Luke 21:5-38 | Pursue Peace in the Wait

DATE: May 29, 2022
THEME: Pursue Peace in the Wait, Bless the LORD in the Pain.
SCRIPTURE: Luke 21:5-38

Jesus' "Olivet Discourse" is a LARGE piece of literature that has been discussed and debated for millennium and often attributed to the end of the world, the apocalypse. However, this passage is not eschatological in nature, per the context given in the passage. This passage is a powerful prophecy concerning the end of the nation of Israel, the destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple, and the entire culture, economy, and politics of the national identity of Israel in AD 70. However Jesus' meaning in the passage is to warn the disciples of the things to look out for and GET OUT OF TOWN/FLEE/RUUUUN!!!...don't stick around out of a nationalistic duty to Israel, but to flee and be saved from the coming judgement upon Israel for their hard-heartedness and unrepentance; and His encouragement for His disciples is that in the mean time before that all happens, they ought to pursue peace in the wait, and bless the LORD in the midst of the pain.