Onward toward Jerusalem!
Prepare

Kingdom, Day of the Lord, Persistence

Day of the Lord and Coming the Kingdom
Pharisees - 1 thing
Jesus - 2 things

Pharisees
Fine with one
They were on the good team

Separate, so more could come in
Same answer why we are waiting for 2000 years
Space for more…including us!

Kingdom:
1). In our

- right now

Future? No, present and future
Already and Not Yet

2). Borders - not land but the human

Day of the Lord

Not subtle - we’ll know

Noah
…just like Matthew 24

Rapture?
Who is taken? Who is left?
Watch carefully
Where?

No rapture
New idea without a Biblical foundation
2000 years
Present - Kingdom
Soon - Maranatha - Aramaic - Come Lord Jesus!

Proper response - 2 of them

1). Stay Tethered to the

Floating in the sea of the age

We are tethered
Citizens not of this age, but of the Kingdom of

Tethered to God’s promises
Tethered to God’s design

Called to justice, not complacency
Buildings falling
Someone shows up in a Uhaul
Love them!
Stand as a beacon…God will set the world

Called to mercy, not condemnation
Have eyes to see all the wrong
Condemn, Cynical
Dehumanize
Social Media and Customer Service - anonymous
People of mercy

2)

Parable
Jesus - always taking our bent humanity and showing us that even in that we still have light
How much more does God love us?

God will bring it
Pray and don’t give up!

Present and Future
Already and Not Yet

Our first method is to pray
Tethered to prayer!
Not out of religious show
But because we believe
If we really believe God, than we’ll go to prayer

- good and bad
Good - honest struggling with big questions
Bad - double minded…like the Israelites of old
One foot in each camp to hedge

Jesus: Will he find faith?

Let’s

for our world!
Respond with justice and mercy
Add up to

Reveal Answer

Tethered to our eternal citizenship, let’s trust God
He is coming, he will set the world right again

Rev. 21 - New Jerusalem comes

We will live with him forever!
Maranatha!