Pay very close attention to the words 'But before all these'...
You may find it helpful to take a good honest look at this web page:
http://mywebsite.us/BibleStudy/Olivet_Discourse.html
You may find it helpful to take a good honest look at this web page:
http://mywebsite.us/BibleStudy/Olivet_Discourse.html
I did pay attention to it.
Thats why I posted it.
Before the war of armegeddon ,the christians in Israel will be persecuted.They will be imprisoned and murdered.
This persecution begins after the false prophet arrives in Israel and continues to the time of the end.
Daniel 11:33-35
Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.
During these persecutions, little help will arrive, and many who join them will not be sincere.
And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.
Then,at the time of the end ,nation rises against nation and kingdom against kingdom just as Jesus said in the Olivet discourse.
Daniel 11"40-44
At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.
He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.
He will extend his power over many countries; Egypt will not escape.
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites in submission.
But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many.
That is when Christ comes and gathers his elect just like the olivet discourse says.
Daniel 12:1-2
And at that time Michael the great prince shall stand up, that stands over the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of tribulation, such tribulation as has not been from the time that there was a nation on the earth until that time: at that time thy people shall be delivered, even every one that is written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.
All these things are fulfilled in 3.5 years just as I have told you.
Daniel 12:6-7
One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”
The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
I quoted Luke 21 especially for the words"before all these things"because I understand from the scripture,the Messianic Jews are beaten,imprisoned and killed because of their instruction before the war of armegeddon at the time of the end in Daniel 11:40-44.