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The Caldwell Commentaries dive deep into the Bible to reveal the amazing truths God has shared with mankind about HIStory, salvation in Christ, and the future! Be prepared for some spiritual heartburn!
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Life of Christ Lesson 138: Olivet Discourse - Part VIII {Parable of the Fig Tree}
Mar 2601:07:35Tap to summarizeThe Lord's "Parable of the Fig Tree" has become a controversial parable; part of the controversy is because it has been viewed as a complicated allegory rather than a simple analogy. A popular interpretation of this parable says the fig tree pictures Israel and her reinstatement as a nation in 1948 is its "budding" in the parable. The conclusion then means the generation that saw Israel's reinstatement will see Christ's return (the Rapture)! Hear the Biblical reasons not to interpret the parable that way and find out how it should be interpreted! Also discussed are the Lord's "Flood Admonishment" (as in the days of Noah so shall also the coming of the Son of man be), His "Thief Admonishment" (Matthew 24:43, 44), and His "Evil Servant Admonishment" (24:45-51). These are important "warnings" that must be rightly interpreted. Something to continually remember is the Church is not in "The Olivet Discourse".
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 137: Olivet Discourse - Part VII {Signs of Christ’s Second Coming}
Mar 2401:14:41Tap to summarizeThis lesson brings us to a discussion of the most momentous event of all time: the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus in all His Divine Glory! Did you realize prophecies regarding the Second Coming make-up 1/3rd of all prophecies of Scripture? Do you know of the 333 prophecies regarding Christ Jesus, 109 were fulfilled at His First Coming, while 224 remain to be fulfilled at His Second Coming! Next to the subject of faith, no other subject is mentioned more in the Bible than Christ's Return. One more statistic: for every one time the First Coming is mention, the Second Coming is mentioned 8 times! This lesson is about one of the 21 times the Lord predicted His Return. In addition to predicting the blasphemous abomination of desolation (lesson 136), He gave a sign that will immediately precede His Return - a great decrease in light from the celestial luminary bodies. At almost the same instant as that decrease in light, "the sign of the Son of man" will appear in the sky! Find out from this study what that final sign might be!
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 136: Olivet Discourse - Part VI {The Abomination of Desolation}
Mar 2301:11:29Tap to summarizeTo this point in His Olivet Discourse, the Lord Jesus spoke about the end-times' rise of false christs, wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes - all of which will begin to noticeably increase in frequency and intensity (like labor pains) during the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation (Daniel's final 7-year "week" - 9:24-27). He also predicted that, during the second 3 1/2 years, there would be great persecution of Jews and Christians, the rise of many false prophets, and the proliferation of sin and total lawlessness (Matthew 24:9-12). In Matthew 24:15, Christ gave the specific sign that would divide the two halves of the Tribulation Period. It is the sign that should warn Jews living in Israel, as well as Tribulation saints, that massive persecution (by the Antichrist) is about to begin. Find out about an historical "abomination of desolation" (Antiochus Epiphanes), which served as a prophetic preview of the even greater "abomination of desolation" the Antichrist will perform as he breaks his "covenant" with Israel (her covenant with death).
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 135: Olivet Discourse - Part V {The Great Tribulation}
Mar 2201:07:34Tap to summarizeAfter giving the "labor signs" of the beginning of the Tribulation Period, the Lord proceeded to predict the second half of the Tribulation, which is called "The Great Tribulation". It will be a time of unprecedented calamity on this earth; fortunately, it will only last 3 and one-half years. Its culmination comes suddenly with the Lord's Return. In this lesson, the Lord presented 5 features that will characterize this time period. The first 3 are negative; the last 2 are positive. The negative characteristics are: (1) great persecution of the saints, (2) false prophets, and (3) the proliferation of sin. The two positive features that will take place in the final half of the Tribulation are: (4) the promise of "salvation" for the one who endures to the end (NOT in reference to spiritual, bt to physical salvation, and (5) the proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom (find out why Matthew 24:14 does not mean the Gospel must be spread to the entire world before Jesus can return for His Church). What is "the Gospel of the Kingdom" that will be "preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations" in the final years before Christ's Return? Answer is found in this study.
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 134: Olivet Discourse - Part IV {The Beginning of Sorrows}
Mar 2101:16:56Tap to summarizeThe first of the four sign-events to occur in the period of the Tribulation Jesus termed, "The Beginning of sorrows" will be a worldwide deception through a proliferation of false christs (see Lesson 3 in this series). The next three sign-events of this time frame are discussed in this lesson. They are massive destruction by way of intensified warfare among the nations of the world, a vastly increased death toll as a result of not only the warfare, but increased famines and pestilences (diseases), and dreadful physical disturbances occurring on land and in the sky. The four "sign-events" of "The Olivet Discourse" are described by the Apostle John in Revelation 6:1-8 as the first four seal judgments, pictured by four different colored horses with ominous riders upon them, famously referred to as "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". Although the Church does not look for these four frightening figures, yet it seems we can hear their thundering hoofbeats off in the distance. Be sure you are right with the Lord TODAY!
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 133: Olivet Discourse - Part III {Increased Spiritual Deception}
Mar 2001:17:28Tap to summarizeIn Jesus' answer to answer the second question asked Him by His disciples, "What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the age?" He gave them a whole series of events that will precede His Coming! In fact, He took them rapidly through the entire seven years of "The Tribulation" on earth (the final week of Daniel's 70 Weeks' Prophecy - see our two podcast lessons tagged "GREAT 70 Weeks' Prophecy). The Olivet Discourse is Christ's panoramic account of the end-times' events to occur on earth before He returns to establish His earthly Kingdom. In Matthew 24:4-8, He prophesied of the types of events (signs) that will take place during the first half of the Tribulation (also called "the beginning of sorrows"). In Matthew 24:9-14, He went on to predict the events that will occur in the second half of the Tribulation (called "the Great Tribulation"). In Matthew 24:15-31, He had further words of prophecy about specific signs of the end-times. There is more, but we will discuss it when get to lessons 8 to 10. Describing the first half of the Tribulation, the Lord gave four specific types of "sorrows" those living at that time will experience. The first is that there will be a great increase in spiritual deception! Included in this lesson is a review of some of the 23 major false messiahs who have attempted to deceive Israel and the world into believing in them since the time of the true Messiah, Jesus Christ! It is very interesting!!
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 132: Olivet Discourse - Part II {Destruction of Jerusalem}
Mar 1901:18:07Tap to summarizeThis second lesson from the greatest prophetic sermon (and the longest) by the greatest Prophet Who ever lived (the Lord Jesus) is Christ's answer to His disciples' first of two questions asked as they rested on the Mount of Olives on their return trip from Jerusalem to Bethany (where they spent the night with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary). The question had to do with when the destruction of the Temple would take place, which Jesus shocked His men by predicting on their way up the Mount. The disciples had no idea of the coming destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70 by the Romans, much less that it would be a "mini-picture" of an even worse, end-times' desolation of the rebuilt Temple by the Antichrist to occur shortly before the return of Christ at His Second Coming. In this lesson, we present the four interpretation views of this sermon (and the Book of Revelation), with seven valid reasons why this discourse (and Revelation) must refer to yet-future "end-times' events" and cannot solely apply to either the A.D. 70 destruction of Jerusalem or to events that have already taken place during the Church Age. This view is referred to as pre-millennialism. If you have no earthly idea what the differences are between amillennialism, post-millennialism, and pre-millennialism, this study makes it very simple to understand. Remember: it is very important to know why you believe what you believe and not just trust others to tell you what to believe! Examine the Scripture itself, for it is its own Interpreter!
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 131: Olivet Discourse - Part I {Greatest Prophetic Sermon}
Mar 1800:52:38Tap to summarizeIt was Tuesday of the Lord's Passion Week. Having departed from Jerusalem, after an extremely trying day, He and His disciples rested on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Holy City. He likely pointed down to the city and prophesied there would not be one stone left upon another. Earlier, as He departed from the Temple for the last time before His death, He had predicted its desolation. The disciples were curious, to say the least. Thus, they asked Him two questions: (1) ". . . When shall these things be?" and (2) "What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 5:3). The Lord's response to those two important questions launched Him into presenting what is called "The Olivet Discourse," the greatest prophetic sermon by the greatest Prophet who ever lived - and the One Who truly knows the events that will preceed His Second Coming. It is often said, rightly so, that "The Olivet Discourse" is like a "jet tour" through the Book of Revelation from chapters 6 to 19. It is very important to listen to this introductory lesson before continuing with Lessons 2 to 10. It is critical to understand the two questions asked by the disciples from their JEWISH perspective.
Transcribe →Angelology: A Biblical Look at Angels {"Angelology"}
Mar 1701:08:46Tap to summarizeThis is a "jet-tour" study on the fascinating subject of "Angelology" in which we consider what the Scripture tells us about the other personal, intelligent, emotional, volitional creatures of God's Kingdom (besides humanity). We discuss such subjects as: Do angels really have wings? Why are the fallen angels unredeemable? Why did God allow Lucifer to rebel against Him to begin with? How many archangels are there? Why are angels called a "host," and not a "race". Have angels ever appeared in female form? What is the only place in Scripture where seraphim are mentioned? How are the cherubim described in Scripture (it certainly is not as chubby little toddlers with wings, holding a bow and arrow or a little harp)? Do we have such a thing as a "guardian angel"? Why are angels also called "watchers" - who and what are they watching? Do people become angels when they die? THESE and many other interesting biblical truths about God's holy angels are discussed in this lesson that also talks about what the angels learn from us ... and what we can learn from them!!
Transcribe →Life of Christ Lesson 130: The Widow’s Might {Purposeful play on the word ”Mite”}
Mar 1601:07:22Tap to summarizeMark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4 On a very busy and very trying day for the Lord Jesus - Tuesday of the Passion Week, we have the record of an encounter that must have been like a refreshing oasis in the midst of a spiritually dry desert for Him. A true worshipper entered the scene (He was in the Temple Court known as "The Court of the Women" in which was located the Temple treasury "alms boxes). This person was a widow and her genuine love, humility, and devotion to the things of God served as a striking contrast to the hypocrisy and pride and false devotion of Israel's false shepherds, who had become a tremendous source of anguish to the Lord's heart. This widow has become one of the best known female characters in the New Testament. Actually, she represents all the unnamed and unnoticed saints of God who give sacrificially of both their time and finances for His name's sake. She represents those who, because they truly love the Lord, obey Him by serving and giving unselfishly.
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