Teachings of Jesus

{THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS}
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1. The Key Sign of the End of the Age - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus declared, definitively, that the “end” will not come until “this gospel of the kingdom of God is proclaimed to all nations”)
2. A Sobering Conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount - {PDF Copy} - (Matthew 7:21-27 - Christians who refuse to follow the words of Jesus may be excluded from his presence)
3. "This Generation" in the Olivet Discourse - {PDF Copy} - (Was Jesus referring to the generation contemporary with him or to one in a remote future?)
4. The Lord of the Sabbath - {PDF Copy} - (Mark 2:23-3:6 - Jesus is Lord with authority even over the Sabbath Day)
5. As it was in the Days of Noah... - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus used an analogy to the destruction of the Flood to stress the necessity to be prepared for the sudden arrival of the Son of Man)
6. Wars and Rumors of War - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus warned of deceivers who would raise false expectations about the signs and seasons of the end)
7. The Temple Settings of the Olivet Discourse - {PDF Copy} - (The Olivet Discourse was given after Christ's final departure from the Temple)
8. The Geographic Range of the Olivet Discourse - {PDF Copy} - (The Olivet Discourse alternates between local and the global perspectives)
9. The Olivet Discourse (Part 1) - Confrontation in the Temple - {PDF Copy} - (The Olivet Discourse is an outgrowth of Christ's confrontation with the Jewish Temple authorities)
10. The Olivet Discourse (Part 2) - Deceivers and Tumults - {PDF Copy} - (Warnings about deceivers and not being troubled by chaotic events in the larger world)
11. The Olivet Discourse (Part 3) - The Abomination of Desolation - {PDF Copy} - (Warnings about deceivers and not being troubled by chaotic events in the larger world)
12. Is the Fig Tree a Sign of the Restoration of Israel? - {PDF Copy} - (Is the analogy of a budding fig tree a symbol for national Israel?)
13. Three Repeated Warnings of Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (In his Olivet Discourse, Jesus warned repeatedly about deceivers, of our inability to know the timing of the end and, therefore, of the need for constant vigilance)

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