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when you think about these movies or these books or anything that really tries to depict the end of the world you know they'll often illustrate it as one single event as soon as the comet hits as soon as the zombies come and they eat everyone up and then that's the single event but but here's the thing when you study the bible when you read the word of god and you look at the end of the world from a biblical standpoint you realize that the end of the world is not one single event it's actually multiple events that are happening over a span of years and even millennia's okay and i want to submit to you this evening that the end of the world began 2,000 years ago when jesus christ was crucified on the cross let me prove it to you look at hebrews chapter 9 and verse 24 it says for christ has not entered into the holy places made with hands which are the figures of the true but in the heaven itself now to appear in the presence of god for us nor yet that he should offer himself often as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world look what it says but now once in the end of the world now what is it saying the end of the world now paul who i believe is the author or the writer of the book of hebrews is saying now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself this is referring to the crucifixion and the crucifixion that didn't happen yesterday happened 2,000 years ago and here the writer of the book of hebrews is stating that or he's saying that the crucifixion of christ the sacrifice that he made on the cross when he became the perpetuation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world he considered that the end of the world he says now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself and you say well hold on a second how can that be how can he say that you know when jesus christ was crucified that's when the end of the world was what in the world what are we still doing here then is this a dream is this a simulation like what are we doing if that's the end of the world you know how can this be well this is how it can be because it's the beginning of the end it's the beginning of the end go to second peter chapter three if you would second peter chapter three you see paul the apostle john peter you know the all the apostles and the disciples they were all living in the last days okay and the last days being the end of the world the beginning of the end