The text this week is Matthew 24:1-14, in which Jesus begins his long discourse about the end of the age. We’ll be looking at how the present fallen worlds makes us long for the world to come. The visual theme is Jerusalem, where Jesus gives this discourse:
Prelude:
Video: After the Last Tear Falls – Andrew Peterson.
Matthew 24:3-8 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. 5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. 6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
Worship Set:
Justice Will Roll Down
Isaiah 25:6-9 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. 8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. 9It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
Beams of Heaven (Indelible Grace)
Beyond the Sky (Fernando Ortega)
Revelation 21:22-25 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
I’ll Fly Away – Alison Krauss, with Ron Block
Offertory:
Come Ye Disconsolate – Indelible Grace – Worship Team
Benedictions:
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks (Indelible Grace)
The Sands of Time Are Sinking (Indelible Grace)
