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Power of the Hour

Anil Kanda

Mountain Climbing with Jesus

Wedding Disasters

Eternity Future Love?

Deadly Wound of the Health Message

Bow our heads for a word of prayer and ask God to bless us father in heaven.

Thank you again for Sabbath school Thank you for this time of discussion and Lord as we dig deep into the scriptures, may you speak to us that is our prayer in Jesus name.

Amen All right, everybody take your Bibles.

Let's go to the book of Matthew, Matthew chapter 24.

Who knows what Matthew chapter 24 is before we get to Matthew 24?

When you go to Matthew 24, what do you find?

A litany of end time events that are going to happen.

Let's start with Matthew 24 and let's start with verse 3.

What time does Sabbath school end, by the way?

We are going to the book, I thought you said 1025, but I was like, we are now done, everyone.

So let's go to the book of Matthew, And we are going to Matthew chapter 24.

I need somebody with a loud Evangelistic voice to read Matthew chapter 24 verse 3.

I Will call you out if you don't read so who's going to read who's going to be very bold and very David Thank you for raising your hand right now, David Could you stand up so everyone can see you and read Matthew 24 really loud verse 3 Could you speak a little louder?

Thank you so much David By the way, okay, so this is very interesting.

They're on top of another mountain, aren't they, right?

And what is the question that the disciples asked to Jesus?

Somebody please tell me, raise your hand.

What is the question that the disciples asked Jesus?

I want you to interpret what the verse just said.

Okay, could you reiterate that in your own words?

Like what's it gonna look like when you come back, right?

In fact, if you dissect this a little bit further, they essentially ask 3 different questions, right?

We find a grocery list of end time events.

You know when you get to the end of Matthew 24, many times we stop and we say, uh-huh, that's what it looks like at the end of time.

However, Jesus wasn't done with the sermon.

You see, Matthew 25, Jesus begins to talk more.

So what is the difference between Matthew 24 and 25?

Matthew 24 is what God is doing in the world at the end of time.

Matthew 25 is what God is doing in his people at the end of time.

We spend so much time in Matthew 24 that we oftentimes neglect what it says in 25, and that should be more of a focus for us.

And we are going to be taking a good look at a very special parable that Jesus gave at the end of time.

Okay, somebody tell me real quickly, what is the purpose of a parable?

Raise your hand, I can't, I'm deaf and blind when I get up here.

A real life experience with the spiritual truth, right?

Some of what you guys had said before right?

Jesus essentially gave parables for 2 reasons number 1 to reveal truth and number 2 to conceal truth To reveal truth to those who were searching and were hungry for the truth and to hide it for those that had no interest.

Did you guys know that parables can reveal truth in a special way that ordinary narrative language cannot?

Did you know it's in symbolic language that God communicates some powerful truths?

The book of Daniel and Revelation, are they books of symbols?

Here's 1 that's oftentimes neglected, the Song of Solomon.

Some people think it shouldn't even be in there.

Sometimes when you read the Song of Solomon, you're like, why is this in here, right?

But it's actually a symbolic book that is helping us to understand something deep.

So let's understand this parable in Matthew 24, or Matthew 25, starting with verse 1.

Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to what?

10 virgins who took their lamps went out to meet the who?

How many people here have been to a wedding?

Raise your hand if you've been to a wedding.

How many people here have been to at least 10 weddings?

Anybody here, 10 weddings, raise your hand.

Okay, how many people here have been to at least 15 weddings?

Could you raise a little higher so everyone can see it?

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