Signs continued

Mat 24:3  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Jesus mingled the signs of the end of the world with signs of the coming destruction of Jerusalem.

Sign One-

Mat 24:4  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Mat 24:5  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Sign Two-

Mat 24:6  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.

Sign Three-

Mat 24:7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Sign Four-

and there shall be famines,

Sign Five-

and pestilences,

Sign Six -

and earthquakes, in divers places.

Sign Seven-

Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you

Sign  Eight-

and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Sign Nine-

Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Sign Ten-

Mat 24:11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Sign Eleven-

Mat 24:12  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Sign  Twelve-

Mat 24:14  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.

Sign Thirteen-

Mat 24:15  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:)

Mat 24:23  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

Sign Fourteen-

Mat 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs,

Sign Fifteen-

and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mat 24:25  Behold, I have told you before.

Mat 24:26  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.

Sign Sixteen-

Mat 24:29  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened

Sign Seventeen-

 and the moon shall not give her light,

Sign Eighteen-

and the stars shall fall from heaven,

Sign Nineteen-

and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken

Sign Twenty-

Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mat 24:38  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,

Mat 24:39  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Sign Twenty-one -

Mat 26:2  Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

The last sign given was the first to be fulfilled.

Jesus wanted His disciples to know that all He said WOULD come to pass.  He sealed His sayings with the final prophecy of His betrayal and death and it occurred just as He said it would.

Signs-

Sign Twenty-one -Jesus' betrayal and death- Fulfilled beyond any doubt.

Sign Twenty- As the days of Noe were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage- This is a sign of peoples unbelief, a sign of them being so completely unconcerned with the coming of the Lord that it is business as usual. Obviously those in Noah's day who were drinking, eating and marrying right up until Noah entered the ark, did NOT believe they were in any danger whatsoever. Look around you. Do people live with the expected return of their Savior? Or have they heaped upon themselves a worldly life that shouts to everyone that they are not concerned that Jesus is really coming to take His people to heaven while Satan's people are destroyed.  

Yes, I can hear all the excuses now about having to live our lives, Jesus understands. I can hear the excuse that it's been almost two thousand years since Jesus died and if people stopped marrying none of us would be here.  But it doesn't say to STOP marrying, it's a sign that people will be UNCONCERNED with Jesus' return just as in the days of Noah, not ONE person was worried about a flood coming.  You can get married- two people who believe in Christ's imminent return can marry while knowing the reality of what they are doing.  I say REALITY, because for all of us- Jesus is coming- some to life everlasting and some to death everlasting.  We will live our lives with this real expectation or without it, there is no in between.  Honestly, for the last couple thousand years I'd much rather have lived and died with the expectation of my Savior returning, than not.

More tomorrow by the grace of our LORD. We must study, we must watch, and we must PRAY.

All in HIS LOVE!