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MATTHEW 24
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MARK 12, 13
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LUKE 20, 21
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DANIEL 9, 12
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LUKE 17
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In plain English
(Stuff not related to the rapture is in
brown italics.)
(Stuff
related to the rapture is in bold-faced blue
or red,
depending on importance.)
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12:27 He is not the
God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do
greatly err.
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20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of
the living: for all live unto him.
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(Prelude to show
parallel Scriptures.) Jesus: “God is a God of the living.”
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12:32a And the
scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:...
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20:39 Then
certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well
said.
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Scribes: “Wow,
you're smart! Well-spoken/ well-said.”
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12:34b ...And
no man after that durst ask him any question.
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20:40 And
after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
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Scribes meet their
match & chill out.
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12:35 And
Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say
the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
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20:41 And he
said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
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Jesus asks proverbial
“I'm my own grandfather” type riddle!
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12:36a For
David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,...
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20:42 And
David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
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12:36b ...till
I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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20:43 Till I
make thine enemies thy footstool.
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12:37 David
therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his
son? And the common people heard him gladly.
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20:44 David
therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
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12:38a And he
said unto them in his doctrine,...
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20:45 Then in
the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
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Jesus changes the
subject...
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12:38b ...Beware
of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love
salutations in the marketplaces,
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20:46a Beware
of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the markets,...
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Rich and proud
religious rulers...
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12:39 And the
chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
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20:46b ...and
the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at
feasts;
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12:40 Which
devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:
these shall receive greater damnation.
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20:47 Which
devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same
shall receive greater damnation.
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Are bad apples, and
are NOT on God's good side!
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12:41 And
Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much.
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21:1 And he
looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the
treasury.
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NOTE:
Mark 12:41 shows a continuity of subject, even though Luke starts
a new chapter. Moral of the story: a “new chapter”
number does NOT necessarily mean a new subject matter!
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12:42 And
there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.
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21:2 And he
saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
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More on the famous
“widow's mite,”...
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12:43 And he
called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say
unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they
which have cast into the treasury:
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21:3 And he
said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast
in more than they all:
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12:44 For all
they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast
in all that she had, even all her living.
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21:4 For all
these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God:
but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
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... the story of the
poor widow who 'gave her all,' even though she was poor.
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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.
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13:1 And as he went
out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master,
see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
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21:5 And as
some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones
and gifts, he said,
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Begin important
subject: Prelude to Jesus
discussing end-times, and as we shall see, timing of the rapture!
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24:2 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.
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13:2 And Jesus
answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there
shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
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21:6 As for
these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which
there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
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Jesus discussing the
end-times and the destruction of the temple –and other
so-called 'important' buildings of the time...
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24:3a And as
he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying...
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13:3 And as he
sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and
James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
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21:7a And they
asked him, saying...
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17:20a And when he was demanded of the
Pharisees,...
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Disciples (Matt,
Mark, & Luke) and Pharisees (Luke 17) queue up for Q & A
time w/ Jesus...
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24:3b ...Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
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13:4 Tell us,
when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all
these things shall be fulfilled?
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21:7b ...Master,
but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when
these things shall come to pass?
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17:20b ...when the kingdom of God should
come...
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Q:
“When will the world end?” – and:
Q:
“What signs will precede it?”
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24:4 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
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13:5 And Jesus
answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
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21:8a And he
said, Take heed that ye be not deceived:...
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17:20c ...he answered them and said, The
kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
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Translation: “Listen
closely, kids...”
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24:5 For many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
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13:6 For many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
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21:8b ...for
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time
draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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Translation: Many
false Christs & false Messiahs run rampant!
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24:6 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.
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13:7 And when
ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled:
for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
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21:9 But when
ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these
things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
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...continuing...
Wars & rumours of
wars precede, but still not the end, yet.
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24:7a For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:...
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13:8a For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:...
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21:10 Then
said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom:
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24:7b ...and
there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places.
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13:8b ...and
there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be
famines and troubles:...
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21:11 And
great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be
from heaven.
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Signs in nature /
weather … and other scary stuff precede...
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24:8 All these
are the beginning of sorrows.
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13:8c ...these are the beginnings of sorrows.
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Jesus is just
“warming up.”
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24:9 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.
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13:9a But take
heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils;
and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought
before rulers and kings for my sake...
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21:12 But
before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and
persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into
prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's
sake.
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:-(
...persecution...
)-:
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13:9b ..., for a testimony against them.
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21:13 And it
shall turn to you for a testimony.
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In the Court of
Heaven, we will be called to testify against our persecutors...
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13:10 And the
gospel must first be published among all nations.
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...but the end can't
come until the Gospel is published to ALL
the world.
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13:11 But when
they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate:
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21:14 Settle
it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall
answer:
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Don't fret over how
you will handle these persecutions...
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13:11a ...but whatsoever shall be given you in
that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the
Holy Ghost.
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21:15 For I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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(-:
...God's
“got your back” on this matter!
:-)
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13:12 Now the brother shall betray the
brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise
up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to
death.
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21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by
parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of
you shall they cause to be put to death.
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Warning! –
Faith in Jesus has a high price!
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24:10 And then
shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall
hate one another.
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13:13a And ye shall be hated of all men
for my name's sake:...
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21:17 And ye
shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
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17:25 But first must he suffer many
things, and be rejected of this generation.
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Why will we suffer?
Luke 17:25 says Jesus must suffer, and I Peter 2:21 says Jesus is
our example in suffering
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24:11 And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many.
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Reprise: Many false
Christs & Messiahs run rampant –as well as false
prophets too.
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24:12 And
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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Things are getting
worse & more evil by this time...
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21:18 But
there shall not an hair of your head perish.
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Reprise: You're
protected...
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24:13 But he
that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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13:13b ...but he that shall endure unto
the end, the same shall be saved.
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...so,
“hang in there baby!”
(-:
:-)
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21:19 In your
patience possess ye your souls.
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...and be patient...
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24:14 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.
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Reminder: Like I said
earlier, the world can't end until the Gospel is preached to ALL
the world!
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24:15 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:)
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13:14a But when ye shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth
understand,)...
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21:20 And when
ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh.
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9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant
with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
(Cf: 12:11 And 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.)
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IMPORTANT:
The
“Abomination of Desolation” occurs in the 'middle'
(midst) of the “week” of years –in other words,
at approximately 3½ years in. See also Dan. 12:7, below.
That's when things get REAL bad –and the beast breaks his
'covenant' with Israel.
E.g.,
The “Great Tribulation” is only in the 2nd half of
the week. The 1st half of the week, to be sure, contains
tribulation, but not comparably different than the tribulation
God's saints have endured through the ages, so it's NOT the
'Great' Tribulation, then.
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24:16 Then let
them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
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13:14b ...then let them that be in
Judaea flee to the mountains:
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21:21 Then let
them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them
which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that
are in the countries enter thereinto.
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TRANSLATION: Time to
GET OUT of Dodge!
(-;
“Run, Forrest, run!”
;-)
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24:17 Let him
which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of
his house:
24:18 Neither let him which is in the
field return back to take his clothes.
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13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into
the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his
house:
13:16 And let him that is in the field
not turn back again for to take up his garment.
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17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day
when the Son of man is revealed.
17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon
the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down
to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise
not return back.
17:34 I tell you, in that night there
shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left.
17:35 Two
women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
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TRANSLATION:
The
Rapture!
Note, if you would,
please, the timing:
The rapture, as we
see it, is mid-week (see above for chronology), but Pre-Trib (as
the 'great' Tribulation starts only when the covenant is broken.)
See Luke 17:30: The
Son of Man is 'revealed':
This means when Jesus
returns.
See also: Luke 17:31
lines up with Matthew 24:17-18 and Mark 13:15-16, to show my
chronology is correct here.
Lastly:
See vv. 34—36,
which show the apparent rapture.
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Note:
I had to move...
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Matt.
24:18 and Mark 13:16
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..up
to the next boxes, but I can't
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...delete
this set of...
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–
Editor,
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G.W.
Watts
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24:19 And woe
unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
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13:17 But woe
to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those
days!
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General warnings to
the pregnant and cursing mothers...
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24:20 But pray
ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath
day:
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13:18 And pray
ye that your flight be not in the winter.
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General warnings
about cold weather, Sabbath-breaking.
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24:21 For then
shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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13:19 For in
those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which God created unto this time,
neither shall be.
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21:22 For
these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written
may be fulfilled.
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12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand
up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was
since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
12:2 And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt.
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OK, this is where
things get “really bad” … To all my Preterist
peeps out there in “theology land,” NOTE: This has
NOT come to pass, so Preterism is NOT correct! ;-) LOL
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21:23 But 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.
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Must've been
important: Repeat of the warnings for the pregnant & nursing
mothers.
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21:24 And they
shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of
the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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See Daniel 12:7 and
12:11 – We've still got another 3½
years or so ahead...
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24:22 And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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13:20 And except that the Lord had
shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the
elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
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Not sure of the
details here, but it's “not good” times: So bad that
God mercifully shortens the days, but
that begs the question: Why?
If the
elect were raptured, maybe this refers to the 'Tribulation
Saints,' those saved after the rapture & during the
tribulation?? Yes:
Rev.
6:9-11
Again –
a reminder of false Christs, false Messiahs, etc.
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24:23 Then if
any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe
it not.
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13:21 And then
if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is
there; believe him not:
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17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The
days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of
the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
17:23 And they shall say to you, See
here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
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Again –
a reminder of false Christs, false Messiahs, etc.
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24:24 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.
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13:22 For false Christs and false
prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce,
if it were possible, even the elect.
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Reminder that even
false prophets can sometimes do miraculous signs & wonders,
and we must test the spirits.
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24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
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13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have
foretold you all things.
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Translation: “Listen
closely, kids...”
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24:26 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.
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Again, for the thick-headed & dense!...
Watch out for false Christs!
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24:27 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.
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17:24 For as the lightning, that
lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the
other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his
day.
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For those same
thick-headed dolts:
Here are the real
sign of Jesus' coming: ALL
people will see Him return!
:-)
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24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is,
there will the eagles be gathered together.
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17:37 And they answered and said unto
him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is,
thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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(Luke 17:37 answers
the question about vv.34—36 regarding “Two men shall
be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left,”
etc. See above...
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24:29a Immediately after the tribulation
of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light,...
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13:24 But in those days, after that
tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light,
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21:25a And there shall be signs in the
sun, and in the moon,...
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OK, this is
apparently the start of the last 3½ years, the “Great
Tribulation.” BAD!! ...except, of course, the the saints
were already raptured. :-)
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24:29b ...and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall,
and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
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21:25b ...and in the stars;...
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21:25c ...and upon the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:
for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
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24:30 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.
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13:26 And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
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21:27 And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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Jesus' return WITH
His saints –as opposed to the return FOR His saints, as the
chronology, above, seems to show.
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24:31 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.
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13:27 And then shall he send his angels,
and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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Now,
do the 'elect' here refer to the Tribulation saints? They sure
can't refer to those who've already been raptured... But, since
the 'elect' are gather from both earth AND heaven, this implies
that some were raptured –and thus in heaven –when the
angels 'gathered' them to return WITH Jesus in His triumphant
return to earth.
UPDATE:
I'm correct.
These
are saints who are gathered from there 4 corners, subsequent to
the rapture –as this timeline shows –but before the
return – and are saved for refusing the mark, but pay with
their lives; perhaps, these are the soul beneath the alter in
Rev. 6:9-11:
Revelation
6:9-11(KJV)
9 And
when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held:
10 And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell
on the earth?
11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until
their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be
killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
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21:28 And when these things begin to come
to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh.
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When these things
“begin” to come to pass –hearkening to the
earlier signs mentioned...
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24:32a Now learn a parable of the fig
tree;...
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13:28a Now learn a parable of the fig
tree;...
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21:29 And he spake to them a parable;
Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
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Many believe
modern-day Israel is the proverbial 'fig tree' so mentioned in
this parable here...
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24:32b ...When his branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
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13:28b ...When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
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21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see
and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see
all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
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13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall
see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the
doors.
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21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these
things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at
hand.
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24:34 Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
[Note: see immediately below, where Matthew
24:34 picks back up with
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13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
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21:32 Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
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OK, fine, but “which”
generation is Jesus referring to here? The one back in the day,
or the modern-day one, which apparently will see these signs and
then get raptured if they're saved?
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