45 Days To Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 21: Heaven and Earth Will Pass Away Before My Words Pass Away. Signs and Wonders

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How to Get the Most Out of The Challenge

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Transcript:  HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS CHALLENGE

Step One.  Start in the order of: the Gospel of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew for understanding.

The instructions are designed for accessibility and ensures the learner is not overwhelmed and confused. Post your questions in the comment section and the author will answer you. Please share your experiences and opinions.

Step Two.  Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete: 20 min to study the lesson and take the quiz. 15 minutes to read the Bible resource

It is recommended to read the entire post and then take the quiz before reading or listening to the bible resources. Each lesson is self-contained and includes all resources needed.

Step 3:  You should complete two lessons a day.  5 Days a week in order to complete the “45 Days to Read The Gospel Challenge in 45 days”.

There is no law that says you have to complete these lessons in 45 days. You are free to work at your own pace. Study the lesson and take the quiz in the morning, and later listen to or read the bible resources.

Step 4: Get organize with pen and paper.  Take notes.  Each lesson contains: Header Sections (Table of Contents): (1) chapter summary, (2) objectives, (3) outline, (4) reflection question,  (5) chapter highlights, (6) resources, (7) interactive quiz, and (8) a call to salvation.

Step 5: Enjoy.  The Gospel Changes Lives.  Get active and communicate with others. Share the lessons with friends. No stress. Work at your own pace.

Isaiah 9:6 KJV“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

 

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Overview of The Gospel of Luke

Apostle Luke, a Gentile and a physician, wrote this Gospel and the Book of Acts.  Luke’s work is assumed to be written in AD 60-62 during the time Paul was in jail.  His works were dedicated to Theophilus, a Roman dignitary.  Luke gives an ordered account of the events of Jesus’s life but not necessarily in order.  His primary research is based on eyewitnesses, disciples, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Luke knew the disciples personally.  He traveled with Paul most of the time. However, he also used other disciples’ work in his research, such as Mark’s work. A lot of Luke’s work included the Gospel of Mark. However, this Gospel gives many accounts of Jesus’s healing ministry because Luke was a physician himself.

Luke alone reported unusual circumstances surrounding the birth of John the Baptist and the annunciation to Mary.  He emphasized the central role of women, children, Gentiles, Samaritans, rich people, sinners, and outcasts in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke proposed to narrate the ministry of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ’s mission dedicated to the saving of sinners and his progression to the cross to become Savior of the World.

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45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge. The Gospel According To Luke Chapter 20: Heaven and Earth Will Pass Away Before My Words Pass Away

 

 

 

 

Summary of The Gospel According to Luke Chapter Twenty One: Heaven and Earth Will Pass Away Before My Words Pass Away. Signs and Wonders

In this lesson, we will explore Jesus’ teachings on generosity, prophecy, and the importance of being spiritually prepared for His return. You will learn about the widow’s heartfelt gift, the destruction of the temple, and the signs and wonders that will precede the coming of God’s Kingdom. Jesus emphasizes the need for constant prayer, watchfulness, and faith, reminding us to focus on eternal things rather than earthly wealth.

Jesus begins by sharing a parable about a poor widow who gave two mites as her offering to the temple. Although her gift was small, Jesus pointed out that she gave more than the others because she gave everything she had, while the others gave out of their abundance. This lesson teaches that the Lord values the heart and faith behind giving, rather than the amount, and that true generosity comes from sacrifice, not wealth. Jesus also reminds His followers that salvation is free and cannot be bought with riches.

Jesus then warns His disciples about the future destruction of the temple, telling them that despite its grandeur, it will eventually fall. This prophecy symbolizes the rejection of Jesus by that generation and foreshadows the trials that His followers will face. He tells the disciples that they will be persecuted for their faith, but reassures them that not a hair on their heads will perish. Jesus describes the signs and wonders that will occur before His return, urging believers to remain vigilant and prayerful.

Note: Jesus says to pray always that ye may escape these things that will come to pass. This seems to agree with popular thoughts that God will take his children up before certain events to keep them from suffering.  

 

 

Summary of The Gospel According to Luke Chapter Twenty One: Heaven and Earth Will Pass Away Before My Words Pass Away. Signs and Wonders

 

Time: 35 minutes to complete lesson: 20 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to view video resource and comment on social media

 

 

Objectives Chapter Twenty One (You will learn…)

A.  Understand why giving to God with faith and sacrifice holds more value than giving from abundance.

B.  Learn about the trials and persecutions believers face before the fall of the generation that rejected Jesus.

C.  Explore the signs and wonders that warn of Jesus’ return and the nearness of God’s Kingdom.

D.  Discover why Jesus stresses frequent prayer to help believers stand firm in trials and be worthy before God.

 

Outline for Chapter Twenty One

A widower’s two mites – Giving all that she had to live on.

B. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple and the calamities which shall precede it.

C. The signs of Jesus returning and the duty of watchfulness and prayer.

D. Jesus abides by night on the Mount of Olives.

 

 

Reflection

When you watch the news and see calamity, Christian persecution, and storms that destroy buildings and lives, do you think of the signs and wonders Jesus predicted that would happen?  Can you see any predictions that Jesus spoke over 2000 years ago, from this lesson, NOT happening now?  

 

 

 

 

 

Resources for this lesson

FREE copy of The Gospel of Luke and in its entirety (Public Domain-1907): You can use your zoom to increase the size of the text.   Click Here. (PDF)  or King James Bible Online. (Internet Web Site)  You Tube Audio and Video:  Chapter 21 (total time: 12 min.)  Part One, Part Two and Part Three

 

 

Chapter Highlights

 

 

 

Chapter Highlights of Gospel According to Luke – Chapter Twenty One KJV)  Answers to Objectives and Activity-Questions

 

A.  How giving to God from your heart and a place of faith is more than giving from a place of abundance and duty.  Luke 21: 1-4 KJV

^{Luke 21: 1-4  1}And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

²And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 

³And he said, Of a truth, I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

⁴For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

 

 

B.  The tribulations that disciples will suffer before the destruction of the generation that rejected Jesus Christ. Luke 21:5-9,  Luke 21: 12-25KJV

^{Luke 21:-5 9}And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

 ⁶As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

⁷And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

 ⁸And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

 ⁹But, when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things, must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

 ¹⁰Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

 ¹¹And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 

Luke 21: 12-24 KJV ¹²But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. ¹

¹³And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 

¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 

¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

 ¹⁶And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 

¹⁷And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

 ¹⁸But there shall not a hair of your head perish.

¹⁹In your patience possess ye your souls.

 ²⁰And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 

²¹Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and let them which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

²²For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

²³But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

²⁴And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

 

 

C. The predicted signs and wonders are warnings of Jesus’ return. The Kingdom of God will be near.  Luke 21:8-11KJV,   Luke 21: 25-33KJV

⁸And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

 ⁹But, when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things, must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 

¹⁰Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 

¹¹And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

²⁵And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 

²⁶Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 

²⁷And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

²⁸And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 

²⁹And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 

³⁰When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 

³¹So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 

³²Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 

³³Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 

 

 

D.  The reason believers should pray often.  Luke 21: 34-38 KJV

³⁴And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

³⁵For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 

³⁶Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 

³⁷And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. ³

⁸And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

 

 

Interactive Quiz

See “Chapter 21 Highlights” above for scriptures and help with the quote. Refresh screen to retake the quiz.

 

 

 

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Call to salvation

John 3:16  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

Romans 10:9-10  9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation

 

John 3:5-6  5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.