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\nMessiah and that that would have
\nbeen very threatening to the <\/p>\n
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\nJewish leadership, whether they
\nbe Pharisee or Sadducee. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can see the Pharisee and
\nSadducees don’t like one another<\/p>\n
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\nat all.
\nIn fact, that even becomes <\/p>\n
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\nclearer when you look at extra
\nbiblical sources like Josephus <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you can really draw a
\ncontrast between these groups. <\/p>\n
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\nBut yet they are united in this
\npurpose that if Jesus was <\/p>\n
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\nreclaiming or was being thought
\nof, I should say, as the <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah, both were very
\nthreatened by that idea. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they if science has given me
\nthe test of the Messiah, well <\/p>\n
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\ncertainly they are going to try
\nto have a sign that he can’t <\/p>\n
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\npossibly fulfill.
\nSo in Matthew chapter 16, verse <\/p>\n
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\none, they come to Jesus
\nrequesting a sign and Jesus gave<\/p>\n
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\nthem a response in two parts.
\nThe first part was used an <\/p>\n
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\nanalogy of weather.
\nThey could see the weather and <\/p>\n
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\ndisguise it currently was.
\nAnd then they could imply, well,<\/p>\n
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\nif the weather’s like this in
\nthe sky, then it means that that<\/p>\n
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\nthat in the future I can look
\nforward to whether it’s going to<\/p>\n
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\nbe foul or hot.
\nSo they could see the current <\/p>\n
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\nweather and predict future
\nweather, but they couldn’t see <\/p>\n
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\nthe signs right in front of them
\nbecause they’re blinded. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy they blinded?
\nWell, they’re blinded by pride. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had too much to lose.
\nInstead of accepting the signs <\/p>\n
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\nthat were right in front of
\nthem, that same the same signs <\/p>\n
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\nthat other people saw and
\nresponded with faith, they did <\/p>\n
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\nnot respect those signs.
\nThey wanted something that was <\/p>\n
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\nlarger or grandeur.
\nBut the truth is, even if larger<\/p>\n
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\nor grandeur or more grandiose
\nsigns were offered, they <\/p>\n
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\nwouldn’t have believed those
\nsigns either because it wasn’t <\/p>\n
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\nabout the sign at all.
\nJesus says He’s going to give <\/p>\n
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\nthem one sign.
\nNow, as Jesus was performing <\/p>\n
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\nsigns such as, you know, raising
\nLazarus or healing the blind man<\/p>\n
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\nin John Chapter 9 or other types
\nof signs. <\/p>\n
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\nThe trouble we have is why did
\nJesus say this would be the one <\/p>\n
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\nsign to be given?
\nClearly there were more signs <\/p>\n
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\nyet that he was going to do in
\nfront of the people. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Jesus seems to suggest this
\nis the one sign, the only sign. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the question we need to
\npresent ourselves with is what <\/p>\n
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\ndoes He mean by that?
\nWhat does He mean this is the <\/p>\n
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\nonly sign you’re going to be
\ngiven? <\/p>\n
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\nThey were given other signs.
\nClearly they had opportunities. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s look at the story of
\nLasher’s. <\/p>\n
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\nWas that not a sign?
\nOf course it was a sign. <\/p>\n
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\nSo other signs were offered.
\nWhy does He say you will be <\/p>\n
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\ngiven no other sign but this one
\nsign? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does he mean by that?
\nAnd the one sign that He offers <\/p>\n
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\nthen is the sign of the prophet
\nJonah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this class, by way of
\nintroduction, is to understand <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Jesus meant when he said
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Simply put, it is the son of
\nthe prophet John is simply the <\/p>\n
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\ndeath and resurrection of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIs that all it is?
\nBecause I’ll be honest with you,<\/p>\n
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\nI’m 46 years old.
\nI look 46. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see the white on the beard,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s really helping me look
\n46. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the longest time I wanted to
\nlook older, right, because I’m <\/p>\n
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\nin sales and so I’d go in front
\nof these advisors, financial <\/p>\n
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\nadvisors, and I looked like I
\nwas 12 and they wouldn’t want to<\/p>\n
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\nbuy anything from me.
\nSo I thought I’d get a beard and<\/p>\n
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\nI’d get some white and it would
\nhelp, you know? <\/p>\n
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\nBut now it’s happening
\nnaturally. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’m 46 years old and for
\nyears and years and years and <\/p>\n
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\nyears and years, I just thought
\nit was the death of resurrect <\/p>\n
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\nand the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nNext question, but I can suggest<\/p>\n
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\nthis more to it.
\nThe men, isn’t it obviously is <\/p>\n
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\nthe leading question, isn’t it?
\nNow I just I know that you know <\/p>\n
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\nthis, but the Jews love signs.
\nThey love you know, it’s not <\/p>\n
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\nonly in the Gospels that we know
\nabout them. <\/p>\n
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\nThe fact that Jews love signs so
\nmuch because we can even look at<\/p>\n
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\nFirst Corinthians chapter 1,
\nverses 21 to 23, and we see <\/p>\n
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\nthese words for since in the
\nwisdom of God, the world by its <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom did not know God, God was
\npleased to save those who <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve by the foolishness of
\npreaching. <\/p>\n
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\nFor the Jews demand miraculous
\nsigns and the Greeks ask for <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom, but we preach about a
\ncrucified Christ, a stumbling <\/p>\n
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\nblock, the Jews.
\nSo the Greeks, they wanted <\/p>\n
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\nphilosophical wisdom, but the
\nJews saw through philosophical <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom that could just simply be
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\nis simply the invention of of
\nmen’s minds. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Jews are renowned,
\naccording to the Apostle Paul, <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re renowned for seeking
\nsigns, which is perhaps why the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit was poured out in
\nthe 1st century. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can see why it was poured
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\nsigns, but you can also see why
\nit was withdrawn for the <\/p>\n
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\nfoolishness of preaching because
\nit was not on the basis of signs<\/p>\n
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\nthat God was out and ultimately
\nasking his people to believe <\/p>\n
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\nthat on the basis of faith and
\nsigns were not sufficient to <\/p>\n
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\nSo we should be surprised then <\/p>\n
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\nthat there are several instances
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\nbut several, in which the Jews
\ncome to Jesus and request a <\/p>\n
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\nsign.
\nNow the incident in Matthew 16 <\/p>\n
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\nsign, not the first time.
\nIn fact, the previous occasion <\/p>\n
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\nwhere the Jesus, Jesus asking
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\nMatthew chapter 12.
\nSo for chapter 0, you might want<\/p>\n
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\nto turn there, but I’ll look at
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\nAnd it’s in Matthew chapter 12
\nthat Jesus first mentions the <\/p>\n
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\nsign of the prophet Jonah.
\nSo the context of Matthew 12 is <\/p>\n
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\nthat Jesus is accused of
\nbreaking Sabbath law because he <\/p>\n
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\nheals a man with a withered
\nhand. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the story of the man with
\nthe withered hand will form our <\/p>\n
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\nexpectation on Sunday morning.
\nSo I won’t go into that now in <\/p>\n
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\nany great detail because we’re
\ngoing to cover that in detail on<\/p>\n
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\nSunday morning, Matthew chapter
\n12. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that’s the context of what
\nwe’re seeing here in Matthew 12.<\/p>\n
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\nNow following this, the record
\nsays in Matthew chapter 12 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 14, the Pharisees went out
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\nhow they might destroy him.
\nBut when Jesus knew it, he <\/p>\n
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\nwithdrew himself from fence, and
\ngreat multans followed him, and <\/p>\n
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\nhe healed them all.
\nNow verse 22 then it says, the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd one was brought unto him, <\/p>\n
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\none possessed devil, blind and
\ndumb, and he healed him in so <\/p>\n
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\nmuch as the blind and dumbed,
\nboth spake and salt. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all the people were amazed
\nand said, Now that’s the <\/p>\n
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\nimportant part.
\nIs this not the son of David? <\/p>\n
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\nNow the Pharisees cannot abide
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\nthreatening them to them.
\nSo they so not only they still <\/p>\n
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\nanger for the fact that Jesus
\nhad just healed the man on the <\/p>\n
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\nSabbath and that infuriated, but
\nnow to add insult to their <\/p>\n
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\ninjury.
\nNow in response to healing, <\/p>\n
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\npeople are saying this must be
\nthe son of David, meaning this <\/p>\n
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\nmust be the Messiah.
\nAnd they cannot abide by this <\/p>\n
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\nmessianic talk.
\nAnd so they’re looking for ways <\/p>\n
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\nto discredit Jesus.
\nAnd so we read that in verse 24.<\/p>\n
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\nThe bears have heard it and they
\nsaid devils, but by the Els of <\/p>\n
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\nus, the Prince.
\nIn other words, they can’t deny <\/p>\n
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\nhis power.
\nSo instead they claim that the <\/p>\n
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\nsource of his power is in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
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\nThe source of his power is not
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause of course by implication
\nof this from God, they have a <\/p>\n
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\nproblem.
\nThey can’t really deny the <\/p>\n
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\nmiracle, they just deny the
\nmiracle’s source. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s from this in Matthew 12
\nthat they make their first <\/p>\n
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\nrequest of a sign from Jesus.
\nSo let’s look at that then. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you built up our stories.
\nNow let’s look at this request <\/p>\n
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\nfor a sign, which is found in
\nMatthew chapter 12 and verse 38 <\/p>\n
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\nto 41.
\nThen some of the scribes and <\/p>\n
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\nPharisees said to him, Teacher,
\nwe wish to see a sign from you. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he answered them, An evil
\nand adulterous generation <\/p>\n
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\nseeketh for a sign, but no sign
\nshall be given unto it, except <\/p>\n
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\nthe sign of the prophet Jonah.
\nFor as Jonah was 3 days and <\/p>\n
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\nthree nights in the heart of the
\nearth, so the Son of Man be 3 <\/p>\n
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\ndays and three nights in the
\nheart of the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this passage leaves us with a
\nfew clues and a few questions. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s just start by stating
\nthe obvious. <\/p>\n
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\nAlways important to state the
\nobvious. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes in our effort to fair
\nit and find uncovered <\/p>\n
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\ninformation, we sort of ignore
\nthe the the information right in<\/p>\n
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\nfront of us.
\nWe’re just going to state right <\/p>\n
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\naway that the sign of prophet
\nJonah must be related to his <\/p>\n
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\ndeath and resurrection.
\nIt must be because he mentions <\/p>\n
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\nthe three days and the three
\nnights. <\/p>\n
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\nSo clearly, whatever we make of
\nthe sign of the prophet Jonah, <\/p>\n
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\nhis death and resurrection must
\nbe a key part of it. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, the key part of it.
\nI’m just suggesting there’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be more to it the
\nScripture offers us. <\/p>\n
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\nSo by the way, why would a a
\nsymbolic death and resurrection <\/p>\n
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\nbe assigned to them?
\nWell, presumably on the basis <\/p>\n
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\nthat a dead man can do nothing
\nfor himself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if a man did rise from the
\ndead, the dead know nothing, and<\/p>\n
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\nthat must be from God, and such
\na miracle must be a sign from <\/p>\n
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\nheaven.
\nBut consider this, brother <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, When Jesus was
\nresurrected, was it enough to <\/p>\n
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\nconvince the people that he was
\nthe Messiah? <\/p>\n
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\nDid he convince the Pharisees
\nand scribes, the Brokies and <\/p>\n
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\nSadducees, that Jesus did come
\nfrom God? <\/p>\n
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\nyou, right?
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\nyou?
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\nSo how’s that different than
\nthan the raising of Lazarus? <\/p>\n
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\nHow is that different than than
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\nis a very good descriptor of
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\ngeneration would very adequately<\/p>\n
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\ndescribe is the time of Jonah.
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\nLook at look at verse 12, that <\/p>\n
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\nsame chapter he says for a
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\nevil and adulterous.
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\nSo you know, that has to be a <\/p>\n
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\nis a certainly of all
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\nhere’s the point, We have no
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\nor of any prophet sent to them.
\nNow why is that remarkable? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it’s remarkable because
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\nIt is John chapter 3, verse 4.
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\na little bit? <\/p>\n
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\nThe record says that that God <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jonah is very grateful for <\/p>\n
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\nthe gourd, and I think that
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\nwas really sensitive. <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t Jonah’s preaching alone
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\nIt’s the fact that Jonah himself<\/p>\n
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\nsomehow this sign would seem to
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\ndidn’t repent at his preaching. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the whole point of the story
\nof Jonah is that the Ninevites, <\/p>\n
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\nus to our second reference to
\nthe sign of Jonah in the gospel.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd that second reference is
\nfound in Luke Chapter 11, verse <\/p>\n
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\n29.
\nSo we’ve already looked at <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew chapter 12, which spoke
\nspecifically of the death and <\/p>\n
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\nresurrection of Jesus being
\nconnected to the sign of the <\/p>\n
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\nprophet Jonah.
\nBut now let’s look at Luke <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 11 and look at verse 29,
\nand we’re going to get another <\/p>\n
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\nclue about what the sign of the
\nprophet Jonah is really all <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:00,160 –> 00:23:04,440
\nabout.
\nSouth Luke Chapter 11, verse 29 <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:04,440 –> 00:23:10,560
\nsays this.
\nWhen the crowds were increasing,<\/p>\n
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\nhe began to say, This generation
\nseeks a sign, but no sign shall <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:18,400 –> 00:23:21,600
\nbe given to it except the sign
\nof Jonah. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:23,680 –> 00:23:31,440
\nFor as Jonah became a sign to
\nthe men of Nineveh, so will the <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:31,440 –> 00:23:33,720
\nSon of Man be to this
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:36,600 –> 00:23:38,720
\nDo you see that?
\nThis is just careful vibrating. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:38,720 –> 00:23:44,560
\nDo you see that though?
\nSee, it wasn’t just his death <\/p>\n
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\nand resurrection, only that was
\nthe sign. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:48,400 –> 00:23:52,720
\nBut this reference from Luke, it
\nconfirms our suspicion about <\/p>\n
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\nJonah.
\nSee, Jonah was a sign to the <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:59,240 –> 00:24:04,000
\npeople of Nineveh.
\nSo what I’m suggesting to you is<\/p>\n
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\n00:24:04,000 –> 00:24:08,320
\nthat Jesus, like Jonah, will be
\nthe sign. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:09,720 –> 00:24:12,720
\nShe, she, how that adds on, it
\ndoesn’t replace. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:12,840 –> 00:24:16,000
\nIt simply adds on to her
\nunderstanding to Matthew chapter<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:16,000 –> 00:24:19,680
\n12, Matthew chapter 12-3 days
\nand three nights, right? <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:20,720 –> 00:24:27,000
\nBut Luke Chapter 11, Jonah
\nbecame a sign, and Jesus would <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:30,560
\nbe assigned to the men of his
\ngeneration the way that Jonah <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:30,560 –> 00:24:32,640
\nwas assigned to the men of
\nNineveh. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:34,040 –> 00:24:35,960
\nIt’s not merely the death and
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:36,600 –> 00:24:41,680
\nSo the Ninevites must have
\nbeheld Jonah and seen him as a <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:41,800 –> 00:24:46,080
\nsign.
\nLooking at him, He was a sign as<\/p>\n
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\n00:24:46,080 –> 00:24:50,240
\na man risen from the dead.
\nThey saw the marks of symbolic <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:50,240 –> 00:24:54,040
\ndeath and resurrection and
\nconsequently they listened to <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:54,040 –> 00:24:58,240
\nthe message and Jesus saying
\nthat He will be assigned to his <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:58,240 –> 00:25:01,560
\ngeneration like Jonah was to the
\nNinevites. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:01,760 –> 00:25:06,520
\nBut but OK, if that’s true, this
\nshould be the burning obvious <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:06,520 –> 00:25:08,400
\nquestion.
\nAgain, you get presented with <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:08,400 –> 00:25:11,600
\nsome data, some information,
\ngood information, useful <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:11,600 –> 00:25:14,080
\ninformation, I hope.
\nBut then there’s another <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:14,080 –> 00:25:15,400
\nquestion you need to ask
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:15,400 –> 00:25:19,880
\nWhat’s that question?
\nWell, the question is this. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:22,560 –> 00:25:28,520
\nThe men of Jesus generation did
\nnot receive him as a sign. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:35,160 –> 00:25:38,440
\nSay he says they will, but they
\ndon’t. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:38,440 –> 00:25:47,680
\nSo I’m going to ask the question
\nagain, What’s the sign of the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:47,680 –> 00:25:52,200
\nprophet Jonah?
\nNow what we have is clues, but <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:53,480
\nwe don’t have the whole picture
\nyet. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:55,120 –> 00:25:59,760
\nSo, connecting to our earlier
\ndiscussion, you can see how <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:00,200 –> 00:26:06,720
\nJesus would have reflected on
\nJonah given his own experience. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:07,560 –> 00:26:09,080
\nHow so?
\nJonah go. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:09,480 –> 00:26:12,440
\nJesus goes a Sidon and finds
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:13,920 –> 00:26:16,680
\nJesus goes to the capitalist and
\nfinds faith. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:17,360 –> 00:26:19,480
\nHe crosses the lake into Jewish
\nterritory. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:19,760 –> 00:26:22,160
\nBy contrast, he’s immediately
\naccosted. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:22,880 –> 00:26:31,800
\nSame Jesus, same teaching, same
\nmiraculous power, same man, <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:33,880 –> 00:26:39,320
\ndifferent response.
\nSo we need more clues. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:42,320 –> 00:26:47,720
\nLet’s go back to Matthew 12.
\nIn Matthew 12, we’re going to <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:47,720 –> 00:26:52,080
\nreceive a further clue about the
\nsign of the prophet Jonah that I<\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:52,080 –> 00:26:54,520
\nintentionally left until now for
\nus to consider. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:56,600 –> 00:26:59,320
\nSo going back to Matthew chapter
\n12 and now we’re going to look <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:59,320 –> 00:27:05,840
\nat verse 41 together.
\nMatthew 12, verse 41 says this. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:06,960 –> 00:27:11,480
\nThe men of Nineveh will rise at
\nthe judgment with this <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:11,480 –> 00:27:17,440
\ngeneration and condemn it.
\nNow Jesus says in Luke Chapter <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:17,440 –> 00:27:20,080
\n11, He’s assigned to this
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:20,360 –> 00:27:24,880
\nSo is this generation talking
\nabout the Jew, the Gentiles? <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:25,120 –> 00:27:29,400
\nNo, I just suggest you that this
\ngeneration must be talking about<\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:29,400 –> 00:27:31,080
\nthe Jews.
\nYou follow the logic there. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:32,520 –> 00:27:33,840
\nWho are the men of this
\ngeneration? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:33,840 –> 00:27:35,240
\nHe’s talking about the Jews.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:35,360 –> 00:27:38,040
\nBecause Matthew chapter 12 says
\nthe men and generation of <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:38,040 –> 00:27:40,880
\nNineveh will rise with this
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:42,480 –> 00:27:45,840
\nThe Jews that heard Jesus talk
\nis what he’s talking about and <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:45,840 –> 00:27:48,680
\nthey’re going to condemn it for
\nthey repented at the preaching <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:48,680 –> 00:27:52,320
\nof Jonah and behold, something
\ngreater than Jonah was here. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:53,720 –> 00:27:56,840
\nOK, now in case we miss the
\nemphasis, Jesus is is being <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:56,840 –> 00:28:00,800
\ndeliberate here.
\nSo in case you miss the emphasis<\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:01,400 –> 00:28:05,160
\non Gentile belief versus Jewish
\nunbelief, he says, well one <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:05,160 –> 00:28:08,040
\nexample’s not enough.
\nI’m going to give you 2 examples<\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:08,200 –> 00:28:11,400
\nso that you are for sure not
\nmistaken what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:11,680 –> 00:28:13,960
\nSo he gives the next example,
\nand he says the queen of the <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:13,960 –> 00:28:17,600
\nSouth will rise at the judgement
\nwith this generation and condemn<\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:17,600 –> 00:28:23,680
\nit, for she came from the ends
\nof the earth to hear the wisdom <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:23,680 –> 00:28:27,880
\nof Solomon.
\nAnd behold, something greater <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:27,920 –> 00:28:33,520
\nthan Solomon is here.
\nSo what is Jesus telling us? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:39,770 –> 00:28:44,130
\nHe’s saying that this evil and
\nadulterous generation will be <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:44,130 –> 00:28:45,930
\ngiven the sign of Jonah.
\nThat’s clear enough. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:46,010 –> 00:28:48,290
\nWe all understand that they’re
\ngoing to be given the sign of <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:48,290 –> 00:28:51,810
\nJonah.
\nBut by contrast to the many <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:51,810 –> 00:28:55,850
\nother miracles which they seem
\nto gainsay and gainsay and <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:55,850 –> 00:28:59,410
\ngainsay and gainsay, this will
\nbe the one sign. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:59,650 –> 00:29:03,450
\nThis will be the miracle.
\nThey cannot dispute. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:05,320 –> 00:29:07,440
\nBut the trouble, what’s
\ntroubling us is they dispute it <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:09,240 –> 00:29:14,640
\nand they don’t receive the sign.
\nAnd if Jesus saying to us the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:14,640 –> 00:29:16,520
\nsign’s going to come in three
\nparts. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:16,800 –> 00:29:20,320
\nNow let’s just rehearse what
\nthose three parts are so we’re <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:20,320 –> 00:29:23,960
\nclear on them.
\nPart number 1 is a man will <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:23,960 –> 00:29:28,560
\nrise, die and rise again from
\nthe dead, just as Joan was, 3 <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:28,560 –> 00:29:34,120
\ndays and three nights.
\nPart number 2 this man in living<\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:34,120 –> 00:29:40,360
\nform is the sign himself that
\nthey will behold that connects <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:40,360 –> 00:29:44,320
\nto Luke Chapter 11 verse 29.
\nFor as Jonah became a son. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:45,360 –> 00:29:52,040
\nAnd the third part is this in
\nresponse the Gentiles respond, <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:52,040 –> 00:29:56,800
\nrepent, but the unbelieving Jews
\nwill be condemned. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:58,720 –> 00:30:03,080
\nMatthew chapter 12, verse 41,
\nthe men of Nineveh will arrive. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:03,680 –> 00:30:08,880
\nThose are our three parts.
\nAnd I can suggest to you that is<\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:08,880 –> 00:30:14,400
\nthe combination of these
\nelements and not anyone <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:14,400 –> 00:30:17,080
\nspecifically that is the son of
\nthe prophet Jonah. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:19,560 –> 00:30:24,720
\nSo if that’s true, then here’s
\nmy question to you. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:28,440 –> 00:30:32,760
\nWhen did the Jews of his
\ngeneration, evil and adulterous <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:32,760 –> 00:30:37,560
\nas it is, when did they receive
\nthis sign? <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:46,440 –> 00:30:52,720
\nBecause Luke Chapter 11 says to
\nus, just as the men of Jonah’s <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:52,720 –> 00:30:56,760
\ngeneration, the Ninevites,
\nreceived him as a sign, the men <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:56,760 –> 00:30:59,880
\nof his generation, Jesus says,
\nwill receive him as a sign. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:02,640 –> 00:31:04,200
\nWhat does it mean to have a
\nsign? <\/p>\n
447
\n00:31:05,480 –> 00:31:07,640
\nWell, we know from the weather
\nwhat a sign means. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:31:08,040 –> 00:31:13,560
\nA sign means not merely that you
\nobserve what is a sign means you<\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:13,560 –> 00:31:16,800
\nknow what’s coming.
\nIsn’t that what the weather <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:16,800 –> 00:31:20,080
\nteaches us?
\nNot merely that you observe what<\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:20,080 –> 00:31:23,520
\nis, is that you know what it
\nmeans. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:23,640 –> 00:31:27,600
\nWell, when did the Jews receive
\nthis sign and know what it <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:27,600 –> 00:31:35,440
\nmeans?
\nOK, so let’s answer that <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:35,440 –> 00:31:41,200
\nquestion now.
\nFirstly, I want to direct you <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:41,400 –> 00:31:45,080
\njust for a moment back to
\nMatthew 16, because it’s Matthew<\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:45,080 –> 00:31:50,040
\n16 is we’re told it’s not merely
\na sign of any variety, it’s a <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:50,040 –> 00:31:53,720
\nspecific type of sign.
\nSo if you come back to Matthew <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:53,720 –> 00:31:56,680
\nchapter 16 and verse one, we’re
\ngoing to realize what kind of <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:56,680 –> 00:32:03,800
\nsign it is they were asking for.
\nThey’re asking for a sign from <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:04,200 –> 00:32:09,840
\nheaven, and I can suggest you,
\nthat’s important language. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:32:11,040 –> 00:32:15,880
\nI want you to keep the words
\nfrom heaven in mind because <\/p>\n
462
\n00:32:16,120 –> 00:32:21,440
\nJesus speaks in a few other
\ninstances about a sign from <\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:21,440 –> 00:32:26,560
\nheaven, and maybe we can link
\nthose to the sign of Jonah. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:27,120 –> 00:32:30,680
\nAnd if so, we might be able to
\nunderstand when the Jews <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:30,680 –> 00:32:35,360
\nreceived this sign.
\nNow the first place you might be<\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:35,360 –> 00:32:37,480
\nthinking was where does Jesus
\ntalk about a sign from heaven? <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:37,480 –> 00:32:40,320
\nWell, one place is in the all of
\nthat prophecy, Matthew chapter <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:40,320 –> 00:32:44,240
\n24.
\nYou might recall that in the all<\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:44,240 –> 00:32:51,840
\nof that prophecy Jesus mentions
\na sign where a sign in heaven. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:52,440 –> 00:33:00,120
\nIn fact, Jesus speaks of the
\nsign of the Son of man in <\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:00,120 –> 00:33:04,880
\nheaven, and you know he’s
\nspeaking to the Jews because all<\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:04,880 –> 00:33:06,800
\nthe prophecy is all about the
\nJews. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:07,920 –> 00:33:09,640
\nNow that might be a relevant
\ncross reference. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:10,800 –> 00:33:14,520
\nNow you know that the all the
\nprophecy in the main speaks <\/p>\n
475
\n00:33:14,520 –> 00:33:16,760
\nabout the events related to
\n8070. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:16,960 –> 00:33:21,880
\nBut Jesus of course, towards the
\nend of the prophecy does reveal <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:21,880 –> 00:33:25,840
\nabout the sign of His coming at
\nthe end, the sign that the Jews <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:25,840 –> 00:33:29,200
\nwould understand about His
\ncoming at the time of the end. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:29,440 –> 00:33:32,280
\nAnd we read about that in
\nMatthew chapter 24, verse 30, <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:32,280 –> 00:33:36,360
\nwhere we read then will appear
\nthe sign of the Son of Man in <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:36,360 –> 00:33:39,480
\nheaven.
\nThen all the tribes of the earth<\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:39,520 –> 00:33:41,600
\nwill mourn.
\nThese are the Jewish tribes, and<\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:41,600 –> 00:33:45,400
\nthey will see the Son of Man
\ncoming on the clouds of heaven <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:46,400 –> 00:33:51,440
\nwith power and great glory.
\nAnd He will send out His angels <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:51,440 –> 00:33:54,880
\nwith a loud trumpet call, and
\ngather His elect from the four <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:54,880 –> 00:33:59,080
\nwinds, from one end of heaven to
\nthe other. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:02,320 –> 00:34:05,680
\nIs this the sign of the Son of
\nMan in heaven? <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:10,400 –> 00:34:12,440
\nAnd is this the sign of the
\nprophet Jonah? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:17,280 –> 00:34:23,159
\nIf so, then the sign of the
\nprophet Jonah wasn’t given to <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:23,159 –> 00:34:27,199
\nthe Jews during Christ’s earthly
\nministry. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:28,440 –> 00:34:34,080
\nBut what I’m suggesting to you
\nis maybe the sign is given to <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:34,120 –> 00:34:40,080
\nhim them at his return.
\nNow I believe that the idea that<\/p>\n
493
\n00:34:40,080 –> 00:34:44,800
\nthe Jews of Jesus generation
\nreceive a sign from heaven and <\/p>\n
494
\n00:34:44,800 –> 00:34:49,840
\nHis return is not merely alluded
\nto here in the Olivet prophecy, <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:49,840 –> 00:34:51,400
\nbut it is alluded to somewhere
\nelse. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:51,400 –> 00:34:55,920
\nCan you think about the other
\nplace a sign from heaven is <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:55,920 –> 00:34:59,600
\nreferred to?
\nYou’re probably thinking about <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:59,600 –> 00:35:01,560
\nit.
\nKnowing the good Bible students <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:01,560 –> 00:35:04,960
\nin the room.
\nYou’re probably thinking of <\/p>\n
500
\n00:35:04,960 –> 00:35:07,760
\nMatthew chapter 26.
\nSo turn over to Matthew chapter <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:07,760 –> 00:35:11,840
\n26.
\nNow Matthew chapter 26. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:11,880 –> 00:35:16,280
\nJesus is on trial before the
\nchief priests and the whole <\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:16,280 –> 00:35:20,080
\ncouncil made-up of Sadducees,
\nscribes and Pharisees, and <\/p>\n
504
\n00:35:20,080 –> 00:35:25,840
\nthey’re frustrated by
\ninconsistent witnesses and their<\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:25,840 –> 00:35:29,000
\ninconsistent witnesses were
\nlikely exposed by faithful men <\/p>\n
506
\n00:35:29,000 –> 00:35:32,680
\nlike Nicodemus.
\nAnd Jesus remained silent before<\/p>\n
507
\n00:35:32,680 –> 00:35:35,800
\nhis accusers and that prompts an
\noutburst. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:35:36,040 –> 00:35:40,040
\nAnd the high priest said in
\nMatthew chapter 26 and verse 63,<\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:40,480 –> 00:35:43,640
\nhe says, I adjure you by the
\nliving God, tell us if you are <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:43,640 –> 00:35:50,160
\nChrist the Son of God.
\nAnd Jesus said to them, said to <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:50,160 –> 00:35:56,760
\nhim, You have said so, but I
\ntell you hereafter you will see <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:58,160 –> 00:36:05,040
\nthe Son of Man seated at the
\nright hand of power and coming <\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:05,720 –> 00:36:09,560
\nin the clouds of heaven.
\nNow brothers and sisters, Jesus <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:09,560 –> 00:36:12,160
\nmakes something completely clear
\nin this passage. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:14,520 –> 00:36:21,000
\nThe Son of the Son of Man coming
\nin the clouds of heaven will be <\/p>\n
516
\n00:36:21,000 –> 00:36:28,960
\nseen by the evil and adulterous
\nmen of his generation, the ones <\/p>\n
517
\n00:36:28,960 –> 00:36:35,000
\nthat accused him, the ones that
\nrejected him, and the ones that <\/p>\n
518
\n00:36:35,000 –> 00:36:39,680
\nblasphemed him.
\nThey will see this sign. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:40,480 –> 00:36:49,400
\nWell, when will they see it?
\nSo what they’re referring to <\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:49,440 –> 00:36:55,160
\nthere, I believe, is Daniel
\nChapter 7, verse 13, which is a <\/p>\n
521
\n00:36:55,160 –> 00:36:58,560
\nprophecy about how the Lord will
\nslay that forth in dreadful, <\/p>\n
522
\n00:36:58,920 –> 00:37:01,720
\nterrible beast, and of course
\nthe little horn that proceeds <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:02,480 –> 00:37:04,120
\nand how He will establish his
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:05,480 –> 00:37:11,080
\nAnd it was to this passage that
\nJesus refers the Pharisees and <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:11,080 –> 00:37:16,560
\nSadducees to, and the high
\npriest of the council we read <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:16,560 –> 00:37:18,680
\nthere.
\nAnd I saw in the night visions, <\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:18,680 –> 00:37:21,600
\nbehold, with the clouds of
\nheaven there came one like the <\/p>\n
528
\n00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:25,800
\nSon of Man, and he came to the
\nAncient of Days and was <\/p>\n
529
\n00:37:25,800 –> 00:37:30,520
\npresented before him.
\nAnd the implication, of course, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:37:31,080 –> 00:37:36,640
\nis by alluding to this passage,
\nJesus is saying that his <\/p>\n
531
\n00:37:36,640 –> 00:37:43,920
\ngeneration would behold this
\nsign, Jesus coming in the clouds<\/p>\n
532
\n00:37:43,920 –> 00:37:52,280
\nof heaven.
\nBut when will they see it? <\/p>\n
533
\n00:37:54,920 –> 00:37:58,280
\nWell, they’ll see it at an
\ninteresting time. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:37:59,760 –> 00:38:04,080
\nThey’ll see it when dominion and
\nglory and the Kingdom is given <\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:04,080 –> 00:38:16,080
\nto Him, that all peoples and
\nnations and languages, whether <\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:16,160 –> 00:38:22,520
\nthe Queen of Sheba or the
\nNinevites or the Australians, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:25,720 –> 00:38:30,200
\nwill serve him.
\nHis dominion is an everlasting <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:30,200 –> 00:38:34,760
\ndominion which shall not pass
\naway, and His Kingdom one that <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:34,760 –> 00:38:39,200
\nshall not be destroyed.
\nSo they’ll receive the sign of <\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:39,200 –> 00:38:42,200
\nthe Son of Man coming in the
\nclouds of heaven at the <\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:42,200 –> 00:38:45,360
\nestablishment of His Kingdom
\nthat shall not be destroyed. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:38:45,600 –> 00:38:46,720
\nAnd you know what else we
\nlearned? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:38:47,680 –> 00:38:51,120
\nWe learned that the Gentiles are
\nthere, that they receive it, <\/p>\n
544
\n00:38:51,280 –> 00:38:56,360
\nthey participate in the Kingdom,
\nwhilst by implication that the <\/p>\n
545
\n00:38:56,360 –> 00:39:01,960
\nJews and that council that were
\naccusing him and the high priest<\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:02,920 –> 00:39:07,400
\nare shut out.
\nSo back in Matthew 26 in front <\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:07,400 –> 00:39:10,160
\nof the chief priests, the
\nPharisees, the religious leaders<\/p>\n
548
\n00:39:10,320 –> 00:39:13,920
\nthat had sent emissaries to him,
\nand in Matthew chapter 16 and <\/p>\n
549
\n00:39:13,920 –> 00:39:17,440
\nverse one requesting a sign,
\nJesus quotes Daniel Chapter 7 to<\/p>\n
550
\n00:39:17,440 –> 00:39:23,520
\nthem and tells him that they
\nwill see a sign from heaven and <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:23,520 –> 00:39:28,760
\nlook what a sign is.
\nThey will receive unmistakable <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:28,760 –> 00:39:34,120
\nevidence the sign was from
\nheaven as the man they killed is<\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:34,120 –> 00:39:37,960
\nresurrected like Jonah was
\nsymbolically resurrected. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:40,680 –> 00:39:50,200
\nJesus doesn’t perform the sign,
\nHe is the sign, the sign of the <\/p>\n
555
\n00:39:50,200 –> 00:39:56,760
\nSon of Man, just as Jonah became
\npersonally the sign to the men <\/p>\n
556
\n00:39:56,760 –> 00:40:02,680
\nof Nineveh.
\nAnd 3rd Gentile nations from all<\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:02,680 –> 00:40:06,320
\npeoples and nations and
\nlanguages respond and are saved,<\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:06,320 –> 00:40:08,680
\nbut by implication they are
\nrejected. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:08,880 –> 00:40:11,680
\nSo there are three parts.
\nThe Resurrection. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:12,280 –> 00:40:15,600
\nThe man being the sign, the
\nGentiles entering and the <\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:17,600
\nadulterous generation being cast
\nout. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:40:18,080 –> 00:40:23,920
\nMatthew 12, Luke 11, Matthew 12.
\nJust as Jesus said in Matthew 12<\/p>\n
563
\n00:40:23,920 –> 00:40:28,480
\nverse 41, the men of Nineveh
\nwill rise at the judgment with <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:28,520 –> 00:40:33,480
\nthis generation and condemn it.
\nSo says Daniel, all peoples, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:33,480 –> 00:40:36,480
\nnations and languages will serve
\nChrist in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:40,080 –> 00:40:42,520
\nSo now back in Matthew 16, we
\ncan see more, more. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:42,560 –> 00:40:45,960
\nWe can see hopefully more
\nclearly what Jesus meant when he<\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:45,960 –> 00:40:55,240
\nsaid a wicked and adulterous
\ngeneration seeketh after a sign,<\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:55,480 –> 00:41:00,840
\nand there shall no sign be given
\nunto it, but the sign of the <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:00,840 –> 00:41:05,520
\nprophet Jonah.
\nJonah who lived in an adulterous<\/p>\n
571
\n00:41:05,520 –> 00:41:08,080
\ngeneration.
\nJonah who rose from the dead. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:41:08,280 –> 00:41:12,280
\nJonah whose message to repent
\nthe Jews of his own day <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:12,280 –> 00:41:15,960
\nrejected.
\nJonah who is accepted of the <\/p>\n
574
\n00:41:15,960 –> 00:41:21,520
\nGentiles, brothers and sisters.
\nIt wasn’t that Jesus didn’t do <\/p>\n
575
\n00:41:21,520 –> 00:41:27,640
\nany more signs in front of or
\naround the men of his <\/p>\n
576
\n00:41:27,640 –> 00:41:29,960
\ngeneration.
\nIt was simply that the sign of <\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:29,960 –> 00:41:34,440
\nthe prophet Jonah, in all of its
\naspects, would be the only sign <\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:34,880 –> 00:41:39,800
\nthat they would receive.
\nIt was the only sign they would <\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:39,800 –> 00:41:41,400
\nbelieve.
\nAnd they’re going to believe it <\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:41,400 –> 00:41:45,240
\ntoo late.
\nBecause when they receive that <\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:45,240 –> 00:41:47,480
\nsign, they will know what it
\nmeans. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:48,040 –> 00:41:52,480
\nThey will know that this man was
\ntheir Messiah. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:53,760 –> 00:41:57,160
\nThey will understand that he is
\nresurrected from the dead. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:57,960 –> 00:42:00,720
\nThey will see the Gentiles
\nrejoicing. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:02,800 –> 00:42:03,880
\nAnd you know what?
\nThey’ll know. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:08,320 –> 00:42:09,640
\nThey’ll know.
\nThey’ll be cast out. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:11,320 –> 00:42:15,880
\nYou see, they’re going to know
\nwhat the sign means for the <\/p>\n
588
\n00:42:15,880 –> 00:42:17,920
\nfirst time.
\nThey’ll know what it means. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:42:21,400 –> 00:42:26,640
\nThey’ll know it meant they
\nrejected their Messiah, and <\/p>\n
590
\n00:42:26,640 –> 00:42:31,840
\nthey’ll know it means they will
\nnot participate in any of the <\/p>\n
591
\n00:42:31,840 –> 00:42:34,920
\nblessings that Daniel 7 offers
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:37,760 –> 00:42:42,320
\nThey’ll know what it means that
\nthey were a wicked and <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:42,320 –> 00:42:46,240
\nadulterous generation that
\nrejected their Messiah. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:47,200 –> 00:42:55,840
\nThey will receive this sign.
\nIt’s the one sign they cannot <\/p>\n
595
\n00:42:55,840 –> 00:42:59,640
\ndismiss.
\nAnd Jesus told them. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:03,000 –> 00:43:05,920
\nAnd I, I hope on some level that
\nyou’ve enjoyed pulling these <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:05,920 –> 00:43:12,920
\nscriptures together.
\nBut my exhortation is this Bron <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:12,920 –> 00:43:21,280
\nsisters, we can heed the signs
\nnow and know what they mean, or <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:21,280 –> 00:43:27,600
\nbe responsible to this word.
\nWe can be resurrected like all <\/p>\n
600
\n00:43:27,600 –> 00:43:29,400
\nthose who are responsible to the
\nWord. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:43:30,840 –> 00:43:33,480
\nWhen we are resurrected, we can
\nsee the risen Lord. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:43:34,760 –> 00:43:38,440
\nWe can see the implementation of
\nthose things that have been <\/p>\n
603
\n00:43:38,440 –> 00:43:43,360
\npromised for ages long.
\nWe can see people from all <\/p>\n
604
\n00:43:43,360 –> 00:43:49,160
\nnations rejoicing and coming
\ninto the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:43:50,840 –> 00:43:56,080
\nWe can see those who had much
\nmore slender grounds than we <\/p>\n
606
\n00:43:56,080 –> 00:44:01,920
\nhave, who didn’t have the Book
\nof Revelation fulfilled prophecy<\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:01,920 –> 00:44:04,520
\nby prophecy by prophecy by
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:04,680 –> 00:44:08,720
\nThat much less slender grounds
\nthan we have accepted and <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:08,720 –> 00:44:15,840
\nbrought in.
\nOr we can be like the Pharisees <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:15,840 –> 00:44:22,360
\nand the Sadducees.
\nYou see, is the issue is this. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:24,800 –> 00:44:31,960
\nYou have to know this for
\ncertain either way, whether you <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:32,000 –> 00:44:36,880
\naccept or reject the signs,
\neither way you’re going to know <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:36,880 –> 00:44:42,960
\nwhat the signs mean.
\nThe only question is when you <\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:42,960 –> 00:44:47,680
\nknow what they mean.
\nYou’ll know what they mean now, <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:49,520 –> 00:44:53,200
\nor you’ll know what they mean
\nthen You’re going to know. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:55,320 –> 00:45:01,880
\nWhen are you going to know?
\nSo I encourage you then to open <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:01,880 –> 00:45:06,320
\nup your heart and faith and to
\nknow what the signs mean now. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:08,040 –> 00:45:12,760
\nBecause the one who knows what
\nthe signs mean in faith is the <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:12,760 –> 00:45:17,080
\none who rejoices with Christ on
\nthat day, an everlasting <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:17,080 –> 00:45:20,440
\ndominion, which shall not pass
\naway, in a Kingdom which shall <\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:20,440 –> 00:45:21,440
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