I gotta tell yall that the Lord has really been challenging me to look inward at my motives on situations.  Why do I do the things that I do?  What is the intent behind it all... or as the Word calls it "the heart".  The Father will always know my heart and see what is behind the rhyme or reason I act or react the way I do in life.  I pray that I always put Him first to honor and serve Him alone.  The world hated Jesus first, it will hate me, and if you live like Jesus - it will hate you.  

I took a look at R.C. Sproul's video no. 4 with end times stuff that you can watch at the link below, and I must say that my mindset has completely changed on how I look at the "Olivet Discourse" and what Jesus said to his disciples directly.  This does not apply to Jesus' second coming and some sort of "tribulation" during the last days.  Jesus is not speaking to the 21st century people alive today; no, he is speaking to his disciples.  Stay Rooted!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5B5pjacCM&list=PL30acyfm60fWm9jA8LNRnYizJj5VEduus&index=4