These are exciting and yet very trying times we are living through. Each day’s news opens our eyes wider to the fact we are in the end-times. Nations are enraged. The entire world is in turmoil. It is obvious to anyone who is cognizant, that the world is racing at terminal velocity to the precipice. … More Last Round before the Trumpets Sound
Matthew 24:23-26 (KJV) “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 … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:23-28 – Tribulations
Matthew 24:22 (KJV) “And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” Those days were shortened. The Jews did survive despite relentless persecutions by Roman and the nations of the world. The meaning here is that the siege of Jerusalem with all the … More Matthew 24:15-22 – Continued—Those Days Shortened
Matthew 24:15-22 (KJV) “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 … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:15-22—Tribulation Upon Israel
Matthew 24:13 (KJV) “But he who endures to the end shall be saved” There is a subtle time-shift hidden right here in these ten words – a mystery.Remember, Jesus is addressing His disciples, Jews. They had just come for the Temple and are discussing Jewish things. Christianity, as we would know it, is still somewhere … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:13-14 – Hold Fast
Matthew 24:11- 12 (KJV) “And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” At this point we should refresh ourselves with the context: “…Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:11-12 – LAST THINGS
Matthew 24:6-8 (KJV) “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. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:6-8 – Beginning of Sorrows
Mark 13:3-13; Luke 21:7-19 Matthew 24:3 (KJV) “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? (the destruction of the Temple) and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (His second advent, to … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:3-5 – The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age
Sign of the Times Many are now teaching that Matthew 24 and Luke 21 are two separate events. Their claim is that Matthew takes place while Jesus and His disciples are sitting on the Mount of Olives, but Luke takes place as Jesus and His disciples are departing from the Temple complex. The argument goes … More Olivet Discourse – Matthew 24:1-2 – Sign of the Times
As we begin our verse-by-verse study of the “Olivet Discourse,” One tool we can use to receive the understanding Almighty God wants us to have is to be like the Bereans, “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, … More Being a Berean
From Creation to Eternity 