Let the reader understand… behold, I have told you everything in advance

 

In time, “things to come” become things happening currently. In the Old Testament the Messiah being born on earth was prophesied as a thing to come. Then, for those living when Christ was born, it was a current event.

Christians of this day and time experience things in their lives that seem to be parts of what Israel experienced or Jerusalem or things that Job experienced, etc. This being true, pay close attention to the words of Jesus. These things will happen in time just as the earth was flooded in the days of Noah. Just as we live parts of the days past in the Old Testament, in our lives as we personalize Biblical text and hear Jesus speaking through His Word, you may not live these days as you might expect (from Matthew 24:15-16 (let the reader understand)...) For the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Keep your faith.

Matthew 24

Signs of Christ's Return

 1 Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

 2 And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down."

 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.

 5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

 6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

 8 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

 9 "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

 10 "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

 11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

 12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.

 13 "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

 14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Perilous Times

 15 "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

 17 "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

 18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

 19 "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

 20 "But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

 21 "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

 22 "Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

 23 "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him.

 24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

 25 "Behold, I have told you in advance.

 26 "So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe them.

 27 "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 28 "Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

 29 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

 30 "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

 31 "And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Parable of the Fig Tree

 32 "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

 33 so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

 34 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

 35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

 37 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

 38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

 41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

 42 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

 43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

 44 "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

 45 "Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

 46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

 47 "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

 48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

 51 and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

Mark 13

Things to Come

 1 As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"

 2 And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down."

 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,

 4 "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?"

 5 And Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.

 6 "Many will come in My name, saying, I am He!' and will mislead many.

 7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

 8 "For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

 9 "But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

 10 "The gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

 11 "When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

 12 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

 13 "You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

 14 "But when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

 15 "The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

 16 and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

 17 "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

 18 "But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

 19 "For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

 20 "Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

 21 "And then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ'; or, 'Behold, He is there'; do not believe him;

 22 for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

 23 "But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance

 

 

Luke 17:22-37

 

Second Coming Foretold

 

 22 And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

 23 "They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.

 24 "For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

 25 "But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

 26 "And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

 27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

 28 "It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

 29 but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

 30 "It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

 31 "On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.

 32 "Remember Lot's wife.

 33 "Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

 34 "I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

 35 "There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

 36 ["Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left."]

 37 And answering they said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered."

 

 

 

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