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           - Matt 24:3,7,8,14

               - Disciples ask: When  Will these things be, what will be the sign?

               - Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom

          -        - 30 belligerent nations

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               - food shortages

               - earthquakes

               - beginnings of pangs of distress

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           - 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.

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          +- 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:

          +    - 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

          +- 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? 

          +    - 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.

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5	5	- Matt 24:3,7,8,14
6	6	- Disciples ask: When Will these things be, what will be the sign?
7	7	- Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom
8		- - 30 belligerent nations
9		- -
10	8	- food shortages
11	9	- earthquakes
12	10	- beginnings of pangs of distress
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32	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.
33	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.
34	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.
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	0	+- Now take a moment to wrap your mind about your world. It goes on forever, but by modern standards... kinda small
	1	+- Reexamine Jesus predictions:
	2	+ - Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom
	3	+ - food shortages
	4	+ - earthquakes
	5	+ - pestilences
	6	+- Compare that picture of the future with what you know of the world. Perhaps you're picturing:
	7	+ - full war between Rome and it's neighbors? Maybe even with the Jews?
	8	+ - You've heard of earthquakes. You may be imagining the terror of hundreds of people being killed at a time
	9	+ - Pestilence? Yeah disease takes many people. How bad could it get?
	10	+ - 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?
	11	+ - The good news being preached everywhere. The Roman Empire is huge. And what lies beyond that is unknowably large. Big task.
	12	+ - But could all of this happen at once? It's almost unimaginable.
	13	+- Now that you are fully immersed in the world of 30 CE, let's meet a time traveller from 2026
	14	+- 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.
	15	+- 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.
	16	+- 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?
	17	+- 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?
	18	+- What of pestilence. Traveller tells you of just some plagues between your time and his time:
	19	+ - Right after WW1 - Spanish flu - 25-100M people dead. That high number is more than the entire Roman Empire.
	20	+ - Bubonic Plague - 15-100M dead
	21	+ - HIV/AIDS - 45M dead
	22	+ - Black Death - 50M. That's only 4 of MANY
	23	+- Food Shortage?
	24	+ - famine has been on the rise for the last nearly 10 years across the globe
	25	+ - 10s of thousands die every year from malnutrition
	26	+ - According to a recent report from the traveller's time, an estimated 45M people in 43 different nations teetering on the edge of famine.
	27	+- Good News? Traveller glad you asked. Jesus words about the good news being preached throughout the world?
	28	+ - 9.2M Followers of Jesus
	29	+ - 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.
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