Matthew chapter 24,
along with Mark 13, and Luke 21, all contain a lot of prophetic signs given by
JESUS. The first thing we are going to
do is read through all of those chapters placing an asterisk next to a sign when
we come to it- for future study.
Please, before you
begin this study take a few minutes to pray, really pray for God to guide you.
Let God know that you want your eyes opened, your heart unhardened, your ears
able to hear. You want the gold tried in fire, you want the eye salve, you want
to be clothed by Him in His righteousness, you want His faith, you want to
understand ONLY His truth and nothing else. We know our glorious God will give
us the wisdom we need, and we give Him all PRAISE, all GLORY, all HONOR, all
THANKFULNESS, all LOVE.
Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the
temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the
temple.
Mat 24:2 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.
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?
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.
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.
Mat 24:7 For *nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be *famines, and *pestilences, and
*earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Mat 24:9 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.
Mat 24:10 And then *shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Mat 24:11 And *many false prophets shall rise, and
shall deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, *the love
of many shall wax cold.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.
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.
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 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into
the mountains:
Mat 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come
down to take any thing out of his house:
Mat 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return
back to take his clothes.
Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to
them that give suck in those days!
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Mat 24:21 For then *shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened.
Mat 24:23 Then if *any man shall say unto you, Lo, here
is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Mat 24:24 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.
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.
Mat 24:27 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.
Mat 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will
the eagles be gathered together.
Mat 24:29
*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:
Mat 24:30 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.
Mat 24:31 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.
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these
things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall
not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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.
Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall
be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour
your Lord doth come.
Mat 24:43 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.
Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an
hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Mat 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom
his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Mat 24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when
he cometh shall find so doing.
Mat 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him
ruler over all his goods.
Mat 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his
heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Mat 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Mat 24:50 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,
Mat 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mar 13:1 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!
Mar 13:2 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.
Mar 13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over
against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Mar 13:4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Mar 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take
heed lest any man deceive you:
Mar 13:6 For *many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mar 13:7 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.
Mar 13:8 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.
Mar 13:9 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.
Mar 13:10 And *the gospel must first be published among
all nations.
Mar 13:11 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.
Mar 13:12 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.
Mar 13:13 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.
Mar 13:14 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:
Mar 13:15 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:
Mar 13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn
back again for to take up his garment.
Mar 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to
them that give suck in those days!
Mar 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter.
Mar 13:19 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.
Mar 13:20 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.
Mar 13:21 And then *if any man shall say to you, Lo,
here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
Mar 13:22 For *false Christs and false prophets shall
rise, and *shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even
the elect.
Mar 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you
all things.
Mar 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation,
the *sun shall be darkened, and the *moon shall not give her light,
Mar 13:25 And the *stars of heaven shall fall, and the
powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
Mar 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mar 13:27 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.
Mar 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Mar 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these
things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Mar 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation
shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Mar 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my
words shall not pass away.
Mar 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mar 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not
when the time is.
Mar 13:34 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.
Mar 13:35 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:
Mar 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mar 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch.
Luk 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men
casting their gifts into the treasury.
Luk 21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites.
Luk 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that
this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
Luk 21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in
unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living
that she had.
Luk 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was
adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
Luk 21:6 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.
Luk 21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when
shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come
to pass?
Luk 21:8 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.
Luk 21:9 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.
Luk 21:10 Then said he unto them, *Nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
Luk 21:11 And *great earthquakes shall be in divers
places, and *famines, and *pestilences; and *fearful sights and *great signs
shall there be from heaven.
Luk 21:12 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.
Luk 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Luk 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to
meditate before what ye shall answer:
Luk 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which
all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Luk 21:16 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.
Luk 21:17 And ye *shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake.
Luk 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head
perish.
Luk 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
Luk 21:20 And when *ye shall see Jerusalem compassed
with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Luk 21:21 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.
Luk 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all
things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luk 21:23 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.
Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,
and shall be led away captive into all nations: and *Jerusalem shall be trodden
down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Luk 21:25 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;
Luk 21:26 *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.
Luk 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in a cloud with power and great glory.
Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass,
then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the
fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of
your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luk 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come
to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Luk 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall
not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Luk 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my
words shall not pass away.
Luk 21:34 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.
Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that
dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36 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.
Luk 21:37 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.
Luk 21:38 And all the people came early in the morning
to him in the temple, for to hear him.
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Daniel spoken of in
Matthew and Mark…
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there
shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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Clearly there is a
lot to study.
Just imagine being a
disciple and hearing all these things, your mind had to be in a whirlwind. So
much had to happen before the Son of Man would come in the clouds to take His
elect with Him. So many signs. But clearly
the Lord wanted all people throughout time until His return to be
prepared. He wanted all to watch and to
pray, and not be caught up in ourselves so that we neglect to be His.
Thousands of years
have passed since those disciples heard the words of the Messiah, thousands,
and yet as we know a thousand years to us is but as a day to the Lord. We
should be very thankful that we exist and not question why God is so incredibly
long suffering towards humanity.
Every human being
that will be His must be born, and we cannot possibly ever know when the very
last child that will be His will be born.
Praise God that He
has this all in His hands. The plan is set, the day and the hour are set, but
only the Father knows that day and hour.
We can see the signs
and know by watching those signs that it's near so we are NOT caught off guard,
but we will never know the date, not ever. We will be living through the end
times, through the plagues, through all of the horrors of the end and only those
who are HIS before the plagues will be protected. Too many people believe once
those plagues start to appear then they'll have time to get their lives in
orders, but by then it's too late. Is it
any wonder our Savior told us to WATCH and PRAY so we aren't surprised like
those who are shockingly surprised by thieves in the night? It will happen that
suddenly. One day the end won't be here, the next it will be. Will we know when
it happens, when human probation is up? When all cases have been decided for or
against eternal life? Will we know? We might suspect as predicted happenings
occur, and even then we will be counting solely on the RIGHTEOUSNESS of CHRIST
to keep us in HIM, never on any merit of our own. We won't be patting ourselves
on the back and going…'Whew, that plague missed me.' There are seven plagues and they aren't going
to hit everyone, everywhere at the same time. We must RIGHT NOW be in CHRIST,
living for HIM, believing that HE will save us by HIS GRACE and MERCY, through
HIS LOVE and we must never stop living in Him, never!
More tomorrow, by
HIS amazing, wondrous GRACE!
In HIS LOVE.
Blessed Sabbath to
all!
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