Join Rabbi Schneider on an enlightening journey as he broadcasts from the historic Mount of Olives, delving into profound prophecies about the end of the age. Discover the ancient mysteries encapsulated in this sacred Jewish and Christian site, where the past, present, and future converge in biblical significance. Rabbi Schneider interprets scriptures from Zechariah and Acts, reflecting on the events that will unfold as the Messiah’s glory is revealed, marking a pivotal moment in human history.
00:00:01 Introduction and Mount of Olives Prophecy
He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, which is where I’m standing right now, and the disciples came to him privately saying, tell us when will these things happen and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? I’m gonna take you on a journey today through the land of Israel. We’re gonna start this journey today on the Mount of Olives. The Mount of Olives is one of the most sacred places in the entire land of Israel. In fact, there’s some deep mysteries here that unfold for us in the biblical narrative, and I’m gonna be talking about some of these mysteries today. We’re gonna begin today in a cemetery. In fact, it’s one of the most important and ancient cemeteries in all of Jerusalem. And I’m gonna tell you why on this very important broadcast. I’m standing on the Mount of Olives right outside Jerusalem. The reason, beloved ones, there are so many gravestones up here is because Jewish people and Christians alike believe that when Messiah’s glory is first manifest on earth and Messiah’s coming, of course, as Christians, we believe it’s the second coming. Jewish people that don’t believe in Jesus are still waiting for the first coming. But what we share together is that when Messiah’s glory is manifest on earth again, it’s going to first come right here on the Mount of Olives. Listen now to Zechariah chapter number 14. Hear the word of God. Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil will be taken from you and will be divided among you. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured. The house is plundered, the woman ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut up from the city. This is talking about Armageddon and how the nations of the earth are gonna be gathered against Israel and against this city in Jerusalem and the destruction that’s gonna come here, but God is gonna save a remnant of the city. So let’s continue on. Then the Lord, in verse three, will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. In that day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives where I am presently standing. So what happens? Israel and Jerusalem are under siege. They’re being taken captive. They’re being plundered. But at the last minute, Messiah’s glory breaks onto planet Earth. He defeats the enemies of Israel right at this spot is where his manifest glory first breaks in. Listen again. Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. In that day, his feet will stand where? On the Mount of Olives, right where I’m standing, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will be split in the middle from east to west by a very large valley so that half the mountain will move toward the north and the other half towards the south. And then it just continues on about how the glory of God is gonna cover the earth. So the reason that you see all these gray stones around me is because people wanna be the first ones to meet Messiah when he comes, and so they wanna be buried here because this is where Messiah’s glory is gonna first hit the earth at his coming. The Bible tells us in the book of Acts chapter one that it was here at the Mount of Olives that Yeshua rose from the earth and was received into the clouds as the disciples watched him before, beloved, his departure from earth to heaven during his first coming. Listen now as I read from the book of Acts. Here we go. Gathering them together in Acts 1-4, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, which he said, you heard of from me. For John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. So when they had come together, they were asking him, saying, Lord, is it at this time you’re restoring the kingdom to Israel? And he said to them, it is not for you to know times or epochs, which the Father has fixed by his own authority, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the uttermost parts of the earth.” And after he had said these things, listen now, he was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky, right from this place, beloved ones, right from the Mount of Olives, which I’m now standing on, and after he said these things, he was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky, while he was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. And they said, men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come in just the same way as you’ve watched him go into heaven. Then they returned to Jerusalem. from the mount called Olivet. I’m going now to the book of Matthew, chapter number 23, beginning in verse 37. These are the words of Yeshua. These are the words of Jesus. He said, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate, for I say to you from now on, you will not see me until you say, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Now I’m going to go back to the scripture in just a second, but I want you to focus on this one phrase that Jesus said that I just read for you. He told Israel that because they didn’t recognize the time of his visitation, that their house, and the house, beloved, was the temple, was going to be left to them desolate. He said in verse 38, behold, your house is being left to you desolate. Let’s continue on in chapter 24. Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when his disciples came to a point out of the temple buildings to him. And he said to them, do you not see all these things? He was talking about the glory of the temple that once stood behind me, behind me now, beloved. is the wall that once surrounded the temple, and only the bottom portion of that wall is the actual retaining wall that once surrounded the temple. Where the temple actually stood during Jesus’ time, now all you see, beloved, is the Dome of the Rock, which is for Muslims, not Jews. What happened? The house of God, the house of Israel, the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. Jesus’ prophecy that I just read for you happened just 30 years after his death, 40 years after his death. It became desolate. The Romans came in and destroyed it. So let’s continue on now with that understanding in Matthew chapter 24. Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when his disciples came up to the point outside the temple buildings to him. And he said to them, do you not see all these things? He was pointing at the beauty and the glory of the temple. He said this, truly I say to you, not one stone here, meaning the temple stones, meaning the stones that the temple was built with, do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another which will not be torn down. He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, which is where I’m standing right now, and the disciples came to him privately saying, tell us when will these things happen and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? And so Jesus, from the Mount of Olives, where I’m standing right now, began to talk about the sign of a second coming.
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This is Discovering the Jewish Jesus and Rabbi Schneider will be right back. But first, I want to ask you the most important question you could ever be asked. And that’s, do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? If you haven’t yet invited Jesus into your heart today to lead your life and ask God to save you from your sins, I want to invite you do that right now. If you’re ready, then I want you to pray this prayer with me. Father God, I repent of my sins and I ask you to cleanse me with the blood of Jesus. I accept Jesus Christ, your son, as my Lord and Savior. Help me to follow you all the days of my life as you show me how. In Jesus’ name, amen. Friend, if you just prayed that prayer, I’m so excited for you. Let us know by clicking Find Jesus at DiscoveringTheJewishJesus.com. And now, here’s Rabbi.
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Let’s review once again. Jesus is speaking to his disciples, and he’s from the Mount of Olives. He’s talking to them that not one of the stones that the temple was built on, that was once right behind me, but it’s no longer there, it’s destroyed because he said to the Jewish people, it’s destroyed because you didn’t recognize the time of my visitation with you, the time of Messiah’s coming. And then Jesus began to speak about the end of the age. And they said, tell us, Lord, when will the end of the age be? And what will be the signs of your second coming? And so Jesus said this as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, which is once again where I’m standing right now. He said this. See to it no one misleads you. For many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and will mislead many. I believe, beloved, this today speaks of false denominations, religious movements that are no longer preaching the gospel. They read the scriptures but they don’t really teach that Jesus is the only way. They hold the value of political correctness over the word of God. But Jesus said, straight and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. The gospels say that there is no name under heaven by which men can be saved. But we have many religious movements today that call themselves the Christian movement, their false Christ, just like Jesus said, leading many astray. Teaching people that Jesus is just one path to religion. that other religious paths they teach also can lead to God. These are the false Christ beloved that Jesus was speaking of here from the Mount of Olives that would mislead many in the last stage. Let’s continue on. You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. And there’s such an unrest right now on planet Earth, such a fear. as all these rogue countries are getting their hands on nuclear weapons. And once these rogue countries get their hands on nuclear weapons, it’s happening today, beloved ones. What’s going to happen is they’re going to hold the nations of the world hostage through blackmail. Jesus was speaking about this terrible time that’s coming on planet Earth that’s leading up to his return. He said, once again, you’ll be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for these things must take place. Notice he said this, see that you’re not frightened. Our response to the terrorism that’s taking place around us, to the growing nuclear threat of countries that are hostile against America and against Israel, our response to these realities, beloved, should not be fear. It’s interesting. Jesus tells us it’s going to happen, but then he says this, see that you are not frightened. He continues on. For these things must take place, but that is not yet the end. This has to happen before Jesus’ return. Daniel told us in the book of Daniel that before Messiah could come, the Antichrist or the anti-Messiah, the son of lawlessness, must first come. And he told us that the son of lawlessness couldn’t come until sin had reached a climax. Jesus quoted from the book of Daniel in Matthew 24, testifying that Daniel’s prophecies about the end of the age were accurate and came from his father. Let’s continue on here as Jesus talked from the Mount of Olives where I’m now standing about the end of the age and about the signs leading up to his second coming. Verse number seven, he said, “‘For nation will rise against nation.'” and kingdom against kingdom. And in various places there’ll be famines and earthquakes, but all these things Jesus said are merely the beginning of the birth pangs. They’re just the beginning. What’s a birth pang? A birth pang is when a woman is about to deliver, but before she actually gives the delivery, the final delivery, a birth pang begins to happen. And notice how birth pangs go. Birth pangs will start out very slow. You might have one, and then it might not be several hours till the second one comes. Notice, though, the birth pangs. Birth pangs start out, Jesus used the example of a woman in birth pangs getting ready to give labor. He used that as an analogy to tell us about these things that are happening on planet Earth now, the wars, the hurricanes, the natural disasters, et cetera. He said they’re like birth pangs. When a woman begins to have birth pangs, what happens? The pangs happen, you might have one, then the next one might not come for another several hours. But slowly what happens is the birth pangs start happening in closer frequency to each other and they begin to get worse. That’s what’s happening on planet Earth right now. The things that we’re facing, beloved, they’re happening quicker and quicker and they’re getting worse, just like a woman’s birth pangs intensify before she finally gives labor. As we continue on in verse number nine, then they will deliver you to tribulation and will kill you. And we’re hearing now about people that are standing for moral righteousness, even in the United States. Then they will deliver you to tribulation and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations because of my name. And at that time, Jesus said, many will fall away. I want to ask you, as things get tougher, Are you gonna hang on to Jesus and seize his word and not let anything else in? Are you gonna fear? This is why Jesus said, do not be frightened. Are you gonna fear and fall away? Jesus said at the time of hardship that’s coming on the planet, many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because of lawlessness is increasing, most people’s love will grow cold. But get this now, but Jesus said, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved forever. And this gospel, this gospel that I’m preaching to you right now, beloved, the gospel of the kingdom. What is the gospel of the kingdom? The kingdom is when God reigns on earth. You see, the earth’s gonna get worse before it gets better. Things are gonna get harder before they get easier. But Jesus said, get it now, he that endures to the end shall be saved. I want to encourage you, get ready, Hang on. I want to strongly challenge you to be aware of the gospel of easy believism that’s telling the church that before anything gets difficult on planet Earth, God’s going to take out the church. That’s not what Jesus taught. Jesus taught that his people would go through the tribulation, but that he that endured to the end, Matthew 24, would die. Be saved. And then finally, Jesus concludes by saying, this gospel shall be preached to the end of the earth and then the end shall come. This is Rabbi Schneider saying, I love you from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. More importantly, Jesus loves you and he’s getting ready to come back for you. Put your hand over your heart right now and say, Jesus is coming back for me. Beloved, I want to stress again that Jesus’ last words were these in Revelation 22, behold, I come quickly. You and I have a tendency because of our natural state of forgetting the return of Jesus. In other words, we go on, beloved ones, in our daily lives, just taking care of the things of the urgent, attending to our jobs, our health, our kids, all the other things that are the routine affairs of life. And in our focus to simply take care of the here and the now, we need to remember and remind ourselves that Jesus is returning soon. Jesus told us a story about ten virgins. And these ten virgins were waiting for their bridegroom to return. Now notice that all ten virgins began looking for the bridegroom to return. But the scripture tells us this. that because the bridegroom, get it now, had delayed, in other words, he didn’t come back quickly, he delayed in his coming, five of the ten virgins fell asleep, they got drowsy, they stopped looking. And then suddenly, when the bridegroom did return, those that were not looking, those that were not expecting, those that were not preparing themselves, they were not able to enter into his presence. Of course, the reason for this, the reason Jesus told us this is he wanted you and I to be ready for his return and not to fall asleep, not to stop looking because it’s delayed. In other words, it’s been 2000 years and because it didn’t happen yesterday and a week ago and a year ago, we have a tendency to stop looking. But Jesus wants to wake you and I up today. He wants to remind you and remind me he is coming. He’s coming soon. He wants us to look up for our redemption draw off night. I want you to know he loves you personally. And when he comes back, he’s coming back, beloved one, for you. You want to be ready. If you’ve never trusted Jesus to be your savior, if you’ve never turned your life over to him and asked him to forgive you and to come and live inside you, I want to invite you to do that right now. Let’s just pray together. Repeat after me. Lord Jesus. I believe that you’re God in the flesh. I believe that you died in the cross for me. You died on the cross for my sins. And I ask you right now, Lord Jesus, to forgive me, to come into my heart and save me. I turn my life over to you now. I am repenting right now. I’m going to change directions and I’m going to follow you. Jesus, come into my life and save me. I want to be ready for your return. Thank you for loving me, Lord Jesus. And I’m waiting for you, my King, to return for me. Put your hand over your heart and say, Jesus is coming back for me. Well, we’re coming to the end of the year. Baruch Hashem, Father, thank you, Abba, for keeping us alive this year. Father, thank you for every good gift that you’ve brought into our lives this year. We honor you, we worship you, and we don’t want to take anything for granted. We love you, Abba, and give you thanks. As we’ve come to the end of the year, beloved, I always like to give our listeners an opportunity to respond to the Lord if this ministry is blessing you. And it’s a scriptural principle that we should support those ministries financially that the Lord is using in our life to bless us and to feed us. So I just want to humbly and sincerely ask you, if God is using my ministry and the ministry of Discovering the Jewish Jesus to help you, to bless you, to teach you, and to encourage you, as we’re coming to the end of this year, would you please sow your best financial seed unto the Lord through this ministry? Beloved ones, it’ll help us to continue to do what we do, to reach people all over the world, beginning here in Jerusalem, even to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Amen. And as the Lord leads you to support Discovering the Jewish Jesus with a special end of year offering, would you please go online to discoveringthejewishjesus.com. You can also give generously on the phone. Give us a call at 800-777-7835. I want you to know that your gifts, they are making a difference. We just got back from doing a festival, a huge crusade in Nisuka, Nigeria, where thousands upon thousands of people gathered each and every night to hear a rabbi share the gospel with them. And we couldn’t do it without you. I want you to know the people there are humbling. hungry for the gospel. Here in America, you can’t gather thousands like that to come hear a gospel message. But there are places in the world where people are still gathering to hear the gospel message. And I’m telling you, thousands came and accepted Jesus as their Savior for the very first time in their life. And you know what? We don’t just ask them to get saved. They fill out salvation cards when they’re done. We partner with the local churches for follow-up discipleship. I want you to know Rabbi Schneider is truly going into the world and following the Great Commission and he’s preaching the gospel and teaching the world how to follow Jesus. Thank you so much for partnering with us. Thank you so much for giving to this ministry and helping us share the gospel of Jesus. If you want to give a special offering this year, just visit discoveringthejewishjesus.com. Now here’s Rabbi with the Aaronic Blessing.
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In the Old Testament book of Numbers, we find a blessing God speaks over His children through Moses and Aaron. It carries the idea of favor and expression. Open your heart to the Spirit and the Word today and receive Father’s goodness into your life with confidence.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with his countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, his peace. God bless you and shalom.
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I’m Dustin Roberts, and this program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. Join us again next time when Rabbi Schneider shows us how the persecution of Israel that we’re seeing today, it was prophesied in the book of Revelation. That’s Tuesday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
Join Rabbi Schneider on an enlightening journey as he broadcasts from the historic Mount of Olives, delving into profound prophecies about the end of the age. Discover the ancient mysteries encapsulated in this sacred Jewish and Christian site, where the past, present, and future converge in biblical significance. Rabbi Schneider interprets scriptures from Zechariah and Acts, reflecting on the events that will unfold as the Messiah’s glory is revealed, marking a pivotal moment in human history.
