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           ## Talk

           - Tonight time travel. only 5 minutes so lets get into it.

          -- Mount of Olives with the apostles, talking to Jesus. contain your excitement. You are now an Israelite. Jesus was famous. but not like he is where we're from.

          -- Matt. 24:3 - great question

          -- Matt. 24:6,7,14 - now for a moment, different angle. forget your history books and news events

          -- you're an israelite. look down. wearing sandals and a robe. No phone. Breathe in the air. Full of spice, life and humidity.

          -- view of the world, at once small and unimagably vast. 

          -- World Pop: McEvedy & Jones - 170M, UN 300M. Less than the population of US by a lot. But you don't know that. You've probably never even heard a number that high.

          -- Perhaps your world view is limited to Roman Empire, swallows the earth. The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World, Schneidel, Morris, Saller) between 59M and 76M. Think California and Texas. But still too large of a number for you to comprehend. The Roman Empire stretches beyond your comprehension. What lies beyond that is mostly a mystery.

          -- From the mount of Olives take a look around, look as far as you can see. Likely, you've seldom or never gone that far in your life, unless you're a merchant. Of course, if you're from out of town, you might come yearly to Jerusalem. But likely, you haven't been far in your life. You might know many people locally, but most of your news is local news second hand.

          -- If you're educated you might know some details about warfare. You might have heard of Carthage or Parthia and a couple famous battles with the Roman Empire. Maybe... MAYBE Julius Caesar's conquest of the barbarians to the extreme northwest of the known world.

          -- Now take a moment to wrap your mind about your world. It goes on forever, but by modern standards... kinda small

          -- Reexamine Jesus predictions:

          -    - Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom

          -    - food shortages

          -    - earthquakes

          -    - pestilences

          -- Compare that picture of the future with what you know of the world. Perhaps you're picturing:

          -    - full war between Rome and it's neighbors? Maybe even with the Jews?

          -    - You've heard of earthquakes. You may be imagining the terror of hundreds of people being killed at a time

          -    - Pestilence? Yeah disease takes many people. How bad could it get?

          -    - Food shortage? Of course. You know of many poor people who don't get enough to eat. Perhaps war in Rome is making this very widespread?

          -    - The good news being preached everywhere. The Roman Empire is huge. And what lies beyond that is unknowably large. Big task.

          -    - But could all of this happen at once? It's almost unimaginable.

          -- Now that you are fully immersed in the world of 30 CE, let's meet a time traveller from 2026

          -- You relate the predictions that Jesus made, and give your ideas of what they could mean. Now, it's the traveller's turn to speak.

          -- Tells you about the great war. Over 30 nations involved, several more populous than the entire Roman Empire, many from lands far beyond what  Lasted for 4 years. Estimated 15M - 21M deaths. Perhaps 1/4 to almost 1/2 of the whole Roman Empire.

          -- This report from the future must seem unfathomable. Then the traveller tells you what his people call that war. World War ONE. There were Two of them. How is that hitting you?

          -- What of earthquakes? In the last 26 years of this travellers life, over 500 earthquakes all over the world have taken between 900k and 1M lives. Do those numbers make sense to you? Is this making sense?

          -- What of pestilence. Traveller tells you of just some plagues between your time and his time:

          +- Travel back to Mount of Olives with the apostles, talking to Jesus. contain your excitement. But not like he is where we're from.

          +- Jesus just spent the day preaching the good news of the kingdom telling all about / demonstrating benefits

          +- apostle asked "When will these things happen? What will be the sign?"

          +- Matt. 24:6,7,14 - When we show up apostles just trying to wrap their heads around this information. Then you start to tell them about your world.

          +- Talk about the great war. Over 30 nations involved, several more populous than the entire Roman Empire, many from lands far beyond what  Lasted for 4 years. Estimated 15M - 21M deaths. Perhaps 1/4 to almost 1/2 of the whole Roman Empire.

          +- This report from the future must seem unfathomable. Then we tell them what we call that war. World War ONE. There were Two of them. How is that hitting them?

          +- What of earthquakes? In the last 26, over 500 earthquakes all over the world have taken between 900k and 1M lives. Do those numbers make sense to them? Likely not

          +- What of pestilence. Go on to tell of just some plagues between their time and ours

               - Right after WW1 - Spanish flu - 25-100M people dead. That high number is more than the entire Roman Empire.

               - Bubonic Plague - 15-100M dead

               - HIV/AIDS - 45M dead

               - Black Death - 50M. That's only 4 of MANY

               - The most recent one was just a few years prior. So far it's taken over 7 million lives.

          +- As we go on, perhaps their eyes start to glaze over. It's so much worse than they could have imagined. We go on

           - Food Shortage?

               - famine has been on the rise for the last nearly 10 years across the globe

               - 10s of thousands die every year from malnutrition

               - According to a recent report from the traveller's time, an estimated 45M people in 43 different nations teetering on the edge of famine.

          -- Good News? Traveller glad you asked. Jesus words about the good news being preached throughout the world? 

          +- Good News?

               - 9.2M Followers of Jesus

          -    - Good news being preached in 241 lands. Current register of sovereign states is at 205. Traveller not sure how that works. He'll get back to you on that.

          -- Let all of that settle in. You compare this traveller's story with what you just heard Jesus say.

          +    - Good news being preached in 241 lands. Current register of sovereign states is at 205.

          +- By now our audience, except Jesus, must be completely dumbfounded

           - Now let's snap out of it, come back to present day

           - That was quite a journey we took. Looking back on it, what did we learn?

           - Sometimes it's helpful to take ourselves out of our normal headspace to get some perspective. Think about the challenges we humans have had to endure just since 1914. Most of the historical events, and even most of the recent events that we take for granted would be nearly unfathomable for most people throughout history. Don't let the pressure and grind of these last days dull your perception of what's going on around us.

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21	21	## Talk
22	22
23	23	- Tonight time travel. only 5 minutes so lets get into it.
24		-- Mount of Olives with the apostles, talking to Jesus. contain your excitement. You are now an Israelite. Jesus was famous. but not like he is where we're from.
25		-- Matt. 24:3 - great question
26		-- Matt. 24:6,7,14 - now for a moment, different angle. forget your history books and news events
27		-- you're an israelite. look down. wearing sandals and a robe. No phone. Breathe in the air. Full of spice, life and humidity.
28		-- view of the world, at once small and unimagably vast.
29		-- World Pop: McEvedy & Jones - 170M, UN 300M. Less than the population of US by a lot. But you don't know that. You've probably never even heard a number that high.
30		-- Perhaps your world view is limited to Roman Empire, swallows the earth. The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World, Schneidel, Morris, Saller) between 59M and 76M. Think California and Texas. But still too large of a number for you to comprehend. The Roman Empire stretches beyond your comprehension. What lies beyond that is mostly a mystery.
31		-- From the mount of Olives take a look around, look as far as you can see. Likely, you've seldom or never gone that far in your life, unless you're a merchant. Of course, if you're from out of town, you might come yearly to Jerusalem. But likely, you haven't been far in your life. You might know many people locally, but most of your news is local news second hand.
32		-- If you're educated you might know some details about warfare. You might have heard of Carthage or Parthia and a couple famous battles with the Roman Empire. Maybe... MAYBE Julius Caesar's conquest of the barbarians to the extreme northwest of the known world.
33		-- Now take a moment to wrap your mind about your world. It goes on forever, but by modern standards... kinda small
34		-- Reexamine Jesus predictions:
35		- - Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom
36		- - food shortages
37		- - earthquakes
38		- - pestilences
39		-- Compare that picture of the future with what you know of the world. Perhaps you're picturing:
40		- - full war between Rome and it's neighbors? Maybe even with the Jews?
41		- - You've heard of earthquakes. You may be imagining the terror of hundreds of people being killed at a time
42		- - Pestilence? Yeah disease takes many people. How bad could it get?
43		- - Food shortage? Of course. You know of many poor people who don't get enough to eat. Perhaps war in Rome is making this very widespread?
44		- - The good news being preached everywhere. The Roman Empire is huge. And what lies beyond that is unknowably large. Big task.
45		- - But could all of this happen at once? It's almost unimaginable.
46		-- Now that you are fully immersed in the world of 30 CE, let's meet a time traveller from 2026
47		-- You relate the predictions that Jesus made, and give your ideas of what they could mean. Now, it's the traveller's turn to speak.
48		-- Tells you about the great war. Over 30 nations involved, several more populous than the entire Roman Empire, many from lands far beyond what Lasted for 4 years. Estimated 15M - 21M deaths. Perhaps 1/4 to almost 1/2 of the whole Roman Empire.
49		-- This report from the future must seem unfathomable. Then the traveller tells you what his people call that war. World War ONE. There were Two of them. How is that hitting you?
50		-- What of earthquakes? In the last 26 years of this travellers life, over 500 earthquakes all over the world have taken between 900k and 1M lives. Do those numbers make sense to you? Is this making sense?
51		-- What of pestilence. Traveller tells you of just some plagues between your time and his time:
	24	+- Travel back to Mount of Olives with the apostles, talking to Jesus. contain your excitement. But not like he is where we're from.
	25	+- Jesus just spent the day preaching the good news of the kingdom telling all about / demonstrating benefits
	26	+- apostle asked "When will these things happen? What will be the sign?"
	27	+- Matt. 24:6,7,14 - When we show up apostles just trying to wrap their heads around this information. Then you start to tell them about your world.
	28	+- Talk about the great war. Over 30 nations involved, several more populous than the entire Roman Empire, many from lands far beyond what Lasted for 4 years. Estimated 15M - 21M deaths. Perhaps 1/4 to almost 1/2 of the whole Roman Empire.
	29	+- This report from the future must seem unfathomable. Then we tell them what we call that war. World War ONE. There were Two of them. How is that hitting them?
	30	+- What of earthquakes? In the last 26, over 500 earthquakes all over the world have taken between 900k and 1M lives. Do those numbers make sense to them? Likely not
	31	+- What of pestilence. Go on to tell of just some plagues between their time and ours
52	32	- Right after WW1 - Spanish flu - 25-100M people dead. That high number is more than the entire Roman Empire.
53	33	- Bubonic Plague - 15-100M dead
54	34	- HIV/AIDS - 45M dead
55	35	- Black Death - 50M. That's only 4 of MANY
56	36	- The most recent one was just a few years prior. So far it's taken over 7 million lives.
	37	+- As we go on, perhaps their eyes start to glaze over. It's so much worse than they could have imagined. We go on
57	38	- Food Shortage?
58	39	- famine has been on the rise for the last nearly 10 years across the globe
59	40	- 10s of thousands die every year from malnutrition
60	41	- According to a recent report from the traveller's time, an estimated 45M people in 43 different nations teetering on the edge of famine.
61		-- Good News? Traveller glad you asked. Jesus words about the good news being preached throughout the world?
	42	+- Good News?
62	43	- 9.2M Followers of Jesus
63		- - Good news being preached in 241 lands. Current register of sovereign states is at 205. Traveller not sure how that works. He'll get back to you on that.
64		-- Let all of that settle in. You compare this traveller's story with what you just heard Jesus say.
	44	+ - Good news being preached in 241 lands. Current register of sovereign states is at 205.
	45	+- By now our audience, except Jesus, must be completely dumbfounded
65	46	- Now let's snap out of it, come back to present day
66	47	- That was quite a journey we took. Looking back on it, what did we learn?
67	48	- Sometimes it's helpful to take ourselves out of our normal headspace to get some perspective. Think about the challenges we humans have had to endure just since 1914. Most of the historical events, and even most of the recent events that we take for granted would be nearly unfathomable for most people throughout history. Don't let the pressure and grind of these last days dull your perception of what's going on around us.