Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Sean Kilgo, pastor at the Northeast Kansas Lutheran Partnership, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Matthew 24:1-14. Jesus leaves the temple for the last time on Tuesday of Holy Week and tells His disciples that this grand building will one day be destroyed. God’s presence dwells in Jesus; therefore, the foundation of the disciples’ faith is not a building, but Jesus’ words. They ask Him two questions in response to this shocking statement, perhaps with some misunderstanding concerning the connection between the destruction of the Temple and the consummation at the end of the age. Jesus answers both questions throughout His discourse in Matthew 24-25, though we may sometimes have difficulty discerning which question He is answering. Jesus first warns His disciples concerning false teaching, which presents an eternal danger to His disciples. Wars and rumors of wars and famines will all happen before the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the age, but Jesus comforts us not to be alarmed and inste