MATTHEW 24
WARNING FOR
ISRAEL
12 And
because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
The
people’s hearts grow cold towards God and His word, choosing to live their
sinful self centered lives by rejecting Jesus as the true Messiah. We can see
that our government has turned against Jesus along with the media and
entertainment industry and many churches, and even God’s chosen people. Israel
All we like sheep have gone astray: We have turned, every one,
to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
ISHIAH 53:6
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this
adulterous and sinful
generation, of him the Son of
Man
also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory
of His Father with the holy
angels.”
9 Do not grumble against one
another, brethren, lest you
be condemned. Behold, the Judge is
standing at the door!
JAMES 5:9
13 But
he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And
this
gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a
witness to
all the nations, and then the end will come.
Only those
who endure to the end will be saved. Because
of
only a remnant will be saved. We as Christians today are
already saved by God’s
grace through the blood of Jesus Christ.
(the church will not face the
tribulation)
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls
on the name
of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there shall be
deliverance, As the Lord has said,
Among the remnant
whom the Lord calls.
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel
of the children of Israel
The
remnant will be saved.
ROMANS 9:27
tested by God and only having knowledge of God’s
word, will
a remnant be saved for Israel
10 For You, O God, have
tested us; You have refined us as silver
is refined. 11 You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on
our backs. 12 You have caused men to ride over
our heads;
We went through fire and through water; But
You brought us out to
rich fulfillment.
PSALM 66:10-12
8 And it shall come to pass in
all the land,” Says the Lord,
“That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and
die, But one–third
shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one–third
through the fire, Will
refine them as
silver is refined, And test them as gold is
tested.
They will call on My name, And I will answer them.
I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one
will say,
‘The Lord is my God.’”
ZECHARIAH 13:8-9
22 And unless those days were shortened, no
flesh would be
saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
MATTHEW 24:22
But God will
send His two witnesses to prophesy during the
tribulation. God gives every chance for Israel
to turn to their promised Messiah.
3 And I will give power
to my two witnesses,
and they will prophesy one
thousand two hundred
and sixty days, clothed in
sackcloth.”
REVELATION 11:3
The Great Tribulation
15 “Therefore
when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place” (whoever
reads, let him understand),
Here
it speaks of a holy place, the temple, the Jewish temple. Once the temple is
rebuilt, the Jews will offer animal’s blood for the atonement of sin. But when they see the anti-christ standing in
the temple, many will remember that it was told to them by the prophet Daniel
and will not be deceived by him. This begins the last three and one half years
of the tribulation when Satan makes an attempt to imitate God.
13 For you have said in your
heart: ‘I
will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
ISAIAH 14:13-14
30 For ships from Cyprus
DANIEL 11:30-32
11 “And from the time that
the daily sacrifice is taken away,
and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be
one
thousand two hundred and ninety days.
DANIEL 12:11
4 who opposes and exalts
himself above all that is called God
or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God
in the temple of God
showing himself that he is God.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:4
For the Christian church there
is no need for a daily sacrifice for sin, for Jesus paid that price for us once
and for all.
who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices,
first for His own sins and then for the people’s,
for this He did once for all when He offered up
Himself.
7 In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of
His grace
EPHESIANS 1:7
7 But if we walk in the light
as He is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ
His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 JOHN 1:7
We
(the church) are not looking or waiting to see the anti-christ appear, we are
to keep watch, looking for Jesus to appear. We will not be here, as Christians,
our temple is our body, not a
building. Jesus Christ was our sacrifice, our
blood atonement for sin once for all.
8 But God demonstrates His own
love toward us, in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more
then, having now
been justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from wrath
through Him.
ROMANS 5:8-9
16 Do you not know that you
are the temple of
God
and that the Spirit
of God dwells in you?
1 CORINTHIANS 3:16
And what agreement has the
For you
are the temple of the living God.
As God
has said: “I will dwell in them And
walk among them.
I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
16 “then
let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains.
Here
Jesus is naming a place, Judea . From there flee to the mountains. First of all Christians from around the world
would have to go to Judea , and then flee to
the mountains. Only those in Israel (the Jews) will be able to flee Judea , not Christians, we are no longer here. The rapture
has already taken place. God has prepare
a place for the His chosen (Jews) in the wilderness where they will be safe.
6 Then the woman fled into the
wilderness,
where she has a place
prepared by God, that they should feed her
there one thousand two
hundred and sixty days.
REVELATION 12:6
As
Christians we don’t flee, we are to fight the good fight, and we are to wait
for Jesus to appear.
20 For our citizenship is in
heaven, from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ,
PHILIPPIANS 3:20
10 and to wait for His Son
from heaven, whom He raised from the
dead, even Jesus who delivers us
from the wrath to come.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:10
In 2 Timothy 4:7-8. We are looking for His appearing, the
rapture, not His return, for when He returns, we will be with Him.
7 I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for
me the
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will
give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also
to all who have loved His
appearing.
2 TIMOTHY 4:7 – 8
Jesus warns
not even to go to your homes. Only Israel
[ Prophecy of the End Time ] “At that time
Michael shall
stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons
of
your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as
never was since there
was a nation, Even to that
time.
And at that time your people shall be delivered,
Every one who is found written in the book.
He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments,
and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life;
but I will confess his name before My Father and
before His angels.
17 And the dragon was enraged
with the woman,
and he went to make war with the rest of
her offspring,
who keep the commandments of God
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
REVELATION 12:17
22 And
unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s
sake those days will be shortened.
It is only
because of the Jews, the elect (Israel) God’s chosen, that those days are
shorten and because of them there will be people who believe in Jesus that are
saved coming through the tribulation. There are still those who go through the
tribulation whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
10 Many shall be purified, made
white, and refined,
but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked
shall
understand, but the wise shall understand.
DANIEL 12:10
Concerning the gospel they are enemies
for your sake,
but
concerning the election they
are beloved
for the sake of
the fathers.
23 “Then
if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not
believe it. 24 For false
christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to
deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See,
I have told you beforehand.
This warning
is for Israel
9 The coming of the lawless
one is according to the working
of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and
with all
unrighteous deception among those who perish,
because they did not
receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-10
26 “Therefore
if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or
‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. 27 For
as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever
the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
God word
tells us how Jesus will return to earth. Those who receive Jesus during the
tribulation will recognize that Jesus will soon return and He is coming to
avenge His people and to make war with the anti-christ and all that followed
him.
14 For they are spirits of
demons, performing signs,
which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world,
to
gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches,
and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they
see his
shame.” 16 And they gathered them
together to the
place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.
REVELATION 16:14-16
[ Christ on a White Horse ] Now I saw heaven opened, and behold,
a white
horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
14 And the armies in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean,
followed Him on white
horses.
REVELATION 19:14
The
Beast and His Armies Defeated
17 Then I saw an angel standing
in the sun; and he cried with
a loud voice, saying to all the birds
that fly in the midst of
heaven, “Come and gather together
for the supper of the great
God, 18 that you may eat the flesh
of kings, the flesh of captains,
the flesh of mighty men, the
flesh of horses and of those who sit
on them, and the flesh of all people,
free and slave, both small
and great.” 19 And I saw the beast, the
kings of the earth,
and their armies, gathered together to make war
against
Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20 Then the beast was
captured, and with him the false prophet
who worked signs in his
presence, by which he deceived those
who received the mark of the
beast and those who worshiped his
image. These two were cast alive
into the lake of fire burning with
brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed
with the sword which
proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse.
And all the birds were filled with their flesh.
REVELATION 19:17-21
The Coming of the Son of Man
29 “Immediately
after the tribulation of those days the sun will
be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then
the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of
the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will
send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together
His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Here Jesus
tells of His return, and He’s coming for judgment and to make war. The people
on the earth will mourn. The church is not here, for we joyfully waited for
Jesus to appear. But those left behind will mourn, for Jesus will judge and
cast away all those who are not His. His angels will gather from the four
corners of the earth those who were left behind after the rapture. Then Jesus
will separate His sheep from the goats, and He will gather the remnant sheep to
Himself.
49 So it will be at the end of the age.
The angels will come forth,
separate the wicked from among the just,
MATTHEW 13:49
32 All the nations will be gathered
before Him, and He will
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep
from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but
the goats on the
left. 34 Then the King will say to those
on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My
Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
MATTHEW 25:32-34
7 Behold, He is coming with
clouds, and every eye will see Him,
even they who pierced Him. And all the
tribes of the earth
will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
REVELATION 1:7
The
church is not here, we were raptured, for the church did not mourn, but looked
for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. The
church loved His appearing.
8 Finally, there is laid up for
me the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will give to me on that Day,
and not to me only but also to
all who have loved His appearing.
2 TIMOTHY 4:8
13 looking for the blessed
hope and glorious appearing
of our great God and Savior
Jesus Christ,
TITUS 2:13
THE
PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE
The rapture
of the church, His bride, ( the saints) Jesus Himself catches His saints up
to the clouds Himself. At the end of the tribulation, Jesus will send
His angels to gather His elect (Israel
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of an archangel,
and with the
trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and
remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet
the
Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17
These are two
separate events taking place in the last days, one with the church, and one
with Israel
THE END
TIME GATHERING
In the parable of the Tares and the Dragnet, Jesus tells of the end of the age,
and that His angels are the reapers who separates the just from the unjust.
Parable of the tares
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil,
the harvest
is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore
as the tares are gathered
and burned in the fire, so it will be at the
end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His
angels,
and
they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend,
and those who
practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into
the furnace of fire. There
will be wailing and gnashing
of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear,
let him hear!
MATTHEW 13:39-43
Parable of the dragnet
49 So it will be at the end of the
age. The angels will come forth,
separate the wicked from among the just, 50 and cast them into
the furnace of
fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
MATTHEW 13:49-50
31 And He will send His angels with
a great sound
of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect
from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other.
REVELATION
24:31
The prophet Daniel spoke of a
holy people in the last days that comes through the tribulation. The only ones in the bible called a holy
people to the Lord is Israel
7 Then I heard
the man clothed in linen, who was above the
waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand
to
heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be
for a time,
times, and half a time; and when the power
of the holy people has
been completely shattered,
all these things shall be finished.
12 Blessed is he who
waits, and comes to the
one thousand three
hundred and thirty-five days.
13 “But you, go your way
till the end; for you shall rest,
and will arise to your
inheritance at the end of the days.”
DANIEL 12:12-13
God refers to Israel
“For you are a holy people to the
Lord your God;
For Jacob My servant’s sake, And Israel
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
To the church
of God which is at Corinth
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all
who in every place call on the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
There are two different
events. The first one, Jesus coming for
His saints His bride before the tribulation. The second event, God dealing with His people Israel
22 And when He had
removed him, He raised up for them
David as king, to whom also He
gave testimony and said,
‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart,
who will do
all My will.’23 From this
man’s seed,
according to the promise, God
raised up for Israel
24 after John had first preached,
before His coming,
the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel
ACTS
13:22-24
