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SUMMARY:Sunday 16th November\, second before Advent\, Holy Eucharist 11.30
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DESCRIPTION:We are now firmly moving towards Advent and the stories we hea
 r about Jesus help us both to look forward to his coming at Christmas\, bu
 t also to look forward to his second coming and the great gathering up of 
 humanity at the end of all time. \n\nHe and his disciples have left the pr
 ovince of Galilee and gone to Jerusalem\, the centre of the Jewish nation 
 and faith\, and the place of his inevitable showdown with the Jewish autho
 rities. And they have gone to visit to Temple\, the greatest building in J
 erusalem and the pride of the Jewish people.\n\nAnd to their astonishment\
 , Jesus prophesies the Temple´s destruction: "Not one stone will be left 
 here upon another\; all will be thrown down.’  The disciples are shocked
 \, speechless. But as they go and sit at the Mount of Olives opposite\, th
 ey ask him what it means\, and how they will know when it is taking place.
  And Jesus responds by telling them that the end will come\, and you will 
 know that it is coming because there will be wars\, earthquakes\, famines\
 , and other terrible things.  \n\nBut he prefaces that with an important p
 oint: don´t jump up at just anyone who tells you the end is coming\, or f
 or that matter\, and one who claims that he is the great saviour: 'Many wi
 ll come in my name and say\, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray
 .\n\nIn our own day we face a lot of destruction\, increasingly because of
  climate change and the greed of those who want to take over the land of o
 thers. There are two pointers for us in this morning's gospel. Firstly\, w
 e must be honest about the causes of wars\, earthquakes\, famines and othe
 r disruption around us. His point is we mustn't jump to conclusions\, eith
 er than this is God\, or that this is the beginning of the end. And second
 ly that we should remain on the look out for people who claim they have th
 e ear of God or that God is particularly looking out for them. It is easy 
 enough for such pseudo prophets to mislead others: it is often as easy for
  them to mislead themselves.\n\nPicture above: the Temple in Jerusalem at 
 the time of Jesus\, as imagined in the Holyland Model of Jerusalem. Photo 
 by Ariely - Own work\, CC BY 3.0\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p
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LOCATION:St George's Church\, Málaga
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