Mark 13:1-2
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG QUESTION: Why does Jesus foretell the temple’s destruction?
OUTLINE:
1) To rebuke our interest in mere externals
2) To remind us of the reality of judgment
3) To reveal to us the temple’s fulfillment
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Mark by Robert Stein; Jesus, the Temple, and the Coming of the Son of Man: A Commentary on Mark 13 by Robert Stein; Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to Mark by James Edwards; Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B. Hays; Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark by J.C. Ryle; King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus by Timothy Keller; On Spiritual Mindedness by John Owen
