Well, hello and welcome to understand men now. I'm Jonathan assay of Jonathan assay.com And I'm so excited to be shooting this short video for you today our topic why men ignore women They like two weird psychological Phenomenos that cause this two weird things that cause this Really quickly if you're new to my YouTube channel hit the subscribe button hit the bell to be notified of new content I shoot about three or four videos per week. So check it out. Alright, let's talk about those two weird things that men do Well, let's talk about why men ignore women that they like You know, it's interesting. I'm gonna backtrack for a second, but I vaguely remember not vaguely Succinctly remember that about ten years ago after my divorce. Well, I guess my divorce a little bit longer than that Basically, I've noticed that women seem to just like jerks They liked assholes at the if the more you treat someone like crap the more the women You know, I'm a good guy seeking relationship and I just noticed what women would choose jerks and assholes So men who basically ignored them Women seem weirdly attracted to that now That's most likely because the book the woman in the relationship is following a pattern from her past Following a pattern from her childhood This is one of the reasons why I want you to read the book getting the love you want by carvel Hendricks and Helen Hunt Because this talks about the amaga why we choose men who aren't went men or women who aren't right for us because we're most likely Following a pattern in our life. Okay But the reality is as most men on some level as well as women we want companionship. We want connection We want sex. So because of that we want relationship But we might ignore people because our childhood wounds and traumas are are Suffocating us from being able to be in a healthy happy relationship This is one of the reasons why I highly recommend reading the book the Hoffman process the Hoffman process So you can understand why this is all happening and you could be healing yourself along the way Okay, so you're not choosing men who are going to ignore you that like you okay And this is why if you follow my work, I'm such a big proponent of Personal development work self-help and spiritual work. That's why I wrote my book.  You see that by Jonathan Asley. This is a journey to begin to choose better men Because what's happening when a man ignores you? Who likes you is this most likely these two things are going on inside of himself first off He's wearing a mask. He's wearing a mask and that mask is a false sense of confidence Because he doesn't genuinely value himself Let's take that in he's wearing a mask because he genuinely doesn't value himself. This goes back to the self-love piece Sadly the number one emotional health issue facing both men and women and like a like is I'm not good enough I'm not lovable. I'm not likable So this is why I'm not a big proponent of the whole Leaning back concept when a man ignores you because there's most likely something going on inside of him So when you're leaning back being all happy in your relationship You're actually causing a rift in the relationship when he does pull away or ignore you a little bit But I'm just giving you insight into what's happening for him. Okay Now the second reason is most likely there's chaos going on in his life There's chaos going on in his life and he can't commit to commitment.  You're gonna have to set a higher standard so you can choose the type of men that you don't have to worry about them pulling away And then you have to do the leaning back game You're not going to do that if you follow my work because I'm all about leaning in lean into your sovereignty Lean into your self-worth and lean into the understandings of the mechanics of a healthy happy relationship Let me repeat that lean into the mechanics of what it is to be in a healthy happy relationship This is why I want you to check out this book I haven't mentioned it in a while the untethered soul by Michael singer the untethered soul by Michael singer By the way, have you purchased any of the books that I recommend if you need if you haven't? There's a link below to Jonathan recommends, but I now I'm gonna be candid with you I know a number of you said Jonathan my library is Exploding with the books you're recommending Yes, but let me tell you this book untethered soul will change your life. And by the way, here's a rule of thumb Only read one chapter at a time when you're reading this book only read one chapter at one sitting No more than that. It's 19 chapters. It'll take you 19 days It's 15 minutes per chapter to read start reading this book now Because you won't have to worry about these men that are pulling away They're ignoring you because you're going to be changing inside out like I said a moment ago You're gonna learn the mechanics to a healthy happy relationship. This is why you have to buy the book Eight dates by dr. John Gottman and Julie Gottman.  It will change your life You don't have to Here's the thing you're watching this video most likely because you're choosing either dysfunctional men who have masks or they have chaos in their life and I'm here to Re-educate you into choosing men who are capable of being in a healthy happy relationship And if you need some support at that, that's my area of expertise Teaching you how to vet those men check out the link to the free discovery call with me because that's what I'm here to help You with that's my job as a coach is to teach you how to choose these men that you don't have to worry about pulling away Or ignoring you or disappearing or ghosting wouldn't you want that? Is that what you want? Please tell me. That's what you want post a comment.   I'm a very big brother Direct I curse I use expletives If hey, that's my style if you like it great if not I'm not your coach Okay, you don't need to follow my channel anymore, but if this resonates with you I want to hear about it. So post a comment below and post a question as well. What are those two weird? Psychological phenomenas. I think you got it just of it right now All right, I'm gonna wrap up this video as I always do first off giving myself a big gigantic Jonathan bear hug of self Love I'm gonna reach into the camera and give you a hug of love if that's okay I'm gonna ask you to turn to someone or even a pet right now and give them a hug of love Because we could all use a lot of love right now and Hugs are a great source of love. I want to thank you so much And wishing you a super duper wonderful day. Bye. Bye now


Okay, so we've begun talking about differentials, and how if we have some function that depends on some variables, maybe x and y, then we can calculate the differential of that function, which tells how much f changes in response to some changes in x and y, and perhaps if we have more than two variables, additional variables as well. So let's first work a specific example. Let's say we have a simple function like f of x and y is 3x, y squared. So we can go from there to evaluate the differential of f. df is equal to df dx. If I take the partial derivative of this function with respect to x, the x goes away and I just get 3y squared for df dx, for the derivative of that function with respect to x, multiply that by dx, and then likewise for y, the partial derivative of this function with respect to y, y squared gives me a 2y as a derivative, so now I end up with 6. Still have an x and one factor of y now, and that's multiplying dy. So the differential of this expression is this quantity, some amount in response to a change in x, a different amount in response to a change in y. So we've gone in this direction. We can also do this in the reverse direction. If I, as another example, let's say, let's take a fairly similar differential. Suppose I were to give you this quantity, that the differential of some function f is equal to, let's do this. So I've given you the differential, but I've not given you the original function, but of course we can work backwards. We can say what would this function x, y have to be so that its x derivative looks like this term and its y derivative looks like this term. So we need to think about that in the opposite direction. What function has a partial derivative with respect to x that looks like 4y squared? Well that must be 4xy squared because if I take the partial derivative with respect to x, the x disappears and leaves me with just 4y squared. Likewise, if I ask what function would have a partial y derivative of 8xy, the same one, when I go in this direction I get back the same function, 4xy squared. If I take the partial derivative with respect to y, bringing down this exponent of 2 to 4 times 2 gives me 8xy when I drop the power of y. So in this case we've gone in this direction, we've given a df, we could calculate the function f that gives rise to this differential and I suppose to be complete, I could have said my original function might be 4xy squared plus a constant, plus 5 or plus 7 or plus any old integration constant here because when I take the partial derivatives of this function the derivatives of the constant terms will disappear. So I can't tell from just the differential if the original function had a integration constant in it originally or not. So we can go both directions from function to its differential or from a differential back to at least partially a description of the original function but it doesn't always work that smoothly. Suppose we have a differential that looks like, I'll make it look similar 3y squared dx and let's say 12xy dy. So far so good, it sounds like we just want to do this same procedure again if we want to figure out what the function is that gives rise to this differential. If we work backwards from this piece, if this is df dx, what function has a partial x derivative that looks like 3y squared? That must be 3xy squared but when I do this one if I ask what function has a partial y derivative df dy that looks like 12xy, if I integrate 12xy to figure out what that f would be, the function whose y derivative looks like 12xy, that's going to be something different. 6xy squared, if I take its partial y derivative is going to give me 12xy. So I don't get the same function from this term predicting back what f would be as I do from this term predicting back what the f would be. So what that means is there is in fact no function f, neither this one nor this one nor anything else has the complete differential that looks like this. So what we say in a case like this is these differentials are in fact differentials of some original function whether we knew the function originally or whether we could figure it out retroactively. These differentials are differentials of some function. This is actually not the differential of any function at all. I shouldn't be calling it df because there is no f that it is the differential of. What we actually do for quantities like this is we call them inexact differential. So what that is is I've written a d with a cross through it. Some books or some professors may prefer to write a delta in this form. So either one of these is fine if we instead of writing a lowercase d to represent an exact differential, we either put a bar through the d or we use a delta to represent the differential then what we're expressing is this differential is an inexact differential. So that means the thing even though it has the form of the differential looks like some stuff times dx and some stuff times dy. There is no function of x and y that it is the differential of. It's not the exact differential of anything. It's an inexact differential. So inexact differentials turn out to be useful quantities even though they look like they're breaking the rules. So the next thing we'll do is talk about some relationships between inexact differentials and exact differentials.


Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. This is the April Snaku and Sorry, I've kind of waited a little bit. I've actually had this for Not quite a week Actually, maybe about a week around I've just been busy can't get to things also I'm recording in my bathroom because I'm having some lighting issues elsewhere that I wasn't having before so Let me know in the comments if this is too distracting and too much of a problem But actually honestly, this is probably the best lighting I can get in my house when I actually look at it Which you know, I guess I could go out and like buy some professional equipment, but It's a lot of a lot of Lotta, you know mula and I don't know quite have the views for something like that But anyway excited to get to this April Snaku always a fan always down to try new food like any food really So yeah, and as people will notice as I open it up Always like a nice wrapping in there This is cherry blossoms because if people know April was the time for cherry blossoms blooming in Washington DC, which my wife really wanted to go to we didn't really get a chance But There you go It's their little card with all the information on the food And then there's the food, but I'll tell you about it as we go And let's open it up and I think I think I figured out From the last the last box I think I figured out that they have on this card They have on this side like the ones I believe what it is is they have this one They say these are popular snacks and then this one is the featured snacks over here So I think these are the ones for the actual month of April and these are ones that are popular snacks Which I actually think are kind of like leftovers that they have from a previous month or the last few previous months or whatever Which is fine. You know, there's no problem with that I just think I figured that out because I had seen these All these available for sale on their website, but that's fine. I mean, I'm always down to try stuff. So All right, so the first thing I'm actually just gonna do this One by one and then I have some water over there and a plate to put the rest on because as we know I don't eat if you've watched any of these before I don't eat the whole thing. I save half for my wife So the first thing is I'm not gonna know exactly what it is until I actually open it up and can match the picture Because unfortunately, I don't know Japanese I go It's very flat so I think it's Sure, oh It's like a shortbread cookie is kind of what it looks like Okay, so this is the satsuma stable. This is what it's called Yeah, it looks like an almond shortbread cookie basically it's like half moon so it says Fuket Sato Fuket Sato has been making these delicate butter cookies since 1919. That's a long time Using only the highest quality local ingredients found in Kyushu This cookie won the 2008 Japan confectionary competition. I didn't know there was a Japan confectionary competition. So See the almond right there It smells really good. So buttery vanillae almani It's got a nice Crunch to it Very nice for texture It's very crispy. It's got a really nice kind of like Roasted flavor to it, you know, like toasted almond kind of Which is really nice actually That's really good almond vanilla butter Not toasty. No, that's really tasty Let's set the rest over there. That's really good It's it's a very like simple snack that I know there are examples of that that type of snack in the United States too, but It's tasty and that's what I care about am I getting tasty stuff in this box, which by the way if I Haven't said it enough in the past episodes or if you are this is the first one you're checking out of me unboxing a Snaku They keep it affordable for these I have the tasting box you can go much larger and pay more but the tasting box Which is just a little bit of everything $15.75 that's including shipping. That's including tax. That's everything So to try new things each month very very affordable and cleanse my palate. I was really tasty The next thing is by Colby These also look like some small cookies. I know some people might want to see the back Oh, these are okay. So these are ones that I believe were left over from Before I believe these are chips But I'll open them up just to be a hundred percent on that Yeah, okay, so It's look interesting So they're like kind of kettle-style chips. They look really dark. They still have the skin on them So I believe they're most likely going to be Sweet potato chips because of the coloration. They're very orange So these are Asu Osatsu potato, sorry, Osatsu potato Kagoshima is famous for producing some of Japan's sweetest and most flavorful sweet potatoes.  No, it's not very salty. It's actually very sweet Tastes like sweet potato very very crunchy.  So it's kind of like banana chips, but sweet potato Very very crunchy If you like sweet potatoes You'll probably like this But it is like straight sweet potato flavor. There's like no salt to it or anything It's just crispy and Sweet sweet potato. I actually think my wife is really gonna like these honestly. She's a big sweet potato fan Not I'm personally not huge on it. They're fine and for what they're going for good, but Stop my thing I'll save the rest for my wife though Next thing which I have two of these is I don't know what this one is Okay So it looks like it's Kanako senpai most likely. Let me get close enough here Kanako senpai Let me let me take it out just to be sure Yes, okay That's exactly what it is. There you go Kanako senpai I mean it kind of looks like a rice cake, but not as But like much more pulverized people have had American rice cakes before so the Kanako senpai S-delicate rice crackers. Oh I think that was a typo. There's an S before delicate delicate rice crackers covered in a soft savory yet Sweet roasted Kanako soy powder.  Oh There is a coating on the outside so It's It is like a rice cake It's what it tastes like like it's very like light and airy like a rice cake and you can just like go right through It's kind of brittle The powder on the outside actually kind of tastes like cinnamony kind of like a cinnamon toast crunch cereal a little bit, but it's really light almost because of how light and airy it is and How the the powder on the outside kind of disintegrates in your mouth?  That's tasty like a nice like light dessert, maybe Or snack. It's good Like that one Next, we have two of these. I guess I'll do Okay, these are leaf pies. They're soft crispy biscuits Filled with rich Kagoshima potato filling So we have two different ones. I believe ones like golden potatoes and ones purple potato so I guess I'll do both of them Well, I'll start with the first one to see how it goes So the first one which would be the purple potato You can see how you can even see where that's gonna be you can see it in there Because there's a darker coloration to it It's not that thick Yeah, kind of thick. There's like a sugar coating. It smells fried. I'm making a map. Oh, man Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna open the other one right now Let's set that down for now Wow, this is like a like a light fluffy pastry.  Oh, yeah, these crumbs over here So I got to the potato I'm not really Getting a lot from the actual potato I mainly just kind of like get like the sugar flavor on from the sugar on the outside and not like really nice like buttery Pastry flavor From the outside of it There's just like a little bit of a starchiness from the potato But there's not a whole lot going on with the actual potato itself. So Here's that layer. That's good. I do like it like it's sugary. It's buttery Like I said, the potato doesn't do like much of anything it just Yeah, it's really nice. That's really nice. It's like very delicate very light tasty Be like an easy dessert or snack if you wanted something like that Okay, next we got two of these I'm gonna have to open a Satsuma choco cookie. I don't even know if that's on here I don't think it's on this. So we might be off the grid with this one I have two of them. I'll put one down Satsuma choco cookie Yeah, I don't believe. No, it's not on the little key that was that and that's that's cool Like you don't have to put everything on. Oh, no, it is it is So on here, it says Satsuma cookie Choco cookie but on the key here it has it as Sakura cookie, which I think Sakura is like cherry blossom I might be wrong correct me if I'm wrong. So you can see there's it's kind of like a white chocolate I guess that's been turned pink if you can kind of see the pink Hopefully I can color correct this with like some chopped nuts on it.   It almost comes off a tad bit berry like like a really like light kind of cherry Berry like super super light though, you know what usually I'm like Things that make food like flowery like I hate anything with lavender in it Or anything that makes it flowery, but that That's not too much. It's just like the subtlest little bit And it's actually pretty good. I like that. That's good. That's good. I like that All right Valiculants yes Kobe Fugetsudo I'll open this one to make sure what it actually is. I Think there's like a few Yeah, it feels like there's a few like really thin cookies in there Trying to open this so I don't make like crazy mess. Okay, so these kind of look like The construction is kind of like the the wafers of that are covered in caramel for like the Stroop waffles, I guess is what they're called. Yeah, just like Very very thin wafer and you can see there's some sort of filling in there, which it's so hard to see. I Can't even see the coloration of that Because it's so hard to see. So this is Sakura Gouffre Airy wheat wafer filled with Sakura cream So like a cherry blossom flavor cream the perfect snack to enjoy while watching the cherry blossoms So well, I'm doing it too late for that, but super light Airy like it said Yeah, I get a little bit of That kind of like floral note actually a lot more of a fruitiness in this one versus the last one That actually comes off like cherry like actual cherry in there Once again, a really nice easy light snack You can better see the cream in there now Which obviously the cream is what gives it almost all the flavor really and the outside of the wafer Like I don't really get anything from the wafer except just the crunch Which is fine because it's a textural thing like I like to have good texture when I'm eating stuff But all the flavors coming from that filling the feeling is really good like like I said like the slice a little bit of floral and A decent amount of like an actual cherry. I taste good. I like that. That's really tasty I like that quite a bit All right See this one for last. So this one Now this one will probably have to be for less. So actually I'm not gonna do this This is just kind of an extra. I did this on one of the other Unboxing so go back and look. I think it was the very first one. I did was February. Yeah, and so this is just like a strawberry Like a milk and strawberry hard candy basically that has like a filling to it Really tasty. I did it on that one if you want to see it. So I'm not gonna do it right now It's just an extra Actually, I'll do that one last and then this is the big one. This one is the Boucher Cherry blossom See Kobe Boushi So I guess it's made in Kobe you can see all the cherry blossoms on there Yeah, and it says masterpiece of sweets flavor born in Kobe So the card says Kobe Fukutsudo is one of the most famous premium Japanese snack makers And has been making Japanese snacks for over 120 years in the Cosmopolitan City of Kobe It's a long time these bouchis are made with pillowy Sakura infused puff pastry sandwiching There needs to be some punctuation in there But I'll reread that these bouchis are made with pillowy Sakura infused puff pastry Sandwiching a Sakura and apple cream filling Sounds good. The snack maker describes these bouchis buns as quote a masterpiece of sweets Flavor born in Kobe. We couldn't agree more. Well, I mean This thing's like big Oh, they have one of these like silica packets in there to keep it fresh keep moisture out. Oh my gosh Yes, like I can already like look at this. So it looks like like Whoopie pie or moon pie as some people would call it in the United States I can already feel like I'm not putting a whole lot of pressure on this But I can already feel my fingers kind of sinking into it. It is very soft. It is very pillowy to the touch Yeah, I Can smell I can actually smell the apple coming out But I can smell that cherry blossom like the little bit of a floral note with that actual like kind of cherry Smells good very sweet.  It's like no effort Whatsoever I can taste that apple in there. I like this. This is good As my computer decides to do weird stuff hmm Yeah So the cream is is kind of like buttery. It's like it comes off as kind of like a butter cream type cream in there and the um Yeah, I get a little bit of that kind of cherry note a little bit of that floral I get a decent amount of the apple actually Actually not as much as I would think because I would think that apples even Typically, it's a flavor that kind of like asserts itself even more But in this case, it's a little more rained in which I'm good with because you want that the cherry blossom flavor to kind of shine through but um Yeah, super super pillowy super soft pretty good No, let's go All right, so Overall, excuse me pick this up very very happy with this. I have the one thing left. That's Cider candy. Okay. Interesting. This is an extra one So just kind of recap you can just take a look and then I'll do this final one So looking at it and point out what my favorites were Uh These not so much my wife will really love those. These were really tasty, but I can get stuff similar in the united states This also pretty tasty, but you know, I can just eat like You know cinnamon toast crunch These were quite good. I love like that flaky pastry on the outside Don't really taste much of the actual uh sweet potato But I really like that flaky pastry on there. These are pretty solid. They're like nice buttery These are decent as well and these are really good. Um, I think my favorite Uh, actually the leaf pies just because I love that like flaky buttery pastry taste. So I don't know All right, so I'm gonna try this I might just lick it a few times because it's Feels like it's a hard candy. It's it's cider candy. So I guess apple would be my guess And cannot read any of that but let me take a drink Okay, open up this cider candy. Oh wow, that's interesting welcome So it's blue. It's like a like a light baby blue Yeah, and it's just like a hard candy actually tastes like soda actually tastes a lot to me like, um Sprite Or like seven up Yeah, yeah, it's got the lemon lime It's interesting that it's called cider candy. Um Yeah, it's lemon lime like it tastes like sprite or soda very bright Yeah, just super vibrant vibrant flavor That's good. I really like that I could um since that was like an extra I could be very happy if we get that as an extra again in the future But I know it's kind of gross but like since I had it in my mouth I'm just sending it over there and then just gonna one of my wife gets home be like here Lick this a few times so you can get a taste of it. Is that weird? Yeah, I think it's weird, but whatever Anyway, thank you everyone for checking this out. Like I said super affordable for the tasting box Unfortunately, if you're watching this outside of the United States, you do not ship it outside of the us It's us only $15 75 cents including shipping tax all that stuff. So totally worth it to just try some new stuff every month And um, yeah, I like it. This is a good box Just like the last two and I look forward to what they're going to do next time Everyone, thank you for checking this out. Um, please, you know, subscribe let people know about the channel All sorts of stuff if I can end up getting enough subscribers that I can actually like monetize this eventually I'll do more of these food boxes. Uh, if people really want that I could jump up to like their actual like large large box that snacku does But I could also go out and hit some other companies Recommendations welcome if if that ends up being the case But thank you everyone for checking this out and until next time keep it brutal


Chair Jones-Carter, it's 4 30. It is 4 30 p.m. And I am calling this meeting of the design review board to order Recording secretary, please call roll Board member cook here board member Lipta here board member Sharon here board member Wolfridge is absent vice chair Weigel Here chair Jones-Carter here Let the record reflect that all board members are present in Exception for board member Woolriff who is absent Item 2 approval of minutes item 2.1 December 7 minutes 2023 does anyone have any changes to the minutes? Great if the no changes the minutes of December 7th are approved as submitted Recording secretary Sorry, do we have any public comment on item 2 approval of minutes? If you're in chambers and wish to make a comment, please make your way to the podium Chair Jones-Carter looks like we have no public comment Thank you Item 3 public comment We are now taking public comment on item 3 non-agenda matters This is the time when any person may address the board on matters not listed on this agenda But which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of this committee To show signs of her support of a comment waving of hands is acceptable please refrain from Applauding or voicing your opinion Unless you are at the podium Recording secretary, can you please provide instructions to the public? If you are in chambers and wish to make a comment, please make your way to the podium Chair Jones-Carter looks like we do have one public in here for comment. Thank you May I begin? Yes Hello, my name is Dwayne DeWitt. I'm from Roseland. I wanted to thank you folks Wanted to say good holidays to you folks and may have very happy holidays into a very good new year I know that being a volunteer on these types of activities can be very time-consuming But I feel it's very important because it almost seems as if the design review board has been neutered Emasculated it's been sent to the sidelines Six years ago the Tubbs fire gave certain people within the city's jurisdiction The obligation they felt to say oh, we have to do things more in a hurry and that's six years ago though And they're still within that same kind of mindset And it's actually having a negative effect upon different neighborhoods such as mine out in Roseland There's been this building boom where anything goes You can just say it's going to be affordable and you get to have it It's not good for our community. We are definitely struggling with overpopulation We're overburdened and we're underserved our roads are falling apart They're not being fixed in a timely manner for all the new residents that are moving in in the past One of the buffers we had to help this was that the design review process Before the Planning Commission Helped to make sure that projects were balanced and they actually helped the community Instead of creating more of a problem Now many of you probably never go over to Roseland and if you do you might see Sebastopol Road and think well That's the main deal You should go out to South Roseland go out to Herne Avenue Where all the new thousands of homes are planned to be coming in and look across the field from Dutton on to Herne look out that field to the Southwest you'll see what we call the stockade Fort Burbank Giant three-story buildings put out there in the middle of a field years ago because they were affordable housing And the roads are very narrow Very tight spot an emergency waiting to happen And the folks out there they were like hey at least we got a place to live so we're going with it It was a self-help kind of project the place is packed with cars, and there's cars all over all the extra streets all around Okay, so just take your time some time and go out there and look for yourself Don't take it for me and then think about it as you being designers and planners What you think is good for a community? We like Humboldt Street myself and others We like to JC neighborhood those nice open streets Tree tunnels really good stuff. We're not getting that in Roseland, and it's something that you could change I do believe the tubs fire stuff will be over next year. They gave them an extension for another year But after that hopefully you'll be back in the game. Thank you kindly for your time Thank you very much. I would like to Do we have anyone else looks like we don't have anyone else to chair Jones Carter, thank you public comment is closed item four four point one statement of purpose zoning code chapter 20 dash 52 point 030 f project review The review authority shall consider the location design site plan configuration and the overall effect of the proposed project upon surrounding properties in the city in general Review shall be conducted by comparing the proposed project to the general plan any applicable specific plan applicable zoning code standards and requirements Consistency of the project within the city's design guidelines Architectural criteria for specific area and other applicable city requirements Item four point two board member reports. Are there any board member reports? Thank you. There are none item four point three Other there is none Item five department report Thank You chair Jones Carter and good evening everyone I do have some reports for today that I'm going to give to you. So first one Is that news that Lonnie one of our Colleagues is leaving the city Next year we will have a derby meeting that would be her last item that she will be with us She has accepted a job with the city of Hillsburg. So she's moving to Hillsburg Also, we have another planner senior planner sharing myths. She's also leaving us. She has accepted a job She's becoming a the beauty director. I believe director or deputy director for the city of Fortuna in North, California No, she's going to Fortuna. Yeah, okay, sorry and then about some of the requests from the board our Recording secretary Crystal will start sending every board member weekly Corum checkings, please check your email to confirm if you will be attending the meeting I believe it will be every two weeks before the meeting and then What else oh about The both of the items today item 8.1 has been requested to continue to a certain date Which is going to be January 18 and also item 8.2 Staff is requesting to be continued when we get to that item. We will go over that and For next year first meeting in January Fort we will have a concept item and Well, that's the reports. Thank you Thank you very much and Lonnie. We will miss you. Thank you for your service to this board It's been a pleasure getting to know all of you and I've learned a lot from you guys and I'll miss you very much Come visit Hillsburg Recording secretary, do we have any public comment on item 5 department reports? Yes, Jones chair Chair Jones-Carter we do have public comment. Hello, my name is Dwayne DeWitt. I'm from Roseland I wasn't able to hear the complete Discussion just now under number five, but it sounded like what's going to hurt 8.2 there's going to be some sort of talk about it, but the items not being heard What is the status of this the item is being continued? Totally, but you're still totally continued. We will not have a discussion today. No Does that come on the street? Making sure these folks get to the creek Bikes are walking very easily. Well come back When the item is certain back on the calendar, it's not on the calendar yet, so it's no dates, sir Thank you kindly for talking with me. I appreciate your time folks have a wonderful holiday season Thank you Can I just clear that Hey Dwayne heads up So this item is going to be scheduled for January 4th Correct Item 6 statements of abstention Chair, I'll need to abstain from 8.2 Thank you. I Have a question. Sorry for clarification if the item is being continued Is there still a need for him to leave? Because we're not discussing it at all, I don't think there is any need we have done I think there is since no project being presented. I don't think there's a need to leave But you may if you choose to Thank you, I would also add that Mike like so we have to vote on it to continue it, right? Mike can't vote on it even because he has to abstain so Yeah I All right Item 7 consent items. There are none item 8 scheduled items. We're moving on to the first scheduled item 8.1 public hearing new Verizon wireless telecommunication tower design review permit to 4-4 Colgan Avenue PRJ 23-009 The applicant has requested we continue this item to a date certain of January 18th 2024 Staff is there anything else you would like to add? Staff would also like to add that this will be Renoticed due to a change in the zoom link, so the noticing will be going out again. Thank you Chair if I may I Move to move public hearing for a new Verizon wireless telecommunication tower design review permit to 4-4 Colgan Avenue PRJ 23-009 wave the reading of the text to a Date certain on January 18th 2024 Is there a second second? Recording secretary, would you like to call roll, please? Board member cook Yeah, so he would be absent on this vote since he left. Yeah, right a board member Liptec I Board member Sharon. Hi Board member Woolrich is absent. So vice chair Weigel. Hi Chair Jones Carter, I Let the record reflect that this item has five four eyes one absent and one absentation Two absence. Well, yeah Thank you We're moving on to the second scheduled item 8.2 public hearing North Point Commerce Center major design review 1408 1416 1420 Thunderbolt way Assessors parcel numbers 035-530-023 035530-024 035530-025 and 035530-057 file number dr 23-007 Due to a noticing error staff is requesting Recommending this item be continued to the date certain of January 4th 2024 Staff is there anything else you would like to add? There is nothing else to add. Thank you Chair if I may I would like to move to Move the public hearing for North Point Commerce Center major design review 1408 1416 1420 Thunderbolt way File number dr 23-007 waive the reading of text to a date certain of January 4th 2024 These are a second. I will second that Recording secretary, would you like to call roll? Board member Cook is absent. So board member Liptec. Aye board member Sharon. Aye board member Woolrich is absent vice chair Weigel Aye chair Jones Carter. Aye Let the record reflect that there are four eyes and two absent I would say my cooks abstained on that one just to correct it because he abstained earlier We got you covered Thank you very much for that. Right the meeting meeting of the design review board is now adjourned Don't leave. Don't leave. Sorry. I would like to get a photo of all of us Wishing everyone a happy holiday And a happy new year


I'm the fourth generation. My great-grandfather, Charles Schmidt, came here from Hampton, Iowa in 1910. They probably came as farmers and recognized almost immediately that it was better the cow than the plow. You know, it was probably not conducive to farming like they had been used to. I think my family adapted pretty well fairly early on to recognize that they could use horses and cows and the grazing land that was available to them to make a living. A lot of our traditions and a lot of the things that we do today really are quite similar to what they had developed early on in the 20s, 30s, 40s, all the way through. You know, we have more in sync with nature. We have more May, June. We have more when the buffalo would calve or when the antelope and the deer, when they have their young ones. We try to mimic, you know, our operation in sync with nature. And I think that my family probably did that for many generations out of necessity that was just a part of who they were. They had to adapt and live with the land rather than try and farm it or go against it. So I think a lot of what we do nowadays is very similar to what they did at that time. It's just a revitalization of it. And probably we've added some technologies and some new methods that probably my grandpa and his dad would have loved to have had. More fencing, more pastures, meaning more moving cattle. It takes a lot of labor that we never used to have to do. But we kind of sacrifice that a little bit in order to benefit the grass. With the drought last year, it was tough. The recovery wasn't there because lack of moisture and heat. But this year, the pasture we just moved out of, the grass recovered so fast that I was surprised by it. I guess you couldn't even tell that there were cattle in it. We get credit for being cowboys or we get credit for being horsemen or we get credit for being cattlemen. But really what we are is grazers.  We are used solar salesmen. We use sunlight and rain and grass. That's what makes our living. We've found a way to market grass through cattle and using the cattle to benefit the grass also. So ultimately we are grass managers. The habitat that we've developed here through some of these small dams that we have where we're saving our water, we're grazing right where we're leaving a lot of residual grass, especially for winter type grazing. We notice that there's a lot more deer and antelope that are able to come here and make a living and stay here all winter. So consequently developing a hunting cabin and making a hunting resource out of this has been beneficial too.   Well, it's hard for people to change or to go against the normal way of thinking because everyone wants to manage their cattle. But it's more about managing your grass. You hear people at the sale barn every year. Oh, pound sell. Pounds pay the bills. You know, if you're not so worried about how much your calves are weighing at the end of the year and you're more focused on the grass and a healthy calf that you don't have to go out and doctor or supplement, it's how much work you're really putting into it. It's hard for people to change that mentality. It's not about what we do today or the money that we make or anything. It's kind of about sustainability so that the future generations can learn and go on from what we've done.


The title of our sermon this morning is the sign of His coming, Matthew chapter 24, verses 1 through 31. Welcome back this morning to our weekly study of the essentials, one sermon, one hour, one subject essential to the growth and maturity of the Christian. This morning, we have before us the frankly overwhelming task of introducing the subject of eschatology. That one sermon, one hour, one subject business is going to be put to the test of this morning. It's going to be a little difficult to stick to that, so you need to listen fast. It's what needs to happen. What do we mean when we speak of eschatology? What do we mean by the word eschatology? The word eschatology comes from a combination of two Greek words. The Greek word eskatos, meaning last, and logia, referring to words or sayings, referring to discourse. So in essence, eschatology refers to a discourse on last things, the study of last things, or the doctrine of last things. We may refer to eschatology as it relates to the individual. We would speak of eschatology relating to an individual in terms of our death, what happens when we die, what happens to our body. The intermediate state, or we may refer to eschatology in terms of the consummation of all things, the consummation of redemptive history. And in that sense, we would speak of eschatology in terms of the return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, the eternal state. And in the Bible from the book of Genesis, which is referring to the beginnings, we could say that the Bible is eschatological, referring to the end. In other words, from the beginning of things, the word of God is concerned with the end of things, with concern with last things. From the very beginning, God has prepared for us a glorious end, and we should take heed to what he's prepared for us, right? The first words referring to the last things can be found in the Bible as early as Genesis chapter three, where after the fall in verse 15, the Lord makes an eschatological promise in the midst of the curse. Lord says to the serpent, I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed, he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. It's an eschatological promise, even in the midst of the curse against the serpent at the very beginning of the Bible in Genesis chapter three. Eschatology, a study of last things, teaches that the sin of Adam will not be the last word for the people of God. That past sin has resulted in present consequences, but we, brothers and sisters, have a future hope. Amen? That future or eschatological hope should have an impact on the way that we live our lives in the present. Paul said to Titus in chapter two, verse 11, the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, and that grace teaches us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Do you see the connection between the two? We live in the present, putting off ungodly, worldly lusts, living soberly, righteously, godly, while looking for the blessed hope of the church, the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people zealous for good works. Well, we're here this morning worshiping the Lord, aren't we, for that eschatological hope in anticipation of that eschatological hope, the blessed hope of the church. Well, as we begin our introduction, and that's all it's going to be this morning is just an introduction, as we begin our introduction to this subject to feel compelled to offer a warning. The study of eschatology is fascinating. It is a fascinating subject, but the study of eschatology is also fraught with difficulty. It's a difficult subject. It's a worthwhile subject. It's a blessed subject, but it's a difficult subject. Genuine believers throughout the ages have come to the text of Scripture, and with a clear conscience before God, handling the text as honestly as they know how to handle the text, they've come to various understandings of what the Lord has said in his word. They've come to different understandings of what the Lord has said in his word. So much, so many moving parts go into a study of eschatology. The continuity or discontinuity between the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament authors, interpretation of Old Testament texts, the interpretation of apocalyptic literature, the relationship of Israel to the church, the nature of the rule and reign of the Lord Jesus Christ, mysterious figures like the Antichrist, mysterious events like the rapture, mysterious symbols and mysterious future prophecy, even within specific categories of eschatology, consensus on the issues is hard to come by. So although all of you will agree with me when the end comes, we cannot allow division in the church over eschatology in the presence. I say that tongue in chic. We're all going to agree on our eschatology when the end comes. But don't let that difficulty keep you from vigorous study. The Lord promises a blessing for those who take up and study this subject. But at the same time that you're studying this difficult subject, make sure that you're mature enough to hold your disagreements in unity and love. We're not to divide over these issues ever. So maintain labor endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. Now, as I thought about where we might start with this subject, I concluded that there would be no better place to start than the words, the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself on this subject. And so with that in mind, we begin in Matthew chapter 24. The text of Matthew chapter 24 is often referred to as the Lord's Olivet discourse. It's referred as the Olivet discourse because the Lord spoke these words, taught these words to His disciples from the Mount of Olives. This account, Matthew chapter 24 is also found in the Synoptics, Mark chapter 13 and Luke chapter 21. And this was the teaching that the Lord gave to His disciples about last things, overlooking Jerusalem, overlooking the buildings of the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. Now, as we come to this text of Scripture, it's critically important for us to begin with a context of the Lord's words. What is the context for what the Lord is teaching here? Or remember with me, right? This is the final week of the Lord's earthly ministry in Matthew 24. The Lord is quickly going to His death. This is just days now before the Lord will be taken by lawless hands, crucified and put to death. It's the week of Passover in Jerusalem, a main festival in the Jewish calendar. Thousands upon thousands, some estimate millions, have flocked into the city of Jerusalem to observe the feast. And the Lord himself has recently entered Jerusalem to shouts of acclamation in Matthew chapter 21, the triumphal entry. Upon entering Jerusalem, the Lord goes to the temple and it once cleanses the temple, drives out those who bought and sold there, saying to them, my house shall be called a house of prayer. You've made it a den of thieves. And so the Lord cleans the temple. He's preaching and teaching in and about the temple. He's healing the blind. He's healing the lame. Multitudes have flocked to Him and they're crying out to the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. They're crying out Hosanna, which means save now. Hosanna to the Son of David. It's a messianic shout of celebration. It's a messianic shout of rejoicing. It shows the messianic hopes, the messianic expectations of the people toward Jesus Christ. And all this is going on at the same time that the chief priests, the scribes, the Pharisees, the elders of the people are incensed with Him. They are infuriated. They're indignant. They're plotting to kill Him. They plan to do so the first opportunity they get. And with tremendous laser-like precision, the Lord begins to rebuke them with devastating blows. They're like bombs dropping, devastating indictments. When the Lord says this in chapter 21, verse 43, therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you. It'll be taken from the Jews and it will be given to a nation of people bearing the fruits of it. That's very significant, very significant. In Matthew chapter 23, these elders, these leaders of the people continue to attack the Lord and the Lord continues to excoriate them.  He calls them a brood of vipers. Now that's not popular preaching nowadays, but that's the preaching of the Lord Jesus Christ against these false religious leaders, these hypocrites, who are blocking the way of heaven to themselves and preventing others from going in. This is a matter of life and death, and Jesus Christ is taking this deathly serious. He says to them in chapter 23, look at verse 31, He says to them, therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up then the measure of your father's guilt, serpents, brood of vipers. How can you escape the condemnation of hell? Therefore indeed, I send you prophets, wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify. Some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.  Assuredly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation, this generation. In other words, these things would come upon those leaders to whom Jesus Christ was speaking. And we know that to be true from history, we'll talk about that in a moment. The judgment of God, the judgment of God will fall upon this generation. So Jesus then turns and laments, verse 37, oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you are not willing. Notice in that too, right? The both the goodness and severity of God, as Paul would put it, his goodness and his severity. They were not willing to come to their Messiah. They're not willing to come to the Lord Jesus Christ. They don't recognize him as their Messiah.  Notice no longer was it my house as it was in Matthew 21, as it was at the beginning of the week. And now it's your house and your house is left to you desolate, means empty or abandoned. And that house, which had for centuries been representative of God's presence among his people, the place where God had chosen for his name to dwell is now left to them a desolate shell, a desolate husk. It's this judgment of God then that then precipitates the prophecy that the Lord gives in Matthew chapter 24 beginning in verse 1. It's this judgment that precipitates this coming destruction. Look at verse 1. Then Jesus went out and departed. It's he's leaving their house to them desolate, do you see? Jesus went out and departed from the temple. His disciples came up to show him the buildings of the temple. Jesus would have left Jerusalem through the east gate of the city. He would have crossed over the Kidron Valley and ascended the Mount of Olives to the east of the city. Now in thinking about this, it's tragically ironic that the building that served to point the people to the Lord Jesus Christ is now being abandoned by the one to whom it points, do you see? He's literally departing from the temple. And as I thought about this, it's fascinating the connection between the Lord Jesus Christ departing the temple here in Matthew chapter 24 and Ezekiel's vision of the glory of God departing the temple in Ezekiel chapter 10. It's fascinating. Who is the one who is the glory of God incarnate? Who is that? That's Jesus Christ, right? Doesn't Hebrews chapter 1 say that Jesus Christ is the brightness, the radiance of his glory? And here the glory of God is departing the temple just like Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel chapter 10. Listen to Ezekiel in chapter 10 verse 18. Ezekiel says, Then the glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them. And they stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house. And the glory of the God of Israel was above them. And then in chapter 11 verse 22. So the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them. And the glory of the God of Israel was high above them. And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain. He's talking about the Mount of Olives, right? The glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city. Matthew chapter 24 verse 1, Jesus Christ has departed. He's now standing on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city. When, as it says in Mark chapter 13 verse 1, one of his disciples came to him. When the disciple comes to Jesus Christ, he has in his mind this judgment against the temple.  And so they're standing now on the Mount of Olives overlooking this, so from the context, the disciples were impressed. They're impressed. The temple was literally a wonder of the known world at that time. Massive, glistening white stones, some upwards of 30 feet wide, some 10 to 12 feet high. They said those stones weighed 100 plus tons each. The buildings would have been radiant in the sunlight. The sunlight gleaming off the white stones. The sunlight gleaming off all the gold articles that surrounded the temple. We're gold articles everywhere. The view from the Mount of Olives would have been spectacular. And so the disciples draw the Lord's attention to the beauty of those buildings as they looked across the Kidron Valley at the Temple Mount. So Jesus said to them in verse 2, Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be thrown down. Wow, right? That would have been absolutely shocking to the disciples. You can imagine a stunned silence for a moment as they tried to process what the Lord just said. They knew exactly what he meant. The temple had been destroyed before. They knew exactly what he meant. The place is going to be raised to the ground. There won't be one of those massive stones sitting on top of another. In other words, the temple, which is the center of Israel, the center of their worship, the center of universe to the Jews, the place where God himself is said to have dwelt among them, his name is said to have dwelt there, is going to be torn down. Not one stone left upon another. No one would have imagined that that could happen. No one would have predicted that. Well, it did happen. It did happen. In great support of the authenticity and the authority of the Bible, it happened exactly as Jesus Christ said that it would happen. It's amazing. The Jews in 8070, 8066, the Jews would lead a revolt against the Roman occupation. And after crowning a new emperor, Vespasian in 8070, and they send the general, the Roman general Titus with the armies of Rome at his disposal, and they send him to Jerusalem. Titus would lead a massacre of Jews in and around Jerusalem, killing everyone they came across. They would follow that with the burning of the temple, and they would follow that with the dismantling of the temple, stone by stone, leaving only what was somewhat remaining today, the west wall of the mount itself. But the stones of the temple all torn down. The gospels, the gospels that recorded this prophecy of Lord Jesus Christ, all written before that event in 8070, before that event. And the destruction of 8070, one of the most attested to historical events in antiquity. One of the most attested to events that happened in the first century. With amazing precision, the Lord Jesus Christ before the events took place predicted exactly what would happen. That's a good evidence, right? This is not a book written by man. No one can tell the future, but God alone. Because why? God wrote the future. God has scripted the future. That judgment of God fell upon that generation just as Jesus said it would in chapter 23, verse 36. Well, of course, the disciples are stunned by the Lord's prophecy. And so they come to Jesus, stunned over the prophecy. They come to the Lord with essentially two questions in verse three. Verse three. Now, as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying, Tell us, when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? After hearing that the temple will be destroyed, the disciples want to know essentially two things. When is this going to happen and what sign should we look for? When is this going to happen? What sign should we look for? Both are a response to the Lord's prophecy about the destruction of the temple. So it's important to note here in the disciples' questions that the disciples have connected in their minds the destruction of the temple that the Lord has just prophesied and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and the end of the age. They have these things linked together, connected in their mind when they come to ask these questions of the Lord Jesus Christ, right? The temple is going to be destroyed. It must be the end of all things. It must be the end of the age. When is the end going to come? And what is the sign that we should look for to know that it's here? When is all this going to happen? In other words, when is the destruction of the temple going to take place? When is your return? And when is the end of the age? When? And what is the sign that we should look for? All of these they see as one event. So the Lord begins to answer then those two questions. He's going to answer them. Look at verse four. Jesus answered and said to them, said to who? Said to the disciples, those who are with him on the Mount of Olives. Jesus answered and said to them, take heed that no one deceives you. Now he's not talking to an audience in the future. He's talking to his disciples. Now when talking to his disciples, he's also talking to us by implication. But he's speaking to his disciples. And his first concern is that they're not deceived, right? Look at verse four. Take heed that no one deceive you. Verse five, many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and will deceive many. If you drop down to verse 11, many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. Right? The Lord is concerned that no one deceives them. Many verse five will come in my name saying I am the Christ and will deceive many. The first thing that the Lord is concerned with is that this age will be characterized by deceit. The age that the Lord is describing will be characterized by deceit. Now let me ask you a question. Did that happen during the lifetime of the disciples to whom Jesus Christ is speaking? Did that happen during their lifetime? Absolutely it did. Absolutely it happened during their lifetime. In the 40 years between the death of the Lord Jesus Christ and the destruction of the temple in AD 70 there were 16 recorded messianic pretenders that were accounted for in Jewish history. 16, there may have been more than that. And is that nonsense still going on today? You bet it is all the time. Many have come since then. Not long ago there was one in Orlando and not long before that there was one in Miami claiming to be the Christ, right? It's still going on to this day. This age will be characterized by deceit. Secondly, this age will be characterized by upheaval. By upheaval, verse 6. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Words sorrows there literally means birth pains, speaking of contractions, right? Now let me ask you, to whom is the Lord speaking? He's speaking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives. And you could say that he's speaking to us by implication, disciples nowadays, right? Were those things true during the lifetime of the disciples to whom Jesus Christ is speaking? Was it true in their lifetime? Yes, it was. Wars, rumors of wars. Nation, rising against nation, kingdom against kingdom, famines, pestilences, earthquakes in various places, the history bears this out. These things happened in their day and age? Are these things happening in our day and age? Yes, they are. They continue to happen, don't they? And Paul, he says, the Lord says, all these things are the beginning of sorrows, literally birth pains, birth pains. Like the contractions that come upon a pregnant woman, these pains will grow in frequency and in severity. Is that not true of birth pains? Yes. And have we not seen that to be true over our day and age as well? Isn't that true in our time? That we see those things getting worse and worse and increasing in frequency. They increase in frequency and they increase in severity. Now notice, I'm emphasizing two points, two points. One, the Lord is describing what the disciples themselves will experience. You notice that? He's speaking to the disciples. He's describing what those disciples themselves will experience. And secondly, those characteristic events are still going on in our day. These are events that we ourselves will also experience. Do you see? In other words, these events that the Lord is describing in Matthew chapter 24 are characteristic of all the days that lie between the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as he sits there on the Mount of Olives with his disciples and his second coming at the end of the age that he's about to teach them about, right? These events, these occurrences, these things characterize the age in which we now find ourselves just like it characterized the age in which the disciples found themselves. The disciples have lived through them. We will also live through them. Do you see? Making sense so far? Following? Okay. Like birth pains for a pregnant woman, they're getting worse and more frequently. Now listen. Third. This age will also be marked by persecution. This age will also be marked by persecution. Verse nine.  Do they do that to the disciples? Yes. Are they doing that today? Yes, they are. Then many will be offended. Verse 10. We'll betray one another. We'll hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. We have false teachers all over the place. And because lawlessness will abound, verse 12, the love of many will grow cold. A good example of that in their day and age was the church at Ephesus in Revelation chapter two, verse one, who their love, their first love grew cold, right? The Lord rebukes them there in Revelation chapter two, verse one. The Lord finishes in verse 13, but he who endures to the end shall be saved. Now, did the disciples of our Lord in the first century experience these things? Of course they did. Do Christians in our day experience these things? Yes, they do. In other words, in other words, brothers and sisters, this is not a description of a future seven-year tribulation period. This is not a description of future tribulation. This is a description of past and present and future tribulation, right? This is a tribulation that the saints will all experience as long as the Lord tarries. It's a tribulation, a period of tribulation that began with the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and will continue until the Lord returns. Do you see? This is a description of the history and events that comprise the church age. And remember, the Lord Jesus Christ is teaching his disciples about eschatology, right? What will be, when will these things happen? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? It's the age that began in the time of Christ as he spoke to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, and it's the age that continues even now. The Bible describes this period of time as a period of tribulation, describes it as the tribulation, even uses that definite article, the tribulation. The apostle John writing Revelation describes himself as our brother in the tribulation, our brother in the tribulation. When was he writing? He was writing in the first century. Who was he writing to? Disciples of the first century and us by implication. He's our brother in the tribulation. Jesus warns his disciples in John chapter 16 verse 33, in the world, you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer, I've overcome the world. Acts chapter 14 verse 22, Paul says that it's through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God. What was true of the disciples in his day is just as true of disciples in our day. In 2 Timothy chapter 3, Paul describes the time between the first coming of Christ and the second coming of Christ as the last days. And the last days are days of tribulation. Fourth, this age will be characterized by the preaching of the gospel. Look at verse 14. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come. Right? Finally, the age being described here by the Lord is marked by the preaching of the gospel as with other characteristics of this church age. This began to be fulfilled in the days of the disciples and this is now being fulfilled all over the world, even now, by the Lord's disciples in our day. Notice that Jesus here doesn't give them a date in these first verses, these first 14 verses. Jesus Christ does not give them a date. The Lord doesn't give them a formula by which they can calculate a date. No one knows the day or the time of his coming. It's not a list of concrete occurrences that you can use as an end times checklist to figure out when he's coming. We can't do that. The Lord here is characterizing the kinds of events that will mark this age, the kinds of events that will happen from that time until the time that he returns. He's giving a representative list of those things that will characterize the age in which we live. Now, as they stood talking together on the Mount of Olives, the disciples asked Jesus those two questions. Remember, when will these things be and what will be the sign that we should look for, the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? All of that, when will these things be and your coming and the end of the age, all thought of as one event in the minds of the disciples as they asked the questions? None of that which the Lord has described at this point could be described as a definitive sign, could it? Nothing yet is a sign post. They're characteristics showing what this age is going to be like, but nothing yet that could be described or defined as a sign. The sign comes in verse 15. Look with me. Then, or therefore, the word is un in Greek, it's a logical inference conjunction. And what that means is this, then therefore or so is how that word is to be translated. In other words, we are to draw a logical inference from the preceding statement to the one we're going to read in verse 15. We're to draw a connection between the two. In other words, verse 14, this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world, then the end will come, so then therefore, you see, when you see the sign, the word is singular, the abomination of desolation, you will know that the time of my coming and the end of the age is near. This is the sign, right? Therefore, verse 15, when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place, whoever reads, let him understand. The particular and singular sign given by the Lord in verse 15 is the abomination of desolation. As the Lord begins to explain what they should look for regarding the end of the age, in verses 15 through 28, and he explains what they begin to look for at the coming of the Son of Man. We'll see that in verses 29 through 31. Now, some who interpret these texts, this passage in particular, are compelled to consider all of these events as historical. Everything here happening in 80, 70 or before, okay? But notice there are very important chronological markers that would necessitate a yet future date for these events. Notice them with me. First, verse 21, the great tribulation that follows in verse 21 is described as one that has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no nor ever shall be. Now, the tribulation that took place in 80, 70, the sack of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple was a severe tribulation. But the Lord would be unable to say this if the great tribulation described at the end of the age was still yet future. Do you see? There have been tribulations that have come. Think of the millions that were killed during World War II, millions that have died in war, millions upon millions of babies that are murdered yearly on the planet in the wickedness of abortion, right? Think of the Holocaust of abortion. There have been trials. There has been adversity. There has been tribulation that is demonstrably severe. And that which is described at the end of the age in Revelation is severe. The Lord would be unable to say this if that tribulation is still future. Do you see? He says that there won't come another tribulation worse than this one, right? Okay. Secondly, verse 24, false Christ and false prophets deceiving if possible even the elect with great signs and wonders. That's still future. Didn't happen that way in 80, 70. Those great signs and wonders weren't taking place in the way that they are described in Revelation. Weren't taking place that way in 80, 70. That is still future. Third, in verse 29 notice it is immediately after the tribulation of those days that Jesus Christ comes back immediately after the tribulation of those days. Now, if this were taking place, if this tribulation were taking place in 80, 70, then that immediately is a gap of about 2,000 years. Do you see? And immediately doesn't mean immediately anymore, right? It's a chronological marker that's very important. Fourth, and this is more nuanced for you all that may have studied this, the abomination of desolation. The abomination of desolation is a reference to Daniel chapter 9. The abomination of desolation comes in the middle in verse 27. The abomination of desolation comes in the middle of Daniel's 70th week and 80, 70 would chronologically be near the beginning of the 70th week. The chronology just simply doesn't line up. I don't hear many people making that point or talking about that, but that's very important. The chronology of these things must line up. We've already established that the first half of the week that we see in Matthew chapter 24 verses 4 through 14 is the church age. That's this age in which we now live, and that's in keeping with the first 1,260 days described in Revelation chapter 12. This must have happened in the middle of the week according to Daniel chapter 9 verse 27. All right. So, the first indication of this great tribulation, a tribulation such as not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no nor ever shall be. That first indication is the abomination which causes desolation. The abomination of desolation is a detestable act. It's a horrific act. It's a detestable thing that causes devastation. Something that causes horror or disgust in God's people leads to ruin or destruction. It's a horrific act. We don't have exact reference to what that is or will be. However, we see examples of it in history. During the inter-testamental period, Antiochus Epiphanes slaughtered a pig on the altar in the temple, desecrating the temple. It was an abomination of desolation. It was an abomination of desolation considered by General Titus when he sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple in AD 70. But as Daniel describes it, and as we see in Revelation, there is a worse yet abomination of desolation that is the sign of the end of the age and of the coming of the Lord. So, this horrific act. Then how do we explain then the historical language used here? If these things are future, then how do we explain the historical language? Listen in verse 16. Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Did they flee in AD 70? Absolutely they did. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. Verse 19, woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days. Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. The language that's being used has a near referent point to the events of AD 70, but AD 70 only foreshadows that which will come. Do you see the connection? Hang in there with me. These things are nuanced and they're difficult, but this is part of understanding the Lord's teaching on eschatology here. It's important to understand these things. AD 70 is a foreshadowing. It's just a foretaste of the tribulation that's going to come. In these events chronologically apply to the end of the age because of those markers that we've already discussed. George Elden Lads said it this way. I think this is helpful. He says neither an exclusively historical or an exclusively eschatological interpretation is satisfactory. In other words, we can't put all of these things only in the past and we can't put all of these things only in the future. These are things that have a past referent and will be fulfilled in the future. They're a both and rather than an either or. It makes sense? He says what's obvious in the text is an ongoing or sustained tension between language that anticipates historical events like AD 70 and language that anticipates the consummation at the end of the age and the coming of the Son of Man. And that happens all over the Bible. We see that frequently near events foreshadowing, picturing types of future events. We see that throughout the Bible. All right, verse 21, for then, we're speaking of a future event now, for then there will be great tribulation such as not been since the beginning of the world until this time no nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened no flesh would be saved but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened. Let's put it in context for a moment so we understand where we are, right? The disciples ask Lord Jesus Christ those two questions. When will these things be and what's the sign we're going to look for? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? Verses four through 14, what is the Lord describing? He's describing the age in which we now find ourselves. An age that began with the disciples at the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and an age that now continues for us as we experience the very same historical events, the same signs and symbols so to speak that they experienced. Now we come to another time period indicated in verse 24, a period of great tribulation, a period of great tribulation. Verse 23 describes this time. If anyone says, do you look, here's the Christ or there, do not believe it. For false Christ and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive if possible even the elect. See I have told you beforehand therefore if they say to you, look he's in the desert, do not go out, look he's in the inner rooms, do not believe it, look he's down there in Miami, pass it out Cubans, Cuban sandwiches, don't believe it. Four, verse 27, as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. So, verses four through 14 referring to a period of tribulation that characterizes the church age, verses 15 now through 28 referring to a period of great tribulation at the end of the age. These events are all foreshadowed by AD 70 but not entirely fulfilled in AD 70. Do you see? And one reason that is given for that is this in verse 29 because these things weren't fulfilled in AD 70 because verse 29 immediately, immediately after the tribulation of those days, what's going to happen? The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from heaven, the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Somebody would say, well we see those cosmic disturbances given around judgments in the Old Testament and they didn't literally come to pass. Listen, those cosmic disturbances given around judgments of God over wicked people in the Old Testament are foreshadowings of an ultimate cosmic judgment that is coming that will be marked by these signs. Do you see? Types and shadows, future fulfillment. The word immediately in verse 29 is the Greek word euthiose. It means immediately. That's what it means. It means immediately. If this referred to AD 70 then this immediately has suffered a nearly 2000 year gap so far. Verse 30, then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, you're going to see these cosmic disturbances and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. Notice the chronology. And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. In other words, the sign here will be the Son of Man himself. He is the final sign. Unparalleled power, unparalleled glory, overtly visible in the heavens, you will not miss it. As the east, the lightning flashes from the east of the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. Right? Overtly visible, unmistakable. Revelation chapter 6 verse 15 describes the scene. The kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and the rocks, fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath has come and who is able to stand. That did not happen in 8070, right? Still yet future. And the time of his one and only second coming, we don't see a secretive first coming and a visible second coming. We see one visible coming of the Lord Jesus Christ in great power. Verse 31, he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. When is all of this happening? It's happening after the church age, an age of tribulation. It's happening after a period of great tribulation, immediately after that period of great tribulation. And now it's happening when the Son of God returns. He comes with his angels with a great sound of a trumpet. What does he do? Verse 31, he gathers together his elect from the four winds from one end of the heaven to the other. All of his elect are gathered together at that time. Do you see? And where does he gather them from? From the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. All of his elect are gathered at that time, all of them. What does this sound like? This is the rapture of the church. This is the rapture of the church. First Thessalonians chapter four verse 15, listen, for this we say to you by the word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. What does that sound like? Sounds like Matthew chapter 24 verse 31. We see, you see this first Thessalonians chapter four verse 15 using the very same language of Matthew chapter 24 verse 31 links these two events in the chronology at the very end of the age at his coming with the sound of a great trumpet with the voice of an archangel coming in power and coming in glory. Do you see? He descends from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. That's the rapture of the church in Matthew chapter 24 verse 31. And thus we shall always be with the Lord, therefore comfort one another with these words. Listen to first Corinthians chapter 15 in verse 51. Listen, behold Paul says, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. When is the last trumpet? Matthew chapter 24 verse 31 tells us it's immediately after the tribulation of those days when the Lord Jesus Christ comes in power. Right? That's when the last trumpet is. The twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed or glorified at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We shall become like him for we shall see him as he is. This incorruptible must put on incorruption. This mortal must put on immortality. All this at the sound of the great Jubilee trumpet. And it comes at the return of Jesus Christ, which is immediately after the tribulation of those days. Listen to this from 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 beginning in verse 1. Listen, now brethren Paul is encouraging the brothers with the coming of the Lord. Listen, now brethren concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him. What is that? It's the rapture of the church. That's the rapture of the church concerning this coming and our gathering together to him. We ask you not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us as though the day of Christ had come. He doesn't want them thinking we missed it left behind. Right? He doesn't want them thinking that they missed the rapture.  What day is he talking about? The day of his coming, the day that will be gathered together to him. That day will not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of sin is revealed, that son of perdition who is that that is the Antichrist, the one who will perpetrate the abomination of desolation. That one who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? So much more could be said. There's so many implications, so many texts that fill out our understanding of these things. I think that it's very important in Matthew 24 in particular and a couple of texts like Matthew 24 that establish the chronology of these things. The chronology of Matthew 24 will harmonize beautifully with the chronology of Daniel chapter 9, it must, and will harmonize beautifully with the chronology of the book of Revelation in particular texts like Revelation chapter 12. If you'll study those things you see how those things fit together. You start getting a picture of a proper interpretation of Matthew chapter 24. This is also so important because if you're like me, many of us grew up reading the left behind series or watching that on TV, and the chronology here that the Lord is teaching in Matthew 24 is different than what you'll hear from that series, that teaching. What I would submit to you is that we must go to the text of Scripture and derive our doctrine from that, and so despite what we may have grown up with, I know these things are difficult things, they are well worth your time in studying, you'll be blessed by that, but you must allow Scripture to inform the prophecy, you must allow Scripture to inform your understanding of eschatology. As the Lord teaches there on the Mount of Olives, and as we see other texts in Scripture related to eschatology, the purpose or the emphasis of that teaching is not the chronology itself or not the events themselves, the emphasis or the purpose is always the effect that that truth should have on our lives. The way that a believer in response to those truths should think what that believer should believe and how that believer should conduct themselves. It's an ethical concern the Lord has in teaching eschatology. The Lord says this in verse 42, drop down to verse 42 in Matthew 24 with me. The Lord says watch therefore, watch, be watchful, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming, but know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.  We should be watchful. What does watchfulness look like? Look at verse 45, who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his master made ruler over his household to give them food and due season? Who is that one? Verse 46, blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. We are to be about the Lord's business, and we should be compelled, motivated, all about the Lord's business knowing that he comes back soon, that his return is imminent. Verse 48, but if that evil servant says in his heart my master is delaying his coming, and he begins to act wickedly, beat his fellow servants to eat and drink with the drunkards, master of that servant will come on a day when he's not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of and will cut him into and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. If that's not quite clear enough, that means hell. The Lord's purpose in teaching eschatology is to cultivate our hope, cultivate our delight in what the Lord has prepared for us, cultivate our joy in those things. We have that hope as an anchor for our souls, right? It's to motivate our faith, motivate our trust in him just like the events of the Lord prophesied in the days, the months, the years before AD 70 just like those events came true. The events that he's prophesied about the end will also come true. We can take that to the bank. This is to compel our faith to motivate our obedience, and when he returns may he find us laboring faithfully in his vineyard. Listen to the words of Peter, 2 Peter chapter 3 beginning in verse 14. Peter says, Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent, be diligent to be found by him in peace without spot and blameless, and consider that the long suffering of our Lord is salvation. And also, as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him is written to you, as also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction as they do also the rest of the scriptures. You, therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness being led away with the error of the wicked, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You see the two exhortations, right? The two commands. Beware, be watchful, be sober-minded, be alert, be on the lookout, beware lest you fall from your own steadfastness, but grow, avail yourselves of the means of grace, obey the Lord, trust the Lord, follow the Lord, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Peter ends with, to him be the glory both now and forever, and all God's people said. Amen. Let's pray. Take just a few moments and consider where you are with the Lord. When he comes will he find faith in you? Will he find you so doing?  When you're done praying we'll pray together and then we'll be dismissed. Let's pray. Father in heaven we need you Lord. We can't do these things in our own strength. We in and of ourselves are forgetful. We are, and the farthest thing from watchful, we run off after the world, after the lust of the flesh, pride of life, and we're so prone to wonder. Help us Lord to be mindful of these things. You've told us, you've told us these things beforehand, that we would be watchful, that we would be so reminded, and that we would be diligent, and we do not fall from our steadfastness, that we would grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and help us by your Spirit God to do these things and to live in light of that glorious hope. Our eyes fixed on eternal and unseen things in the heavens. And may you Lord receive the full reward of your suffering as the gospel is preached to the ends of the earth. And we pray Lord even now come quickly Lord Jesus, we pray for your soon return, and you would set all things right. And we look forward to your kingdom in its fullness, being established, your will being done on earth as it is in heaven. For your glory God, we pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen.


Hey guys, Coach Mack here with this week's Beneath the Surface powered by Microsoft Surface beginning now. Green Bay Packers came into this ball game one of the top rushing teams in the league. Titans defense held the Packers offense to a 56 yards and a 2.9 average. Titans are now up 27-17. We're looking at a wide nine rush alignment three by one offense. Jeff is the left wide four eye technique. It's a three deep with a high hole robber. Joshua Kalu is the high hole robber as he drops down. This is a picture perfect cage rush. Excellent marriage of rush to coverage here. Big Jeff once the pocket is squeezed the middle is squeezed. Big Jeff then does an excellent job of coming off of a double team making a very perfect tight wrap to be able to sack Rodgers. Rodgers never saw him.