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<p class="tab-1">We have here the substance of that prophetical sermon which our Lord Jesus preached, pointing at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the consummation of all things; it was one of the last of his sermons, and not <i>ad populum</i>—to the people, but <i>ad clerum</i>—to the clergy; it was private, preached only to four of his disciples, with whom his secret was. Here is, I. The occasion of his prediction—his disciples’ admiring the building of the temple (<a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.1,Mark.13.2" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.1,Mark.13.2"><span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.1">Mark 13:1</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.2">2</span></a>), and their enquiry concerning the time of the desolation of them, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.3,Mark.13.4" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.3,Mark.13.4"><span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.3">Mark 13:3</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.4">4</span></a>. II. The predictions themselves, 1. Of the rise of deceivers, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.5,Mark.13.6,Mark.13.21-Mark.13.23" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.5,Mark.13.6,Mark.13.21-Mark.13.23"><span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.5">Mark 13:5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.6">6</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.21-Mark.13.23">21-23</span></a>. 2. Of the wars of the nations, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.7,Mark.13.8" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.7,Mark.13.8"><span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.7">Mark 13:7</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.8">8</span></a>. 3. Of the persecution of Christians, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.9-Mark.13.13" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.9-Mark.13.13">Mark 13:9-13</a>. 4. Of the destruction of Jerusalem, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.14-Mark.13.20" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.14-Mark.13.20">Mark 13:14-20</a>. 5. Of the end of the world, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.24-Mark.13.27" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.24-Mark.13.27">Mark 13:24-27</a>. III. Some general intimations concerning the time of them, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.28-Mark.13.32" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.28-Mark.13.32">Mark 13:28-32</a>. IV. Some practical inferences from all, <a class="bibleref" title="Mark.13.33-Mark.13.37" href="/passage/?search=Mark.13.33-Mark.13.37">Mark 13:33-37</a>.</p>
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