Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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A response to "No one knows the day or the hour"

Jesus said no one knows the day or the hour concerning the rapture. Based on the context that is a reasonable interpretation for at least one of the times that phrase is used.

But my questions are if your interpretation that this means no one will know the day or the hour contradicts some of the other things that Jesus said. That word was present tense, can you interpret it to be future tense? For example Jesus also said:

1. It would be as the days of Noah -- at the time of Noah there was a prophecy concerning Methuselah that when he dies the end will come. Methuselah died the year of the flood and according to one of the apocrypha books Noah and his family entered the ark after Methuselah died and were then shut into the ark. It seems to me that the day Methuselah died was one of the "days of Noah" and it also seems that Noah entering the Ark and getting shut in one week before the flood is proof he knew when the flood would be, he was given a one week heads up. So although Jesus said two thousand years ago that no one knows the day or the hour He never said we wouldn't be given a heads up.

2. He also said it would be as the days of Lot and Lot was warned by angels about twelve hours before Sodom was destroyed.

3. Abraham was also told a few days before Sodom was destroyed what was about to happen.

So I don't see anything that Jesus said that would indicate there couldn't or wouldn't be a warning shortly beforehand. So the interpretation that "no one knows" becomes "no one will know" seems to contradict what the Lord told us when He said it would be as the days of Noah and as the days of Lot.

4. Also, if there was a prophecy telling us when the flood would take place (Enoch's prophecy concerning Methuselah) and if the rapture will be as the days of Noah it stands to reason that there could also be a similar prophecy concerning the start of the tribulation. Methuselah is the oldest man who lived (even though he died before his father) and his death was a sign. Isaiah 17:1 says that Damascus (the oldest continuously inhabited city) would be destroyed and become a ruinous heap before the Day of the Lord, so perhaps that also will be a sign to us as Methuselah's death was to Noah.

5. Of course Revelation 3:3 seems to indicate that the only Christians who won't know that the rapture is about to take place are those who are not watching.

6. Also there are other things that we do not know the day or the hour of. For example, a pregnant woman does not know the day or the hour that the baby will be born, but birth pains are one sign and the water breaking is another. A farmer doesn't know the day or the hour that the crop will be ripe, which is why he must watch. In both cases not knowing "the day or the hour" doesn't mean they are clueless. In fact I would think a farmer could probably give you an accurate prediction within a week of the harvest. Both of these analogies are used by the Lord to talk about the rapture.

Also, if the verse "no one knows the day or the hour" is referring to the rapture then that means it isn't referring to so many other things. For example, Jacob's trouble. Since Jacob's trouble begins about three years before the tribulation it seems that would be something that people would be very interested in.
2Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
 

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Prayer for our current situation

Luke 11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of all, we pray against Beelzebub and all that he is doing and trying to do to bring in the Antichrist kingdom on earth. We pray that the satanists and freemasons and JW's and Mormons would be divided, fighting one another, and would bring themselves to desolation. We pray that all those following Beelzebub would be filled with paranoia, suspecting that all the other satanists will turn on them. We pray that as they hear of the arrests they would panic, and turn on one another as the Midians did when Gideon fought them. Fill their dreams with terror of the Lord's army marching on them and destroying them the way a bowling ball would knock them all down. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Lord of all, we pray that the blood of Christ would wash away the covering of Beelzebub and his minions that they would be exposed to the full light of the gospel, that the word of God would salt them, and that the sword of the Spirit would slice them up.

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Lord Jesus we pray according to your word that all the secret plans would be uncovered and revealed. We pray that they would be shouted from the housetops, from Stan's channel, from Vicki Goforth Parnell's channel, from Realrawnews, and from this blog. We pray that all the things they have tried to hide would now be made known. May Dr. Malone reveal them, and Dr. Wolf, and Steve Bannon on his newscast. May the entire world know the hidden things of shame from Beelzebub and Satan's minions. May all of their plans and dealings and people be revealed. We pray that everyone who has worked to bring Antichrist to power would be revealed and be made known. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Lord of all, we pray that the blood of Christ would wash away the covering of Beelzebub and his minions that they would be exposed to the full light of the gospel, that the word of God would salt them, and that the sword of the Spirit would slice them up.

Psalm 37:18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Lord Jesus, we see the famine approaching, we heed your warnings given to us by your servants. We pray you would know us and our needs and that you would care for us and supply us in this time of distress. We pray that we could stand strong in You in the evil time, that we would not be put to shame, but that in the days of famine we would be satisfied and able to feed others. Jesus Christ you are the savior of the world, we put our trust in You.

Ezekiel 13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Lord Jesus we pray that this wall they have tried to build to hide what they were doing would be broken down. We pray that in their horror when they are discovered and the plans of their heart are laid bare that they would know that You are Lord and your children who walk in You word and are washed in Your blood have been given all dominion and authority and power. We pray that they would know that You have given us the authority to break down their plans, to reveal them to the world, to expose them and that the world would know how evil and deceitful they are. All this we pray in the mighty, powerful name of Jesus Christ, Lord and conquerer of all.

Psalm 107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Lord we pray that Satan's kingdom would dry up and become barren ground. We pray the death, destruction, and barrenness he intended for others would be upon him. We pray the pit he dug for others he would fall into. We pray the satanists would be snared by their own traps. We pray they would be caught in their own lies. We pray they would be the ones in darkness, in confusion, and that they would be the ones to panic. We pray that your people, your children would praise you, and sing praises to your Holy name, and lift You up as the savior of the world as the entire world that lies in the evil one goes up in flames. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ we lay our petitions before the throne of God. Amen and amen.
 

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What Is The Abomination Of Desolation Spoken Of By Daniel The Prophet Standing In The Holy Place?

 

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Two dreams to watch and pray

Bad teacher takes over Dream

I had to go to school but the tire on my bicycle was flat, so Theresa gave me a ride. I was supposed to be there in ten minutes so I was uneasy, but the ride in the car made it so I wasn’t all that worried.

When I got to the school I wasn’t the teacher, they had a new teacher, so I was simply going to follow her and that was great because I could never find where the Chemistry class was supposed to meet (I have had a number of variations on this dream, it is always the same school and up till now I have always been lost looking for the classroom, this was the first time when there was another teacher I could follow). I followed her and we were there quick and easy.

During the class this woman teacher revealed tattoos she had on her mid riff and her shirt was quite short leaving her midriff exposed. At that moment I realized this was not a good teacher, but someone who was much more interested in indoctrination than education.


Team is about to take the floor, are you full of the Holy Spirit dream?

Wow, I just had a second dream that also focused on one point from this dream.

I understood the flat tire to mean that my spirit was flat and I needed to inflate my tire through prayer. In this latest dream we are about to go onto the court to play basketball and the team is making it very clear to me that my spirit is flat. One of the guys was filled with the Holy Spirit and power, but it was clear, I was not. I was flat.

Then I read this verse

Matthew 26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

The disciples sleeping when they should be praying, is that where we are right now?
 

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"A Hopeless pursuit" -- Not

Matthew 24:36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Here is the standard interpretation of this verse:

The clearer message of this comment is that pinning down the moment of Christ's return is a hopeless pursuit. It cannot be known. Any teacher, religious group, or sect who attempts to assign a date to the return of Christ is speaking falsehood. Period. No human being can know more about the timing of Christ's return than this: when these dramatic signs are occurring (Matthew 24:15, 29–30), everyone will know the end has come. Until then, nothing in God's revealed plan for future history stands in the way. Jesus is near, standing at the gates (Matthew 24:33). He could arrive at any moment. Even if His return is many years away, each of us is an instant away from the end of our earthly life.

However, here is what Jesus says immediately after:

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Imagine telling Noah it was a hopeless pursuit. When Noah started building the ark he didn't know the day or the hour of the flood. He was a preacher of righteousness so when he was preaching we can also assume he didn't know the day or the hour. However, the prophecy said that when Methuselah died the end would come and when Methuselah did die Noah and his family entered the ark, seven days before the flood, so he may not have known for 600 years, but he was given a one week heads up to get into the ark.

Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Again, compare what Jesus is saying with what the standard teaching says. Being clueless that the flood was about to come only refers to those in the world, it didn't refer to Noah and his family.

Matthew 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

I think this is a clear reference to the rapture. The word taken refers being taken alongside as a close personal friend while "left" is a reference to being divorced. This is referring to those in the gospel field and those who are teaching the word (grinding the word up to feed to the sheep as bread).

Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

The point is to watch, not that watching is a hopeless pursuit. Jesus told us what to watch for, He didn't tell us when we would see it. Imagine if He had said to wait for two thousand years and then you will see it, how would that have impacted church history? That would have encouraged laziness, we would be those twiddling their thumbs waiting for some future event. Farmers don't know the date they will harvest but they do know what to watch for. A pregnant mother doesn't know the date the baby will be born but she does know what to watch for.

Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Suppose I am watching and I am seeing they are poisoning the food to create a famine. I can prepare by stocking up food so that my family is not killed. Suppose I see they are going to poison the water supply. I can buy a water filter so that my family is not poisoned. We can watch and see many things and as a result take the proper action to protect our house.

Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Don't listen to those who say "the Lord is not coming back right now". Jesus said right here that this is what they would be saying.

Matthew 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

There is a due season when you should be giving the household of the saints certain words. Right now would be an excellent time to talk about Psalm 83. I can imagine twenty years ago or two hundred years ago would not have been an ideal time. But as we see Psalm 83 war played out in Israel it would be good to teach God's people this prophecy. This might also be a great time to warn them about Isaiah 17 and the destruction of Damascus as a prophecy marking the beginning of the day of the Lord's judgment.

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

The Lord doesn't say that you will be blessed if you are simply regurgitating canned sermons. You have to adjust your speaking and teaching based on what season it is for the church. Two thousand years ago it was a time of sowing, now it is a time of reaping.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

The context of these verses is about the Lord's coming. It is clear that at the time of the Lord's coming there will be evil servants who say the Lord is delaying His coming. Speaking the truth about world events is required, it isn't optional.

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

When you beat up Christians who are talking about the rapture and the world events, trying to ridicule and humiliate them, and when you are eating and drinking with those drunk on the world's wine, you are in a place where you will be severely punished by the Lord. As James says the judgment on those who teach others the word of God is more severe.

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

Do you see that the teaching that the Lord can come any day is akin to the Lord coming in a day when the servant is not looking for Him. There are signs, when we see the signs we can see the day approaching and we are told to look up at that time because our redemption draws near. This evil servant is not looking at the signs and is ridiculing those that do and he doesn't even want the Lord to come because he is eating and drinking with the drunken.

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

It will be very bad for those who are not watching and who are teaching others that watching is a "hopeless pursuit".
 

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How many times must He say this?

Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Here is the one verse in Mark that says no one knows the day or the hour, and in this portion three times Jesus says "watch".

1. Take heed, watch and pray:

why?

for you know not when the time is.

2. Watch ye therefore:

why?

for ye know not when the master of the house cometh

3. What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch

Just in case we thought this word was just to the apostles or just to the pastors or the elders.


This is not a "hopeless pursuit" it is our job, it is our assignment. We are commanded to watch.
 

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What Is The Abomination Of Desolation Spoken Of By Daniel The Prophet Standing In The Holy Place?

Lord we pray you would reveal the desolator to us and the abomination of desolation so that we would know who the evil one is and could shout his name from the housetops.
 

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2Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Lord I pray the fallacy of the doctrine based on this one verse would be exposed, I pray that the complacency of your sleeping church would be exposed and made known. In the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of All, I pray, standing on His blood and the work that He did so that I could bring my prayers into the Holy of Holies. Amen.
 

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50 Years Ago This Pastor Had a Vision Of The Future & This is What He Saw ... | THE VISION 1973


1. Get your house in order, financial catastrophe is coming.

2. Major earthquakes, worldwide famine.

3. Flood of filth and a baptism of dirt in America. Nahum 3:6 I'll pour abominable filth on you.

4. Persecution of believers to separate and scatter the true believers from the false. 2Timothy 3:12 all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
-- It will come as a persecution madness like a many headed monster out of the sea. US, Canada, the whole world.

-- All Christian ministries will be closely monitored and censored by the government.

-- A giant world religion rises. A cooperative charity program that ends in a political union of one great world religion. It will be antichrist and political in many of its activities with a thin veneer of sprituality.

-- They will want this big "super church" to be a political power capable of defeating every other party.

-- Homosexuals and lesbians welcomed to the super church union in the guise of understanding.

-- occult practices in the super church. Seances will replace prayer meetings.

-- they will try and force Christian ministries off the airwaves. De bank them and de platform them. "Work while it is yet day for the night cometh when no man can work"
 

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Our current dilemma

If you have a restaurant with many health code violations, it is not "complaining" to list the violations. The solution is obvious. you have to shut down the restaurant and clean it up before reopening.

The corruption in the world is a very clear health code violation, Jesus is going to shut it down and clean it up.

My point is to make the case that these violations are very serious, very deep, very widespread, and that thinking an election in 2024 will make any difference as astronomically unlikely.

I post on a number of threads so it may not be obvious on one thread. But the US financial system is far more dire than they let on and that is because of the years and years of corruption.

Right now our annual deficit in our spending is $1.7 trillion and our discretionary spending in our budget is $1.6 trillion. You might think that if we were to completely cut out our discretionary spending we could balance our budget, but that is not true. If we cut $1.6 trillion from the US budget we would also cut our tax revenue by about $500 billion. So we would continue to have. deficit and our nearly $34 trillion dollar debt would continue to grow.

But it is worse than that. We pay a very low interest rate on our debt and the reason for that is the people who are buying the debt are saps. Of the $34 trillion in debt $7.4 trillion is owned by foreign countries. That means that $26 trillion is owned by Americans. Specifically by the Social Security fund, Pension funds, 401k funds and even your money markets that pay interest for bank accounts. All of these sources for the "saps" have dried up. There is no more money you can siphon off of unsuspecting Americans who have been robbed blind. This means the only people left to buy the bonds are savvy investors and they will want an interest rate that pays more than our rate of inflation. They claim that our inflation rate is 8% but savvy investors know it is double digits. That means to get them to buy our bonds we would have to increase interest rates by at least 5%. A realistic annual interest payment on the $34 trillion would be $3.4 trillion. But if you were to raise interest rates by 5% we would have a total and complete run on the banks. So that is not an option.

That means the only way to continue buying bonds is for the US to print money, that means runaway inflation and not only will the savvy investors in the other countries not buy our debt they will dump the $7.4 trillion they have. This week they were unable to sell the bonds. Next month BRICS goes live. I anticipate that reality will hit the US in days, weeks, or maybe even a month or two. But definitely, unequivocally before the 2024 election. I have shared this in detail on "the greatest depression" thread.

But it gets better than that. It now appears that the reason for the Oct 7th raid by Hamas was to get intelligence on Israeli spies and collaborators. This was so important they were willing to sacrifice Gaza to get it. That means we are about to go to WW3 and the countries behind Hamas (Iran and Russia) needed to root out spies in their midst. That explains why half of the US fleet is in the middle East. Whoever has the reserve currency rules the world, this war is completely tied to BRICS and the collapse of the US dollar.

The Solution

The solution is the gospel of Jesus Christ, He told us that the whole world lies in the evil one and that it is a condemned building. He told us He would build His church and that would stand against the gates of Hell.

1Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

This is what Christian ministry and church have been doing for 2,000 years.

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

Every single believer is building on that foundation.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Only unbelievers and idiots think that you can build on the foundation of the US government.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

The word of God is gold. Jesus blood that redeemed us from sin and the world is silver, and transformed believers and their testimony of being saved from sin, self, the world, and the flesh are the precious stones.

Meanwhile people of good character are wood, people who are much less substantial and somewhat frivolous are hay, and stubble is stuff that blows away in the wind after you get the previous grain. This represents the political system with all their ideas, policies, and corruption. Simply stuff that will burn in the fire.

13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

The work is being tested right now and you will see fires erupt worldwide. We know this is true because we have seen these kinds of bonfires consume countries in the past, the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Civil war, the Revolutionary war, etc.

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

There is your good news right there. Let no one say that I do not preach a gospel that is filled with good news.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

There is your warning right there. It is a balanced message of salvation, reward and warning.

Lord Jesus I thank You for Your word to us. Your will will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Your kingdom will come. Our work will be tested and the corruption will be burnt up. Everyone who has walked according to their own opinion will be exposed and suffer loss. We thank You Lord that Your word is true and we say "Come Lord Jesus", Amen.
 

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Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 

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4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Lord Jesus we pray that the sword of the Spirit, the word of God would pull down the strongholds of the evil one. Pull down the strongholds of the illuminati, of the 13 families, of the FreeMasons, of the Mormons, of the Muslim Brotherhood, of Hamas.

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Lord we pray that their imaginations of world domination would be cast down, their imagination of setting up a rival king to You would be cast down, their imagination of destroying Israel would be cast down. Lord Jesus we pray that every person on this earth would be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.


Lord Jesus I pray that the obedience of your Body and Bride would be fulfilled so that You would be free to revenge all disobedience.

Lord Jesus we thank you for this. You promised that the things done in secret would be shouted from the Housetops. I pray that there would be many more vaccination database supervisors around the world that would panic and also become whistleblowers. Your word says that all will be revealed and all be made known, so I ask this according to your word and in Your name, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of all, and I bring this petition to the Holy of Holies, standing on the precious blood of Jesus Christ that was shed for me. Amen and amen.

Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Lord Jesus we call on You to thwart the plans of the evil one and to bring all their devices with these bioweapon pandemics and vaccines to none effect. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
 

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In Matthew 24 Jesus is answering three different but related questions

Matthew 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And 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. 3 And 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?

There are three questions here. Matthew puts all three in this chapter because clearly they are related, however, anyone trying to read this chapter should determine which part is about when the temple will be destroyed, which part is a sign of the Lord's second coming and which part is referring to the end of the world.

It is a very poor scholarship to assume all three questions are the same thing. The Bible does not waste words. However, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the destruction of the temple is very significant event related to the other two questions.

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.

There are two ways to understand the first seal that is opened in Revelation. One is that it is the gospel going forth, the other is that it is "another gospel, which is not another, but a perversion of the true gospel" going forth. You cannot have a counterfeit gospel without a true gospel. No one would be fooled by a counterfeit dollar bill if there were no such thing as a real dollar bill. I believe this verse combined with many other verses in the New Testament prove that both the gospel and the counterfeit gospel went forth from the time of Jesus' ascension when He sent out the disciples as His witnesses.

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.

This is the red horse. The relationship is quite obvious, war in the heavens will be seen played out as war on earth. Once the gospel and counterfeit go out we have war in heaven.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Famines and pestilences refere to the third and fourth horses of the apocalypse. They all get released one after another. The gospel includes feeding people with the word of God and healing people of various ills caused by sin.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Sorrows help people to receive the gospel. It helps people to be humbled and realize they need Jesus Christ as savior.

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.

This refers to the fifth seal when we see the martyrs under the altar killed for their testimony.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

This refers to the sixth seal which is the rapture. There will be many people who will realize they were deceived by OSAS or some other bogus teaching and they will be offended. At this time you will have the mark of the beast and many will betray one another, hating them and turning them in to have their heads chopped off.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

This is described in Revelation as the false prophet.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

This is obviously referring to the Jews who get rescued at the very end of the tribulation when the mount of Olives is split open.

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.

This is the only gospel with this wording for this verse. In Mark it says the gospel will be published in all the nations and in Luke Jesus sends them out to preach into all the earth but there is no word that this will be accomplished. We have three different groups, Luke refers to those in the pre tribulation rapture, at that time the gospel will not have been published in all the nations much less preached. Mark refers to the tribulation saints. After the rapture where babies and infants disappear all over the earth it will be very easy to publish the gospel in every nation, even those where it is illegal today. However, by the time Israel is rescued it will have been preached in all nations as everyone choosing to be beheaded rather than get the mark will be making a public testimony of the gospel.

It is ridiculous to say that "this gospel of the kingdom was preached in all the world" prior to AD 70. What AD 70 did was disperse the Jews to all the nations. In Israel we have Jews who have come from over 100 nations, they speak more languages in tiny little Israel than all the languages spoken in the UN.

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:

Uh oh, this is telling us when these things shall be. You can easily assume that this is referring to AD 70 as Titus clearly did stand in the Holy Place and he clear was a desolater who made desolate. But this did not happen after the gospel had been preached in all the nations it happened before. The church age has two bookends, the destruction of the temple in AD 70 starts the age and the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel concludes it.

That causes a whole new problem because standard doctrine is that the church age began on Pentecost and the destruction of the temple was about 40 years later, perhaps to the day. (Pentecost is the 8th of Av, the temple was destroyed the 9th of Av). So how do you reconcile these two? When Jesus was crucified you could condemn 15 or 20 powerful Jews who condemned Him to death, bribed Judas, and payed the crowd to ask for Barabbas instead of Jesus. But it isn't fair to condemn the entire nation who had little or nothing to do with that choice. They were given 40 years to either receive the gospel or get judged with the rest of Israel. This is like a meeting that starts at 7:00 am, but they give 5 minutes grace to those who are late until 7:05. These forty years were a grace period for Jews to receive or reject the gospel.

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

This clearly refers to AD 70 as a preview of what is going to happen, but it is easy to prove He is not talking about AD 70, He is talking about the end of the age.

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 book of Revelation makes this very clear. AD 70 is not what this is referring to. As bad as that was it wasn't this great tribulation that Jesus is referring to here.

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.

Once again, show me where those days were "shortened" at AD 70. They weren't. This is talking about the end of the age. Show me where we came close to "no flesh being saved" in AD 70, we didn't. AD 70 is a preview, it isn't the main course. It is a warning.
 

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23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

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.

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.

These false Christ's, false messiahs, false anointed ones, false prophets, they are talking about the coming of the Son of man. It is difficult to impossible to think this was much of a problem during the apostolic age. Someone tried that on the Thessalonians and Paul set them straight. Peter sets you straight about this in his epistles. John in the book of Revelation goes into great detail about all of this as well as about the spirit of Antichrist. So we saw enough to know it had started during the Apostolic age, but not on the scale the Lord is talking about.

This sign that the Lord's coming is as the lightning coming out of the East and shining unto the West could not have been fulfilled until after the first Gulf War. That was when CNN gave us a live broadcast as the bombs fell in Iraq, it was beamed to the US via satellite and fiber optic cable, at the speed of light. That was the first time in history that lightning shined out of the East even unto the West.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

The first Gulf war gathered all the nations airforces, like eagles, against Saddam Hussein, the carcase in the desert. All these airforces were led by "the great eagle" the USA. This is a very big sign which Jesus refers to two thousand years earlier. This was August 2, 1990, 33 years ago.

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:

That was 33 years ago. We know the powers of heaven are being shaken because we can see the powers on earth being shaken. But notice Jesus never used this word "immediately after" prior to this. AD 70 was only 40 years after His crucifixion. You can tell a lot by what the Lord doesn't say. The rapture takes place at the same time the "stars fall from heaven", that is how Revelation 12 describes the man child being caught up and the fallen angels being cast down. Prior to this we have had many amazing signs in the heavens that too many people have not been paying attention to but which have been thoroughly discussed on youtube videos.

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.

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.

This is obviously a reference to the rapture. He already referenced this when He discussed the opening of the seven seals, but now He has gone over it in greater detail because He is telling us the signs of His coming.

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:

A parable is a metaphor. You place one thing next to another. He is putting the start of the age alongside the end of the age. He was crucified when He was 33, 40 years later we have 70AD and the destruction of the temple. That would still be his "generation" as people born when He was born would be 73 and a generation is 70-80 years. So then you can compare His life and His ministry to the fig tree sprouting, growing, and bearing fruit. But you can also compare it to the last generation because we know the gospel must be preached to the whole earth before the end will come and they didn't even get scattered until 70 AD. Therefore we can compare Jesus being born with Israel being born. We can compare the generation that rejected Jesus with the generation at the end of the age.

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Only those in the gospel of Luke saw these things from the very beginning. Mark's gospel begins with the ministry of John the Baptist. Matthews gospel records the things prior to Jesus ministry the same way someone studying the genealogy of someone would related certain key events. Still the big thing that all three gospels got was the ministry of John the Baptist and the ministry of Jesus.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

We already know that all these things will not be fulfilled for many, many years after 70 AD based on what Jesus has said. You can't force many of those verses to fit with 70 AD. (Did nation rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom during those 40 years? Were there famines and plagues? Did we come close to all flesh on earth perishing? Was the gospel preached in all the earth? Did God shorten those days? Did events get transmitted around the globe at the speed of light?). However, the rejection of Jesus is still the same. That is a stunning prophecy, who could imagine after 2,000 years the Jews feel just as strongly today about rejecting Jesus as they did 2,000 years ago!

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
 

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