Olivet Discourse

Rightly Dividing the Olivet Discourse

October 3, 2011

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth," 2 Timothy 2:15.

Introduction

The Olivet Discourse is recorded in the first three gospels in the New Testament in Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, and Luke 21. In this outline study I am using Matthew’s account and referencing the other two accounts as noted. In view of the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to resurrect and rapture His people to glory, I feel it is past time to "reset the landmarks" of our Christian faith. This discourse deserves to be "rightly divided," rather than simply being picked apart and misapplied. Many people have missed the fact that Jesus not only reveals more details about the tribulation events, first described in the OT book of Daniel, that will precede His Second Coming to earth, but He also reveals a new mystery, the Rapture event.

THE OLIVET DISCOURSE - Based on MATTHEW 24 – 25

BASIC OUTLINE:

I. The Background leading up to the Discourse Matthew 24:1-3

II. The Birth Pains or "beginning of sorrows" 24:4-8

III. The First Half of the Tribulation Period 24:9-14

IV. Mid-Tribulation Events 24:15-20

V. The Last Half of the Tribulation 24:21-28

VI. The Return of Christ 24:29-31

The Lord’s Own Commentary

VII. The Parable of the Fig Tree 24:32-35

VIII. The Mystery of the Rapture 24:36-44

IX. The Two Types of Servants 24:45-51

X. The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13

XI. The Parable of the Talents (The Bema Judgment) 25:14-30

XII. The Judgment of the Nations (Gentiles) 25:31-46

BASIC OUTLINE EXPANDED:

I. The Background … Matthew 24:1-3 (Compare Mark 13:1-2 & Luke 21:5-6).

A. The Lord departed from the Temple.

B. The disciples began pointing out the beautiful architecture of the Temple, 24:1.

1. The Temple was one of the most beautiful buildings ever erected on the earth and to the Jewish people it represented the "glory" of Israel and their special relationship to the God of Israel. Remember that the disciples were Jews!

C. The Lord then explicitly told the disciples that their beautiful Temple would be totally destroyed, 24:2. As Jews this prediction of the Lord must have been devastating.

D. The three questions asked by the four disciples…..

1. It was not all the disciples [the church] who came "privately" to the Lord.

2. Only four disciples came; Peter, James, John, and Andrew, Mark 13:3.

a. As representatives of Israel, not of the church.

3. The questions asked by the four Jews, 24:3.

a. "when shall these things be?"

b. "what shall be the sign of Thy coming" [parousia]

c. "and of the end of the world?" [aion…age]

E. The three questions analyzed…….

1. The first question obviously had to do with the destruction of the Jewish Temple.

2. The latter question was a dual question; one "sign" serving two purposes.

a. The "parousia" is repeatedly associated with the rapture in the New Testament.

b. "the end of the world" [aion - age] is repeatedly associated with the revelation of Christ at His second coming at the end of the Tribulation.


II. The Birth Pains … Matthew 24:4-8 (Compare Mark 13:5-7 & Luke 21:8-9).

A. The Lord begins answering their questions by warning them of ...

1. False "messiahs" deceiving and instigating the Jews into rebellion against the Roman Empire, 24:4-5.

2. These deceivers brought on the Roman wars [wars and rumour of wars] against Israel throughout the entire 40 year "generation" following the ascension of Christ. This resulted in the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 A.D. and the Jews being driven from the Holy Land, 24:6.

B. What began in the first century would continue throughout this entire dispensation, growing steadily worse with the passing of the centuries, 24:7.

1. "nation against nation" ("ethnos against ethnos" ... that is, one ethnic group or culture pitted against another).

2. "kingdom against kingdom" (Wars between nations).

3. "famines"

4. "pestilences"

5. "earthquakes in divers places" (The last sign the Lord gave for the end of this present dispensation).

C. "All these are the beginning of sorrows," 24:8.

III. The First Half of the Tribulation Period … Matthew 24:9-14 (Compare Mark 13:9-13 & Luke 21:12-19).

A. Hatred for the Jewish people by all nations of the world, 24:9-12. (Compare Zechariah 12:1-3).

B. The Lord’s promise to save the "remnant" of Israel, 24:13. (Compare Zechariah 13:8-9, Jeremiah 31:33-34, & Romans 9:27).

C. The "gospel of the kingdom" preached "in all the world" [habitable earth] by the 144,000 Jewish evangelists and God’s Two Witnesses, 24:14. (Compare Revelation 7, noticing especially verses 9 & 14, and Revelation 11:3).

IV. Mid-Tribulation Events … Matthew 24:15-20 (Compare Mark 13:14-18).

A. The "abomination of desolation" erected which will be a "sign" to Israel to flee, 24:15. (Compare Mark 13:14 & Revelation 13:14-15).

B. The Jews then flee to Petra, 24:16-20. (Compare Mark 13:14-18, Revelation 12:6, 12:14, Isaiah 16:3-4, Jeremiah 48:28, Ezekiel 20:33-38, & Micah 2:12-13).

V. The Last Half of the Tribulation Period … Matthew 24:21-28 (Compare Mark 13:19-23).

A. "great tribulation" [trouble] such as has not previously occurred in human history, and once it is over, such will never occur again, 24:21-22. (Compare Mark 13:19-20, Revelation 2:22, and 7:14).

B. The Lord warns the Jews against allowing any deceiver to talk them into leaving their place of safety in Petra, 24:23-26. (Compare Mark 13:21-23).

C. For the return of Christ will literally "light up" the whole earth, 24:27.

D. And His return will reveal dead bodies lying all over the earth being food for the vultures and the beasts of the earth, 24:28. (Compare Jeremiah 25:31-33, Ezekiel 39:17-21, and Revelation 19:17-18).


VI. The Return of Christ back to the Earth … 24:29-31

A. After the Tribulation, 24:29. (Compare Mark 13:24).

B. The powers of heaven shall be shaken, 24:29. (Compare Mark 13:24-25, Luke 21:26, Haggai 2:6-7, Hebrews 12:25-29, and Revelation 16:17-21).

C. The "sign" of the Lord’s coming shall appear in the heavens, 24:30.

D. The Lord shall then be visibly seen "coming in the clouds of heaven" by all on earth who have survived the Tribulation, 24:30. (Compare Mark 13:26, Revelation 1:7, Zechariah 14:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, and Jude 14-15).

E. Every Jew who survives the Tribulation (the Jewish "remnant") will be bodily transported back to the Holy Land, 24:31. (Compare Mark 13:27, Isaiah 27:13, and Zechariah 9:14-17).

The Lord’s Own Exposition

Note: The main prophetic portion of the Olivet Discourse is set forth by Christ in Matthew’s account in Matthew 24:4-31. These verses cover the entire prophetic scenario from the time Christ ascended back to the Father until the time He will come again at the end of the Tribulation, exactly as noted in the outline above. Then beginning with 24:32 and extending through the remainder of the Discourse the Lord gave His own exposition, beginning with the birth of Israel as a nation under the symbolism of the fig tree and explaining and amplifying and adding additional prophetic insight to the prophecies He had already set before His people in the first thirty-one verses of the chapter. Keep this obvious division in mind as you study the Discourse.


VII. The Parable of the Fig Tree … 24:32-35 (Compare Mark 13:28-31 & Luke 21:29-33).


A. "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh" 24:32. (Compare Mark 13:28).

1. "Now"

a. "At this time" or "In addition to" the prophecies already given [literal paraphrase].

2. "learn" To be "learned"

a. Obviously more to the parable than a mere illustration from nature.

3. "the fig tree"

a. A symbol of Israel and the Jewish people, Jeremiah 24:1-7; Hosea 9-10.

4. "when his branch is yet tender"

a. Israel’s political re-establishment as a nation on May 14, 1948.

5. "and putteth forth leaves"

a. Israel’s expansion in the Six Day War of 1967 (June 5th thru 10th).

6. "ye KNOW that summer is nigh"

a. A distinct "time marker" which God’s people are to recognize and KNOW.

B. A comparison essential to a right division ...

1. Matthew’s account ..."his branch" Political or national Israel, 24:32.

2. Mark’s account ..."her branch" Spiritual or religious Israel, Mark 13:28.

3. Luke’s account ... "behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth" The birth of Israel and many new nations from the time Israel was re-established right to the present, Luke 21:29-30.

C. "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, KNOW that it is near, even at the doors", 24:33. (Compare Mark 13:29 and Luke 21:31).

1. "all these things" Everything that Christ prophesied to occur preceding the Tribulation all happening in the same period of time. This means deceivers, wars, rumors of wars, enmity and clashes between ethnic groups, competitiveness and wars between nations, famines and pestilences, and earthquakes occurring all over the earth, all in the same period of time, 24:4-8. See Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, pages 491-493, Strong’s No. 3956.

2. "know that it is near"

a. "KNOW" Absolute certainty for those who have "eyes to see and ears to hear."

b. "IT is near" The "kingdom of God is near." The prophesied Millennial Kingdom of the Lord, Luke 21:31. (Compare Revelation 20:1-6).

3. "even at the doors"

a. It is "doors" (plural, not singular), in this passage.

b. Compare Revelation 3:7-8 and 4:1 where "a door" is opened in Heaven at the time of the rapture to receive New Covenant believers to glory.

c. Compare Revelation 19:11 where John "saw heaven opened" at the time of the revelation for Christ to return to establish His Kingdom on earth.

D. "Verily I say unto you, THIS generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled," 24:34. (Compare Mark 13:30 & Luke 21:32).

1. "This generation" In context this literally refers to the "generation" living at the time the re-established nation of Israel expands their territory (puts forth leaves). It has nothing to do with the generation which was living at the time the Lord gave the prophecy in 30 A.D. See Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, page 112, Strong’s No. 1074.

2. "shall not pass" This literally means that the "generation" of people which was living when Israel expanded their territory in 1967 (or was reborn in 1948) will not die off or pass away until all of the prophecies Christ gave in these first 31 verses has been fulfilled and the Lord has returned to establish His Kingdom on earth (the time span is 70 years). What a blessing it is to be alive in "this generation," for we New Covenant believers are living in the "generation" who are going to see and experience the literal, visible, bodily, return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Glory to God!

E. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away," 24:25. (Compare Mark 13:31 & Luke 21:33).

1. Christ emphasizes the absolute certainty of these things coming to pass during "this generation" by contrasting the stability of His Word with the instability of the heavens and the earth. (Compare 2 Peter 3:3-7 & 3:10).


VIII. The Mystery of the Rapture … 24:36-44. (Compare Mark 13:32-37 & Luke 21:34-36).

A. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man..," 24:36.

1. In 24:3 the disciples asked about the "parousia" and "the end of the age." This exact same Greek word is used by the Lord in 24:27, 24:37, and 24:39, being translated as "coming" in each of the four verses. So it is obvious that the rapture is in view in the context each place this word occurs. Keep in mind that in the disciples questions, the "parousia" preceded "the end of the age," obviously setting forth the pre-tribulation rapture.

2. The resurrection and rapture will occur at the exact same instant all over the earth, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52. There are 24 time zones and an international date line on the earth with two days always in progress. This is why the Lord Himself said that no man knows the "day and hour."

3. The word "knoweth" is in the present tense. Christ did not say that the "day and hour" could never be known; only that it was not known at that time. (Compare Revelation 3:3).

4. It is the Jewish people who have been judicially blinded because of their unbelief, 24:42; 24:44; 24:50; 25:13. See Matthew 15:7-9, 15:14, John 12:38-40, Romans 11:7, 11:25, and 2 Corinthians 3:14-15. (Refusing to believe blinds the hearts of all men, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4; Ephesians 4:17-18).

5. True New Covenant believers have no excuse for being ignorant except their own willful lack of serious Bible study, 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Corinthians 2:11-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Revelation 3:3.

B. "But as the days of Noah were," 24:37-39 (Compare Luke 17:26-27).

1. "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage"

2. Life going on "as usual" with the lost world totally unaware of impending disaster and judgment, 24:39.

C. "the one shall be taken, and the other left," 24:40-41. (Compare Luke 17:34-37).
This is the ONLY place where this version of the word "taken" is used in the Bible. The Greek indicative passive, paralambanetai, means to be taken, or "called to one side in an affectionate manner" (the Rapture event), and it was reserved for this moment only, according to Jesus. See Face to Face

1. A believer and an unbeliever working side by side in the field; obviously during the day time on that side of the earth, 24:40.

2. A believer and an unbeliever together, obviously in the morning, having the previous day’s grain at the mill to be ground into flour, 24:41.

3. A believer and an unbeliever sleeping side by side in bed; obviously night time on that side of the earth, Luke 17:34.

D. "Watch therefore ...," 24:42-44. (Compare Mark 13:33-37 & Luke 21:34-36).

1. Always watching and praying, Luke 21:36.

2. Taught by "the grace of God," Titus 2:11-15. How many are listening?


IX. The Two Types of Servants … 24:45-51 (Compare Mark 13:34-36 & Luke 12:42-48).

A. When the Lord comes at the rapture, 24:46.

B. The "faithful and wise," 24:45-47.

1. Feeding God’s people with the Word of the Lord "in due season," 24:45.

2. The blessing of ruling with Christ, 24:46-47.

C. The "evil" and disobedient, 24:48-51.

1. Denying the Lord’s coming, 24:48.

2. Unjustly attacking his fellow servants, and living like the lost, 24:49.

3. The punishment of being "scourged" and reigned over, 24:50-51. (Compare Hebrews 12:5-8 & 1 John 2:28).

a. See Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, page 153, Strong’s No. 1371, for the meaning of the Greek word translated as "cut him asunder."

D. Both "professing" to be servants of the Lord, but ... ??? It is the Lord who looks on the heart. Read Matthew 7:21-23, then do some serious heart searching, 2 Corinthians 13:5, & 2 Peter 1:10.


X. The Parable of the Ten Virgins ... 25:1-13

A. Strictly Jewish!

B. Just as 24:45-51 sets forth two types of "Christian" [??] servants when the Lord comes to resurrect and rapture His people to glory, so this parable sets forth two types of Jewish servants [??] who also claim to be serving the Lord and who are also anticipating the coming of Yeshua.

C. "Ten" virgins, the Bible number for "Law" and the minimum number required by the Jews in order to transact business, 25:1.

D. Divided in the parable according to "grace." "5" is the Bible number for "grace," 25:2.

1. Five "wise" [Jews] having received the "grace of God" had "oil" in their "vessels with their lamps," 25:4.

2. Five "foolish" [Jews] having rejected the "grace of God" "took their lamps, and took no oil with them," 25:3.

a. "Oil" is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, John 14:16-17; Romans 8:8-11.

b. The "vessels" are a symbol of the human body, Acts 9:15; Romans 9:21-23;

2 Corinthians 4:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:19-21.

c. The "lamps" are a symbol of the soul or spirit within man, Psalms 18:28; Proverbs 13:9; 20:20; 20:27; 24:20. (The words "lamp" & "candle" in these verses are translated from the exact same Hebrew word; Strong’s No. 5216).

E. While waiting all ten "slumbered and slept," 25:5.

1. There was a time during this dispensation when the literal coming of the Jewish Messiah was set aside by the Jewish Rabbis in preference for an allegorical [spiritual] view of the Scriptures, just as some in the ranks of Christianity adopted the allegorical theory of the Lord’s return. Such allegorical teaching is spiritual apostasy or "slumbering and sleeping."

F. An awakening occurred as the "midnight cry" went forth, 25:6.

1. Possible correlations to the "midnight cry":

a. The first Jewish Congress in 1897.

b. The Ottoman Turks driven from the Holy Land in 1917.

c. The re-establishment of Israel in 1948.

d. The Six Day War in 1967.

e. The Rapture 88 Movement in 1988 which stirred the whole world.

f. The rise of the Messianic Jewish Movement.

g. The "signs" of the approaching end-time since the turn of this century.

2. All of these things possibly contributed to stirring the hearts of some of the Jewish people to reject the allegorical teachings of their Rabbis and return to believing the Scriptures as literal truth. Glory to God!

G. All the virgins [Jews] began to trim their lamps, 25:7.

1. Putting off the sins of the flesh and the world.

2. A turning back to serious study of the Scriptures.

3. Dedicating themselves afresh to seeking the face and will of God.

4. A deep longing in their hearts for Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel to come.

H. A disturbing discovery by the foolish virgins, 25:8-9.

1. Lots of "religious exercise" but no power without the "oil" of God’s Holy Spirit.

2. A realization that a real supernatural experience with the Lord is needed.

I. The foolish (Jews) finally appeal to the wise (Jews) for help, 25:9.

1. The wise (truly saved Jews) correctly refer the foolish to seek the "gospel of grace" being proclaimed by the Lord’s true Gentile churches.

a. See the type set forth in 1 Kings 17:8-16. The "widow woman" was a Gentile woman typifying the Lord’s church, Luke 4:25-26; Romans 7:1-6.

b. Compare the appeal to the Jewish people set forth in Isaiah 55:1-3.

J. "And while they went to buy….," 25:10.

1. "the bridegroom came…"

2. "they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage:"

3. "the door [to the marriage or wedding feast; the rapture] was shut."

a. Just as the Lord closed the door on the Ark in the days of Noah [Genesis 7:18], so will He close the door at the time of the rapture, Revelation 3:7.

4. Perhaps not too late for salvation, but TOO LATE to be taken in the Rapture, 25:11; Luke 13:24-28; 21:36.


XI. The Parable Of the Talents (The Bema Judgment of Believers) ... 25:14-30. (Compare Luke 19:11-27).

A. The "bema" judgment for believers is what occurs in chronological order immediately following the rapture of God’s people to glory, Romans 14:9-13; 2 Corinthians 5:10.

B. The "bema" judgment is not to determine the believer’s eternal destiny (See When God Says Thanks). That question was settled for all time and eternity when we believers placed our faith (asked for forgiveness) in the everlasting atonement, the blood of the (Lamb) Lord Jesus Christ to wash away our sins, John 5:24; Romans 8:1-2.

C. The "bema" judgment is the works of the believer being judged in order to determine the believer’s rewards and the position of authority each believer will occupy in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Compare 1 Corinthians 3:8-15, Ephesians 2:8-10, Colossians 3:23-25, 2 Timothy 2:10-13, Hebrews 10:35-39, 1 John 2:28, 2 John 1:8, Revelation 1:5-6, Revelation 2:10, 2:26-27, 3:21, 11:18, & 22:12).

D. Prelude to the Lord’s departure, 25:14-15. (Compare Luke 19:12-13).

1. "called His own servants, and delivered unto them His goods."

a. The gospel of the grace of Christ was given to His church by the Lord Himself in what we today refer to as "The Great Commission," just before the Lord ascended back to the Heavenly Father. (This is the theme of the Feast of Trumpets - trumpet the good news to the people of the world that the barriers are down - you can be reconciled to God.) See Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-19, Luke 24:45-51, John 20:21-23, and Acts 1:8-9.

E. Interval between the Lord’s ascension and His return, 25:16-18. (Compare Luke 19:14).

1. The 2,000 years "dispensation of grace," Ephesians 3:2-6.

2. The "day of salvation," 2 Corinthians 6:1-2.

3. His servants engaged in His business; the business of taking the gospel to the lost world. (Compare Proverbs 23:23-24, Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, Isaiah 55:1-3, 58:1, Ezekiel 33:1-6, Matthew 10:8, & Luke 19:12-13).

4. To bring in "the fullness of the Gentiles," Romans 11:25.

F. The Lord’s "reckoning" with His servants following the rapture, 25:19-30.

1. Works of the believer brought before the "bema," 25:20-25.

a. The Lord’s promise, John 15:5; 15:7-11; 15:16.

2. Rewards not based on the amount accomplished [quantity], but on the faithfulness of the Believer [quality], 25:21; 25:23.

a. "But without faith it is impossible to please Him ... " Hebrews 11:6.

b. Believers living today will never accomplish all we would like to accomplish for our Lord, yet He KNOWS the desires of our heart and our "faithfulness" (or lack of it), 1 Corinthians 15:57-58.

3. Sadly, all "servants" are not "faithful," 25:24-25.

a. Hid his talent "in the earth," 25:25.

b. Similar to "righteous" Lot who invested everything he had in Sodom and lost it all; but he himself was saved, "yet so as by fire," 2 Peter 2:6-8; 1 Corinthians 3:15.

c. Still had some spiritual discernment, 25:26-27.

d. Suffers loss of reward, 25:28-29. (Compare 1 Corinthians 3:14-15).

e. Shut out of the beautiful palace and intimate presence of the Lord. See Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, page 226, Strong’s No. 1857, for the meaning of the Greek word translated as "outer darkness," 25:30.

NOTE: Between verses 30 and 31 in this discourse is a gap of seven years, in which the seven year Tribulation Period occurs. The Lord has already given the details of the seven year Tribulation in 24:9-31, so He does not rehearse it here again.


XII. The Judgment of the Nations (Gentiles) Matthew 25:31-46.

A. When will this judgment occur?

1. After the Lord returns to the earth following the Tribulation.

2. After He sits upon "the throne of His glory," 25:31.

B. Who will be judged at this judgment?

1. All Gentiles who have survived the Tribulation.

a. The exact same Greek word translated as "nations" in this passage is also translated as Gentiles, heathen, & peoples in other passages in God’s Word. See Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, page 168, Strong’s No. 1484.

b. Gentile survivors of the Tribulation alive in their natural bodies.

2. A judgment of individual Gentile survivors of the Tribulation.

a. Not nations, for no national governments other than Israel will still be in existence by the end of the tribulation, Jeremiah 30:11; 46:28.

b. Individual Gentiles from every surviving race of people still on earth after the Tribulation.

C. Where will this judgment take place?

1. Before "the throne of His glory," 25:31.

a. Therefore at Jerusalem, Ezekiel 43:1-7.

D. Why will this judgment take place?

1. A "mopping up" operation to rid His Kingdom of all enemies.

a. Exactly as every conquering king has done throughout history.

b. No one but the redeemed will enter the Kingdom.

E. What will be the deciding factor in this judgment?

1. The spiritual state of the Gentiles being judged.

a. Sheep (the saved) or goats (Christ rejecters), 25:32.

2. Their treatment of the Lord’s "brethren" [Jews & Gentiles who repented & received the Lord] during the Tribulation, 25:40; 25:45.

a. The blessing or cursing upon the seed of Abraham still applies today. Genesis 12:3; Numbers 24:9; Psalm 122:6; Isaiah 66:10-14.

b. Compare Revelation 12:6 and 12:14, both passages explicitly stating that when Israel flees into the wilderness during the Tribulation she will be "fed" and "nourished" by "they" [the "sheep" Gentiles].

F. The Decision Rendered

1. The "sheep" [righteous] will enter into and inherit the Millennial Kingdom, 25:34.

a. In their natural bodies in order to repopulate the earth.

b. They will also enter into "life eternal" in their natural bodies, 25:46. (Compare Psalm 92:12-14, Isaiah 60:22, & Ezekiel 47:12).

2. The "goats" [unbelievers] will enter into "everlasting fire" and "everlasting punishment," 25:41; 25:46.

a. "prepared for the devil and his angels"

b. Not prepared for mankind. Those of mankind who go there are intruders who have either:

1. Made a willful choice to ally themselves with Satan and evil, or…

2. Have simply ignored & neglected God’s offer of salvation in Christ, Hebrews 2:1-3; John 3:16; 5:24; 6:37; 6:47; 10:27-28.


Conclusion

My prayer is that this outline study will be a blessing and a help to those who want to seriously study The Olivet Discourse graciously given to humanity by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. I send forth this study in the Name and love of the Lord Jesus Christ, asking my gracious Lord and Savior’s blessings upon it.

I hope to meet every reader of this outline study in glory at the soon coming resurrection and rapture of God’s redeemed people. I hope no reader will disappoint me. In the love of Christ.

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