Matt24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
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.
It's not talking about the Antichrist, the man of sin, the beast, because he will only have one rule
Rev13:15--, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
So who's his it talking about, who shall deliver us up to be afflicted, and kill us, and why shall we be hated by all nations.
I'm thinking some established church the Pharisees? I'm thinking?. This is the beginning of sorrow not the Great Tribulation
Has anybody out there got an opinion.
If I'm reading this right some established church is going to be still working and operating right until the man of sin sits in the temple, right until the last 42 months.
Has anybody out there got an opinion.?
A helpful and encouraging opinion would be nice.
There are three contemporaries yo this sermon by Jesus he’s telling them about the destruction of Jerusalem that happened about thirty years or so later that Daniel had foretold
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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
then let them which be
in Judæa flee into the mountains: let him which is on the house top not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: for
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
Matthew 24:15-21 KJV
We have another witness of Jesus sermons here in the gospel according to mark
“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! 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. 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, for a testimony against them. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but
the Holy Ghost.
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. And
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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,) then let
them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains: 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: and let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 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.”
Mark 13:1-2, 9, 11-19 KJV
in
Luke’s account it
really helps us understand what he’s talking about when we put them all together
“And as some spake of
the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 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.
…. 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. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: for
I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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. And
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. And
when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judæa 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. For
these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. ( like daniels foretold desolation and destruction of Jerusalem )
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. 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.”
Luke 21:5-6, 9-24
These things were about Jerusalem and the temples destruction and the people of that generation
“And after threescore and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: ( Jesus was killed for thee people ) and
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; ( jersualem and its temples destruction by rome in 70 ad thirty years of so after Jesus warned them all ) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and
unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Daniel 9:26 KJV
Part of what he’s saying is about then to those people and then some of the signs he tells of are for us in the latter covenant waiting for the end of the world
they ask him “ what are the signs of Jerusalem and the temples destruction? And also they ask “ and what are the signs of thy coming at the end of the world ?”
if you look closely Jesus is telling of two time periods one that was immediate for then regarding Jerusalems destruction and the end of thier covenant and then he’s also foretelling his return at the end of the world