Prophetic Signs - From Jesus.

Let's talk about signs- prophetic signs.

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? 

The disciples of Jesus heard their Savior say- Don't you see ALL these things? I'm telling you, all the stones of this temple will be thrown down, not a single stone will be left on top of another.

What a thing to tell them! Their beloved temple, the holy temple, the temple their priests serviced, the temple they went to in order to make sacrifices so their sins could be forgiven, the temple they prayed towards when they weren't able to be there in person, the temple where the ark of the covenant was, and upon that ark the mercy seat of God.  Jesus told them their temple would no longer exist! To them this surely meant the end of the world, and the return of their Savior.

The disciples wanted to know WHEN these things would happen, and WHAT would the SIGNS be.

Many years would pass before the Savior would return and He knew this, Jesus knew that it was going to be thousands of years later and He gave signs that would span those years at very significant intervals.

In the three gospels bringing God's truth to us we are given three point of views of many of the same situations, and this is true with the prophetic signs as well.  Let's read them all, they are very lengthy reads for a daily Bible Study, but please read them and tomorrow by the GRACE of our Lord, by the WILL of God we will study them more in depth. We must study them, we must because we are TOLD to watch, to be ready. Please, Lord, we would be ready for You!

Mat 24

And Jesus answered and said unto them,

Take heed that no man deceive you. 

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

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. 

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 

All these are the beginning of sorrows. 

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. 

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

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. 

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:)   Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 

Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

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

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. 

Behold, I have told you before. 

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. 

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. 

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 

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: 

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. 

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. 

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 

 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 

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

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, 

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

 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 

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. 

 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 

 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 

 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 

 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 

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, 

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 

 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 

 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 

 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 

 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 

 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 

 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 

 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 

 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 

 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 

He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 

 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 

 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 

  His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 

 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 

 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 

 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 

 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 

 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 

 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 

 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 

  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 

  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 

  I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 

  Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 

 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 

 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 

Mark 13

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! 

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. 

 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 

Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? 

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 

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

 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. 

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. 

 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. 

And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 

 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. 

 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. 

 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. 

 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: 

  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: 

And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 

  But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 

 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. 

 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. 

  And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 

  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 

But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 

 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 

And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 

 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. 

 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 

So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 

  Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 

 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 

 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 

  Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 

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. 

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: 

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. 

Luke 21

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 

 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. 

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? 

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. 

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. 

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 

 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 

 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. 

 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 

 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 

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. 

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 

But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 

 In your patience possess ye your souls. 

  And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 

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. 

  For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 

  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. 

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. 

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; 

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. 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 

When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 

So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 

 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 

 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 

  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. 

 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 

 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. 

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. 

 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.