🪔 Mark 13

Mark 13 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, “As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.” Mark 13 opens with these words: “As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”” The line to keep is Mark 13:20: “Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.” Carry the word “unless” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Mark 13:20: “Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Mark 13? Then try this: Read “Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones,…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.