Welcome to Shema

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Welcome to ShemaBless the Lord!Bless the Lord who is worthy to be praised for all eternity!1ShemaShema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.Baruch shem kvod malchuto lolam vaed.

ShemaHear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One!Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom, forever and ever. Amein.

Mark 12:41-44Yeshua sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple offering box. Many rich people threw in quite a lot. A poor widow came and threw in two very small copper coins which together were only worth a Roman cent.

Yeshua called his disciples over and said, This poor widow has put in more into the treasury than all the others. They gave out of their surplus, but she gave out of her lack and put in everything she had everything she had to live on.

Luke 21:1-4Yeshua looked up and saw the rich people putting their gifts into the offering box. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins that together equaled a Roman cent. He said, This totally financially destitute widow has put in more than all the others, because the others gave gifts out of what they had in abundant measure, but she gave everything she had out of her lack, and it was all she had to live on!

Matthew 24:1-2As Yeshua was leaving the temple, his disciples came up to point out the structure of the temple buildings. You see all this? he remarked. Every single stone will be pulled down there wont be one stone left on top of another!

Mark 13:1-2As Yeshua went out of the temple, one of his disciples remarked, Look, teacher! The size of the stones! The magnificent buildings! See these great buildings! Yeshua gestured. Not even one of these stones will be left on top of the other every last one of them will be thrown down.

Luke 21:5-9Some of his disciples were commenting on the temple which was decorated with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. Yeshua remarked, As for these stones, the time will come when not one stone will be left on the other, and every single one of them will be pulled down.

*We already did Matthew 24Teacher, whens this going to happen? they asked. What will be the sign that its about to take place?Be careful that youre not deceived, he answered. Many will come claiming my authority, and claim, I am he! and The time is near! Dont follow them! When you hear about wars and political disturbances, dont panic! These things have to happen first, but the end wont come at that point.

Mark 13:3-8As Yeshua sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when will all this happen? What is the sign that will indicate that they are about to happen?Yeshua started by saying to them, Watch out that no one deceives you. Many people will come in my name and say, I am he! and will deceive many people.

But when you hear wars nearby as well as reports of wars, dont be alarmed these things must happen, but the end wont come at that point. Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines these are just the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 13:9-13Be on your guard! You will be handed over to councils and beaten up in the places of worship. On account of me you will stand before rulers and politicians as witnesses to them. And the Good News must be preached in all the nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, dont worry beforehand about what youre going to say.

Just say whatever is given to you at the time, because its not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.Siblings will betray each other and hand each other over to be executed, and the same goes for parents and their children. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. Everyone will hate you on account of my name, but the person who endures to the end will be rescued and preserved.

Luke 21:10-19Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, he continued. There will be massive earthquakes, famines and deadly infectious disorders, frightening terrors as well as mighty signs from the sky. But before all this happens, they will arrest you and persecute you. They will drag you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be put on trial before national authorities, all because of my Name.

But it will turn out to be an opportunity to be a witness to them. But prepare in advance not to rehearse the way you will conduct your defense. I myself will give you wise words that your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.You will even be betrayed by parents, relatives and friends, and theyll be the cause of death of some of you.

You will be hated by everyone because of my Name. But not a hair on your head will perish. You will gain your lives by means of your endurance.

Luke 21:20-24When you see Jerusalem in the process of being surrounded by armies, then realize that its destruction is near! Then if you are in Judea, flee to the mountains! If youre in the city, get out! If youre in the country, dont go into the city! Because this is the time of vengeance that must happen to fulfill what has been written.

How sad for the pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in those times! There will be severe constraints upon the earth, and anger at this people. And they will fall by the blade of the sword and be taken as prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until everything that needs to happen actually happens.

Mark 13:14-18 (we already did the Matthew parallel)But when you see the detestable thing that causes devastation standing where it must not stand, (note from Mark: The one who reads this aloud is to take note!) then those who are in Judea must escape to the mountains. A person who is on the roof must not go down into the house, nor go inside to take anything out of the house.

The farm laborer must not go back to get a coat. But alas for those who are pregnant and those who are breastfeeding babies in those times! And pray that it wont happen in winter!

Mark 13:19-23There will be oppression in such times oppression such as has never been seen right from the beginning of Gods creation, right up until this time and will never be again. Unless the Lord cuts short that time, no living thing would be saved but because of the chosen he will cut short those days.

Then if anyone says to you, It is the Anointed One! or He is here! dont believe it! False Anointed Ones and false prophets will arise and show miracles and signs in order to cause the chosen to wander off the right track, if it were possible. But you beware! I have told you everything beforehand.

Luke 21:25-26There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be worried and at a loss at the seas roar and fury. People will faint from fright, in anticipation of what is about to happen to the inhabited world, as the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

Luke 21:27-28And then they will see the Human Being coming in a cloud with great power and great splendor. When these things begin to happen, straighten yourselves back up after cowering in fear and lift up your heads, because you are about to be set free the ransom has been paid for you!

Luke 21:29-31Yeshua told them the following example. Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is already near. In the same way too, when you see these things happening, you are to realize that Gods Realm is near. Truly, this people group will not pass away until all these things happen. The sky and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Luke 21:32-35Be careful that your minds are not weighed down with pigging out on food, drunkenness, and the preoccupied thoughts of everyday life otherwise that day will come upon you suddenly and unexpectedly just like the jaws of a trap snapping shut! It will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the earth!

Luke 21:36Be alert on every occasion, while you are putting earnest requests to God, so that you will have the upper hand to escape everything thats going to happen, and so that you will be able to stand firm in front of the Son of Man.

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