MATTHEW. 24;1-20 THE BEGINNING OF THE HORRORS TO COME

MATT. 24;3-14 > LATER AS JESUS WAS SITTING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,HIS FOLLOWERS CAME TO BE ALONE WITH HIM.THEY SAID,'TELL US,WHEN WILL THESE THINGS HAPPEN? AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN THAT IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO COME AGAIN AND FOR THIS AGE TO END? JESUS' ANSWERED,BE CAREFUL THAT NO ONE FOOLS YOU. MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME,SAYING, 'I'AM THE CHRIST, AND THEY WILL FOOL MANY PEOPLE.YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT WARS AND STORIES OF WARS THAT ARE COMING,BUT DON'T BE AFRAID. THESE THINGS MUST HAPPEN BEFORE THE ENDS COMES.NATIONS WILL FIGHT AGAINST OTHER NATIONS; KINGDOMS WILL FIGHT AGAINST OTHER KINGDOMS. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THERE IS NO FOOD FOR PEOPLE TO EAT,AND THERE WILL BE EARTHQUAKES IN DIFFERENT PLACES.THESE THINGS ARE LIKE THE FIRST PAINS WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS ABOUT TO BE BORN.THEN PEOPLE WILL ARREST YOU,HAND YOU OVER TO BE HURT,AND KILL YOU.THEY WILL HATE YOU BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN ME. AT THAT TIME,MANY WILL LOSE THEIR FAITH,AND THEY WILL TURN AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND HATE EACH OTHER.MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL COME AND CAUSE MANY PEOPLE TO BELIEVE LIES .THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE EVIL IN THE WORLD,SO MOST PEOPLE WILL STOP SHOWING THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THEIR FAITH UNTIL THE END WILL BE SAVED.'THE GOOD NEWS'' ABOUT GOD'S KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD,TO EVERY NATION.""THEN THE END WILL COME"" +++ AS JESUS LEFT THE TEMPLE AREA ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXON,HE PREDICTED THE TEMPLE AREA DESTRUCTION(24;1-2)(AS HE AND HIS DISCIPLES REACHED THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,THEY ASKED HIM TO EXPLAIN HIS PREDICTION(24;3) ASKING SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A SIGN TO SIGNAL HIS RETURN AND ""THE END OF THE WORLD" HIS REPLY(24;4-25;46 )(OFTEN CALLED THE OLIVET DISCOURSE ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS AND STRESSES THE NEED FOR VIGILANCE AND FAITHFULNESS AS WE AWAIT CHRIST'S RETURN. JESUS DESCRIBED THE ""BEGINNING OF THE HORRORS TO COME(24;8) OFTEN SEEN AS THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF THE SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION(24;4-20) SEEEXPO. ON ISA. 2;5 4;1) DURING THIS TIME THERE WILL BE FALSE MESSIAHS AND PROPHETS (24;4-5 11,) WARS AND ANXIETY(24;6-7) FAMINES AND EARTHQUAKES (24;7)PERSECUTION OF BELIEVERS(24;9) APOSTASSY 24;10 12) WORLDWIDE EVANGELIZATION(24;14)AND THE DESECRATION OFF THE REBUILT TEMPLE BY THE ANTICHRIST(24;15 ALSO DAN.9;20-27) AND 1JOHN.4;1-6)WHEN THIS HAPPENS,ALL WHO ARE ABLE SHOULD FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES(24;16-20) ALSO MARK.13;1-81 ALSO LUKE. 21;5-22) ALSO REV.6)+++ MATT.24;21-26 UNLESS THAT TIME OF CALAMITY IS SHORTENED"" AFTER THE ANTICHRIST DESECRATES THE TEMPLE(24;15) EXACTLY AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBULATION(SEE.DAN.9;27) THERE WILL COME A TIME OF DISTRESS UNLIKE ANYTHIMG IN PREVIOUS HUMAN HISTORY(24;21) THIS TIME WILL BE SO HORRIBLE THAT,IF IT WERE TO CONTINUE UNCHEKED,EVERYONE WOULD DIE(24;22(DURING THIS TIME FAALSE MESSIAHS AND PROPHETS WILL CONTINUE TO DECIEVE WITH GREAT MIRACLES(24;23-26)SOME SCHOLARS RESERVE THE TERM TRIBULATION FOR THIS SECOND THREE AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD. AFTER THE ANTICHRIST HAS SHED HIS PEACEMAKER FACADE(SEE. DAN.(;20-27 ALSO 2THESS.2;1-12 ALSO MARK 13;19-23 ALSO LUKE 21;23-24)+++MATTHEW. 24;27-31 THE COMING OF THE KING IN THE CLOUDS. CHRIST'S SECOND COMING WIL BE PRECEDED BY COSMIC SIGNS. DARKENED SUN AND MOON,FALLING STARS,AND SHAKING PLANETS(24;29) THEN CHRIST WILL DESCEND TO EARTH OUT OF THE CLOUDS (24;30) THIS EVENT WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY AND VISIBLY,LIKE LIGHTNING ACROSS THE SKY(24;27) A TRUMPET CALL WILL SEND ANGELS TO GATHER THE SAVED FROM THROUGH THE EARTH(24;31) THIS REFERS NOT TO THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,WHICH WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE TRIBULATION(SEE 1THESS.4;13-18) BUT TO THE ACTUAL COMING OF CHRIST TO EARTH ABOUT SEVEN YEARS LATER AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION,AT WHICH TIME HE WILL INAUGURATE HIS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM(SEE.REV.20;1-6( MARK, 13;24-27)( LUKE.21;25-28) PRAISE' THE LORD BROTHER'S AND SISTERS, PRAYING FOR ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN.SERVANTGODGIVETH.