so we just have a big heart there.

Speaking of my Presbyterian brethren I had one here in

the side chat moments ago he may still be here but Anthony Rogers he said hey I preached on the

Ascension today and I'm like oh no that's what I'm doing the live stream this evening about and so I

know Anthony if you're out there he's going to be able to chime in and say Jeremiah you left so much on

the table but perhaps it's a good segue to what I want to accomplish here in a little

bit.

I got some announcements I want to share with y 'all but we are going through the book of Acts on

doing live streams and I am trying to model after Anthony the pace in which we

do live streams and so it's very slow but that's okay that allows us to really meditate in the

God's Word and to take time doing that and so if Anthony you're still in the side chat thank you so much for

tuning in.

So with that I have some announcements I want to make y 'all aware of.

I believe it is August 23rd where Trey Fisher and I the

fish bone we will be doing a debate with two Church of Christ advocates and

kind of the floating question is is water baptism necessary necessary for what

you will have to tune in and find out.

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Hello nine degree am I saying your YouTube name right.

Hello thank you for tuning in and so I do want to make another comment about this

debate.

Well for one Marlon Wilson at the gospel truth such a dear brother moderating some

intense debates I have to say and so thank you for your work.

I know that this is something you do on the side and so the fact that you're able to schedule so many debates and keep those

rolling is incredible.

And so Marlon has and I have teamed up we've talked a lot on the phone and we've talked about so many

heresies and how to identify them and we've talked about so many important theological issues.

And so I remember years ago now maybe three years ago Marlon let me have my deferred my first

debate on the gospel truth where I debated a Mormon and actually be it was

multifaceted but I remember messaging Marlon on Facebook and I was kind of nervous cuz I go it's the

Marlon Wilson and I said hey I'd love for you to moderate a debate on is water baptism necessary for

salvation.

And I remember he messaged me back saying hey that's a good idea I will think about that.

Oh by the way would you like to debate a Mormon.

And I said sure so that's what began our friendship.

And then I believe it's been two years now we actually flew Marlon out to Jonesboro Arkansas

to host the gospel truths first live debate between me

Brock Kendall Church Christ advocate just right outside my hometown.

So anyway I just really want to plug Marlon's channel at the gospel truth so be on

the lookout for our debate coming up with me and Trey Fisher is or water baptism.

Is it necessary.

And what I have to just mention is is it necessary for all of our sins to

be forgiven.

Because I believe our interlocutors Zachary and Andrew they're gonna actually defend that baptism washes all of a person's

past present and future so don't know how they're gonna defend that.

I'll be interested to see if they'll be singing that same tune at the end of the debate but

it should be good.

Thank you Sparky for plugging Marlon's channel the gospel truth.

So I have another announcement.

Oh I'm I'm excited to tell you all some about this coming up in February

2025.

I believe in Tullahoma Tennessee the open air

theology is going to be hosting another conference.

Last year it was called why Calvinism.

I had a blast.

I was able to speak at the pre -conference with dr. Sam frost warning people of the dangers of hyperpreterism.

I was able to give a sermon lecture in the conference about the sovereignty of God in suffering.

So please go check that out.

And then dr. James White was the the highlight of the conference the last event where he

debated Jason Britta and they debate essentially over a particular redemption or limited atonement.

Fantastic debate.

You got to go check that out.

And so this year we are the theme of the conference is war the battle

between the flesh and the spirit.

We have the gang people that you may know is like Keith Foskey.

He'll be speaking again this year can't wait to see him and Sam Waldron

and a number of the guys.

I'm really looking forward to seeing everybody again.

I believe Austin Keillor if I'm saying his last name right.

I started following his page the holy nope so he's gonna be speaking again can't wait to

do that.

And then obviously Claude Ramsey one of the most passionate preachers I've ever heard can't wait to see that

brother again.

But if you notice next to my name just right underneath that you see debate.

So what I've been tasked with Jeffrey Rice was saying hey dr. white he is

may or may not can make it to this conference and speak.

And so would you like to replace him for a debate at the end of the

yes definitely would love to be able to step in there.

And so Jeff was like yeah hey awesome.

I have a favor to ask find a church of Christ advocate and y 'all figure out what to debate.

And so that's been proving to be a little bit challenging because I have sent out a number of debate

challenges and people have immediately turned me down.

I actually have one that is in the works this gentleman I can tell you who.

Because oh it's gonna kill me if it doesn't work out but it's okay we trust God with that.

But this gentleman if he accepts he said to give him just a little bit of time to think on it.

It's gonna be a showdown.

And so essentially we want our debate to be over something related to if a believer can lose their salvation

does God necessarily complete sanctification in the life of believer.

You better believe it.

And a proposition along those lines kind of relates to the theme of the the conference.

So I'm just super pumped about this.

And obviously what you see there in the middle of the graphic is Marlon Wilson.

He will actually be speaker at the conference as well so I'll be on the lookout for that.

Just like I said super pumped.

And Justin Stasny.

Justin Stasny is a member and a deacon at 12 -5 church.

And you're right we did sing about the Ascension today.

You know I was so moved by that song that you you let us in is how to do a live stream about it.

Thanks so much for tuning in Justin.

Justin if you have any questions about the Ascension coming up let me know in the side chat.

Don't I will look at Facebook.

I think we're live on Facebook too but I just for the life of me cannot figure out how to get those comments posted on live stream.

Thanks Sparky if you've heard me reference Anthony Rogers channel

please check that out.

There's a link in the side chat to check him out.

Okay what that being said let us continue

onward in our live stream this evening.

Let's see.

Oh bam I'm back trying to move this off the screen.

There we go.

So what I've been doing and I've kind of alluded this already is I want to do live streams when I don't have content

plan to interview scholars on their books or me in the fishbone.

We don't have anything like I actually got a number of things lined out soon.

But I also want to do live streams with just me and I want to show

how the apologetic dog is not just a negative apologetics ministry against the Church of Christ

and other cult groups like hyperpreterism or full preterism.

I also want this ministry to edify the Saints to be a blessing to you.

And one way I want to do that is to be able to show you certain passages that teach us that salvation

is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone all to the glory of God alone.

And so I've done debates with Roman Catholics over sola scriptura and so my hope and prayer is

to show you that our wheelhouse will be exegeting the scripture developing

context proving these doctrines are axiomatic.

Some of those are transcendental meaning the Word of God is truth.

And so yes that is the Protestants epistemology.

This is our theory of knowledge and therefore of truth.

And it doesn't work to appeal to infallible magisterium or tradition.

No God's Word is perspicuous it is clear.

And so we better be able to cash in against the Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox and those that say

oh well you you don't even know what books the Bible are inspired.

This is where church history is relative or important and definitely

relative to the question.

But church history is not infallible that is something that belongs to God in him alone.

So my point is I just want our ministry to be able to vindicate these truths.

Randy let's see here.

What's up bro.

Thanks for tuning in.

Yeah I launched it on the live streams on Facebook mainly so people can watch it while

they're driving so forth.

But when people say things on Facebook I don't have a way of bringing it up

necessarily.

But yeah right I see you said the fishbone out there in Facebook world.

And yes justice as the I started just because just because of you showing up.

So thank you for tuning in Randy.

Okay so with me talking about vindicating doctrine vindicating truth from

the Word of God.

Something I was praying about was what book of the Bible Anthony Rogers likes to

tiptoe tiptoe word by word phrase by phrase verb by verb through

Galatians and the more I reflect upon the apologetic dog and my

outreach towards the Church of Christ everything goes back to x 238 x 2216 and I thought well

I want to help people understand you develop context leading up to these proof texts

and some more.

I prayed about it.

I really wanted to say okay let's just do live streams walking

through the book of Acts and drink some coffee.

And so what I want to do is walk through the book of Acts and so the past number of live streams I've

went through the prologue of acts we've talked about O Theophilus who is that who the the writer of

the book of Acts is who that is and who they're referring to and they speak to O Theophilus go check out

the the first live stream.

Then I believe I talked about John's baptism because here in the prologue that is a

necessary backdrop to understanding the book of Acts that foreshadowed the baptism of the

Holy Spirit that's going to be in Acts chapter 2 at Pentecost.

And so I believe the last live stream was so incredible for me to be able to talk about the kingdom

of God you see there in verse 3 that Jesus presented presented himself alive to the Apostles

after his sufferings by many proofs appearing to them 40 days.

And speaking about the kingdom of God.

I just wanna tell you that's been my favorite live stream so far is we talked about the who what when where and

why of the kingdom of God and so I'm definitely going to be piggybacking off of the

kingdom of God with our next passage of scripture here in Acts starting in

verse 6 and you see even kind of the heading here in the ESV is the Ascension

and the more I started studying past week or so on the Ascension I thought I can not

exhaustively cover everything that the Old Testament laid the foundation for the Ascension

and all the things that the Ascension is wrapped around in the New Testament we're gonna definitely give it a shot.

But here in Acts chapter 1 there are three major points.

So the Ascension is tethered to the Great Commission as we're gonna see here in verse 8

is kind of a summary of the Great Commission.

But we'll definitely go look at Matthew chapter 28 here as well.

But the Ascension is also tethered to the second coming of Christ.

So if you're just tuning in those are the three major points that I want us to cover this evening is I want to talk about the Ascension

and we can't exhaust it but I do want to talk about how that relates to Jesus being prophet priest and

king.

And the Ascension is also connected to the Great Commission and the second coming of Christ.

So before we dive in gotta get another sip of coffee.

And as we begin if you have any questions comments snarky rebukes put them in the side chat.

I teach the students a lot at when I say snarky rebukes all those hands just go up.

I'm like thanks a lot.

Okay here in Acts chapter 1 starting in verse 6 we read.

So when they had come together the Apostles they asked Jesus Lord will you at this time

restore the kingdom of Israel.

Bare question.

Jesus said to them it is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own

authority.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.

And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to

the ends of the earth.

And when he said these things as they were looking on he was lifted up.

And so I do want to take a moment and say this is the Ascension.

When Jesus was lifted up ascended on high a cloud took him

out of their sight.

And while they were gazing into heaven as he went behold two men stood by them in white

robes and said men of Galilee why do you stand looking into heaven.

This Jesus who was taken from you into heaven will come again or

will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

Okay so so many beautiful truths but that's what that's what we're gonna cinch center

around is the Ascension.

I believe when we look in the opening verses of Acts chapter 1 this is something that the

prologue says that what Luke is addressing to Theophilus all the things that

Jesus taught in his earthly ministry until the day when he was taken up

until he ascended on high.

Okay so a little bit of context backing up is the writer

Luke is who we we said that we can deduce by looking at the entirety of the New Testament

Luke wrote Acts and since Luke wrote Acts then he is the writer of the gospel

that's addressed to Theophilus.

And so the gospel of Luke is volume 1 and the book of Acts is volume 2.

And what I wanted to kind of share with y 'all what's really neat is the very end of Luke's

gospel ended on the Ascension.

And so Acts chapter 1 begins with the Ascension.

So the writer Luke wanted to overlap these truths and so there are some principles here that we

read about the end of Luke's gospel that we don't necessarily get in the book of Acts but we get

some details there that we don't necessarily see here in Luke chapter 24.

And so when we look at these two accounts together we get more details about the Ascension and

what it should provoke in our hearts.

And so something else I want to emphasize is as we go through doctrines

like the kingdom of God or the Ascension here I don't want it to just merely be facts that we can

recall because I got a ton of scripture I can't wait to take us down in a moment but I want it to renew our hearts.

I want it to exhort our hearts to give all reverence and worship to King

Jesus who ascended on high.

And that was a marker that he is coming back.

That is a marker that that said yes all of his earthly earthly ministry is completed.

But Jesus is an ascended King that is enthroned on high and he is

still interceding for us today.

And so the Ascension in Luke's gospel says.

And when Jesus led them out as far as Bethany and lifting up his hands

he blessed them.

While he blessed them he parted from from them and was carried up into

heaven.

And so once again this is the Ascension and notice what happens when they witnessed

Jesus ascending here they worshipped him they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with

great joy.

And so as we unpack the doctrine of the Ascension this should cause worship in our hearts.

This should cause our life to be a sweet -smelling aroma that ascends to God and

pleases him because he sees the righteousness of Christ covering us by faith.

And then we live out that faith to the glory of God.

It should cause us to worship.

And it should cause great joy in our hearts.

So that's the aim is that as we as we live to worship God and joy about this doctrine of the

Ascension verse 53 says.

And they were continually in the temple blessing God.

You want to bless God worship him.

You know worship him.

Find your rest and amen in King Jesus.

So let's let's back up.

That'll help us fill in the details a little bit.

I want to check y 'all in the side chat.

Randy thanks for telling us yes we love the book of Acts.

Sometimes it's a little bit I want to say cryptic but it raises a lot of good questions.

Right.

Because the book of Acts contains like things like baptism of the Holy Spirit where

it's poured out in Acts chapter 2 and everybody started speaking in tongues.

What does that mean.

Should we build an entire denomination of Pentecost looking for these Pentecostal experiences every

time somebody gets baptized.

Well if someone is committed to the thinking of speaking where the Bible speaks and we must do the

things that the early Christians did in order to become Christians.

Well that's a broken hermeneutic because the book of Acts is a narrative book.

Perhaps one of the biggest hermeneutical principles of studying the book of Acts that I could impress upon you is I

want us to understand the difference between that which is descriptive and that which is

prescriptive.

The book of Acts is a narrative book.

It's describing a story of the early church.

And how we glean principles from the book of Acts that applies to us is we must interpret the of

Acts in light of the letters written to the churches.

Paul writes didactic clear teachings to the church gives us direct

imperatives commands of what we shall do.

And so when we have the the letters written to the churches in the background of our mind well that allows us to

read the book of Acts and say oh that was true for them back in you know the the birth of the early

church.

And that's still true for us today.

And then we'll be able to say oh that was foundational to the early church things like where we see

sign gifts of the Holy Spirit that were judgments to the nation of Israel.

And this is foundational to how the early church was building on the teachings of the

Apostles and the prophets in Christ being the cornerstone.

And so the only way to interpret the book of Acts is as a narrative book.

And we also interpret that in light of the didactic teachings that are written to the early church.

Okay so take another sip of coffee on that

because we're talking about the Ascension and this is inevitably going to lead us back to the Great

Commission and how the angels with us with a slight rebuke we're

telling the Apostles the men of Galilee why do you stand looking into heaven.

And what I love about this is these two angelic beings that had white robes on.

No doubt that's a description of of angels that we see appearing in Luke's gospel is saying hey get to work

you seeing Jesus ascend on high.

This is to encourage you to continue the work that Christ has commissioned you to

do.

And oh by the way you'll have the Holy Spirit.

Okay so with that being said I want us to start with the Ascension.

What is it.

So obviously we read this here when Christ ascended on high.

So I want us to talk about the Ascension.

I want us to look at the Great Commission and I want us to talk about the second coming of Jesus.

When they said these things they were looking on and he was lifted up and a cloud

took him out of their sight.

So all throughout scripture we see cloud kind of being associated with the glory of God.

And as I was doing a deep dive into look reading about the Ascension

this quickly got me looking back into the Old Testament.

This wasn't something just arbitrarily talked about here in Acts chapter 1 at the end of the Gospel

of Luke.

No this has deep roots in the Old Testament and there's so much I bought it down to three

things I want to talk about with Christ's Ascension and how it relates to the Old Testament

showing us that Jesus is prophet priest and King.

And so didn't hear Anthony's sermon today but perhaps he talked

about that a little bit and so I say that Jesus prophet priest and King all the New Testament

tells us about that.

But I want to perhaps explain how that's relevant to his Ascension and I'm gonna give us a

few scriptures to think about don't really have the whole account of Elijah in the Old Testament but

Elijah remember he didn't technically die here on earth but he ascended

into heaven on this fiery chariot.

Right.

And what was interesting is Elisha witnessed these things and so

Elijah is essentially the embodiment of all the prophets in the Old

Testament.

Reason why we say that is essentially because remember Jesus at the Mount of Transfiguration

Moses and Elijah were there to bear witness.

This is the law and the prophets bearing witness that Jesus is the culmination of everything that they pointed

to.

And so you have Elijah kind of representing the prophets and he ascended and I hate to break it

to my dispensational pre -millennial brothers out there but that was not a

foreshadowing of a pre -trib rapture rather this was a pre -figure

of the Ascension of Jesus.

I think about this Elijah he represented the prophets and he ascended and

Elisha right his protege he was since he saw he since he saw

Elijah ascending on high he received a double portion blessing of seeing

his Ascension and kind of that bestowing on that ministerial work

now I think this has huge implications for us today especially as we study the

book of Acts because the Apostles they gazed upon Jesus Ascension into

heaven.

And what kind of blessing are they going to receive.

Right here in verse 8 Jesus says that you will receive power from

on high from the Holy Spirit.

And when Jesus said you know back in and I believe it was John's gospel he said to the Apostles you're

going to do greater works than me and so I want you to see the the close connection between

the prophet Elijah when he ascended this meant double portion of blessings and power

to Elisha that was coming after him.

And so this is setting the stage for Jesus who did so many miraculous signs and wonders as the

prophet that Deuteronomy 18 prophesied about he is telling the Apostles when I ascend I'm sending

you the Holy Spirit and he will give you power.

You will perform more miracles than me because you will not be bound to one

location.

You're going to be dispersed starting in Jerusalem going to all

Judea and Samaria and this is going to relate to the Great Commission and to the ends of

all the earth.

And so the Ascension finds kind of firstly the backdrop with the prophets Elijah he

ascended and Jesus is a greater prophet if you will.

Oh we have someone new in the side chat.

This is the babe of all babes.

Mama dog and the pup are watching.

What's up babe.

Thank you for getting me this coffee that has this caramel flavor.

It is very very nice.

So thank you for that recommendation.

Okay gotta give shout out to the babe of all

babes there.

Okay so next I want to touch on we may fly through these.

We gotta think we're doing a live stream.

We're already 40 minutes in and I got a lot of ground to cover and we can only barely scratch the surface of

just the Ascension.

Because I do want to talk about the importance of understanding this in relation to the Great Commission and the second

coming of Jesus.

Because I want to show you apologetically how to defend against hyper -preterism

with the Ascension the Great Commission and the second coming as well.

And so I do want to perhaps bring up a passage because we see how the Ascension relates to Jesus being a

prophet.

Well he ascended he is the prophet.

And we saw that kind of alluded to in the Old Testament.

Now the Ascension also relates to Jesus being a high priest.

Okay.

And in the Old Testament the the priest would go

into the holies of holies.

Right.

They would have to do ceremonial cleansings.

They would have to offer sacrifices.

They had to go through these ceremonial rituals to become clean.

Now like I said that wasn't arbitrary that that wasn't just random rules in the Old Testament that was teaching

the nation of Israel many things about Jesus the perfect high priest

who intercedes on our behalf even though we see primarily the account of the Ascension at the end of Luke's

gospel and at the beginning of Acts.

So we see that overlap.

The Ascension is actually mentioned a lot in the New Testament in

first Peter for example we don't have time to necessarily go there first Peter chapter 3.

But another place that the Ascension is mentioned it's it's here in Hebrews

chapter 4 in connection to Jesus being the great high.

So look with me starting verse 14.

Since then we as Christians we have a great high priest who has

passed through the heavens which is the Ascension Jesus the Son of God.

Let us hold fast to our confession.

So what you see here is the writer of Hebrews is tethering the Ascension to Jesus being our

high priest.

So this kind of goes back to the Old Testament of all the things that those those high priests the Levitical

high priests they those were pictures and types and shadows of Jesus being our great

high priest.

Right.

So Jesus passed through the heavens.

That is meaningful for Jesus being prophet priest.

And then we'll get into King.

So look how the writer of Hebrews continues to tie this.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses

but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are yet without sin.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace

that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

So good.

So Jesus is our high priest.

He ascended into the Holy of Holies.

And so like the the priests of the Old Testament they could only they had to go through a ceremonial

cleansing process.

Right.

And they had to leave.

Right.

They had to present a sacrifice and leave because they are imperfect high

priest.

And what's beautiful about Jesus ascending into the clouds into the Holy of Holies into the presence

of God the Father.

Well he doesn't leave.

He sits down at the right hand of God Almighty.

So this shows that Jesus is not only a lamb slain as the book of Revelation talks about but he

also is a lamb standing resurrected who ascended on high who shows

us that he sacrificed for his people.

As Romans 8 he intercedes perfectly on our behalf.

I guess some people say Jeremiah you can't show me one verse where it says that Jesus paid for the sins of the

elect.

I'm gonna go rogue a little bit here in my notes I guess I'm gonna just do it on this tab is because

Romans 8 actually tells us explicitly that Jesus pays the sins for the elect.

But what's interesting is he not only died for the elect but he does something

so much more than that.

So like I said this is a little bit unscripted.

The Holy Spirit not all not only intercedes for us but Jesus is our

high priest who intercedes for us perfectly.

So I want to I want to share this passage with you like I said I'm going a little bit going

a little bit rogue here in my notes.

So God who did not spare his own son we're talking about

Jesus but gave him up for us all.

How will he not also with him graciously give us all things.

So here's the context of the elect who shall bring any charge against God's

elect.

Okay.

So this tells us a little bit of the context.

It is God who justifies who is to condemn Christ.

Jesus is the one who died died for who the elect.

But much more than that who was resurrected for who the elect.

And then here's the point I'm tying I'm wanting us to tie back in our passage here who is at the right hand of

God who intercedes for us.

Who's the s.

It's the elect.

It's those who are justified by faith.

And so my point here is Jesus is ascension was not arbitrary

for well he just went up in heaven.

No he is our high priest that let's see if I can get back to you.

He is our high priest who not only sympathize with us but he intercedes on

our behalf.

He is a high priest who went into the holy of holies and sat down.

So this is huge for the ongoing life of the believer.

And so when Jesus said to tell us die it is finished.

Yes he completed his earthly ministry when he died on Calvary when he

resurrected and he fulfilled the covenant of works.

Sorry Anthony Rogers.

When he can.

When he fulfilled the old covenant the the old covenant that condemned and was a ministry of death.

Yes he completed his earthly ministry but he is a ruling and reigning King

right now on the throne.

But before we move on to his kingship he is a high priest who sympathize with

with us in our weaknesses because he was tempted in every way as we are

yet he was without sin.

And so the fact that Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father we have confidence that we can go to the

throne of grace that we can pray to God the Father knowing that our

intercessor our advocate continually intercedes on our behalf.

And so this is beautiful.

I just wanted to say that Jesus ascension is what placed him in this exalted position.

So good so good.

Y 'all can see where.

I'm just wanting to touch on principles.

Sparky weighing in says how amazing is that too.

We couldn't ask for anyone better than Yahweh himself.

Amen.

Sister what a good point.

So good.

I need to take a sip of coffee.

So kind of the the points that I'm wanting to drive home here is that Jesus

ascension is tethered to so many things especially what we're gonna get into more of the Great Commission

and Jesus is second coming.

But there's an Old Testament backdrop that the ascension is tethered to Jesus being a

prophet priest and king.

So if you have any more questions about the the high priestly intercession like I said could talk about this

so much but I kind of just want to hit the highlights.

So notice I talked about how prophet priest and king.

And so Jesus being the great high priest we get a clue here about that's also a kingship.

And I say that because the writer of Hebrew says let us then with confidence draw

near to the throne.

Okay.

And so who is seated on a throne.

A king.

Okay so the throne of grace Jesus.

Remember in John chapter 1 through Moses came a law.

Right.

Let's just see.

I want to contrast the Mosaic law a covenant of works.

Anthony let's see here Jesus is being contrasted with Moses.

See if I can find it relatively quick.

Yeah.

So hopefully y 'all can see on your in verse 17 for the law was given through Moses but grace

and truth came through a better mediator a covenant a covenant of

grace who has a perfect mediator who cannot fail and saves to the

uttermost.

As dr. James why I would say pen to loss Jesus Christ.

So I'm wanting to say now there is a kingship that I want us to understand

when it comes to Jesus's ascension.

Okay so one place I want us to talk about that I actually

did not have it in my notes but so many Psalms talk about the kind of this

theme of ascension ascending on high in terms of the the

enthronement and installment of kingship.

Maybe we just look at one but in my side notes so I can pull it up fairly quick

ones I have in my notes is Psalm 24 Psalm 47 Psalm 68 and then as

we're gonna look at here Psalm 110 and the opening verses like I said

a sit this idea of ascension is connected with enthronement and in

an installation the installation of a royal king.

And so this is what I've heard the New Testament's favorite Old Testament verse Yahweh

the Lord says to my Lord Yahweh says to Adonai very Trinitarian language

sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

And so the idea of ascension here is because the all the

enemies of King Jesus is at his footstool.

So do you see kind of this idea that the king is ascended and all the enemies

his entire is above the enemies.

Right.

They they are his footstool.

And so like I said this is this is all throughout the Psalms and I read a number of articles kind of in preparation

for this live stream I hope to put a number of the resources that I

read and studied in the show notes after the live stream so maybe you can go back and get a more in -depth analysis but I'm

wanting you to see that this this ascension is connected to kingship and so we see it in the Old

Testament and prophetically this has messianic implications for Christ.

And so the Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter.

Okay this is kingship language to rule in the midst of your enemies.

And so perhaps that is a good place to just say hopefully you see how ascending on high

shows Lordship kingship and a rule and a power that subdues

enemies.

And so in order for the enemies to be on a footstool you must be ascended to that lofty position.

Can we get down with that.

That's going to kind of kick -start us with showing that the ascension

presupposes Old Testament categories of how ascension was connected to prophet

priest and King.

And oh yeah all of that points to Jesus Christ perfectly and how he is a a

prophet priest in King that is better.

And the Old Covenant were types and shadows of that.

Thank you.

Paul out there in Facebook world says he can sympathize.

Amen.

He sure can.

He is a perfect high priest.

And Samuel Harris 13 minutes ago said what's up brother.

What's up out there.

I want to tell you that we got a church of Christ advocate that is

contemplating the debate.

I will tell you more about that in the near future.

Hmm.

What you got for me.

Sparky.

Thank you by the way for interacting.

Giving me some good comments to interact with this nicely ties into my

studies.

Sparky says I'm starting the kingdom parables.

Yes well the the last live stream that we did on the kingdom of God.

You're so right.

The the parables and Matthew's gospel and especially Luke and I guess you're gonna see it and mark the synoptics

as it's all rooted about the kingdom of God the kingdom of heaven.

So you may benefit from going back to that past live stream.

So since Jesus is a king and we see that he essentially was

installed when he ascended and sat down at the right hand of the father.

Something you may or may not know is that Jesus ascension was directly prophesied

in the Old Testament and it relates to his kingship and it relates to

the Great Commission.

And so in Daniel chapter 7 we see that the Son of Man is given a dominion meaning

that he is a king that exercises a rule.

And so this is so important because Jesus favorite title for himself is Son

of Man and it relates to his ascension.

It relates to the kingdom of God establishing an eternal dominion an eternal kingdom that cannot

fail.

And so Daniel chapter 7 starting verse 13 says.

I saw in the night visions and behold with the clouds of heaven.

Right.

So we're already thinking about when Jesus ascended into the clouds with the clouds of heaven there came

one like a son of man.

He came to the ancient days.

Now this is key because Jesus it's not referring to his second coming where he

descended from the ancient of days who is God Almighty God the Father.

But this is when he came to the ancient of days.

So this is a direct point about Jesus's ascension.

He came to the ancient of days and was presented before him as a spotless

lamb as the great high priest who saves to the uttermost.

And so this is important because this relates to kingship.

And then we're gonna relate this to the Great Commission in Matthew 28.

And to him was given dominion and glory a kingdom.

Ah beautiful that all peoples nations and languages should serve him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion one that shall not pass away

one that will not perish and one that cannot fail and his kingdom one that shall not

be destroyed.

So I got a refrain from preaching a sermon on this.

But I'm wanting you to see that the ascension and where is that when he came

to the ancient of days he was presented before God the Father

and was given dominion.

All authority has been given to King Jesus.

This is this is the move of why we now go to Matthew chapter 28.

But before we do I want us to see that obviously these are all principles of him being

a king.

If he's given a kingdom this assumes that he is King a dominion an

everlasting kingdom that cannot pass away.

And so you have to check out the last livestream because we exhaustively talked about how

this Davidic kingdom was inaugurated Jesus's first coming.

But when he ascended this tells us that oh he's coming back to consummate that.

And so as we kind of bounce back to Acts chapter 1 remember what the angels on high said.

This is why Jesus's ascension directly relates to the second coming of Jesus.

The the angel said men of Galilee why do you stand looking into heaven.

This Jesus who was taken from you into heaven will

come again in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

Oh goodness I just want to warn you full preterism will bully and

hijack this passage and really try to read into this in the same way I've

heard so many canards I've heard so many fallacious arguments that try to say well in the

same way Jeremiah doesn't really mean that it just means that he ascended

in authority with power.

And oh back in 70 AD um he he returned in

power and authority.

That's the only continuity that's meant to be here.

I get right.

Jesus bodily lived.

This is the whole thing as a human as our federal head as our representative for those that are trusting him about by

faith the incarnation is the Divine Son the the eternal Logos

adding humanity to his personhood.

So the second person of the Trinity the eternal Logos Jesus added

humanity to his divinity.

Hypostatic Union.

Jesus is truly God truly man.

And so Jesus took on flesh and dwelt among us.

The doctrine of the incarnation shows us that Jesus intercedes for us because he's a high

priest that can empathize with this right.

And so Jesus died a physical death and died physically.

He resurrected physically.

First Corinthians 15 really hammers this point.

We see that in Acts chapter 1 he ascended bodily and now he's glorified

seated at the right hand of the Father.

And you cannot damage the doctrine of the incarnation and the

federal headship.

And Jesus being our great high priest who is seated as the God

man.

First Timothy chapter 2 would tell us that the God man who is our

intercessor he perfectly intercedes on our behalf.

I mean go rogue a little bit here again.

Oh no

don't you love technical difficulties all.

Right grandma I will call you later.

Second Timothy chapter 2.

I just wanted to highlight I believe it's verse 4 and 5 Jesus who

are is our God and Savior who desire desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.

For there is one God and there is one mediator between God

and men the man Christ Jesus.

And so my whole point with quoting that passage is to say that Jesus in order to be a

high priest to empathize with us in our weaknesses and our infirmities when we go through temptations we

must be able to pray in the present tense to Jesus who is still and

forever will be our high priest the God man who is able to

intercede on our behalf.

And so my whole point is full preterist will try their best to

talk about Jesus's ascension and return in the same way as it's just in a

it's just in power it's just in terms of authority.

And you cannot lose the physicality of Jesus's second return.

In doing so you you run the doctrine of the incarnation Jesus being our perfect high priest who

intercedes and saves to the uttermost.

Thanks Sparky.

She was reminding me of how Jesus is is

the God man the mediator and first John chapter 2.

Okay continuing onward like I said when

we look at Daniel chapter 7 I want I want us to see that

it is prophesying that he came to the ancient of days right.

And then when we read and to him was given dominion and glory and a

kingdom that all people's nations and languages should serve him.

This you can't get any more direct than what it said in Matthew chapter

28.

And so this is the fulfillment if you will of Daniel chapter 7 verses 13 and 14

of the ascension and what Jesus commissioned the Apostles right before he was assumed

into heaven.

And so I'll read the Great Commission.

But I also want us to keep in mind Acts 1 verse 8 which summarizes this.

So this is the Great Commission.

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them

and when they saw him they worshiped him but some doubted and Jesus came and said to them all

authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Okay so this is the Daniel 7 language and just to kind of recap that

right the Son of Man who has

eternal origins if we can use that paradoxical language meaning that

Jesus who ascends to the ancient of days.

Micah 5 to also says that that is that is where he comes from

eternally face to face with the Father the ancient of days.

And so when he was presented before him as a perfect high priest no doubt who is also King it was given

him dominion all authority.

Right.

So that's that's what Jesus is saying here all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Okay so ascension shows his his kingship how he is a prophet priest and

king.

And so since all authority in heaven on earth has been given to Christ here's our marching orders

firstly with the Apostles and equally Christians today Jesus has go therefore

and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all that I've commanded you and behold I am with you

always to the end of the age.

Okay so this is our next talking point to the end of the age.

And before we do that like I said

the Great Commission is summed up in Acts chapter 1.

Because you gotta think Luke chapter 24 is an overlap with Acts chapter 1 and

Luke 24 in many ways is is Luke's account of Jesus's departure and

Great Commission.

And so this is the Great Commission in Acts chapter 1 verse 8 Jesus says.

But you receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnesses you will be

my sent out ones to preach of the gospel of grace to tell people to repent

and believe the gospel because the kingdom of God is here.

Okay so I love this.

I just wanted to make the connection with Acts 1 8 and Matthew the Great

Commission in Matthew chapter 28.

Okay so why am I wanting us to now lock on to to the end

of the age.

So one thing I wanted to help equip us with was being able to combat hyper -preterism.

I may need to send in the request to the wifey for round two of coffee.

Let me do that real quick coffee

please.

Because like I said kind of my two major cult groups that I've been kind of

explaining people how you can combat in context as full preterism.

And this is super important as we see with the ascension

of Jesus him being prophet priest and king and this Commission he is saying I

am with you always to the end of the age.

Haha she's at Sonic.

So the coffee will be.

That's okay.

So full preterism says that the end of the age

terminated at 70 AD.

Surprise surprise.

And so the more I studied the doctrine of the incarnation I thought you know this will be a good segue.

The ascension is not only tethered to the Great Commission and the second coming of Jesus but also

Jesus being prophet priest and king.

And so we get to our Kings marching orders to go into all the world making disciples preaching the gospel

baptizing them right in light of what Christ has done.

And then ironically the the other ordinance sacrament given to the church of the Lord's Supper.

We do this until he comes again until he returns.

And so notice Jesus says I am with you always to the end of the

age all the days.

And so I want to kind of help us understand.

Well how do we know the end of the age didn't just simply end at 70 AD.

Now I have some good post -millennial brothers that would try to make this case.

I want to warn people you give almost 90 of the argument to the full

preterist when you start going this direction I want to show you that the end of the age

is the end of history.

This age is this perishing evil age that we currently are living

in.

This began when Adam sinned he he plunged the entire world the entire

cosmos that was given him dominion into a new yawn a new day

that is cursed by sin.

And so the moment that he sinned it was a new day.

He died in that day in the sense that he brought death upon all and in the the regress

since Adam surely died he not only opened up a new day of death he

began to die that day and I believe it's Genesis chapter 5 said it took over 900 years and then he

physically terminated died returning to the dust of the ground.

Those are all things that full preterists do not want to look at closely because death is

spiritual even though Jesus's death burial and resurrection and ascension was physical his

returns not going to be physical.

And so like I said the end of the age.

Here I want to make a case within Matthew's gospel and dipping into the gospel of Luke of saying

this age is temporal and since it's temporal that assumes a last day

of history and it's that last day the end the last day that John 6 says that

he will resurrect the dead.

And so one way that you can start looking into the end of the age is by

looking more into the gospel writer himself and so I believe it begins

in maybe Matthew chapter 12 where you will look at it a second when you have this age and the

age to come.

A lot of theologians have referred to this as the two age model and so I want to take us to

Matthew chapter 13 where we get a parable of the weeds explained.

We're gonna see a lot about the kingdom because remember Jesus's ascension is important for him being prophet

priest and King.

But I also want us to see that the end of the age goes way past 70

AD.

It's to the end of history but it definitely includes 70 AD when God judged the

nation of Israel.

So I want to kind of build that case and us think through this a little bit.

The parable of the weeds explained then he left the crowds.

Jesus left the crowds and went into a house and his disciples came to to him saying explain to us the

parable of the weeds of the field.

And Jesus answered the one who sows the good seed is the son of man.

Now I just want to pause because remember this is Jesus favorite title that he's given to himself.

That son of man goes to ascends to the ancient of days and he is given a

kingdom.

He is exalted and established as a conquering King.

The field we read is the world and the good seed is the sons of

the kingdom and the seeds are the sons of the evil one and the enemy who sows them is the devil.

Spiritual warfare which we may touch on here momentarily is the evil one and the enemy

sows and the enemy who sowed them is the devil.

The harvest is the end of the age and the reapers are the angels.

Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire so will it be at the end of the

age.

Right.

So this is kind of what we read at the end of the Great Commission the end of the age where the Son of Man will send his

angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all

lawbreakers and throw them into a fiery furnace.

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth teeth.

Then the righteous will shine like the Sun in the kingdom of their father.

Who is he who has ears.

Let him hear.

Okay pull up some notes.

I got that y 'all can't see.

Actually that would have

been good to touch on later because there's a number of points that'll make

sure we don't go through quickly

before I do.

What what things perhaps are being said in the side chat.

Appreciate it Sparky.

Sparky says such an interesting in -depth study calling Jesus when

he called himself Son of Man.

Yeah.

So when you start looking at titles that Jesus is the Son of Man and Son of

God I've heard some people make the point.

Well he is the gut man.

He is the Son of Man.

He is man.

He is Son of God.

He is God.

And that that is true.

Son of Man definitely carries a human nature a humanness.

But Daniel chapter 7 notice that Son of Man already entails divinity because he

comes to ancient of days something that only God himself can accomplish.

And we see that Psalm 110 verse 1 Yahweh says

to Adonai.

Right.

So you have a Trinitarian conversation that Jesus brings us up in Matthew chapter 22 saying

how is it that David can pray to Adonai in the present.

And then also Adonai is going to be a descendant and son of David.

Well this presupposes Trinitarian categories and it presupposes the incarnation.

So Sparky to your point.

Absolute great study studying the Son of Man.

It's gonna lead you down the path of the incarnation in Trinitarian theology.

Anybody else out there.

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And today we're talking about the Ascension and some of my scatteredness is I want us

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so as we've kind of tiptoed into that the Ascension is taught in the Old Testament about the prophets the

priests and kings and how Jesus Ascension is showing that he is the true prophet how he

is our great high priest who sits down in the most holies in the Holy of Holies

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Oh Sparky said yeah quit confusing me with all the names.

I get it.

I get it.

But that's the that's the name of the game these days.

There's so many code names and titles

and so what.

I what you are tuning into now Adam.

Oh yeah let me put this right bells can see it.

This is you can find it in the side chat

a link where you can subscribe to thinking theology.

So Adam since you just tuned in I'm wanting us to talk about the end of

the age.

Because in the Great Commission that's something that we see that's you know obviously the the Great

Commission is connected to Jesus's his ascension him being prophet priest

and King he is has all authority has been given to him on heaven and the earth.

So to your delight.

Trinitarian categories.

Because who gave Jesus authority well wasn't himself was the father.

And then this this potentially problematic statement that full preterist will try to

hijack and redefine is I will be with you even to the end of 70 AD.

Oh my goodness that makes me mad.

Because the way that Jesus is with us to the end of history is by virtue of the Holy

Spirit in dwelling saints.

And so I'm wanting us to be mindful of how the end of the age isn't covenantal language

to the to the Jews that really terminated at that 70 AD.

So one way that we would do that is earlier in Matthew's Gospel in this parable when he not only

mentions the Son of Man but he mentions the phrase the harvest

is the end of the age.

Okay now what we observe in this parable is indicators that are

describing what I would say the nature of the end of the age.

Right.

So we see it mentioned twice.

We see something else that's really important we not

only see the ongoing war of the offspring of the woman from Genesis

315 which is Christ first and all those who by faith trust in him he

believers are the body of Christ.

And then you got the sons of the devil sons of the evil one.

So those that are born dead in their sins and their trespasses.

Right.

And so something else I wanted to touch on is

yeah so how would we be able to distinguish what is the nature and time

frame of the end of the age.

So if we keep reading the Son of Man will send his angels.

So you got to already think he's already talked about judgment language.

And this is where the full preterist comes in and says we'll see 70 ad was a judgment on

Israel that that that is the kind of judgment that Matthew 13 and in Matthew 25 is

talking about.

That's wrong.

And one way we can we can know that is the Son of Man will.

Hey thank you so much.

Oh really.

Well that's okay.

Thanks so much I got round to a coffee.

So let's see we have been going live for how long.

Oh an hour 20.

Okay so this this cup of coffee cup of coffee will let us go for another 45

minutes to an hour or so.

So how can we know the end of the age didn't terminate at 70 ad.

Well one one way is all throughout I'm gonna say throughout the New Testament the

you have the two age model this age and the age to come.

This age is depicted described as a temporal age

and so yes it will terminate.

And the question mark is was that a 70 ad or will it depict things that are

continually to be true today that will be terminated at Jesus's

return to consummate his kingdom.

I want to say in this parable we see one of those clues the Son of Man will send his angels and they will

gather out of his kingdom.

Now checks out all causes of sin and lawbreakers.

So this is a slam -dunk case as long as there is still sin

death evil we are still living in this broken fallen evil day this

evil age that is once again perishing and we don't have probably all the time to go to 1st

Corinthians 15 where this is the model that Paul is telling us that this age will

be rot with apostates with false teachers

and it's perishing.

And so when something is perishing there will be a terminating point and it

cannot refer to just the lawbreakers of Israel but it's all

causes of sin.

And so this would be true of not just Jews but Gentiles.

Also the book of Romans talks about how all are under sin both the Jews and Greeks or

Gentiles.

And so I think the four -preterists will try to make the case.

Well audience relevance.

Jeremiah Matthew is writing to a Jewish audience and I want to

grant that to a degree and say well absolutely you know it's it's Matthew's gospel where Jesus came to

save the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And so we get into a conversation about what is true Israel and how do we distinguish true Israel with the nation

of Israel.

But if we do a thought of a thought experiment if all that's to be interpreted

all the causes of sin for the lawbreakers that are Jews.

Well if the gospel writer Luke that's not writing to the same audience uses these same

categories of this age and the age to come it must be consistent just because

if Matthew is is emphasizing a Jewish audience you can't make the case that.

And that's the only application to the first century Jews.

If another gospel is using same categories to talk

to us about temporal categories pertaining to this age that continue to be

identical to what we see today.

So what I'm I'm saying is the end of the age here is going to consist

of all causes of sin in lawbreakers.

Okay and so in Matthew the chapter right before we see this to

age model and so this is what the full preterist is wanting us to look at this age

is the the generation the 40 years essentially from

maybe it's 30 years but almost 40 years of Christ when he the Jewish age right that

terminated in 70 AD.

And then the age to come was essentially consummated

at Jesus's return in 70 AD.

And I say okay well we have the the two age model here in Matthew.

And then obviously the end of the age seems to be reminiscent of the end of this age.

And so yes we're going to let Scripture interpret Scripture and we want to be sensitive to how Matthew is utilizing

these categories.

But however Matthew means it must be consistent when another gospel writer uses the same

categories.

So glad I have another cup of coffee.

Okay so in Luke chapter 18 we get the two age

model alluded to again in this time or this age and in the age to

come eternal life.

Okay the reason why this is an important passage and we'll look a little bit more at the the broader context

is notice the age to come is eternal.

This is huge because this time or this age is contrasted

with the age to come that's eternal.

And so this age is temporal.

It's not just an over realized Jewish age or Jewish aeon.

It's temporal this temporal time.

And so last time I you know woke up and looked outside we still exist.

We still live in this temporal evil age where there's sin where there's

still a lawlessness.

Right.

But in Luke 18 I believe this is the the exchange with the rich young ruler towards the end.

Obviously Jesus is talking about the kingdom of God is the sphere and realm of salvation.

Notice how he talks about the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God is eternal.

But it has been inaugurated and interrupted this present evil age it's been

inaugurated.

We are living during this time of the church where we have the Holy Spirit and dwelling

the Saints.

But we await our blessed hope at Jesus returns where he consummates the eternal kingdom.

But I want to submit to you this time this this age Luke's gospel says Jesus

says truly I say to you there is no one who has left house or

wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God who will not receive many

times more in this time and in the age to come eternal life.

And so this time this age is once again depicted by

living in temporal dwelling places right houses that have

temporal marriages.

Okay so this time ever since the the fall of Adam we have been

procreating being fruitful and multiplying ultimately fulfilling the creation mandate.

And how is that happening.

Well through the Great Commission we are training up our children the way that they should go and we're

preaching to them the gospel of grace telling them they must repent and believe and trust in King

Jesus.

And we are discipling the nations.

We are fulfilling the Great Commission.

But this time this age is depicted by temporal

dwelling places.

It's depicted by marriages right wives and the notice parents

as we're talking about having children this age is still

we still are procreating right.

We still are giving in marriages and having offspring like we've been talking about.

And so this relates this is great continuity telling us that when we go back to

understanding the end of this age well whenever

wherever there is still sin and lawlessness lawbreakers we're still living

in this present evil age as the Apostle Paul likes to say.

And kind of another point to reinforce this is in Matthew chapter 22.

So we see we're not just totally leaving the context of Matthew's gospel but we we are

given enough details to understand what this age the end of this age looks like.

And just briefly Matthew 22.

For in the resurrection right the age that is to come there will.

They will neither marry nor are given in marriages but in some way are like angels.

And so in the age to come when Christ returns and judges the world in righteousness and

sets up his eternal consummates his eternal kingdom.

Well there's gonna be no more marriages right the way that we see today the only marriage will be the

bride and the groom Christ and the church that's that's the only marriage.

There's no there's not going to be any more marriages like we experience in this temporal age.

And there's gonna be no more procreation.

All that is done all to the praise of his glorious grace.

And so that is contextually how I want us to be able to be able to

push back against the the hyper Preterists that's gonna try to deceive you

into saying well the end of the age was 70 AD.

And when you're looking at the book of Acts but you receive power when the Holy Spirit

has come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all of Judea and Samaria

and to the end of the earth.

You know what the the hyper Preterist is gonna say someone to show you something the hyper

Preterist is gonna say hey that's all been fulfilled the the Great Commission you know that

that's we don't see the words of the Great Commission in the Bible but let me just tell you the what

Jesus talked about in the Great Commission that is already fulfilled.

And so the reason why I'm making such a stink about that see if I can find it

it's because I've done a live stream probably over a year ago where I've had to address the

the hyper Preterism nonsense to be quite frank Zach

Davis here he is a full Preterist preacher just right outside of my hometown they're starting to

spawn in my backyard.

They put out a video saying that the Great Commission has already been fulfilled and oh my goodness

if this doesn't just strike the chord of basic Christianity 101.

I don't know what else does but the Great Commission is being fulfilled it hasn't

already been fulfilled and so I just want to encourage you hopefully after the live stream I'll include a link

to this episode that I did with Claude Ramsey he said Jeremiah we got addressed some of these things and Zach

did not appreciate it at the time and so he contacted YouTube and tried to have that that episode strike

down.

And if you get three strikes on a YouTube channel then it's permanently deleted and so I was able to dispute it and show that I

wasn't doing anything wrong.

We were critiquing his viewpoint and when you're critiquing something you're transforming it that is completely

within the laws of fair use especially on YouTube.

And you're like a journalist this is free speech and so full Preterist will try.

I mean it goes in to their whole paradigm but they will try to push that the Great

Commission has already been fulfilled.

And even though most people say that's craziness.

Yeah Paula D says oh my gosh

in it while.

And that's why I do not mind just hurling shots at full

Preterist when I get the chance to because I I really do not like that it tries

to cloak itself as Christianity.

Go start your own little deal identify as Preterist or something.

But just don't make it Christianity.

Just please stop trying to leech on to Christendom

evangelicalism and call yourself Christian.

Full Preterism has only been around since like maybe the mid early 70s to the

80s with Max King that essentially produced kind of for the first time Pantelism or

covenant eschatology.

So dumb forgive me I just cannot stress enough that this this

heresy can creep in unawares and and do people.

Unfortunately Gary DeMar has kind of bought into many if not all hyper Preterist

ideology and so go check out my past episode that I did critiquing Zach Davis

on the Great Commission being fulfilled.

But what they do.

And so this kind of returns us back to our text.

Yeah Sparky said I appreciate you saying this.

She says it's depressing.

I don't care how they try to slice it think about it.

They try to say yeah this this world that has evil sin hurts pains

tears death.

This is the new heavens and new earth fully consummated.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Right.

No thanks.

So I want to help be able to equip y 'all with

context when we're looking to the Great Commission and Acts chapter 1 things like that.

Yeah Max King Don Preston Samuel Dawson.

I'm trying to think Michael Sullivan Mike Sullivan

he's another one.

Zach Davis definitely is getting paid some money to be able to push

the false teaching of bull preterism.

Yeah Max King was a Church of minister in that while that

you know much of my labors are evangelizing the Church of Christ.

And then when people started knocking on the door of the apologetic dog saying hey what do we do about full preterism.

How's it wrong.

To my surprise the origins of a full preterism hyper preterism spawns out of

the Church of Christ blew my mind.

So what the church what the full preterist wants you to buy into is the

Great Commission is already fulfilled.

How do we know that.

Well because Jesus said I'll be with you to the end of the age.

And that ended at 70 AD.

And so when I interact with post -millennialists

who are our brothers and they buy into the two age model being the the

two covenant age model of this age really did terminate a 70 AD.

That is the big core full preterism.

And more importantly than just warning people and not trying to be

reactionary I want to show exegetically how the to the end of the age

this is piggybacking off this age and the age to come.

And as we kind of reviewed Matthew 13 tells us that this age

to the end of this age will be depicted with all kinds of sin and

lawbreakers being in the mix.

How do we know that that's not only Jews.

Well we go to Luke's gospel it continues to show us that this time or this age and the age

to come the age to come is eternal contrasting it with this time which is temporal temporal

with people living in temporal dwelling places where there will be continue of marriages

right and parents procreating having offspring having children and those are

features that will stop at the resurrection or the age that is to come.

And so hopefully that brings you up to speed a little bit because I want to continue to

maybe touch on some of the principles of this age and the age to come we already showed

how this age is so important to

understand that it's marked by evil sin death

hurts pains.

And one day when Jesus returns for a second time those things will be no more.

And so I do want to touch on Matthew 24.

This is the all of it discourse so much spilled ink has been

endeavors to discuss the second coming of Jesus.

So I hope you start to see how the Ascension involves the Great Commission and the Great Commission

necessarily involves this age and the age to come.

Understanding that and Jesus's Ascension and commissioning us says oh yeah I'm coming back

and so I'm wanting you to see how this is all wrapped up together.

And what's interesting is when we look at the all of it discourse Jesus mentions the end of

the age and I want to do another shameless plug go check out

my interview with Claude Ramsey on showing how the Great Commission is not

fulfilled it is being fulfilled.

And actually was able to do an episode with Anthony Rogers and we we

did a few episodes on eschatology.

You can find that on his channel or my channel but we get into the all of it discourse and so if you anyway if you

can find a lot of my content kind of opening up the all of it discourse and so I just want to highlight a little bit to y 'all see

how the the caption the heading of the ESV even says signs of the

end of the age.

So let me show you why this is relevant.

As Jesus said on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when shall these

things be.

And what will be the sign of your coming the second coming.

And remember we're talking about the end of the age.

Okay so Jesus essentially asked two questions.

I know there's debate up if there's really three questions it's really two.

So Jesus says tell us when he asked a win question and the win is when

will these be.

So what's the win question.

If we scroll up a little bit Jesus left the temple

and was going away when the disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple and he

answered them.

You see all these things.

Do you not.

Truly I say to you there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not

be thrown down.

Jesus talking about the destruction of the temple.

And so the first question that the disciples are asking him when will the destruction of the temple.

When will these things be.

Question number one.

Question number two is a what question.

Okay so everything after the what is kind of pertaining to the second question

what will be the sign of your parousia.

You're coming your second coming.

And then what's an addendum here or or added on and of the end of the age.

So I would like to submit to you since this is kind of under the what question the sign of the coming

will be at the end of the age.

Now will the destruction of the temple.

How does that relate.

And like so we I've talked about this quite a bit.

And so as you're studying the almost said the summer of when you're studying the

Olivet discourse you want to look at these two questions being asked.

And maybe we don't have.

I would love to kind of go deeper into this but I really want to kind of wrap this up with a bow.

But since he's being asked two questions Jesus gives two answers.

So maybe.

Yeah.

Maybe.

Let's let's look at this a little bit deeper.

Okay so Jesus answers the first question.

Look with me at verse 4.

Jesus answer them.

See that no one leads you astray.

For many will come in my name saying I am the Christ.

And they will lead you.

They will lead you astray.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of war.

See that you are not alarmed for this must take place.

But the end is not yet.

And so if we scroll up what is the end.

More than likely referring to the end of the age.

Okay the end is not yet.

For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

All of these are.

But this is key the beginning of birth pains.

And so this phrase the beginning is being contrasted with the end.

Right.

You have the end of the age.

And then you have that being contrasted with the beginning of persecutions

wars rumors of wars all these things will be leading up to the destruction the temple.

But that is just the beginning and that won't stop.

That's not the end of the age.

Is it a is a sign.

Is it a indicator that God will judge cosmically the world of

sin righteousness and judgment.

Absolutely.

But the destruction of the temple the the earthquakes famines wars rumors of wars

these are but just the beginning.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation.

I want to submit to you during this evil age of death and evil there will be nothing but

persecution from the the enemy on the Saints believers.

So they will deliver you up into tribulation and put you to death thanatos.

And you will be hated by all nations.

For my namesake Jesus says.

And then many will fall fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

And many false prophets will arise and lead many

astray.

And because of lawlessness it will be increased.

The love of many will grow cold.

But the one who endures to the end perhaps here the end of their life of persecution maybe that's good

contextual way of understanding the end here and then verse 14 I believe connects us

back to the Great Commission.

Kind of take a sip of coffee.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole

cosmos the whole world as a testimony to all nations.

And then the end of the age will come.

So you got to think the full preterist is wanting to connect the end here

to the end of the age.

And that was the end of the temple that was destroyed.

I think Jesus is being asked two questions.

And so the first question is talking about the end of the temple being destroyed.

And there are many timing indicators that will let us know when that's gonna happen.

There's gonna be wars rumors of wars persecution tribulation many things that

must happen to that first generation.

And then the temple will be destroyed and we're gonna get a timing indicator here in a moment that that will happen within the

timespan of that generation.

Okay.

But here in verse 14 all these things are necessary for the Great Commission the gospel

going out into the whole world.

Right.

Remember Acts chapter 1 verse 8 it's

going to start in Jerusalem all Judea and Samaria the known kingdom.

But it's gonna go to the ends of the earth.

And so a full preterist will try to say some nonsense.

Well the Great Commission is fulfilled because it was being proclaimed all the way to the known

world and that that's the whole world the whole known world.

That's garbage.

Because right here as we're gonna continue to make this case wherever there's dirt that is

where the gospel is meant to go forth.

Yes to the known world to Rome and beyond to the ends of the earth wherever there is dirt that is

meant for the gospel to be proclaimed wherever there's dirt wherever there are image bearers.

So let me put that on pause and see what y 'all

are saying up there.

Remember if y 'all have any questions we're at we got about 15 more minutes to the

top of the hour but that's okay.

No one says I have to stop at two hours because I still got a number of things I want to cover.

Thank y 'all for tuning in.

Let me check on Facebook world.

Nothing from Facebook world.

That's okay.

I just want to thank y 'all so much for tuning in all of us out there we're talking about the Ascension ultimately.

And if you're just tuning in you might be like I hasn't mentioned this in one time.

Well I'm wanting to build the case that the Ascension is connected to the Great Commission

which is also connected to the second coming.

And as we begin to wrap up in a little bit I want us to have so much encouragement

when Jesus ascended on high in some way he the the angels said he's coming back the same way.

And so we're gonna look at another passage later that that's meant to encourage believers.

And so here in the Olivet discourse we see that the end of the age

is embedded to what was quoted from Daniel the abomination of desolation.

Jesus was asked to question when are the women.

When are these things going to be.

When is the destruction of the temple gonna happen.

Well the beginning of these things are gonna be wars tribulation.

And it's gonna happen within the span of this generation.

But the the what is the sign of the end of the age and of your coming.

Oh that's gonna be.

There's gonna be no timing indicators connected to that.

And so in the meantime the Great Commission is we are preached the gospel of the kingdom.

It's to be proclaimed to the whole world not just the known world but wherever there

is dirt.

Then this will be the end of the age when Jesus returns.

And so we'll continue reading.

So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the Prophet Daniel remember Daniel seven the

Son of Man will be ascended to the ancient of days and then he was given everlasting kingdom.

That's why he was able to give marching orders to the Apostles and to all Saints.

Daniel 9 goes on to say oh yeah.

All this is wrapped up with how ultimately Jesus

will come back to judge those that have rebelled against him.

So he alludes back to Daniel here in Daniel chapter 9.

First let the reader understand.

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house.

And let the one who is in the field not return and not turn back to his own cloak.

And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those

days pray that your flight may not be hindered and winter or on a Sabbath for in there

for then there will be a great tribulation such as has not been from the beginning of

the whole world until now.

No and never will be.

For in those days had not been cut short no human being would be saved for the sake

of the elect.

Those days will be cut short.

Then if anyone says to you look here is the Christ or there he is.

Do not believe it for false Christ and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders

so as to lead astray if possible even the elect.

Okay.

And so I just want to say there's gonna be great.

We understand there was great persecution around this time when when

Christ ascended he said I'll give you my spirit ultimately to to know what to do during this time of great persecution.

And so I do want to essentially skip down to where we start reading about the sign of the coming of the

Son of Man.

And I want to there's so many things we could touch on.

But the big timing indicator is that Jesus says

truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these

things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away.

But my words will not pass away.

So and I believe there's so many good Orthodox eschatologies pre

-millennialism all millennialism and post -millennialism.

I think there's so much charitable interactions about how we can understand the Olivet discourse and there can be some

collegial healthy disagreement there and that's okay.

But we what we have to do is we have to bind together to not let hyper -preterism try to

redefine Christianity and appealing to the Great Commission.

And so the the stance I take is this generation marks the when the temple

will be destroyed.

And so yes there was a destruction of the temple at 70 AD that was not at the end of the Mosaic

Jewish aeon or age but that did happen.

Jesus is a true prophet not only some appeal to Daniel 9 to say that the

destruction of the temple the structure of the sanctuary was going to happen.

But Jesus being the the true prophet gave a prophecy that this would take place within this generation.

Now Jesus transitions to answer the second question of the what will be

the sign of the end of the age and of your coming.

And he contrasts good timing indicators of the destruction of the temple with but concerning that

day right.

You have this generation contrasted with that day no one

knows.

And this is the full verse goes on to say no one knows not even angel in heaven nor the

Son but the Father only.

For as were the days of Noah so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage

until the day when Noah entered the ark and they were unaware until the floods came and swept them

all away.

So would so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Okay.

And this passage just goes on to depict there will be swift judgment at our Lord's coming

and notice what's going to be happening when the Lord returns at the end of

this age.

Well things that go on that depict this temporal world right.

There's going to be marriage giving in marriage eating and drinking procreation.

All these things are going to continue on until Christ returns.

So like I said I have a lot more content just kind of hashing that out.

But the big takeaway was we don't want the full preterists especially in the Great Commission

to hijack to the end of the age terminating at 70 a .d. now

this age is this temporal age that will continue on and the Holy Spirit will indwell

us.

Christ will be with us by sending his spirit the Holy Spirit the third person of the Trinity to

indwell us.

And then we have the promise that he will return at the end of the age.

So what do y 'all think out there so far.

Oh major had a question.

Okay send it to me again.

Let me get ready for it.

Okay.

Doo -doo -doo.

Maybe this is the question major victory says that

verse trips me up on whether or not there's a rapture where it says that the

days would be cut short for the elect's sake.

Does that not mean they would be taken up or something.

Great question.

So we always have to define what we mean by rapture.

And you know raptura from the Latin comes from 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 which we're actually gonna read here in

a little bit is a snatching.

I believe the snatching of the rapture is the resurrection for Saints.

And so when you have a pre millennial eschatology the debate rages on if there is a pre tribulational

rapture mid tribulational rapture a post tribulational rapture.

And so when we're here in the Olivet discourse the elect in those days I remember I think the verse that you're

talking about I think that is tethered to the great tribulation that was happening in that first

century that was leading up in this generation to the destruction of the temple.

So I don't think the great tribulation is this seven -year tribulation that you know there's

three and a half years of false peace and then a great tribulation.

The second three and a half years where there's just so much of what the book of Revelation is talking about.

That's my conviction as a you know all Millennials to tip my hat.

But the reason why I don't think it's a rapture is because of what verse 37 says

here.

For as in those days of Noah I'm trying to remember was it your question did it ask about.

Let's see here that verse trips me up on whether or not there's a rapture where it says

that in the days would be cut short for the sake of the elect.

Doesn't that mean that it would be taken up.

Usually this verse is talked about with a with the rapture.

For as were the days of Noah so it will be for the coming of the Son of Man.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying given in

marriage until the day when Noah entered the ark and they were unaware till the floods came and swept them all away.

So there will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Oh and this this is typically the rapture verse.

Then two men will be in the field.

One will be taking one will be taken rapture and the other one left

and then the other one two women will be grinding at the mill.

One of them will be taken and the other one left.

So before I backtrack to your verse I just want to point out I don't think this is talking about a

rapture because this is judgment language right.

Just in the days of Noah there was swift judgment and the one taken was not taken in a

rapture but taken in judgment and the ones that were saved were left.

So yeah when we go back to your verse that was maybe a little bit problematic.

I think it's verse 22 you're talking about.

And if those days had been cut short no human being would be saved for the

sake of the elect.

Those days will be cut short.

My best take on this is this is in that first question that was asked when will these

these things take place.

Let me see tell us when will

these things be.

I think your verse 22 is within that first question about the destruction of the temple.

Now like I said I want to be very charitable here I think what's being described

is a great tribulation.

The Roman army was smiting all the Jews all of the

believers inside.

And so you see God's Providence protecting a remnant of believers.

A remnant of a believers that would see the the new

covenant be inaugurated.

Right.

Which was inaugurated in Christ's blood.

But there would be a remnant that would be persecuted and dispersed into the books book of Acts

narrative so to me I would say there's nothing here that is

smells of a rapture that doesn't come till those verses about Noah and some will be snatched up

or taken up and the other ones will be left.

Usually that's the verse about a but here just talks about God's sovereignty for an elect

in those days of great incredible persecution great

tribulation.

I think like I said when it says that the world has never known.

I think this is just really intense language talking about the Roman armies just smiting

Israel.

What do you think.

That was my best crack major victory

Dalton Chalice to say hello hey you missed it.

I gave a big plug for your channel and Adams channel of thinking theology.

Dalton Chalice is a dear brother and cannot wait to have him on to share with y

'all his testimony out of the Church of Christ.

That being said.

Y 'all hang tight for just about 30

seconds.

You like that music you can.

Imagine I've been drinking a ton of coffee.

Okay.

Hopefully I didn't lose y 'all out there.

So yeah victory.

Did I answer your question to your satisfaction.

Okay.

Sparky says this is at the end of that generation.

Yes.

Yep.

The question about the elect.

I think that is essentially in answering the first question about this

the win of the destruction of the temple it's the biggest timing indicator is it's going to

take place within this generation that's contrasted with that day that no

one knows that day when Christ returns.

I'm with you Sparky.

Way better.

That is a way better explanation than what the hyperpreterist have to offer which is

hot garbage.

And Georgia says thank you for explaining and clarifying this standing for the truth.

I love this truly edified.

Thanks so much.

Because like I said I want the apologetic dog to be an edifying ministry that

vindicates the truth and we do more than just destroy arguments that

rival the knowledge of God in debate in the debate dojo on Donnie's channel saying for truth and Marlon's channel

at the gospel truth.

But I also want to be able to walk through scripture and show y 'all how context is.

Is King.

Okay so we just hit the two -hour mark so we will begin to try to start winding

down but not yet.

Still got a little bit so got a little bit.

Thanks.

Sparky appreciates the lesson that we're covering.

Yeah.

So one other thing with a great Commission and remember I want to

give you all a little bit.

I want to give another plug to this.

Don't forget about this episode.

I'll try to put in the show notes we mentioned earlier.

I

think I'd be a pro with this.

I'm really not there we go

go check out this episode because really try to systematically show you how

the Great Commission that was to go out into the whole world was not just meant for the

known world.

And obviously Zach Davis the the hyperpreterist they're gonna go to the all of it discourse and say

see it's all a package deal.

The end of the age.

The second coming happened at the destruction the temple ain't no way as we've kind of made that case.

And another thing when we're looking in Acts chapter 1 remember we were

talking about this phrase and to the end of the earth.

Another thing is that try to do was he went to Romans 10 where we see the phrase

to the ends of the world which is almost identical to what said in Acts.

Right.

Can y 'all see that this whole context works against full preterism so

hard that I love just sharing this with people.

So how we know the ends of the earth means wherever there's dirt not just an unknown world is

so Paul is talking about so well or actually earlier in the context right.

How then will they call upon him who they've not believed.

So we're talking in it now and in the missional Great Commission mindset and how they

and how are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard.

So we are supposed to be preaching the gospel.

We're fulfilling the Great Commission.

And how they are to hear without someone preaching.

And how they are to preach unless they are sent as it is written.

How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news.

So Great Commission Acts chapter 1 verse 8 to Jerusalem

Samaria Judea and to the ends of the earth.

I want us to have that in mind.

But they have not all obeyed the gospel.

For Isaiah says Lord who has believed in faith faith apart from works what has

what he has heard from us.

This is what I want you to see.

So faith comes from hearing and hearing through the Word of Christ.

So this is the gospel.

We are to evangelize sharing the the kingdom of God the gospel of

peace and love.

Then Paul goes on to say.

But I ask have they not all heard.

Indeed they and I believe the context is Israel.

For their voice has gone out to all the earth

and their words to the ends of the world.

Okay this quotation hopefully you can see it on your end.

This quotation is from Psalm chapter 19.

In Psalm chapter 19 talks about the ends of the world.

And number one back in Psalm 19 a psalm of David.

Rome was not a nation.

Not not in the way that we see it.

And in the New Testament.

And the point is the ends of the earth might just go there.

Check on this chat.

Make sure y 'all haven't tuned out.

Yes major victory says to make disciples of all creation.

As I say the full preface will say well all the known creation.

And so I'm wanting to make the case that no it's to the ends of the earth wherever there's dirt.

Past Rome past the known world in the first century.

And I want to kind of tiptoe how you do that.

This quotation builds our case and goes against the the hyper Preterist.

So this comes from some.

Let's just go to some some 19.

And so tell me if you can catch the quotation.

The heavens declare the glory of God in the sky above proclaims his handiwork day to day pours out

speech and night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech nor other words whose voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the

end of the world.

Okay so do you see the quotation that Romans chapter 10 is quoting from.

This is the general revelation wherever there's people living in the world way past the

known world that exists in the first century with Rome wherever there's the

ends of the world is talking about wherever there is dirt.

Okay there is general revelation that declares the glory of

God.

And David is saying yes and amen.

No person is without excuse.

Romans chapter 1 says everyone knows the truth of the Creator but but the natural

disposition of man are born God haters not seeking out after him.

And it's not until verse 7 the law

of the Lord is perfect reviving the soul.

It's not until special revelation is presented about the saving

gospel of Jesus Christ and putting your faith in him apart from works.

Can someone be converted or having their soul transformed.

And so the fact that Paul quotes from Psalm 19

makes our case that the ends of the world is not just to the known world of Rome that is

imperative to the full preterist hyper -preterist position about the Great Commission being

fulfilled already.

No it's being fulfilled.

So I had to toss that in there.

For y 'all I hope that is helpful.

Yeah.

Amen.

Amen.

Sister Sparky.

Okay as we begin to wrap up we are a little bit over the two -hour mark.

So we got to go back to X chapter 1 and I

wanted to hopefully show y 'all how the Ascension is related to

Jesus's Jesus being a prophet priest and King.

He ascended on high.

And some other side notes that I had is Jesus's Ascension signaled

the end of his earthly ministry.

It signified that his earthly work was complete successfully.

It marked and I want us to kind of end on this high note.

It marked the return of his heavenly glory.

It symbolized his exaltation by the father that he's prophet priest and King.

And he's going to prepare a place for us right a heavenly dwelling that'll be brought to earth.

And it's this sets the pattern of his return.

Beautiful.

All this is wrapped up in his Ascension and it should encourage us fueling us

for the Great Commission to continue in its fulfillment.

Right.

It hasn't been fulfilled like the hyperpreterist want us to believe.

No we are still fulfilling the Great Commission today.

And we know that back in verse 8 says.

And to the ends of not the known world not the known earth but

wherever there's dirt.

Right.

Romans 10 is obviously in that Great Commission mindset of how will they be saved.

How will they know unless a preacher goes and proclaims the gospel of peace.

Well the ends of the earth is rooted in what King David said in Psalm 19.

Oh the entire world shows us the glory of God reveals to us

knowledge in those image bearers that are held culpable to the knowledge of God.

You must bring special revelation the saving knowledge of the New Covenant that is

cut in Jesus's blood.

They are ready for missionaries to be sent and to give them the gospel that Romans

1 tells us is the power of God unto salvation for all those who believe and so don't

be duped by the full preterist saying the end of the age was 70 AD or

to the ends of the earth is just really the known earth the the known world.

And so I want to end on a high note because when we read that the the men in white

robes who I think are probably angelic beings said men of Galilee why do you stand looking

into heaven.

This Jesus who was taken up ascended in front of you into

heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

Right member Luke 24 says that essentially this was

this filled them with a great joy.

This this the the doctrine of the Ascension is meant to fill us with joy.

Why.

Because Jesus is a is a reigning king.

He's sitting at the right hand of the father ruling and reigning now and he's plundering the

strongman Satan's goods by regenerating souls the whole he sent the Holy Spirit.

He didn't leave us as orphans but he sent us the Holy Spirit another in and gotta understand a

better advocate because the Holy Spirit is all over the world.

Jesus's earthly ministry was bound to one location.

And so this should fill us with great joy knowing that when Jesus ascended what did the

angels say.

Oh he's coming back.

He will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.

And so as promised I wanted to read another passage about the second coming of our Lord how it

relates to the Great Commission and it relates to the Ascension.

As Paul said in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 he wanted to encourage the believers at Thessalonica

with the coming of our Lord.

But we do not want you to be uninformed brothers about those who have died that

are in Christ who are falling asleep that you may not greet this is this is this is where a full preterism

cannot give you hope to those that are grieving by the hurts of sin pain

and the death that we witness all around us.

Because we will grieve of those who have fallen asleep if you don't know.

I'm bivocational at 12 five church as a pastor and elder meaning that my day job is a hospice

chaplain and I do a lot of bereavement and I see a lot of grieving actually help people

grieve and I'm not going to share with them.

Hey guess what.

Jesus already came back.

And when you look at the scripture it's not written to you it's written for you.

And so you just have to arbitrarily try to draw principles that make you feel good today.

No we have a message for those that are grieving that we know you

can have forgiveness of sin by faith alone in Christ alone.

And that same Savior who is our great high priest he's coming back.

Only that message will be able to help those that are grieving that have lost loved ones.

So I'll back up Paul says.

But we do not want you to be uninformed brothers once again that's this is my heart as I want to inform and

edified the Saints brothers in Christ about those who have died or fallen asleep that you may not

grieve as others do who have no hope.

We have a blessed hope.

We have a blessed hope of Jesus Christ one day returning to

judge the world in righteousness and and fully consummate an eternal kingdom that cannot fail for

all eternity.

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so through Jesus and through

Jesus God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep he'll resurrect them.

For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive who are left until

the coming the second coming of our Lord will not precede those who have died or fallen asleep

for the Lord will descend from heaven.

That's what a pause.

If he is descending this presupposes that he firstly ascended but the Lord

himself will descend at his second coming from heaven with a cry of command with

the voice of an archangel with the sound of the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Then those who are alive who are left will be caught up together with

them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the lip in the air.

So we always will be with the Lord.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Amen.

So maybe that is a good place to kind of wrap it up is

the doctrine of the Ascension.

When Christ ascended this necessarily means that he will one day descend

and return.

Beautiful beautiful.

Thank you so much everybody that's made it this long on this Sunday evening live

stream.

I don't think I've done a live stream on Sunday evening yet but like I said gotta squeeze

him in there anyway we can.

Don't you like how that was the last cup of coffee right in the nick of time.

Yeah.

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Sparky appreciate you being a mod for the apologetic dog.

She goes yes Jesus Christ is coming back.

That is our blessed hope.

Okay.

Well with that like I said we've got some some cool things on the

horizon.

Me and the fish bone will be participating in a debate and just a few weeks away on August 23rd.

So be on the lookout for that and hopefully give me a prayer announcement of my interlocutor

debate partner for the conference in Tullahoma Tennessee in February

of next year.

Thank You Georgia.

Thanks so much Sparky and everybody else

that was in the side chat.

Until next time.

God bless.

See you later.