"Travel Guide for the End Times" is part of the Marked As Disciples series. This sermon was originally preached on August 28, 2016 at Crosspoint Bible Church in Omaha, NE by Dr. Don L. Pahl

1. Travel Guide for
the End Times
Mark 13:1-13
MARKED AS
DISCIPLES

2. MARK 13:1-2
AND AS HE CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE, ONE OF
HIS DISCIPLES SAID TO HIM, “LOOK, TEACHER,
WHAT WONDERFUL STONES AND WHAT
WONDERFUL BUILDINGS!” 2 AND JESUS SAID TO
HIM, “DO YOU SEE THESE GREAT BUILDINGS?
THERE WILL NOT BE LEFT HERE ONE STONE UPON
ANOTHER THAT WILL NOT BE THROWN DOWN.”

3. JEREMIAH 9:6-7, 11
“HEAPING OPPRESSION UPON OPPRESSION, AND
DECEIT UPON DECEIT, THEY REFUSE TO KNOW ME,”
DECLARES THE LORD. 7 THEREFORE THUS SAYS THE
LORD OF HOSTS: "BEHOLD, I WILL REFINE THEM
AND TEST THEM, FOR WHAT ELSE CAN I DO,
BECAUSE OF MY PEOPLE? … 11 I WILL MAKE
JERUSALEM A HEAP OF RUINS, A LAIR OF JACKALS,
AND I WILL MAKE THE CITIES OF JUDAH A
DESOLATION, WITHOUT INHABITANT."

4. EZEKIEL 24:20-21, 24
THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME: 21”SAY TO
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD:
‘BEHOLD, I WILL PROFANE MY SANCTUARY, THE
PRIDE OF YOUR POWER, THE DELIGHT OF YOUR
EYES, AND THE YEARNING OF YOUR SOUL, AND
YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WHOM YOU
LEFT BEHIND SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD …24
WHEN THIS COMES, THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I
AM THE LORD GOD.’”

5. 2 CHRONICLES 36:17-21
THEREFORE HE BROUGHT UP AGAINST THEM THE
KING OF THE CHALDEANS, WHO KILLED THEIR
YOUNG MEN WITH THE SWORD IN THE HOUSE OF
THEIR SANCTUARY AND HAD NO COMPASSION ON
YOUNG MAN OR VIRGIN, OLD MAN OR AGED. HE
GAVE THEM ALL INTO HIS HAND. 18 AND ALL THE
VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, GREAT AND
SMALL, AND THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING AND OF
HIS PRINCES, ALL THESE HE BROUGHT TO BABYLON.

6. 2 CHRONICLES 36:17-21 (CONT.)
19 AND THEY BURNED THE HOUSE OF GOD AND
BROKE DOWN THE WALL OF JERUSALEM AND
BURNED ALL ITS PALACES WITH FIRE AND
DESTROYED ALL ITS PRECIOUS VESSELS. 20 HE TOOK
INTO EXILE IN BABYLON THOSE WHO HAD ESCAPED
FROM THE SWORD, AND THEY BECAME SERVANTS TO
HIM AND TO HIS SONS UNTIL THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA, 21 TO FULFILL THE
WORD OF THE LORD BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH …

7. MARK 13:3-8
AND AS HE SAT ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
OPPOSITE THE TEMPLE, PETER AND JAMES
AND JOHN AND ANDREW ASKED HIM
PRIVATELY, 4 “TELL US, WHEN WILL THESE
THINGS BE, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN
WHEN ALL THESE THINGS ARE ABOUT TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED?”5 AND JESUS BEGAN TO SAY
TO THEM, “SEE THAT NO ONE LEADS YOU
ASTRAY. 6 MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME,
SAYING, ‘I AM HE!’

8. MARK 13:3-8 (CONT.)
AND THEY WILL LEAD MANY ASTRAY. 7 AND
WHEN YOU HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF
WARS, DO NOT BE ALARMED. THIS MUST TAKE
PLACE, BUT THE END IS NOT YET. 8 FOR NATION
WILL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM
AGAINST KINGDOM. THERE WILL BE
EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES; THERE
WILL BE FAMINES. THESE ARE BUT THE
BEGINNING OF THE BIRTH PAINS.

9. MARK 13:9-13
“BUT BE ON YOUR GUARD. FOR THEY WILL
DELIVER YOU OVER TO COUNCILS, AND YOU
WILL BE BEATEN IN SYNAGOGUES, AND YOU
WILL STAND BEFORE GOVERNORS AND KINGS
FOR MY SAKE, TO BEAR WITNESS BEFORE
THEM. 10 AND THE GOSPEL MUST FIRST BE
PROCLAIMED TO ALL NATIONS.

10. MARK 13:9-13 (CONT.)
11 AND WHEN THEY BRING YOU TO TRIAL AND
DELIVER YOU OVER, DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
BEFOREHAND WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY, BUT SAY
WHATEVER IS GIVEN YOU IN THAT HOUR, FOR IT
IS NOT YOU WHO SPEAK, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
12 AND BROTHER WILL DELIVER BROTHER OVER
TO DEATH, AND THE FATHER HIS CHILD,

11. MARK 13:9-13 (CONT.)
AND CHILDREN WILL RISE AGAINST PARENTS
AND HAVE THEM PUT TO DEATH. 13 AND YOU
WILL BE HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME'S SAKE.
BUT THE ONE WHO ENDURES TO THE END WILL
BE SAVED.

12. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING

13. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING
1. JESUS PROPHETICALLY
SCANS THE HORIZON OF
HISTORY.

14. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING
1. JESUS PROPHETICALLY
SCANS THE HORIZON OF
HISTORY.
a. Israel’s judgment commences.
b. Persecution of Jesus’ followers
intensifies.
c. Evil will be overthrown and Jesus
will reign.

15. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING
1. JESUS PROPHETICALLY
SCANS THE HORIZON OF
HISTORY.
2. JESUS PREPARES HIS
FOLLOWERS FOR DIFFICULT
TIMES.

16. BE ON YOUR GUARD…
1. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST OBJECTS OF
WORSHIP.
2. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST FALSE
CHRISTS.
3. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST FEAR.

17. BE ON YOUR GUARD…
4. BE ON GUARD—I AM LORD OF
HISTORY.
5. BE ON GUARD, STAY AWAKE—
DURING THE LONG NIGHT OF EVIL.

18. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING
1. JESUS PROPHETICALLY
SCANS THE HORIZON OF
HISTORY.
2. JESUS PREPARES HIS
FOLLOWERS FOR DIFFICULT
TIMES.

19. JESUS INSTRUCTION FOR END-
TIMES LIVING
3. JESUS ASSURES HIS
FOLLOWERS…HE IS LORD OF
HISTORY, IN CONTROL, PRESENT.

20. God.
Sits.
Enthroned.
Forever!