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As he walked away from the Temple, one of his disciples said, \u201cTeacher, look at that stonework! Those buildings!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tJesus said, \u201cYou\u2019re impressed by this grandiose architecture? There\u2019s not a stone in the whole works that is not going to end up in a heap of rubble.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tLater, as he was sitting on Mount Olives in full view of the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew got him off by himself and asked, \u201cTell us, when is this going to happen? What sign will we get that things are coming to a head?\u201d<\/p>\n

\tJesus began, \u201cWatch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities claiming, \u2018I\u2019m the One.\u2019 They will deceive a lot of people. When you hear of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don\u2019t panic. This is routine history, and no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Earthquakes will occur in various places. There will be famines. But these things are nothing compared to what\u2019s coming. (Mark 13:1-8)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tAn old Egyptian proverb says that \u201cAll things fear time. But time fears the Pyramids.\u201d However, nothing lasts forever. Not even the more than five thousand year old Pyramids. Jesus\u2019 disciples were impressed by the glory of the Jerusalem Temple and its seeming imperviousness. Human are easily impressed by massive architecture. <\/p>\n

\tJesus wasn\u2019t. The beautiful buildings that they thought were so great, the Temple that was the focal point of all of Judaism, were soon going to become piles of rubble, thanks to the Roman army within in a generation. It wasn\u2019t the temple that was important, it was the God behind it that mattered. <\/p>\n

\tBut rather than wondering about the nature of God and how they would be able to worship him without a temple, the only question the disciples had was about the timing the temple\u2019s demolition. <\/p>\n

\tSo Jesus didn\u2019t give them the answer they wanted: a date. Instead, he warned them against focusing on gloom and doom prophesies and worrying about the timing of such destruction. He told them that a lot of people would come along claiming to be the Messiah. And a lot of people would overemphasize the sort of problems that always exist in the world. Jesus\u2019 disciples expected a revolution. But they were only concerned about physical change, rather than the more substantial\u2014and important\u2014spiritual change. They kept mistaking the Kingdom of Men for the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

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