Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Hey, welcome to our study from Mark Chapter 13. Let's see what we can discover. Jesus leaves the temple and

announces that it will be completely torn down. His four closest apostles later ask him about this

devastating event. Jesus tells them that many things must happen first, and they should not believe

those who claim to know the time of the temple's destruction.

The gospel must first be preached. The apostles would face heavy persecution before it happened,

but when the attack draws near, he warns them to flee to the mountains and get far away from Jerusalem.

It will be a judgment on the Jews and the destruction will be accomplished by Jesus.

These things would happen during their generation.

The disciples are warned not to be misled by false teachers, but to stay alert.

No one knows the day or the hour.

Let's see what we can learn from that event that would have affected the Jewish people.

Jesus describes the destruction of Jerusalem.

It was the judgment of Christ after he ascended to heaven, but it was carried out by the Roman government.

Jerusalem was destroyed, many Jews were killed, and the temple was completely dismantled.

This was God's punishment upon the Jews

for killing his son and refusing his kingdom. This took place in 70 AD. Leading up to it, there were

rumors and false prophecies. Jesus was warning them about that decades in advance. The key was to

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