 and sign is problematic. Okay, we will do that again. Okay, just remind me before we discuss today. Okay. All right, so welcome back everybody to the second lecture on 213 BC 213 the end times of ages or times and end of age or time are the two different expressions in reference to scatology. So the answer to your question is yes. Right. So what we tried to point out a little earlier is that there are different terminologies or terms like the last day, the last days, the day of the Lord, the end of the age or end of the ages, you know, and all of these different terms are used throughout scripture, both Old and New Testament in speaking about the last days or the body scatology or the end of time. So all of these terms are used different different terms. Also we just have to get familiar with it and then we have to learn how to interpret it. The point I was trying to get across earlier was depending on the context we should, I mean, the usage, the passage where you're reading it, we should, from there we should interpret as to this is what the writer is talking about. Right. So once we have a good understanding of the timeline of the sequence of events, then when we read the scriptures, we will be able to interpret. Okay. This is what he's referring to. But the answer to your question is yes. There are different terms like this, referring to the end times. Is that okay? So let's go back to reading Matthew 24. We were in Matthew 24 and verse 15. Now just for us to get become familiar with some of Daniel's prophecies. Now next year, in our third year, we're going to study Daniel's prophecies in detail. We're going to read every verse and study it. But just for us to become familiar with Daniel's prophecies so that we understand what Daniel chapter 9 verse 15 is talking about. Keep your hand in. Sorry, what Matthew 24 15 is talking about. Keep your hand in Matthew 24. Let's just go back to Daniel chapter 9. And could somebody read Daniel chapter 9 verses 23 to 27 for us please. Daniel chapter 9 23 to 27. They're going to come back to Matthew 24 15. But let's read Matthew Daniel 9 23 to 27. Somebody could read this whole passage for us please. Daniel chapter 9 verse 23 to 27. At the beginning of your supplications, the command went out and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore, consider the matter and understand the vision. Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Okay, let's pause there. I just want to make some comments. Okay, so this is Gabriel, Angel Gabriel, speaking to Daniel. And he's telling in verse 24, 70 weeks. We will understand when we study this in detail, each week represents a seven year period. And we can prove that from scripture. And as we saw it was also fulfilled that way. So he's saying Daniel saying Daniel Gabriel is telling Daniel Daniel. I've come to talk to you about 70 weeks, really a period of 490 years. And this has to do with it. If you look at verse 24 very carefully, your people and your holy city. That means this 70 weeks of 490 year period has to do with your people, the Jewish people, and your holy city. That means the city of Jerusalem. Okay, so this passage is very specific about the Jewish people and the city of Jerusalem. But what Angel Gabriel says, very interesting in verse 24, this 490 years covers this entire period of to finish transgression, to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity. That's talking about the work of Jesus Christ. He is the one who came and made reconciliation for iniquity. And we will see it as we progress in this passage. We will read for us as we progress. He talks about the Messiah. So to make reconciliation for iniquity, that's Jesus Christ. And he says, from there he jumps to the end of time. What is the end of time? To bring in everlasting righteousness. When is everlasting righteousness going to come? It's at the end of time. To bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and process. That means to complete or fulfill all prophecy. And to anoint the most holy place. So the most holy place is talking about the temple. So it's translated here as to anoint the most holy, which could be interpreted as to anoint Jesus as king. But the actual full translation there, and you might see it in the passage in your cross reference. It's actually talking about the anoint the most holy place. Talking about the temple. So Gabriel is telling Daniel, I've come to talk to you about 490 years, 70 weeks. This has to do with your Jewish people and with Jerusalem. And this period is going to cover the time when there's going to be reconciliation for sin. And it's going to extend all the way till everlasting righteousness is going to be assured in. And all proxy is going to be fulfilled. And the most holy place is going to be anointed or put in place. So he's covering this entire period. Okay, it's very, very interesting. Let's go on, please. Verse 25. Sherpist. No, therefore, and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah, the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks. The street shall be built again and the wall, even in troublesome times. Okay, so he said from the time, and this is something we mentioned earlier in the previous session, from the time the decree is given to go and rebuild Jerusalem till Messiah will be seven weeks and 62 weeks or seven plus 62 is 69. 69 weeks, a total of 483 years. Right? So the command will be given to go and rebuild Jerusalem. And Gabriel is saying, the street will be built and the wall will be built even in difficult times, which is what happened when you read the book of Ezra and Nehemiah. You know, the city was rebuilt, the walls were rebuilt, but it was difficult. In difficult times it was rebuilt. You know, there was a lot of opposition, but it was rebuilt. And from the time this this decree is issued to the time of the Messiah, that is Jesus, 483 years. And remember, Jesus is the one who's come to make reconciliation for iniquity. Okay, verse 26. And after the 62 weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself. And the people of the Prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood and till the end of the war, desolations are determined. Thank you. So after the 62 weeks, seven plus 62, that is 69 weeks, Messiah shall be cut off. Messiah will be killed. Now, Daniel didn't understand all of this. But he's, this is what Gabriel is telling Daniel, Messiah will be cut off, Messiah will be killed. And the people of the Prince who is to come, that means there's going to be a ruler. And the people of that ruler, they will destroy the city and the sanctuary. That's exactly what happened. The city of Jerusalem and the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, AD 70. Messiah was killed, AD 30 or AD 33, some AD 30. Messiah was killed, Jesus was killed, 40 years later, AD 70. Jerusalem was destroyed and the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman emperor, general Titus. So the people of the Prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Right? Till, and the end of it will be with the flood. It was devastating. Till the end of war, of the war desolations are determined. That means till the end, there's going to be a lot of desolations happening, things happening over and over again, in and around Israel. Things are, there's going to be a lot of desolations happening. Okay. So he's saying, Messiah will be killed, temple will be destroyed and then there's going to be an ongoing time of trouble. Then what will happen? Chris 27. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week, he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate. So now verse 27, he's actually talking about the Antichrist. But Gabriel calls this Antichrist one who makes desolate on the wing of abominations. That means he is coming and like he is like riding upon abominations. He's going to do things that are determined for God. And he's going to make desolate. So this is who Jesus is referring to in Matthew 24, 15, which we just read. Jesus is referring to this verse, Daniel 9, 27. So what is Gabriel telling? He's saying, then that means after the spirit of time when desolations are happening, all kinds of things are happening to the Jewish people, then this man who makes desolate or as he is referred to him as the abomination of desolation, the Antichrist. He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. That means he is going to usher in this one week, the 70th week of Daniel. One week representing seven years. He is going to confirm a covenant. So in modern language, we will call it a peace treaty. He's going to set up a covenant for a seven year period. So that's how this man is going to come into power. A seven year. This is Daniel 70th week because if you look back on verse 25 and 26, he's covered seven plus 62, 69 weeks he's covered. Then he's left a gap and then he's talking about the last week in verse 27. One week that's Daniel 70th week. This man is will come and set up the seven year covenant or treaty. But in the middle of the week, which is in the middle of seven years, which is three and a half years, he will bring an end to sacrifice and offering. So this is why we say there has to be a temple because he's going to abruptly stop sacrifice and offerings. And you can read, you know, there are more details in preceding chapters and chapter 11 as well about these things. We are just looking at one passage. And he is going to come and do so many abominations. He's going to make desolate until the consummation is poured out on this person who makes things desolate. That means the final judgment will be poured out on him. Okay. So now we go back to Matthew 24, 15. Because Jesus is quoting Daniel 9, 27 and says, hey, may it be the abomination. This is verse 15, Matthew 24. When you see the abomination, that means he's already gotten into that seven last seven year period, into that 70th week of Daniel. That's why I was saying earlier there is a transition there in verse 15 of Matthew 24. Till verse 14 he's talking about things happening globally, but suddenly in verse 15 he's zeroing in on the Jewish people. That means he's talking about what Daniel chapter 9, what we just read. Is this all clear so far? Everybody with me so far? So I see Elisha's question, put an end to sacrifice and offering. That means in the temple, in the Jewish temple. They would be doing sacrifice and offering and he will come and that means they'll be worshiping Yahweh God by sacrifice and offering. So part of his covenant, his peace thing is obviously he will bring in peace to the Middle East by creating a place where the Jews will be able to sacrifice an offering. So that's why we talk about the third temple being in place. But he will start off like that, but in the middle of the seven years he will come and say stop it. Don't continue. So that's what Gabriel is referring to saying. He will tell them to stop offering sacrifices and we will look for the later on in Revelation 13. He will see that actually the Antichrist sets himself up in the temple and says you worship me. So he's going to tell the Jewish people don't offer sacrifices, but I am going to be God. You have to worship me. No, no, that's what the Antichrist wants. He wants people to worship the devil through him. Okay, so that's what he's referring to. Elisha, you understood that? Do you need further explanation? You got it? Okay, so the question Elisha is asking is the Jewish temple's number place under contention between Jews and Islam? So how can we find fulfillment of this prophecy? That's a good question. So that's why we are saying because that whole temple mount is a place of dispute and that's the cause of a lot of contention between the Arabs and the Jews. This man is going to find a solution to it. That's why he's going to establish a covenant at peace treaty and in the peace treaty the Jews are going to be able to offer sacrifices and offerings. So right now that's what the whole problem is about, right? The Jews are saying hey that's our space but there's a mosque and there's a dome over there. The Arabs are in control. The Jews are not happy about it but this man is going to be able to bring about a peace treaty that will give permission to the Jews to have their sacrifices restarted. So that's why we are saying there's going to be this third temple somehow, how where and exactly, how it's going to be built. We don't know but it's going to happen and it's going to come into place. And what's your follow-up question Elisha? That is what I asked with the temple and the convention. I am satisfied with your response now. Okay, thank you. All right Devya, what's your question please? Pastor, I was just trying to understand Daniel chapter 9 was 26 there that 62 weeks and 69 weeks like the 69 weeks have been fulfilled. So I was trying to understand where the seven weeks had been fulfilled. I didn't get it. Okay, so what we were saying is see in verse 25 Daniel 9 25 he says 7 plus 62 that is 69 weeks said from the time King Cyrus issues a decree to go rebuild Jerusalem till the Messiah 69 weeks, so that is 483 years is over. Then there is no more counting of weeks. It's just that verse 26 comes into play that the Messiah is going to die, is going to be killed, the city is going to be destroyed, the sanctuary is going to be destroyed which all happened and then there's going to be time of war and desolation. It's going to be time of trouble basically. So that whole period of time is not counted in that 70 weeks. So there's one seven week period that is still pending and that seven week he references in verse 27. He brings that up. He says and so that is after this whole time of war and desolation that's going on. Then there's going to be this man who's going to come in and put in a peace treaty for seven week. The one week that is the 70th week. So that's where the 70th week comes in. So there's actually a time gap between the 69 weeks which bring us all the way till Jesus is crucified to the last week, the 70th week. There's a time gap. You got it? Okay. So the 69th week is till when Jesus was crucified. Yes. Okay. Yes. So 69 weeks took place from the time of King Cyrus till Jesus was crucified. 69 weeks is over. Okay. Okay. Right. Okay. Then there is time for war and desolation. Then the last 70th week comes in. Okay. So this time gap between Daniel 69th week and Daniel 70th week is what we refer to as a church age. That's the time God is dealing with the church because from the crucifying of the Messiah till the Antichrist comes into the church age. The church isn't. So that's why it doesn't have to do with the Jewish people. Church age. Then comes Daniel 927. This man confirms a covenant for one week. Okay. That's the question. I have one more question. Can I ask? Go ahead. Go ahead. Yeah. So this word abomination. Is it like whatever is holy to God is being made unholy? Is that abomination? Yeah. So an abomination means anything that is displeasing to God. So this man is going to be riding on the wing of abominations. That means he's going to be such a man who's going to be like doing a whole lot of things that are displeasing to God. And you know we will read. I mean if when we read Daniel 7, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Daniel 11 and then Revelation 13 and also Paul wrote about it in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and all these places. Basically this man is going to speak blasphemous words against the most high and he's going to set himself up as God to be worshiped. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We're not getting into all those details. We will maybe when we look at the timeline we will you know reference the scriptures. Okay. One more question from Elijah. Will this man referenced in verse 27 be a political figure or religious person? Okay. So to answer your question, Elijah, what we see in Revelation 13, there are three actors. There is the beast. There is the false prophet and there is the beast of the Antichrist. There is the false prophet and then there is Satan, the dragon. So these three people are acting together. So this man, the Antichrist himself, as a political figure because he is going to be able to set up a covenant with the people and in Revelation 13 you find that this man, the beast, the Antichrist, is going to also influence the financial system because no man will be able to buy and sell unless they have the mark of the beast. So this is Revelation 13 but he is going to be helped by another person who's referred to as the false prophet. The false prophet, as we will see in Revelation 13 and also in Revelation 18, he is a religious person, religious leader because he is his whole objective is he going to perform signs and wonders. The beast will also do amazing things but this man will also do signs and wonders and his goal is to get people to worship the Antichrist, the beast and empowering both of them is the dragon, that is the devil. He's empowering both of them. Got it? This is clearly explained for us in Revelation 13. That's why we call it a political system that influences the financial system and also a religious system, all working together, trying to control people. The ultimate goal is to get them to worship the Antichrist, the devil through the Antichrist. So put that there, Satan, Antichrist and false prophet, unholy Trinity. That was a little deviation but it's become a very long deviation. I didn't mean for it to be so long. Okay, Christopher, go ahead. I just wanted us to explain the background to Matthew 24-15 but anyway, go ahead, Christopher. Yes, Pastor, I just wanted to clarify regarding this point you had raised about the Antichrist brokering this peace treaty. There was some, I'm not sure where I got the reference from, but the point that was raised was about the temple being taken over by the Jews, in a sense by force and they would worship the temple and then subsequently this peace treaty would be broken by the Antichrist. So I just wanted to understand if that sort of is sort of consistent with what or is there any value in that particular view? Okay, so the answer to that would be the Bible doesn't tell us specifically how this covenant of peace is going to be established. The Bible doesn't tell us. What we can and what the scriptures do make it clear is there is a covenant of peace for seven years, there is a temple, there is the resumption of sacrifices and offerings, but it doesn't tell us the details like or the Jews, you know, like exactly like what you said, that the Jews may take the temple, may, you know, put up the temple by force and start the thing and then this man comes in and sets up peace. Those details are not given to us, so our response to such a suggestion would be possible maybe, but we cannot state it for sure, may happen the way or it could happen in a different way, but what we are certain of is there is this Antichrist, he does set up a seven-year peace treaty, there is the temple where sacrifices and offerings are resumed, those things we are certain of. The exact way in which this, you know, this treaty is going to be executed, we don't know, the Bible doesn't tell us. So it is this peace treaties for seven years, is it? Yes. This number seven seems to be occurring quite often, this is all before the tribulation, right? So the seven years is the tribulation period, the seven years of tribulation. I'm sorry, I passed it, I didn't get it. The seven years will be the seven years of tribulation. Okay, okay, yeah, thank you. Got it. Okay, all right, so that was a little excursion on the side, hope you enjoyed the picnic. Now we get back to the main thing, that's Matthew 24, we're going to pick up in verse 15. I was trying to explain, you know, what Jesus was referring to in Daniel. So there's this transition, so let's read on from Matthew 24 verse 15, can somebody please start with verse 15 again, you know, two verses each or three verses each, let's go through it quickly. Therefore, when you see the abomination of the dissolution, spoken up by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, whoever reads, let him understand, then let those who are in Judea lead to the mountains. Okay, let's go on. Let the one who is on the house top, not go down to take waters in the showers, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take this block. And if those days of tribulation had not been cut short, no human life would be saved, but for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. 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 appear and they will provide great science and wonders, so as to deceive if possible even the elect. All right, thank you. Let's pause here. What I want to say is this, right? What we said is in verse 15, there's a transition, there's a shift. Till verse 14, it's talking about everybody. Verse 15 onwards, there's a focus in on Jerusalem. Why? Because that seven year period is a focus on the Jews and Jerusalem, which we saw from Daniel chapter 9. So you'll also find in Jesus speaking, he is specifically talking about Judea, saying, look, you know, when you see the abomination, then those who are in Judea, no, in other words, he's speaking very specifically about that area because we see that that seven year period is a time of great tribulation and the Antichrist is going to go out all out against the Jewish people, especially in the second half of the seven year period. You will see that in Revelation 12, he's going to go out against the Jewish people. So that's why I'm talking about Judea. And if you're in Judea, don't do these things. You won't, you won't be able to do it, that the attack against the Jewish people will be so intense. You can't even come down from your house top to the, from the rooftop to down to the floor below. It's going to be so dangerous, you know, you can't even go to get your clothes from the field. It's going to be so dangerous, right? And he says in verse 21, there will be great tribulation. So the seven years is tribulation. The second half of the tribulation is called great tribulation. We will see that again later on. It's a time of Jacob's trouble. The Bible talks about that. So we talk about seven years of tribulation, but that's three and a half years. The second half is going to be time of great tribulation. So Jesus is talking about these things. And again, in verse 22, talk about the elect's sake. The elect is suffering to the Jewish people. For their sake, the time will be shortened. So God will come in and intervene, right? But what I want to point out is from verse 15 onwards, the focus has shifted on the tribulation, the great tribulation, what is happening directly with the Jewish people. And there's going to be false Christ and false prophets, like we said, and we can see that as we mentioned, you know, these people will be attempting to get everybody to worship the Antichrist and doing all these things, signs and wonders and so on. And people, there will be this heightened thing on the coming of the Lord, because now everybody understands, hey, prophecy is being fulfilled. The only hope is that Jesus Christ has to come back. And so verse 26, you know, they tell you, look here, look for, you know, Jesus is here or Jesus is there. He says, don't believe it, because the coming of the Son of Man is going to be so powerful. Verse 27, this is the end of the great tribulation. Okay, now we're coming to the end of the great tribulation. That's what he's referring to is coming of the Son of Man is going to be so powerful. It's like the lightning from the east to the west and that wraps up there with the end of the great tribulation. It's the, with the battle of Armageddon and all of that, right? So Jesus is speaking about this entire timeline. He's talking about verses four to fourteen are all the things leading up to the tribulation. All these signs are happening and they're going to happen an increasing measure and the gospel is being preached throughout the world. There is intensity of persecution against the Christians. So all this is happening versus four to fourteen before the tribulation versus 15 to 27 or 28 is this, this period of tribulation the seven years, okay, with the intensity increasing in the latter half of the seven years, right? And then I'm just kind of going a little fast here because we're running out of time and verse 29 he says after the tribulation, those days the sun will be dark and the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall. And so you find those same signs about the sun being dark and moon and all those catastrophic cataclysmic events with, you know, the planetary bodies and so on. You find that actually in Revelation in Revelation chapter 6 verse 12, Revelation 8 verse 12 during the tribulation these things are happening. So we can map what Jesus is saying in Matthew 24, 29 to the whole tribulation period and after all those things then we're study. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. All the tribes of the earth will see, they'll mourn, the Son of Man will come in the clouds of heaven with the power in great glory. That's Revelation 19 and the Son of Man comes with all the angels and he will send his angels verse 31 and the trumpet will sound. They'll gather to get the elect from the forewind. So that's Revelation 19. Okay, so basically Matthew 24, 15 to 31. Matthew 24, 15 to 31 can be mapped with Revelation chapter 6, verse 1, all the way to the end of verse chapter 19. It's the entire tribulation period. Matthew, let me repeat that again. Matthew 24, 15 to 31. You map it with Revelation chapter 6, verse 1, till the end of Revelation 19. That's Revelation chapter 19, verse 21. Well, with me so far. Say your question please. Yes, thank you Pastor. So you said from, we can map it to, you can give the map in basic, I think my question basically is, what did Jesus now mean by verse 19 when he says, how terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing with mothers in those days. And pray that your flight will not be in winter on Sabbath, for there will be greater anguish than any time since the war begun and it will never be so again. I just want clarity on that, on those verses sir. Yeah, so what will happen during the tribulation, especially the second half of the tribulation, that means the latter half or three and a half years, there'll be an intense attack against the Jewish people. You read about this in Revelation chapter 12. I'll just give you the reference to see how intense it's going to be. Revelation 12, it says, okay, Satan knows his time is short. Revelation 12, 12, his time is short. Revelation 12, verse 13, it says, when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. He persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. The woman here represents Israel. So the dragon, that is Satan, is going after the nation of Israel. Verse 14, Revelation 12, 14, but the woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her place where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time from the presence of the serpent. So what is time? That's one times, that's two and half a time, that is three and a half. So for three and a half years, Satan is going to go after Israel as a nation, but God is going to somehow preserve the people, right, going to protect the people. But the point is this, that again, I'm skipping to verse 17 of Revelation 12, and the dragon was aged with a woman, woman is Israel, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring. So he's going after the Jewish people who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Many of them will turn to Christ as well. But Revelation 12 gives us a clear picture of what's going to happen during the second half, the time, times and half a time, three and a half years of the great of the tribulation. Satan is, there's going to be tremendous attack against the Jewish people, and that is what Jesus is referring to here in Matthew 24, verses 15 onwards. So he says, look, the time, you know, it's going to be so difficult. Verse 16, Matthew 24, he says, if you're in Judea, if you're in that area, Judea means the whole district around Jerusalem. He says, you run to the month, if you're, don't even come down from your half stop to take your clothing. Verse 17, don't even go to the field to take your clothes. And it's going to be really sad if you are pregnant, because how are you going to escape? You know, how are you going to run? And then verse 20, don't, you know, hope that you don't have to run during winter. I mean, it's going to be really difficult if you have to flee during winter or on the Sabbath, because Sabbath day means you cannot use any means of transportation. They only walk. So imagine if you have to run for your life on the Sabbath, you can't use your car, you can't get on the, I mean, you can't use any typically a proper Jew, would not use any of these means of transportation. They just only walk. And imagine if you're to flee for your life on the Sabbath. So that's what he's referring to. Because verse 21, there will be such great tribulation. You got it? Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, it's clear now. It's very clear. Thank you. All right. Last question from Divya, please. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. I was, as we're reading this Matthew 24, is it in a chronological order? That is one question. And in this portion, as you mentioned in verses 30 and 31. Yeah. So that refers to the second coming of Jesus Christ, correct? So where is rapture? Where is the secret coming? So that that that will happen between verse 14 and 15. So that we are going to establish a little later on, right? So because till verse 14, it's about the gospel being preached to the nation. So we have to be around to do that work. But once that gospel has been preached to the nations, it's verse 14, the focus shifts now to the Jewish people. So something has changed. So between verse 14 and 15, the church is taken out of the way that we will establish later. Okay. But what I wanted us to understand is this in Matthew 24, verse 4 to 14 is the period leading up to the tribulation. The church is still around. The gospel is being preached. The church is being persecuted for the name of Jesus Christ. Verse 15 to 31 is the seven year tribulation which maps to Revelation chapter six, verse one to Revelation 19, 21. So Revelation 19, 21 ends with Jesus coming in at the end of the tribulation and establishing his kingdom. Now, the rest of Matthew 24 is an exhortation for all of us to be ready, right? To, you know, to be, you know, to be alert, to be ready, you know, if you're not, if you don't have time to read it, but he, he says, you know, be ready. You don't know when the coming of the Son of Man is, right? It's a, it's a thing. And then he continues this in chapter 25, he talks about, you know, the virgins being ready. He talks about being stewards, you know, talents, user talents, mostly and so on. But it's the exhortation to be faithful, right? But if you understand this whole in Matthew chapter 24, 24 to 14, prior to tribulation, 15 to 31, the tribulation period, that's, that's a clear picture. Then what we will do, I was hoping to get to it today, but I guess we will do it next week, is the next chapter is to get a little understanding of the geography or the reasons involved. So what we will see next week is, of course, we understand Israel. We understand that it is surrounded all by Arab nations, but we will also understand that Daniel spoke about world empires all the way to the Roman Empire. And then he spoke about another loosely held amalgamation or a group of 10 leaders who used to belong to the Roman, former Roman Empire. So a loosely held grouping of 10 leaders. And he says, in the days of these leaders God himself will set up his kingdom on the earth. Daniel prophesied that. So this region, which is part of the former Roman Empire, which today forms a major part of the European Union, is of interest to us. Then Daniel also prophesied about the four parts of the Greek Empire, which is Syria, Egypt, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. And what Daniel said is, out of one of these four areas, the Antichrist will come. So we look carefully at Syria, Egypt, Turkey and see what's happening. Because Daniel foretold that from one of the four divisions of the Greek Empire the Antichrist will come. And we know historically the Greek Empire was divided into what is today as parts of Greece, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. So we look at these. So what we see is one of the leaders emerging from this region, the region of these four areas would begin to establish an alliance with these 10 leaders who are part of the former Roman Empire. And he will come into prominence. So these areas are very important for us. The Bible also talks about Russia. The Bible also talks about a nation from the east with an army of about two billion. So that most likely points to China, a nation from the east with such a large army. So we will just look at all of these geographies. So we say, okay, these are the regions of interest for us now as far as end time Bible prophecy is concerned. So we just want to be aware of what's happening in these regions. So that will be our next chapter. Just giving a quick overview. We will cover that next week. After we do that, we will get into looking at the sequence of events. And that's when we will start talking about, you know, I'll give you an overview of the sequence of events and then I'll say, you know, why do we say the rapture is going to take place at the end of the church age and before the beginning of the tribulation? What are the reasons? What will happen when the church gets caught up into heaven? What's going to happen in heaven? What's going to be happening on earth? And then we get an overview of book of revelation to say this, what's going to happen and all of that. Okay, so we will do all that in the weeks to come. I hope all of you are, you know, following and of course if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Okay, we'll pause here for today. Could somebody close in prayer and dismiss us please? Sir, keep praying. Okay, yeah. Sir, please pray for me. Oh, yes. Okay, we are going to, oh, thanks for reminding us. Are we going to pray for Kishin, pray for his healing? He's got sinus and some other problems. So can somebody lead us in prayer or who wants to lead us in prayer or, okay, let's go. Okay. Do you want to pray? Lead us in prayer and pray for Kishin. We all agree. Yes, sir. From here, sir. Go ahead. Go ahead. Let's all pray. We agree together. All right, so let's pray. Precious Father, we thank you for this very moment. What do you say we are grateful for? All that you've taught us today. Father, we pray that we are going to do as of your word and not hear us only. Father, even as you are teaching us about the end times, helping us to be conscious that we should watch and pray and lead others to do what you ought, what we ought to do. Father, we pray for more grace, more wisdom. For your way says that we should work in wisdom among the that are not. Father, we pray that that will be our life, that we will not only take this message for ourselves, but we will teach others in faithfulness, in power, in your grace, that as we all await your coming, Father, we'll be ready. For we know you are preparing a place for us, and so have you asked us to prepare our hearts and mind. Father, for we know that you have told us that before we start preaching the gospel, we should set our hearts and mind on you. This is the kind of people that we want to be. Thank you, Father, for the lectures you've given us, thank you for the pastors and the mentors you've given us, ahead of time, to equip us and to guide us in the light. Father, we declare that we work in the truth of your way, that none of us will work in darkness, that as we have received this light, we will work in them. Thank you, Father, in the name of Jesus, we have prayed. Amen. Amen. Amen. Let's pray for Kishan too. Thank you, Abraham. And so, Father, we just pray over Kishan. In the name of Jesus, we rebuke every affliction out of his head and his nasal passages. We command the sinus problem to leave every affliction, to leave in the name of Jesus. We command him and decree him whole, because he has been healed by the stripes of Jesus. So that we complete wholeness administered to him now in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. Amen. God bless everyone. Thank you so much for being on the cross.