Text: Mark 13. Hymn: 919, Abide, O Dearest Jesus.
Kantor Beethe got to pull out what sounds like vertical chimes for the introduction: beautiful.
This hymn is nice because it is truly a prayer. We are asking our God for grace, Word, blessings, and so forth. It lacks the “this is what we are doing for you” that many songs and hymns have these days.
Mark 13 refutes end-times theories such as secret rapture and anyone who thinks they know when the end of the world is coming — sorry, Mayans. 
It seems pretty clear that we are in the Close of the Age with wars and rumors of wars, kingdom vs. kingdom, etc. Come, Lord Jesus.
Dan
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Dan,
I enjoyed this Timeout…thank you. Of course a lot of my students are bringing up the 2012 movie…and I have used the passage you just read to refute it. Keep it up!
OK, so I normally speak of the 32′ stops and all their grandeur (both the loud ones and the soft ones). Today I must say those strings are phenomenal!!! The chimes are a nice touch, but the strings are awesome.