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What did Jesus mean when he said "This Generation shall not pass until they see these things fulfilled?" In this sermon Pastor Chad gives the stunning answer!
Series Awakened to Grace with Chad Roberts July 16, 2026 · 25 min · Awakened to Grace with Chad Roberts
What did Jesus mean when he said "This Generation shall not pass until they see these things fulfilled?" In this sermon Pastor Chad gives the stunning answer! ...more Show the full description Show less What did Jesus mean when he said "This Generation shall not pass until they see these things fulfilled?" In this sermon Pastor Chad gives the stunning answer!
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0:00 Thank you for joining us on Awakened to Grace. Today, before we get into our message, we have a special song by pastor Chad from the album Worth It All, a song called He Won't Leave You There.0:11 Find this album and more on our website awakened to grace dot com by visiting our store, and also get all of our content for free by downloading our free mobile app,0:23 Awakened to Grace, wherever you get your favorite apps.0:40 Why you're walking through this valley. I can't tell you just how long you've gotta stay. I can't0:52 tell you why your heart feels so unsettled or when this all will change.1:04 But I can tell you there is something you can lean on. It's a promise that won't bend and it won't break.1:18 It will keep you when the future is uncertain. You're not out of grace.1:31 When the darkness overwhelms you, the fear just won't subside. When the questions outweigh answers on those long and lonely1:43 nights. Friend, you gotta keep on moving. He is with you in the valley of despair.3:14 Enough to see. When the darkness overwhelms you, the fear just won't subside.3:26 When the questions outweigh answers on those long and lonely nights. Friend, you gotta keep on moving. He's with you.3:39 When the darkness overwhelms you,4:17 Today on Awaken to Grace, we are in part 3 of a sermon called Be on Guard and Stay Awake. We are in Mark chapter 13. We are in a greater series called Walking with Jesus, A4:29 Study Through the Gospel of Mark. And what an exciting and thrilling journey this has been. Today we come to where Jesus teaches on the signs of the last days and we are4:41 marching through this text together. If you've missed any of our sermons through this series, download my free mobile app, Awakened to Grace, or subscribe to my podcast, Awaken to4:53 Grace with Chad Roberts. Subscribe to the podcast and follow our content as we go verse by verse through the Bible. Well, as we go to God's Word today,5:05 we're in Mark chapter 13, and I hope it brings courage and strength to your life as friends, as you know, we are living in very uncertain days. But here's what we are5:16 certain of, God is sovereign and He predicts it all. We're not children of the night, we're children of the day, that these things shall not overtake us. Let's go5:28 together, Mark chapter 13.5:40 The scales are going to fall from Israel's eyes and they're going to see Jesus as their Messiah. What Jesus is telling us, He is going to5:52 bookend. I want you to understand me. He is putting bookends on world history. And He is saying the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70,6:04 it's going to happen 38 years after Christ predicts it, that's to begin the time of the Gentiles and He is saying, This generation will not pass until they see it. Until they see what?6:17 The destruction of Jerusalem, the destruction of Israel, the state of Israel gone. And then God is going to have a Gentile bride which goes back to Ruth and Boaz and a Gentile oh, it all goes so6:29 deep. Now, is going to bookend what He said to the 1st generation of the Church, Get out of the city, go6:40 flee, spare your life. He is going to book into the last generation and now in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, he is going to say, when you see6:52 these things, this generation will not pass until you see what? The abomination of desolation. And see7:04 here's another key critical part of the text. When the horrendous tragedy of the destruction of Jerusalem happened in A. 70,7:15 Rome killed 1500000 Jews. But friends, that was not a drop in bucket compared to Hitler's7:27 Nazism. Millions were slaughtered. Let me show you the difference between Matthew 24 and Mark 13. Jesus says, Of7:38 the great tribulation, there has never been a time like it. That includes 70 AD, that includes Hitler's Germany. There has never been a time like7:50 it, and nor will there ever be a time like it again. And it's so severe, Jesus said, Had the days not been cut short,8:02 humanity won't survive. That is jaw dropping, friends. And literally, do you know what the Lord Jesus Christ is telling us? He is saying,8:14 The 1st generation will not pass until His words are fulfilled. And now He is saying, The last generation will not pass until His words are fulfilled. And now look8:26 at what a bombshell verse 31 is. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the words of Jesus will not.8:39 His words are faithful and true. Will this generation today, the generation that has walked through COVID, the generation that has survived8:51 a global pandemic, will this generation that is watching extremism like never before, will this generation that is9:02 watching what I believe is going to be global inflation like never before? Oh, here's just a tidbit. I teach in the Russia teaching, the special presentation called Russia's Endgame.9:14 When does it air? Wednesday. Wednesday, not Friday. Very good. And I teach in there. Do you remember in our study of Revelation chapter 6, do you remember that the Bible says with the 4 horsemen of the9:26 apocalypse, it is the white horse which is false peace, it is the red horse which is war, it is the black horse which is what? Famine and9:37 hyperinflation. That 1 loaf of bread will cost 1 day's wage, and what did he say? Don't hurt the oil and the wine, but what is harmed? The9:48 barley and the what? The wheat, and Google it for yourself. Ukraine is 1 of the largest exports of wheat and barley in the world. And10:01 because of the conflict right now, no crops are being planted. Russia exports 25 percent of the world's fertilizer, and10:13 everything's banned. Friends, the stage is set like never10:24 before. Down to verse 12, children will rise against their parents. Friends, we better be on10:36 guard, we better get awake because time is wrapping up. Can we say amen today?10:48 Verse 32, and I'll let let let me work my way through verse 32, and then we'll we'll begin to wrap up. Verse 32, Jesus said, now concerning that day and that hour,11:01 no man knows. So you need to take that to heart. Need to understand. If you ever hit anyone set dates, they are a false prophet. It is heresy at the highest level. You should turn a11:12 deaf ear to it. Date setters? No, no, no, no, no. We can understand seasons. Jesus taught that in the fig tree. But we are not to set11:24 dates. I tell you how I live. I prepare and what do you mean prepare? The Bible says, Divide your portions to11:36 7 to 8 because you don't know the calamity that's going come up on the earth. Somebody give me a time check, what time is it? 12 19. Oh, okay. I'm okay. I'm alright.11:48 I've got a couple minutes. Dusty Buckles was so sweet. Couple weeks ago, I preached forever. And the next Sunday, Dusty said, Oh, Pastor Chad, she12:00 said, I could sit and listen to you all day. I said, You about did. We about made it. I will not do that today.12:12 I prepare. I prepare like I'm going to live for 100 years. What's that mean? I have an IRA, I'm well12:23 insured, I believe in having a very robust food supply, I prepare like I'm going to live for12:35 100 years. But I live like the trumpet is going to sound this hour. That's how we are to live. And Jesus said, You don't know12:47 the day and you don't know the hour. Now, says something interesting. He says, Neither do the angels in heaven know nor the Son of Man. Now, let me ask you a question. Does that mean12:59 that Jesus, when He walked the earth, did not know when He was going to return? Yes, I believe that. Now, how is that possible? Because Jesus is 100 percent God and13:11 He was also 100 percent man. He was a deity robed in flesh. But listen to what Paul said in Philippians. Paul said that Christ lowered Himself. He humbled Himself. And listen what he said, He did13:23 not think equality with God a thing to be grasped. So apparently, according to his words here, at this point, He didn't know when He was going to return. Is that13:34 true today? I don't think so. And why do I not think so? I believe when Christ accomplished His task on the earth and He ascended to13:46 heaven, He was glorified, He now sat down at the right hand of the Father, I believe He now well knows when He is going to return. Because what does Revelation13:58 one:one say? He brought John, who was John? Who was in the private teaching on the Mount of Olive? Peter, James,14:10 John and Andrew. Who was the last living disciple on the earth? John. And Jesus brought him to heaven, and here's what He14:21 said, To show him the things that must soon come. Oh, that's what Revelation part 1 was called, things to come. There you go. I'm pretty sure you can look it14:33 up. And he brought him up to show him the things that must soon come, the things that must soon take place, to tell his servants.14:45 John was the last remaining disciple. Jesus, once and for all, answered their questions from the Mount of Olives. He answered in the book of Revelation.14:58 And you14:58 know who else are His servants?15:01 Us today. And that's why you can read it and that's why you can understand it by the Spirit of God. Amen? Alright, now you may15:13 put your trays in their upright positions because we are about to land this plane. If at verse 3015:25 we understand what that means now, this generation shall not pass. What generation? The 1 that sees the abomination of desolation. The 1 that's on the earth during the 7 year tribulation, the last 3 and a half years, the15:36 42 months, the 1260 days, the time, times, half a time, do you get what Scripture is saying? That generation will not pass until all these things be15:48 fulfilled. Heaven and earth will pass, but the words of Jesus are that secure, they are that eternal. No 1 knows the day, so live like you're going to live for15:59 100 years, prepare like you're going to live for 100 years, but live like the trumpet is going to sound this very hour. Now what does verse 33 say? Here is the conclusion. Here is the whole16:11 point. Here is our marching orders. Be on guard. Stay awake because you don't know the hour.16:24 Are you on guard today? Are you paying attention today? Are you living right today? If you really believed Jesus was16:36 literally at the gates, what would change in your life? What would change? What would change? You know, the rapture is designed for 216:49 1, to surprise Satan. He has no idea. You know, people have always tried to figure out who's the antichrist. The church back in the thirties thought Hitler was the antichrist. And guess what? He17:01 was an antichrist. But see, because Satan has no idea when Jesus is coming, do you know he has to have a man prepared in every generation? He has to. He17:13 has no idea when Jesus is coming. The purpose of the Rapture is to surprise Satan. Number 2, is to purify the church. 1st John says, Everyone who hopes in His coming,17:24 thus purifies himself. What would purify in your life if you really believed Jesus was near? What would you change? Who would you17:36 forgive? What bitterness would you let go of? How would your marriage be different? What would you do different today17:49 if you believed He was coming tomorrow? Friends, I believe His coming is potentially that near. Do you live like it? Be on18:00 guard, stay awake. Don't let your life get distracted and don't let your spiritual life get drowsy. Stay awake.18:12 Christ is coming. Let's stand. With your heads bowed and your eyes closed, what needs to change in your life today? What sin do you need to forsake?18:25 What laziness do you need to kick to the curb? I'm telling you, God is dealing with me in so many areas.18:38 God is showing me. Chad, you you think this way, you allow this in your life because you18:50 don't believe I'm near. If you really believe that the master master of the house was near, you'd be on guard.19:02 You wouldn't let that creep into your home. You wouldn't allow that in your thought life.19:11 If you really believed it. Oh, Holy Spirit, purify us. Purify us.19:21 Purify us. What do you need to let go of today? Some of you are right where you wanna be in your career, but you're19:32 asleep spiritually. Some of you finally got the home that you desire, but you're asleep.19:46 Some of you this year, you'll do that vacation you've dreamed of, but you're asleep. Friends, I'm not saying those things are wrong. They're not. They're blessings from19:57 God. But not at the expense of drowsiness. Not at that expense.20:11 Don't let the cares of this life cost you the greatest rewards of eternity.20:24 Stay awake, be on guard. Some of you need to come to the altar today. Some of you need to bring your home to the altar today. You need to bring your children, your parenting to the altar20:35 today. Some of you allow your children to do ungodly things. Some of you have opened the front door to the enemy. Some of you got20:47 your windows open. You got the back door open. You got the garage door open, and the enemy is walking right into your children's rooms, and he's stealing their20:59 souls. And all the while, you're on your tablet, and all the while, you're on your21:07 phone oblivious to Satan's agenda. You need to21:14 come today and put your home21:15 on the altar. You need to21:16 come today and say, God, shake me out of my sleep. Awaken me. I remove the drowsiness. I remove21:28 the distractions.21:31 And I put my marriage on the altar. I put my teenagers on the altar. I put my grandchildren on the altar.21:39 Satan will not have them. You come right now if you need to pray. You say, God, I close every door in the name of Jesus. I stand guard today like I've never stood guard.21:51 I stand guard today over my home. I stand guard today over my covenant. I say guard I I'm standing guard over my wife and over my husband. I stand guard.22:03 Satan, you'll not have it. Shake yourself. Wipe the sleep out of your spiritual eyes.22:19 Take literal the words of Jesus. Be on guard. Be on guard. God, there's a spirit of this age, and it22:31 desires our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. There's a spirit of this age, and it desires to oppose the work of God. We resist it with all we22:42 have in the name of the Lord. We resist it.22:47 We resist it. Shake us, God,22:52 out of this normalcy bias. Shake us out of our complacency. Give us a spiritual23:03 fervor like we've never known. Awake us in the middle of the night to pray. Let us23:14 forsake our televisions and our movie theaters. Let us forsake them for a move of God like we've never known. Let23:26 us turn from our wicked ways in the name of Jesus. And be on guard.23:39 Satan, may the Lord rebuke you. May the Lord rebuke you. This23:51 spirit of transgenderism, this spirit of confusion, we rebuke it in the name of the Lord today from coast to coast.24:04 In every college, in every high school, in every middle school, and for God's sake, in every elementary school, we rebuke it in the name of the Lord. We24:16 rebuke it. It's time we go to war. It's time we stand in the public square.24:30 It's time we say, let God be truth and every man a liar. It is high time that we awake. High time.24:43 Do you use a streaming device at home or at work? Simply say, hey, Google. Play Awaken to Grace with Chad Roberts podcast and listen to our weekly podcast that24:55 is the current sermon that I preach each week at Preaching Christ24:59 Church.
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