MATTHEW 24 IN ITS ENTIRETY
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them,
See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
If you want to believe this is already happened so be it, it does not change anything one way or the other concerning the rapture.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying
, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Here we have the subject of Matthew 24 plain and simple. The rest of 24 is Christ's answer. So right here establishes there shall be at the very least one sign but Christ gives us so much more than just one sign.
4
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
You had better pay very close attention when Christ says take heed. He doesn't say these words in vain.
5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Many shall come? From whence do they come? How shall they deceive many? Are they ordinary men? Christ repeats this warning time after time and answers these questions. Why is it that Christ mentions this first? Is it the chronologically first event? No friend, it is mentioned first out of importance, when Christ says take heed you must be very careful. If its important to Christ, is it important to you? Now this, not only did Christ mention this first He repeats this warning SEVEN TIMES about satan and the fallen angels throughout Matthew 24 to even further emphasize its importance. He gives it unprecedented attention.
No mention of rapture yet.
6
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
You can interpret this meaning these days when live in now if you want but it's the deadly wound the first beast of revelations receives. The one world government is falling apart. But He tells you don't be troubled of these things for if you are in the truth then He has a plan for you.
No mention of rapture yet.
7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
One world government is falling apart and begins to spiral into chaos. The famine of the endtimes is documented in the the minor prophets as being a famine for the word of the Lord taught true, not food.
No mention of rapture yet.
8
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
This is when satan, that has been cast down from heaven, steps onto the world stage proclaiming to be God to deceive men. He will fix the broken one world government and brings his false peace and he will try to fix you. Christ comes to make war.
No mention of rapture yet.
9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Why shall they deliver you up? Why shall all the nations hate you? It's because the whole world is worshipping the fake and you refuse to bow to the fake.
No mention of rapture yet.
10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
When you are brought up to deliver the testimony of God it shall rattle their little party.
No mention of rapture yet.
11
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
The flood of lies have engulfed the entire world. Tells you again satan and his angelic minions will be here.
Documentation:(Christ speaking)
22For false Christs and
false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
No mention of rapture yet.
12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Satan shall love this, for he wants as many as possible to die the death that he will.
No mention of rapture yet.
13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Endure to the end of these things friends, let no man deceive you into to thinking we will of flown away.
No mention of rapture yet.
14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The gospel of truth, not one of false doctrines. Go and preach the gospel of Truth of His coming Kingdom friends. Let them know not to follow the fake that is coming first.
No mention of rapture yet.
15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)
Nebuchadnezzar was a type of anti-Christ as the king of Babylon but satan is the true king of confusion.
Daniel 12:11-12 (King James Version)
11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Wait till the end of the abomination of desolation friend, don't follow the first to come, for satan is that desolator, standing where he ought nought.
No mention of rapture yet.
16
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Just as Lot escaped, Christ is telling you friend how to make your escape. Have you not read Jerusalem in Revelations is spiritually is called Sodom in these last days? God is going to destroy her and then New Jerusalem comes down from heaven.
Compare:
Genesis 19
16And while he lingered,
the men(angels of the Lord) laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
The Lord shall provide, the wrath is not for His children.
No mention of rapture yet.
17
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Why are we on the housetop? It's because we are watchmen and there is a great flood(of lies) in the land.
No mention of rapture yet.
18
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Why not go back for your clothes? You won't need them friend, the time is so very near when you flee Judaea your next change of clothes will be white linen.
No mention of rapture yet.
19
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Are you following closely? Did you notice the little change of article here? Now we are talking about a woe. You had better pay attention when Christ gives you a woe. Do you understand what Christ is telling us here? I have heard many absurd explanations from pastors as to the meaning of this.
Compare:
Luke 21
22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
Do you really think God is going to punish people for being parents? God forbid. He's warning those that have already partaken in the spiritual wedding with the false christ. Those that are not spiritually virgins. His bride shall be a virgin, not with child! The Bridegroom returns from His long journey and finds His bride to be with a child? WOE
No mention of rapture yet.
20
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
He just warned you not to run off in the winter or the sabbath. You'll be running right into the arms of the fake. When the true Day of Lord comes there is much work to do, not a rest day. Hope you're not lounging around in the bed of satan when He comes. Have you not read that when summer is nigh at hand so likewise the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand? The new year will come and there shall be no more winter, forever.
No mention of rapture yet.
21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
The prior verse just told you don't run off yet friend, because you're in the Great Tribulation and the true Christ hasn't come yet.
No mention of rapture yet.
22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Christ gives you a good example here of how powerful the deception will be and how careful you need to be.
No mention of rapture yet.
23
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Is Christ talking to you in this verse friend? Of course He is!
Why not believe them friend, because they believe satan and his fallen angels are the Messiah.
But you don't believe friend, because you listened to the word of Christ.
No mention of rapture yet.
24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Don't ever think Christ is talking about some phoney baloney that walks around this present day deceiving a few into thinking some man or a group of men are the second coming of Christ with his angels . This here documents these are angelic beings that shew great signs and wonders. Never in the history of man since Noahs flood has there been any beings, human or angelic, that have been able to decieve all of mankind in this manner, but those evil days come, friend.
Observe:
2 Thessalonians 2(Paul speaking)
8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9
Even him[omitted], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Satan will certainly have those supernatural abilities, friend.
No mention of rapture yet.
25
Behold, I have told you before.
Satan and the fallen angels were the first thing He mentioned when the disciples asked Him the question in verse 3. Now He mentions it a third time to emphasize to you it's importance. He said I have told you before, when will you listen? How many times does He haft to repeat Himself? Shame on you when Christ tells you again and again and you will claim Christ wrote this not unto you because you will have been gone. Absurd.
No mention of rapture yet.
26
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Thank you Christ for going out of your way to make this so abundantly clear. Praise the Son the God and bless those you call children who have ears to hear. Forever and ever. Amen
No mention of rapture yet.
27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The entire world will be left in no doubt when our true Messiah arrives. We can't even fathom how bright the brightness of His coming shall be. Praise God. This is not a deception that satan will not be able to duplicate. Christ is telling us this as too how it shall be when He arrives opposed to how satan does, so there will be doubt.
No mention of rapture yet.
28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles(should read vultures) be gathered together.
Carcase= the body of satans spiritually dead fake church. Will you fly off to go die there friend?
No mention of rapture yet.
29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Christ's coming shall be so bright it will make the sun look like a flashlight(flashlight part is not Biblical, LoL) It shall be so bright that the sun's light will appear dim.
Moon in prophecy pertains to satan. Satan was never the true light, he only reflected light and when Christ comes it's lights out for him. Stars= angels
No mention of rapture yet.
30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Praise God, the false is taken out of the way and our true husband is here, Praise the Son of God.
Rejoice virgins and those that stayed true to their first love, Blessed are you.
No mention of rapture yet.
31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Blow the seventh trump and the angels shall gather His bride, Praise the Lord of Hosts
No mention of rapture yet but rather our gathering together unto Christ, When are changed in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.(Don't let anyone deceive into thinking there is a eighth or ninth trump, the seventh is the last. I refuse to call our gathering together unto Christ "rapture", firstly because it only adds confusion to the subject, secondly because of its dubious origins.)
32
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
For times sake I am going skip over the generation of the parable of the fig tree, for this can be a lengthy study in of itself, containing many passages. I do believe I will be starting a new thread in the near future to address this very parable. I've never heard any rapurist use these verses to support that false doctrine. I've seen stranger things though so if they want to hang there hat on these verses then I will address it immediately.
Follow the scripture closely here, Christ goes back, in verse 32, to the tribulation signs before "our gathering" mentioned in verse 31. He goes back because He loves us, to absolutely make we understand what's to happen and leave no doubt in the readers mind and further emphasize the importance the deception that will take place.
No rapture mentioned here.
35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
There shall never be any other Bible verse that shall conflict with His words taught here in Matthew 24. This is such a great teaching you can actually use it unlock all other endtimes prophecies and they will all naturally align perfectly with it.
No rapture mentioned here.
36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
This should let you know, good Christian, how important this special time in the world is to God. Not to be taken lightly. Don't listen to those who put dates on these things either, rather listen to a teacher who can discern the signs of the times. When the Great Tribulation begins, then we have the month, but not the day nor hour.
No rapture mentioned here.
