Christ Community Church (Johnson City, TN)

_________________________________________________ 24.15-22 Coming soon… The abomination of desolation. The great tribulation. … and cut short. __________________________________________________ 24.23-28 [Interlude: The absurdity of deception.] __________________________________________________ 24.29-31 “Immediately” after… The coming of the Son of Man. The gathering of the elect. … and never to en...

Special episode today as Pastor Bobby Roberts (Westminster Pres, Johnson City) joins us to talk about their upcoming church plant in Jonesborough. Pray for God's gracious work in and through Bobby, his family, and this upcoming church plant. https://christchurchjonesborough.org/

ONE context. 1-2 TWO understandable questions. 3 When will these things be? What will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age? THREE present “things”. False Christs. Do not be led astray. 4-5 External portents. Do not be alarmed. 6-8 Personal tribulation. Do not fail to endure. 9-13 FOUR powerful words. 14 Gospel. Kingdom. Preached. World. And then the end will come.

Genesis 34 today, a chapter with darkness, sin, and response.

Woe to you, workaholics with wrong priorities. 23.25-26 Woe to you, performance addicts fixated on the wrong audience. 23.27-28 Woe to you, false pietists who will receive the full penalty. 23.29-36 The TONE of lament. 23.37-39 The GOSPEL of substitution.

Jacob prepares to meet Esau and wrestles with God.

BUT WOE TO YOU, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! … deconstruction evangelists. 23.13-15 … blind guides. 23.16-22 … pious negligents. 23.23-24 What of us? The WARNING. The GOSPEL.

God continues to bless Jacob as he parts ways with Laban to return home.

What do you think about the Christ? (Informed biblical discernment) DO you think about those who are unlike the Christ? (Intentional cultural discernment) How must you (we) respond to the Christ? (RADICAL personal discernment)

Today we discuss the birth of the first 11 sons of Jacob.

The plotting religious minion.3                   22.34-36 The perfectly righteous Son of God.         22.37-40 The profound implications. The more important question.

Jacob goes to his mother's homeland to find a wife. A chapter and story of both provision and relational strife.

The plotting religious minions2.               22.23-28   The perfectly righteous Son of God.        22.29-33    The astonishing implications.  1. The offense of JESUS.   2. The arc of REALITY: Creation to New Creation.   3. The definition of a spiritual LEGACY.   4. The fundamentality of SOURCE. (Scripture and the power of God) 5. The nature of MARRIAGE, now and forever. 6. The reality of RESURRE...

We jump back in on Genesis today!

Revelation REALITY. The plotting religious minions. 22.15-17 The perfectly righteous Son of God. 22.18-22 IMPLICATIONS: 1. The ownership of God. 2. The authorities of this world. 3. The emotions of man. 4. The deception of sin. 5. The stewardship of life.

We wrap up our discussion on this book as we look to the closing section of the book.

Out with the Old, In with the New (21:1-8) New: Creation, Jerusalem, All Things Communion with God Who’s there? The Eternal Future for God’s People (21:9-22:5) Gloriously Adorned Complete Perfectly Protected Life & Healing Wholly Holy Dwelling with God in perfect communion… forever.

1-6, The 1000 Years (Now)       Satan is Restrained        Saints are Reigning 7-10, After the 1000 Years (The End)       The Final “Battle”        Satan’s Defeat and Torment 11-15, Final Judgment       All People        No More Death Live Victoriously. Live Confidently. Live Faithfully.

Pastor Jim is back with us today as we discuss the songs about Babylon's fall.

6-10 THE WONDER. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. 11-21 THE WAR. The Great Supper of God. THE WORD. This Moment before God. In our weakness or wandering or waywardness… or witnessing or worship…

1-6, John’s Vision 7-18, Angelic Explanation: Unveiling the Mystery 1-6, Babylon: Decadently Vile 7-14, The Beast’s Destruction 15-18, Babylon’s Judgment

We wrap up the section of chapters 12-14 with a look at the perspective chapter 14 gives us while we endure the war of chapters 12-13. Then we cover the 7 bowls of God's holy, just, and true wrath in chapters 15-16.

Initial Observations Context: Satan is at war Unholy Mimicry What are we up against? And what must we do? 666? The 1st Beast (1-8) You Must Endure (9-10) The 2nd Beast (11-17) You Must Perceive (18)

We discuss the church-business side of updates from General Assembly 2 weeks ago. (Last week, on the Revelation 11 episode, we opened by talking about the other parts of our time at GA.)

1-6, The Dragon Failed to Devour 7-12, The Dragon Can No Longer Accuse 13-17, The Dragon is Raging and Making War