2. BE ON GUARD

3. ON GUARD FENCING

4. ON GUARD STANCE OF PERSONAL PROTECTION

5. ON GUARD STANCE FOR OTHER’S PROTECTION

6. Be On Guard Against False Perceptions Whose Son Is the Messiah? (12:35-37)

7. NIV Be On Guard MARK 12:35-37 35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?

8. Be On Guard Against False Self-Importance Warning Against the Teachers of the Law (12:38-40)

9. NIV Be On Guard MARK 12:38-40 38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

10. Be On Guard Against False Values The Widow’s Offering (12:41-44)

11. NIV Be On Guard MARK 12:41-44 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

12. Be On Guard Against False Hopes The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times (13:1-31)

13. NIV Be On Guard MARK 13:1-31 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

14. Temple

15. NIV Be On Guard MARK 13:1-31 5 Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 6 Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many.

16. False Messiahs

17. NIV Be On Guard MARK 13:1-31 7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

18. Wars and earthquakes

19. NIV Be On Guard MARK 13:1-31 9 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.

20. Persecution

21. Signs

22. Abomination of Desolation

23. False Messiahs

24. Cosmic

25. The Trees

26. Be on guard against false Timelines The Day and Hour Unknown (13:32-37)

27. NIV Be On Guard MARK 12:35-37 32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert

28. NIV Be On Guard MARK 12:35-37 35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

29. BE ON GUARD