Just for others who may doubt what I've said here about the singular tense context of the Matt.24:23-26 verses, here it is again, compared to the Matt.24:5 example:
Matt 24:23-26
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
That statement by our Lord Jesus above is in the singular tense. It's very simple, if anyone comes up to you and tells you Christ is here, or there, don't believe it. It does NOT say someone is telling you many antichrists are here or there, which is what the deceivers are trying to make it read.
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.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
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.
KJV
Notice our Lord Jesus in the above 26th verse is also... speaking of a singular false one. He is not saying, if someone comes up to you and says, "Behold, THEY are in the desert", nor "behold, THEY are in the secret chambers." Unmistakably, Jesus' context is about a singular false one, not many.
The 1611 KJV I use is the one in The Companion Bible compiled by the 18th century British Christian scholar E.W. Bullinger. He has the "He" in verse 26 capitalized, because he understood the context is about a singular pseudo Christ coming to play Jesus. There are several Christian Bible scholars who understand this, Dr. James Strong was another one (author of the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance). I agree to it because of the context our Lord Jesus has it in, along with other Scripture evidence of a singular false one coming to play God in Jerusalem, like Paul in 2 Thess.2:4, and Daniel in Dan.8 & 11, and John in Rev.13:11 forward.
In the Matt.24:5 verse, Jesus WAS speaking about many false ones that come in His Name:
Matt 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, "I am Christ"; and shall deceive many.
KJV
In that context of v.5 only, He was speaking of the "many antichrists" of 1 John 2:18. And we have had many of those already, just in my time. But that is not the same context of the later Matt.24:23-26 verses.
Matt 24:23-26
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
That statement by our Lord Jesus above is in the singular tense. It's very simple, if anyone comes up to you and tells you Christ is here, or there, don't believe it. It does NOT say someone is telling you many antichrists are here or there, which is what the deceivers are trying to make it read.
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.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
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.
KJV
Notice our Lord Jesus in the above 26th verse is also... speaking of a singular false one. He is not saying, if someone comes up to you and says, "Behold, THEY are in the desert", nor "behold, THEY are in the secret chambers." Unmistakably, Jesus' context is about a singular false one, not many.
The 1611 KJV I use is the one in The Companion Bible compiled by the 18th century British Christian scholar E.W. Bullinger. He has the "He" in verse 26 capitalized, because he understood the context is about a singular pseudo Christ coming to play Jesus. There are several Christian Bible scholars who understand this, Dr. James Strong was another one (author of the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance). I agree to it because of the context our Lord Jesus has it in, along with other Scripture evidence of a singular false one coming to play God in Jerusalem, like Paul in 2 Thess.2:4, and Daniel in Dan.8 & 11, and John in Rev.13:11 forward.
In the Matt.24:5 verse, Jesus WAS speaking about many false ones that come in His Name:
Matt 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, "I am Christ"; and shall deceive many.
KJV
In that context of v.5 only, He was speaking of the "many antichrists" of 1 John 2:18. And we have had many of those already, just in my time. But that is not the same context of the later Matt.24:23-26 verses.
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