Our paragraph topic is: (The destruction of Jerusalem) Part 4.
Flee to the mountains. Flee from the housetops. Take nothing with you except your life least you die. These are the words of Christ. Destruction is coming to Jerusalem and all should know of the impending doom. All should be aware of what is to happen.
Jerusalem was a great and beautiful city. How could this happen to it. It was well constructed and well guarded. Yet here was this man, this prophet, this Messiah proclaiming that it would fall and that all should flee least they loose their lives.
How could this be? The Jews were a religious people protected by the hand of God. He was their protector, their provider. Had they not followed his commandments? Had they not worshipped him according to his precepts, handed down by their fore fathers? Why was it that this Christ was predicting the destruction of their sacred city? What did he know? What knowledge did he have that the Scribes and the Pharisees did not? Yet he told his disciples and the people: "And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak."
The destruction of Jerusalem from the mouth of Christ must have been a shocker for the disciples. They were proud of their city as were all the inhabitants and the Jews. It took many years for it to be built. It took many hands and lives for it to be completed. Yet here he was proclaiming its destruction to the people. Who would have thought or even imagined that this would happen? But here was Christ Jesus proclaiming it will be destroyed.
Would you believe?
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
