"Let No Man Deceive You" ~Jesus
Don Nordstrom
- One
- day,
- Jesus
- sat
- outside
- the
- Jewish
- temple
- and
- stunned
- His
- disciples
- with
- His
- words.
- Imagine
- Jesus
- is
- sitting
- with
- you
- now
- outside
- the
- Vatican
- or
- your
- favorite
- place
- of
- worship
- building.
- You
- remark
- how
- beautiful
- it
- is
- and
- where
- you
- learned
- all
- about
- religion.
- Jesus
- then
- says,
- "I
- say
- unto
- you,
- there
- shall
- not
- be
- left
- here
- one
- stone
- upon
- another,
- that
- shall
- not
- be
- thrown
- down."
If
- we
- were
- His
- disciples,
- then
- we
- must
- think
- by
- what
- we've
- heard
- from
- the
- religious
- leader's
- that
- He
- will
- rebuild
- the
- temple
- and
- set
- up
- His
- kingdom
- on
- our
- planet.
- So
- we
- ask
- Him
- three
- questions:Jesus
- then
- tells
- us,
- in
- other
- words,
- "You've
- been
- deceived,
- let
- me
- explain
- the
- truth
- to
- you.
- It
- isn't
- a
- pretty
- picture
- of
- what
- you
- will
- experience,
- but
- I
- have
- better
- news!"In
- Matthew
- 24,
- Jesus
- tells
- His
- disciple's
- everything
- they
- hold
- true
- and
- near
- is
- about
- to
- end.
- The
- crucifixion
- of
- Jesus
- is
- two
- days
- away,
- and
- they
- will
- lose
- hope.
- They
- will
- doubt
- that
- He
- is
- who
- He
- says
- He
- is
- until
- many
- days
- later.
- Then
- they
- will
- receive
- a
- baptism
- of
- fire
- and
- know
- everything
- Jesus
- told
- them
- is
- true.
- The
- Spirit-baptized
- disciple's
- try
- to
- tell
- everyone
- their
- temple
- religion
- has
- deceived
- them,
- who
- Jesus
- really
- is
- and
- how
- they
- can
- receive
- His
- kingdom.
- That
- is
- what
- this
- book
- will
- try
- to
- do
- also,
- from
- Matthew
- 24.
We
- will
- find
- out
- who
- the
- players
- are
- that
- Jesus
- identified
- as,
- the
- false
- prophets,
- the
- abomination
- of
- desolation,
- how
- the
- gospel
- is
- preached
- to
- the
- world,
- when
- "heaven
- and
- earth"
- ends,
- who
- are
- the
- taken
- and
- the
- left,
- the
- meaning
- of
- the
- fig
- tree,
- the
- women
- with
- the
- lamps,
- what
- the
- talents
- are,
- and
- the
- sheep
- and
- the
- goats.
Jesus
- is
- about
- to
- stun
- all
- of
- us
- a
- final time.
