Jesus says, did ye never read in the scriptures, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, the same has become the head of the corner, did ye never read in the scriptures that the very cornerstone of your faith, the very foundation of the whole faith of God, would be rejected by those who are builders, the stone which the builders, who God had commissioned to build the kingdom of God, would reject, is the very cornerstone, the very foundation of the faith of God, but they reject him, crucify him, cut him off, but the plan of God allowed it, he didn't bring it about, he allowed what evil men and Satan would do with his great sovereignty and full knowledge, to bring eternal life to all in this world who wanted it, but these men, choices were their own, not God's, and the anger of God against each individual stands beloved, even those who believe they serve God, but are the enemies of God, the anger and all the indignation of Christ on these men, one who shall ever fall on this stone, shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder, I don't believe he said that very lovingly, there was such indignation in the heart of God against these hypocritic evil men who stood there with their robes and their separations and their hatred of God himself, they were so far from the heart of God and the will of God and the plan of God concerning them, they were so engulfed in self and they didn't even recognize it until now, this is the main reason they were so angry, so undone, so bitter and so full of venom for his death, the religious leaders from this moment sought his death, nothing else now mattered but to kill him, they were so undone in their own consciences, but that didn't matter, that to them was enough reason to kill him, that's how evil they were, that's how evil they were, but wait, Jesus doesn't stop there, he's just beginning, they are going to be crushed doctrinally and conscience wise, beyond comprehensive before he leaves the temple, next verse, next chapter, chapter 22, verse one, and Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, that's important, Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables and said, you see here he is about to tell them the consequences of their rejection of him, here he is about to tell them the consequences of what they would do to him and to all who would take the gospel of Christ through his death to this world beginning in Jerusalem, what they would do to those who proclaim the gospel and what would be the consequences coming from God against them as a nation, oh this was about to stagger that temple to such a degree, I can't believe that anyone would hardly breathing in shock, not just the religious leaders at what this man was saying loud and clear in these parables, Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables and said, the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding, they were invited and they would not come, they would not come, again he sent forth other servants saying, tell them which are bidden, behold I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready, all things are ready, come unto the marriage, but they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise and the remnant took his servants and entreated them spitefully and slew them, they were those who took his servants and entreated them spitefully and slew them, but when the king heard thereof, he was wroth and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city, burned up their city, then saith he to his servants, the wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy, were not worthy, go ye therefore into the highways, go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage, so those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all, as many as they found both bad and good and the wedding was furnished with guests, the wedding was furnished with guests and when the king came in, when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there, there, there, when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment, a man which had not on a wedding garment and he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment and he was speechless, speechless, then said the king to the servants, bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, gnashing of, listen beloved, here christ speaks of the greatest wedding of all time in eternity, that god is busy preparing for his son, for him and jesus divides this parable into three sections, firstly he speaks of the jew, secondly he speaks of the gentile, thirdly he speaks of the judgment, firstly he speaks of the jew, secondly he speaks of the gentile and thirdly he speaks of the judgment, firstly he speaks of the jew who would be the means by which he was crucified but that gospel which is throbbing through the whole old testament, their bible, of how god would proclaim, would procure salvation for all mankind through the shedding of his own blood, this gospel would be taken, but the jew generally would persecute, would kill, would be so angered at this sect that had risen up in the beloved judaistic belief that they would believe they're serving god by trying to destroy them, no, they would persecute them in hatred, in bitterness and venom, stoning them, hounding them out, finding them to stop them, these are turning the world upside down, no, they would kill them to try and wipe them out, he speaks firstly of the jew, but when the king heard the wrath, he was wrath and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city, of course this is speaking of a .d 70, when titus marched the roman armies against jerusalem, that city was in flames, wiped out, and the slaughter, the bloodbath of those people is beyond comprehension, if you read the history, the historians of that age, outside even this book, what took place there was beyond comprehension, such slaughter of these people as their city just went in flames, they lay in blood flowing, it was beyond comprehension, he speaks firstly of the jew, secondly he speaks of the gentile, then saith he to his servants, the wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy, go ye therefore into the highways, go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find bid to the marriage, of course this is speaking about when christ says, go ye therefore into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature, hallelujah, you see beloved, god didn't just choose to reach the jew, he chose to reach the world, god loved the world, john 3 16 and many others, he wanted to reach the world, he tasted death for every man, i believe that with my whole heart, if you don't go on your knees like they tell me to go on my knees about romans 9, go on your knees about 1 timothy 2 sir, verse 1 to 12, the word that we pray, prayer be made for all men everywhere, oh god, he doesn't want him, it's the will of god that none should perish, who would have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of christ, give me one of your verses sir, i'll give you a ten of mine, to show you you've misunderstood it, if you don't believe he tasted death for every man, that he loved the world, that he chose, that word i'd love to preach one day, but they'll never meet me back in america, but chosen, and i will one day, and i think maybe i'm too old to come back anyway, he chose, oh beloved, listen 1 john 2 verse 2, he is the propitiation for our sins, the way to god, for mercy, for christians, in this life of its context, he is the propitiation, the way to god, for mercy, for our sins, not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world, hallelujah, for such a god, and for anyone who's willing to cry those verses out 10 times louder than they cry their one or two verses here and there, or one chapter, and five passages, you've got the rest of the bible to answer, sir, if you think your interpretation doesn't stand in the light of the rest of the scriptures, you're in trouble, with god, who loved the whole world, sir, go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, hallelujah, hope you're going to obey him, and not be scared of getting the wrong person saved, as many as you shall find, do it with liberty, hallelujah, or tell christ no, not my doctrine, my doctrine cancels that out, as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage, do it child of god, for god's sake, bid to the marriage, so those sevens went out into the highways, and gathered together, oh, as many as they found, both bad and good, i love that, you see, all have sinned, there's none righteous, no, not one, all we like sheep have gone astray, we've turned every one to his own way, the lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us, oh, he tasted death for every man, sir, both bad and good, you pharisees, not just the public in there, beating on his chest for mercy, but you going to hell, because you couldn't cry for mercy through religion, everyone must come as a sinner, confessing their state of sin, by grace being saved through faith in the blood of christ, alone, oh, the wedding was furnished with guests, i love that, there's coming a moment, it could be tonight, it's time to come, the wedding is furnished with guests, he speaks firstly, he speaks of the jew, secondly, he speaks of the gentile, thirdly, he speaks of the judgment, when the king came in, what could happen now, don't doubt this, that's why i preach like this, at the expense of everybody being offended, but i have to, i have to grow virtually in every word, in case he does come while i'm preaching, i'm almost expecting it, by the way, i might be wrong, but when the king came in, no warning, now i enter to see the guests, he saw there, that's staggering, with the guests, not out there, drinking, dancing, with the immoral decadence, he saw there, when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there, a man having not on a wedding garment, standing out like a sore thumb, exposed in one moment, singled out, can't be hidden, not with the eyes of god, a man which had not on a wedding garment, and he says unto him friend, how camest thou in hither, do you know what it says literally, what are you doing here, it even confused god, now is that possible without signing blasphemous, but that's what jesus is implying, don't doubt this, weigh up every greek word of every meaning, this is what christ said, what are you doing here, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment, not having prepared to meet with god, how can you be here with the people of god, singing the praises of god, singing the hymns with youth groups, standing at the doors, taking up the offerings, you're here, as if you're parked, as if you're ready, as if you're waiting, why, what's this all about, you've never prepared to meet with god, and you're standing with all those that have, you knew the way, you've heard it preached, you heard it from them, you've watched them, you know they've prepared, but you knew, it isn't that you were taking a chance, you knew, you had never prepared to meet with god, what are you doing here, what was the point, it wasn't for god, you were here, why, are you here, if you're going to eternal damnation, what are you doing here, not having prepared to meet with god, with the very people of god, it shocked the king, he was speechless, let me tell you something, in the other passages of the scriptures, if you had any word to say, you'd cry out now, because this is your last moment, oh have we not prophesied in thy name, in thy name at all, I never knew you, one passage after the other, everyone spoke, this is the one passage, he was speechless, he knew, he knew, he had never prepared to meet with god, like the others, he knew the way, he had no excuse, he had nothing to say to god, he was speechless, not a word to say to god, to justify why he wasn't saved, because he knew, he knew, he had the privilege of being with the people of god, he knew, bind him hand and foot, take him away, cast him into outer darkness, there should be weeping and gnashing of teeth, let me tell you something that's going to shock you, the hands, that for all eternity will have marks to witness, that he tasted death for every man, it's a fearful thing to fall into those hands, if you die without having prepared to meet with god, there's no compassion, though those are there to prove he died for you for eternity, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living god, if you face god after death, it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, there's no compassion from those hands, sir, nothing will ever for all eternity change god's heart towards you, for you deserve hell and damnation, no man will be there that does not deserve in god's holy perfect eyes, eternal damnation and suffering, where the smoke of their torment ascended up forever and ever, they have no peace day or night, oh there's judgment, judgment, you see he will return in flaming fire, 2nd Thessalonians 1 verse 8, he will return in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not god and that obey not the gospel of our lord jesus christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the lord and the glory of his power, don't doubt it, god says it, when he comes, you haven't obeyed the gospel, you've defied it, whether you're sitting with the people of god, without a wedding garment, what are you doing, in the custom, culturally, the eastern countries to this day, they don't dress in fashionable clothes to outdo each other, you know, even to outdo the bride, they had to have a wedding garment, otherwise they weren't admitted, you had to prepare yourself to be part of the the guests of that wedding, to this day, many of them, especially the deeply religious, there's a wedding garment required, everyone knew what christ was saying here, but they, this man didn't care about the specifications that was required, demanded to attend, he stood there in defiance of that which was demanded, with requested, the only acceptable way, of course, this wedding garment is speaking about the blood of jesus, in revelation, either they that were washed, whose robes were washed in the blood of the lamb, hallelujah, 1 john 1 verse 9, the blood of jesus christ, god's son, cleanses us from all sin, nothing else will, being justified freely by grace, through faith in his blood, romans 3, there's no other way, but to come nothing in my hands, i blim, bring simply to the cross, i cling, whether you religious, you pharisee, or whether you're a republican, that's hated and despised, because it's such a godless profession, come with the blood, and you will have the wedding garment in one moment, can i ask you all a question, all of you, are you washed in the blood, in the soul, cleansing blood of the lamb, are your garments spotless, are they white as snow, pure and white in the blood of the lamb, when the bridegroom cometh, will your robes be white, pure and white in the blood of the lamb, answer god, you sing it, answer god right now, to the question you sung, to others, to hear you, for nothing else will stand, but the garments washed in the blood of those who prepared to meet with god, with nothing but the blood of jesus, nothing, when i see the blood, my judgment will pass over, right from the old testament of his day, it's the blood, and nothing else god will look at, now beloved, at this point, the religious leaders, the chief priests, the pharisees, lost total control, and began to bombard him with such venom, with such anger, they attacked him in every way, in such a venomous way, such an ungodly way, trying to catch him in his words, they lost control, and now something terrifying happens, when they do that, chapter 23, there's no chapter in the entire scriptures so fearful as this, in god's indignation and wrath and anger at religious hypocrites, as this chapter, it is fearful, sir, what jesus christ said, listen, and he didn't smile, this god of love, and he didn't whisper lovingly, this god of love, be careful about your interpretation of a god of love, sir, listen to this, and try and tell me he didn't scream in anger, with such words as this, woe unto you, woe unto you, babes and pharisees, hypocrites, hypocrites, tell me how do you think he said, sir, you think i'm blaspheming, saying god manifests in this flesh, i can't believe he said it any other how, i'm doing my best in the light i've got, and after praying for anointing, as no one here has ever, trust me, for god to tell me how he said it, and he bombards them with such indignation of all their hypocrite, hypocrisies in every avenue of service, their hypocrisy and defiance of what god truly wanted, that they are just like an extensive hypocrisy and venom reaching up to heaven, as he, they serving god, but all they're doing is grieving him, every thing of their motives makes them hypocrites, woe unto you, he comes to this, listen carefully to this, what god said to religious leaders of the ordained religion, god set on this earth, listen chapter 23 verse 29, woe unto you, woe unto you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites, hypocrites, hypocrites, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, if we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets, wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the children of them which kill the prophets, fill ye up then the measure of your fathers, ye serpents, ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell, how can ye escape the damnation of hell, wherefore behold i send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barakias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar, verily i say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation, all these things shall come upon this generation, chapter 24, verse 1, and Jesus went out and departed from the temple, think of that, God departed from the temple, and they didn't know God had just left the temple again, again, Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples came to him, his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple, and Jesus said unto them, see ye not all these things, see ye not all these things, verily i say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down, and as he sat upon the mount of olives, as he sat upon the mount of olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world, and Jesus answered and said unto them, take heed that no man deceive you, take heed that no man deceive you, for many shall come in my name saying, I am Christ, I am Christ, and shall deceive many, and you shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars, see that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet, the end is not yet, for nations shall rise against nation, nations shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places, you know what that means, there will be widespread drought, and famines, and dearth, and death, there will shall be famines, and pestilences, there shall be widespread diseases that will wipe out multitudes, across the whole wide spit, and earthquakes, there shall be terrible earthquakes, there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places, you know what that means, in place, after place, after place, we're there brother, in case you don't know the signs of the times, all these are the beginning, all these are the beginning, all these are the beginning of sorrows, sorrows, then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations, ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake, and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, and many false prophets shall arise, many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many, and because iniquity shall abound, escalate, like an avalanche, the literal word, like an avalanche, nothing can stop it, it just escalates more and more, and nothing can stop it, because iniquity, and lawlessness literally, because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold, the Greek, the love of the most, who profess Christianity, will wax cold, God said, it's happening right now, sir, right across the church, professing the church of Christ, in case you don't see it, because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold, but he that endureth unto the end, shall be saved, shall be saved, listen carefully now, all of you, he that endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved, and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then, then, shall the end come, when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand, then, let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains, let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house, neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes, and woe unto them that are with child, them that give suck in those days, but pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day, for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be, and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened, those days shall be shortened, then, if any man shall say unto you, then, if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, believe it not, then, if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, or there, there, believe it not, for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, false Christs and false prophets, and shall sow great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect, behold, I've told you before, wherefore, if they shall say, behold, he is in the desert, go not forth, behold, he's in the secret chambers, believe it not, for as the lightning cometh out of the east, as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, for wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together, wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together, immediately after the tribulation, immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, and he shall send his angels, he shall send his angels with the great sound of the trumpet, and they shall gather together as elect from the four winds from one end of heaven unto the other, now learn a parable of the fig tree, when his branches yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh, so likewise ye when ye shall see all these things know that it is near even at the doors, verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled, heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away, but of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my father only, but as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, for as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, then shall two be in the field, then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken and the other left, two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken and the other left, watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come, but know this, that if the good men of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up, therefore be also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not your Lord cometh, who then is a faithful and wise servant, who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due season, blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing, readily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods, but and if, but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my Lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with a drunken, begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and to drink with a drunken, the Lord of that servant shall come in the day, the Lord of that servant shall come in the day when he looketh not for him and in an hour that he is not aware of and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, how many here who remember these words for eternity, you know already don't you, chapter 25 verse 1, then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom and five of them were wise, half and five were foolish, foolish, they that were foolish, they that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept and at midnight there was a cry made, behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him, then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out, our lamps are gone out, our lamps are gone out, but the wise answered saying not so, lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves, and while they went to buy the bridegroom came, the bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut, the door was shut, shut, afterward came also the other virgins saying, Lord, Lord open to us, open to us, but he answered and said, verily I say unto you, I know you not, I know you not, I know you not, I know you not, watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour, the son of man cometh, now beloved to those of you sitting here tonight who are homiletically minded, Ran will know about that because he's been to bible school, but I think there's a few more, to those of you and for those of you that are homiletically minded, the passages I have quoted in chapter 21 from verse 33, chapter 22 from verse 1, chapter 23 from verse 29, these passages were my sermon introduction for the homiletically minded that is, just so you know where I'm at, Matthew 24 after my introduction was the sermon discourse, Matthew 25 from verse 1 was the discourse appeal, to those of you that don't believe in appeals, just read each book in the bible, closer than an appeal of the whole context to do something now, if you haven't read in that way until you see it, try it right now, there's appeal now to everything he said and to those he said it to, including here tonight that he knew would listen, here's the appeal, every word he said there, Matthew 25, the discourse appeal, but now for the homiletically minded, now is the sermon application, so listen carefully, listen carefully now, the sermon's coming to a fast close, listen carefully, the sermon application, Matthew 24 is beyond doubt the greatest discourse on biblical prophetical eschatology in the entire bible, that sounds a big mouthful doesn't it, to the little boys, Matthew 24 is beyond doubt the greatest discourse on biblical prophetical eschatology, eschatology means the events prophesied in the scriptures of the major events God gives in the scriptures, prophesying that will occur leading up to the second coming of Christ, those things that we know now, this happened, this happened, this happened, this now Christ comes according, eschatology, the events, the prophetical events recorded in the scriptures leading up to the second coming of Christ, Matthew 24 is beyond doubt the greatest discourse on prophetical biblical eschatology in the entire scriptures, in the entire scriptures, but as with all passages in the bible, it must be looked at in the light of other scriptures to protect us from incorrect interpretation, to protect us from heretical interpretation, as with all passages in the scriptures, our only hope of not straying off what God says we need to look at in the light of the rest of the scriptures, Matthew 24, to understand and to be protected from misinterpretations, not our own understanding of who's the antichrist or who's this or where we're at because of this and that, but in the light of the rest of the scriptures we have a safety as with any doctrine, if you're not willing to look at the rest of the scriptures, you are heretical already, any doctrine, any passage stands only if there's nothing in the rest of the scriptures that doesn't contradict your interpretation, which is why we've got to know the bible, not just passages of our pet theology because of our where we belong, you know, no, oh no, so the discourse, application, how do we do this in the light of the rest of the scriptures?