The double-standards of the preterist and why I left that system
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It might be, but where does it say a man will go in the temple and act as God?
If you read Matthew 24:15, you will find Jesus reference the abomination of desolation from Daniel and in parenthesis it says...whoso readeth, let him understand. What is the reader to understand?
To find out we go to the parallel passage in Luke 21:20 Luke tells us plainly the understanding...when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
The abomination of desolation took place when the armies of Rome set siege against Jerusalem in the 1st century.
If you read Matthew 24:15, you will find Jesus reference the abomination of desolation from Daniel and in parenthesis it says...whoso readeth, let him understand. What is the reader to understand?
To find out we go to the parallel passage in Luke 21:20 Luke tells us plainly the understanding...when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
The abomination of desolation took place when the armies of Rome set siege against Jerusalem in the 1st century.
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Matt. 24 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,
(1) when shall these things be? and
(2) what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, (1+2) Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows (ὠδίνων , i.e OdinOn, birth-pangs).
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.
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.
(2) 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
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:
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.
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.
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.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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:
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.
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:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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.
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.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
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,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Here is what I consider to be a reasonable perspective on this chapter.
Jesus dismisses the disciples fixation on the temple and temple worship, which will soon become defunct and an abomination, when the temple becomes instead that redeemed portion of humanity grafted into Christ. Jesus makes no reference to the imminent destruction of the temple in His answer recorded in Matthew, because Matthew's focus is on presenting Jesus as the promised coming King, the face of the lion. He focusses on the authority of Jesus contrasted with the other authorities that are at work in the earth. Matthew, therefore, ignores the first question, about the destruction of the temple and gives an overview of the strategies the powers will use to undermine the faith of the people of God, which overcomes the world. By 70 AD the people of God, having the mind of Christ, understood that they were the true temple of God, so they had no interest in the preservation or loss of the temple made by hands. Jesus in Matt. 24, having the mind of the Holy Spirit, likewise had no interest in when exactly the temple would fall. What Jesus was interested in was the building of His temple, the growth of His body over time, until its birth out from the ground, when He returns. HE describes this growrth and birth as reminiscent of the growth of a child in the womb and the birth-pangs that get closer and closer together as the time for delivery approaches.
These birth-pangs are wars and rumours of wars, famines. pestilences, earthquakes, persecutions, and false Christs. These will occur throughout history with increasing frequency as the birth approaches. One could regard the amomminatin that make sdesolate as the waters breaking, when the final stage of birth is irrevocably initiated. Even during the period after the waters break, there are borth pangs. But the abomination that makes desolate is a unique timestamp. Matthew says -
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation (that sees ALL these things happening) shall not pass, till ALL these things be fulfilled.
What I think Jesus means is that the generation that sees ALL these things happening, including the Abomination of Desolation, will see Jesus returning in glory. Most of these things will be happening intermittently from Pentecost to the first resurrection, but once ALL of them are happening together, including the AoD, Jeus will come in that generation.
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,
(1) when shall these things be? and
(2) what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, (1+2) Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows (ὠδίνων , i.e OdinOn, birth-pangs).
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.
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.
(2) 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
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:
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.
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.
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.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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:
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.
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:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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.
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.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
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,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Here is what I consider to be a reasonable perspective on this chapter.
Jesus dismisses the disciples fixation on the temple and temple worship, which will soon become defunct and an abomination, when the temple becomes instead that redeemed portion of humanity grafted into Christ. Jesus makes no reference to the imminent destruction of the temple in His answer recorded in Matthew, because Matthew's focus is on presenting Jesus as the promised coming King, the face of the lion. He focusses on the authority of Jesus contrasted with the other authorities that are at work in the earth. Matthew, therefore, ignores the first question, about the destruction of the temple and gives an overview of the strategies the powers will use to undermine the faith of the people of God, which overcomes the world. By 70 AD the people of God, having the mind of Christ, understood that they were the true temple of God, so they had no interest in the preservation or loss of the temple made by hands. Jesus in Matt. 24, having the mind of the Holy Spirit, likewise had no interest in when exactly the temple would fall. What Jesus was interested in was the building of His temple, the growth of His body over time, until its birth out from the ground, when He returns. HE describes this growrth and birth as reminiscent of the growth of a child in the womb and the birth-pangs that get closer and closer together as the time for delivery approaches.
These birth-pangs are wars and rumours of wars, famines. pestilences, earthquakes, persecutions, and false Christs. These will occur throughout history with increasing frequency as the birth approaches. One could regard the amomminatin that make sdesolate as the waters breaking, when the final stage of birth is irrevocably initiated. Even during the period after the waters break, there are borth pangs. But the abomination that makes desolate is a unique timestamp. Matthew says -
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation (that sees ALL these things happening) shall not pass, till ALL these things be fulfilled.
What I think Jesus means is that the generation that sees ALL these things happening, including the Abomination of Desolation, will see Jesus returning in glory. Most of these things will be happening intermittently from Pentecost to the first resurrection, but once ALL of them are happening together, including the AoD, Jeus will come in that generation.
13 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!
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.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us,
(1) when shall these things be? and
(2) what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
(1 & 2) 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows/birthpains.
9 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.
(2) 10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
(1 & 2) 11 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.
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.
13 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.
14 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 Judaea flee to the mountains:
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:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
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.
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.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
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.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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.
Again, in Mark, we find that Jesus dismisses the question about the date of the temple's destruction and does not answer it. I think of Peter asking about John's destiny in John 21, where Jesus refuses to answer.
Jesus gives the same general outline as Matthew records, describing events that will happen intermittently from Pentecost, and will become increasingly frequent, as labour pains do, but over years rather than days/hours. The waters break with the Abomination of Desolation (AoD), after which the delivery of the "baby" out of the spasming ground in the first resurrection is imminent. The generation seeing "these things" including the AoD, this generation" will see the coming of Christ in glory.
Luke 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
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.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but
(1) when shall these things be? and
(2) what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
(1) 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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.
(2) 10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
(1) 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.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
(1) 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations:
(2) and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
Let's look at the four gospel and the different emphases of each one.
Ezekiel's vision included four angels (messengers) with four faces, but each angel had a different face most obvious and facing outward (Lion, Ox, Man and Eagle). IMHO the angels in this vision represent the four evangels presenting Jesus to us in four roles, each gospel emphasising a different role, but including all four roles, accounting for the differences in content of each gospel. Each of the faces can also be linked to each of the four roles Paul lists as church leadership: Apostle, prophet, evangelist and pastor-teacher.Here are my connections.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Matthew - Lion - the promised King and the consummate apostle.
Mark - Ox - The promised suffering Sacrifice and Servant and the consummate the consummate evangelist.
Luke - Man - The promised Good Shepherd and the consummate pastor-teacher.
John - Eagle -The promised Prophet like Moses and the consummate prophet.
So, why is it only Luke who mentions Jesus' description of the fall of Jerusalem, while the other two only mention the coming of the Abomination of Desolation (AoD) ?
As already mentioned in a previous post, Matthew is focussed on Jesus as promised King extending His rule over the world. The coming destruction of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem in 70AD is not relevant to Jesus kingdom growing. The irrelevance of the temple will be well understood by Christians in 40 years time, even though the disciples were at this time in love with the temple. So Matthew ignores it. The AoD is relevant since it is the unveiling of the prince of darkness about to go head to head with the coming King: power vs. Power.
Mark is focussed on Jesus as the sacrifice and the one laying down His life to bring the good news to others and to bring in the grain.
The Jewish temple is also irrelevant to Jesus in this role. By 70 AD no Christian will see the Jewish temple as relevant to the evangelism happening throughout the world. The AoD is relevant because it is a time when a great deception, a false gospel, will come leading astray if possible the very elect, stealing away grains from Christ's harvest and denying the sacrifice of Jesus: scatterer vs. Gatherer.
Luke is focussed on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, the pastor-teacher. When Jerusalem is about to be destroyed in 70 AD there will still be Christians there evangelising, and as their shepherd who cares for the sheep, Jesus did give some advance warning to those 70AD Christians that would allow them to escape before Titus' cordon closed around the city trapping everyone inside. This advice was not included by Matthew and Mark for the reasons given above. But it was included by Luke, because of the particular lens through which he assessed what to include and what to set aside. But for Luke the AoD was irrelevant. Why? Because we are told to call no man teacher, for we have one Teacher, and we have an anointing and know all things. So, it's up to the Christians to listen to their Teacher, and not go after the false teachers.
Matt. 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
1 John 2:20-21 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Also, unlike with the fall of Jerusalem, there will be no place to run to, to escape from the persecution about to be unleashed upon the church during this final world-wide pogrom. We are called to persevere in faith unto death at that time. So, the Good Shepherd's pastoral advice to His sheep at this time is this -
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
IMHO "worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man" does not mean "worthy to evade having to go through these things", but it means "to escape being ensnared into apostasy by these things, so as to stand blameless before Jesus".