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1)
. 4¶AndJ
Mt24: esusans
wer
edands
aidt
othem:"
Takeheedt
hatnoone
dec eivesyou. 5"Formanywi llcomei nMyname, s
aying,'
Iamt heChr is
t,
' and
willdec eivemany. 6"Andyouwi llhearofwarsandrumor sofwar s
. Seethat
youar enott r
oubled;foralltheset hingsmustcometopas s
, butt
heendi snot
yet. 7"Fornat i
onwi l
lr i
seagai nstnation,
andkingdomagai nstki
ngdom. And
ther ewi l
lbefami nes
,pes t
ilences,andear t
hquakes[s
ha ki
ng ]i
nvariouspl aces
.
8" Allthes earethebeginningofs or r
ows .
a).Weha ves e
e nthe n,howinr es
ponset oHisdis ci
ples’
que stionabout
theti
mi ngoft hede solati
onoft hehouseofIsraelandthede s
tructionofthe
Temple ,ourLor dsetsoutf orthema novervie
woft het i
met hatweknowa s
theTribul at
ion,thefinal7ye arsyettobecompl et
edf romt hepr evious
th
dispe
ns ation,Daniel
’s70 ‘ week’
.
b). Andweha dt hens eenintheverse
sweha vejus treadhowt hefirst3
½ yearsoft hefinal7a reat imema rkedbythea ppeara nceoffals
eChr i
stsand
confl
ictbe tweenna t
ions ,presumablyasAntichri
sts e
ekst oachievehi sde s
ire
forwor l
dpowe r-Re6: 2AndIl ooked,andbehold,awhi t
ehor se.Hewhos at
onithadabow;andac
rownwasgi
vent
ohi
m,andhewentoutc
onquer
ing
andtoconquer
.
c).Thesething sthoug h,asweha dseenlastt
ime ,
a r
enotthe‘e nd’ofthe
age,buta r
er at
he r‘t
hebe gi
nningofs orrows’–thesearee ve
ntsthatma rkthe
beginningofthepa i
ntha tthena ti
onofI sr
aelwille
xpe ri
enceasitisbroug ht
for
thint heme taphorofphys i
ca lbirt
h.
d) .
Andweha dfinishedlasttimebypoi nti
ngoutt hatIs
raelgivesbirth,
beforeshee xperi
e ncesthepa intha tbri
ngsabouthe rownbi rt
h,some thing
thatwef i
ndpr ophe ti
callyrecorde din-Isa66:7"Beforeshe[thenationof
Isr
a e]wa
l sinlabor[ beforethee ventsofthesecondha l
foftheTribulation],
shegavebirt
h;Bef
oreherpainc ame,Shedeli
veredamal ec hi
ld.
8Whohas
heardsuchathi
ng?Whohass eensuchthings
?Shal lt
heearthbemadetogive
bir
thinoneday?Orshallanationbebor natonce?Forass oonasZi
onwasi n
l
abor[ e
xperi
enci
ngthepainoft hef
inal3½ ye ars
],Shegavebirt
htoher
chi
ldren[att
heendoftheTribulati
on].9ShallIbri
ngtothet i
meofbir
th,and

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notc
ausedeli
very?
"sayst
heLORD.
"Shal
lIwhoc
aus
edel
iver
yshutupt
he
womb?"saysyourGod.
e).
S othe
n,befor
eIsra
e l
’
sbirthpai
nsbeg
in–whi
chhappensa
tthemi
d-
poi
ntintheTri
bula
tionandintens
ifyt
hroug
hthene
xt3½ year
s–‘shei
s
del
ive
redofama l
echild’
.

2)
. 1¶Nowag
Re12: reats
ignappear
edi
nheaven:awomanc
lot
hedwi
tht
he
sun,withthemoonunderherf eet,andonherheadagar landoftwelvestars
.2
Thenbei ngwi t
hc hi
ld,s
hec riedouti nl
aborandi npaintogi vebir
th.3And
anothers i
gnappearedinheaven:behol d,
agreat,fi
eryreddr agonhaving
sevenheadsandt enhor ns,ands evendiademsonhi sheads .4Histai
ldrewa
thirdofthestarsofheavenandt hrewthemt otheearth.Andt hedragonstood
beforethewomanwhowasr eadyt ogivebir
th,todevourherc hi
ldassoonas
itwasbor n.5Shebor eamal ec hil
dwhowast oruleallnationswitharodof
iron.AndherChi l
dwasc aughtupt oGodandHi sthrone.
a).Thes ymbol i
smus e
di ntheseve r
sesle a
ve susinnodoubtt hatt he
‘
woma n’isthenationofI s
rae landthepa i
ns heiss eene xperi
e nci
nghe reis
thepaina ssoci
atedwi t
hg ivingbirthtothema lec hil
da ndist hebeginni ngof,
butnott hefull
nessofthepa inthatshewillexper i
encet hatwi l
lle
a dtohe r
ownbi rth.
b). The‘malechild’i
s‘c once
ived’throught hemi nistr
yoft he2
witnesseswi t
hinthes t
r e
etsofJ er
us al
emdur ingt hefirst3½ ye arsoft he
Tribul
a t
iona gai
nsttheba ckdr opoffal
seChr is
tsa ndwa rsandr umor sofwa rs
Re11:3¶" AndIwi llgi
vepowert omyt wowi tnesses,andt heywi l
lpr ophesy
onet housandtwohundr edands ixt
ydays ,cl
othedins ackcl
oth."4Thes eare
thetwool ivetreesandt hetwolamps tandsstandingbeforetheGodoft he
earth.5Andi fanyonewant stohar mt hem,fireproceedsfromt hei
rmout h
anddevour st
heirenemi es.
Andi fanyonewant stoharmt hem, hemus tbe
kil
ledinthi smanner .6Thesehavepowert oshutheaven, sothatnorai nfal
ls
inthedaysoft heirprophecy;andt heyhavepoweroverwat erstoturnt hem
toblood,andt os t
riketheeart
hwi t
hallplagues,asoftenastheydes i
re.
c).The2wi tnesses‘
prophesying’ i
spr e
suma blybasedincalli
ngthe
nationofI sr ae
l tona ti
onalrepent
a nceonemor etime,hencethewi tne
ss e
s
beingc lothe dins ackcl
oth,repent
a ncenotonl yfromt hecentur
iesofunbe li
ef
thatledt ot hecr ucif
ixi
onofhe rMe ssi
a h,butals
or epentancefr
omt he
cove nantr elat
ions hipthenationha senteredintowiththeonewhoi sthe
swor ne ne myoft heGodt heyprofesstos erve.
d).Andg ivent henatureofthee ventssurroundingthe2wi tnessesseen

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nt hesevers
eswec ana s
sumet hatthe‘l
abor’and‘pain’experi
encedbyI s
rael
i
nbr ingi
ngforththi
sma l
ec hi
ldwillbethatofinnerturmoilasaresultofthe
confl
ictt
hatwillexi
stbetweenthosereceivi
ngt hewitness
e s
’me ss
agea nd
thosewhos eektokil
lthem.
e).Nowthis‘malechil
d’hasal
r e
adybe eni de
nti
fie
df orusinReve l
ati
on
Chapter7-Re7: 2ThenIs awanotherangelascendingfromt heeast
,having
thesealofthelivingGod.Andhec ri
edwi t
hal oudvoicetothef ourangelst
o
whomi twasgr ant edtoharmt heearthandt hes ea,3saying,"Donothar m
theearth,t
hes ea,orthetreestil
lwehaves ealedtheservantsofourGodon
thei
rforeheads."4AndIhear dthenumberoft hos
ewhower eseal
ed.One
hundredandf or t
y-fourt
hous andofallthetribesofthechi l
drenofIsraelwere
seal
ed:5oft het r
ibeofJudaht welvethousandwer eseal
ed……………….
Thee ve ntsseeni nthe s
eve rsestakeust oapointint i
mei mme dia
te l
ybefore
themi d-pointint heTr ibul
ation,beforeharmi sdonet ot hee arth,t
hes eaand
thetree sbec a
us eofthea ct
ionsofAnt ichri
stfromt hatt i
mef orward.Andwe
seetha tthese,‘servantsofourGod’ ,areseale
dont heirfore headsanda re
take
nf r omt he12t r
ibesofI s
r a
el,12000f r
ome achtribe.
f). Thissameg roupthenr e-appearinReve l
ationCha pter14j ustbeyond
themi d-pointint heTr ibul
ationinahe avenlysceneha vi
ngbe en‘caughtupt o
Goda ndHi sthrone ’
toe scapethewr a
thofAnt ic
hrist,ane ve ntwhichwes aw
i
nRe ve lati
onCha pter12–Re14: 1¶The nIlooked, andbehol d,aLamb
standingonMountZi on,andwi thHimonehundr edandf orty-f
ourt housand,
havingHisFather'
snamewr i
ttenont hei
rf oreheads…………. 4Thes earethe
oneswhower enotdefil
edwithwomen, fortheyar evirgins .
Thes earethe
oneswhof oll
owt heLambwher everHegoes . Thesewer er edeemedf rom
amongmen, bei
ngfirst
frui
tstoGodandt otheLamb. 5Andi ntheirmout h
wasf oundnodeceit,f
ortheyar ewithoutfaultbeforethet hroneofGod. 6¶
ThenIs awanotherangelflyi
ngi nthemids tofheaven,havi ngt heeverlast
ing
gospeltopreachtothosewhodwel lontheear t
h--t
oever ynat i
on, t
ribe,
tongue,andpeople—
g).
S o,t
he144000a reseeninthesevers
esi
nconne ct
ionwit
hthe
preachi
ngof‘theeverl
asti
nggospel’
‘tothosewhodwellontheeart
h’.These
aretheone st
henwhowi llret
urntothee ar
thtof
ulf
il
lthatseeni
nMa tthew
24:14priortotheconcl
usionoftheTribul
ati
on-Mt24:14"Andthisgospelof
theki
ngdomwi l
lbepreac
hedi
nal
lthewor
ldasawi
tnes
stoal
lthenat
ions
,
andthentheendwil
lcome.
h).
Andwehavespents
ometi
meonthisg
roupatt
hispoi
ntast
heir
mi
nis
trydur
ingt
hefi
nal3½ yea
rsoft
heTr
ibul
ati
onhasadir
ecti
mpacton

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hee
ventwes
eea
tthec
onc
lus
ionofMa
tthe
wCha
pte
r25.

3).Aswec onti
nuewit
htheve rs
esfromMa tthewCha pte
r24, t
hoset
hat
continuefromvers
e8addtot hecompleteovervie
woft he7ye ar
softhe
Tribulat
ionbytaki
ngusfr
omt hemi d-
pointoftheTribula
tiontoi
ts
conclusi
on-Mt24:9"Thentheywi l
ldel
iveryouupt otri
bulati
onandkil
lyou,
andyouwi llbehat edbyal lnat
ionsforMyname' ssake.10"Andt henmany
willbeoffended, wi l
lbet r
ayoneanot her,andwi l
lhat eoneanother.11"
Then
manyf alsepr ophetswi llriseupanddec eivemany. 12" Andbecause
lawlessnesswi llabound, theloveofmanywi llgr
owc ol
d.13"Buthewho
endurest otheends hallbes aved.14"Andt hisgospelofthekingdomwillbe
preachedi nallthewor ldasawi tnesstoallthenations,andthentheendwil
l
come.
a).Thistheni snowt het
imeofJ a
c ob’
stroubl
e,andwes eethe‘
trouble
’
desc
ribe dthrought henati
onbe ingdeliver
ed‘uptotri
bul at
ion’andbeing
ki
ll
ed,a stheJ e
wswi l
lnowbe‘ hate
dbya l
lnati
ons’
,byma nyJewsthems e
lves
bet
rayingonea notherandha t
ingonea nother–somethings hocki
ngl
y
det
ail
e di ntheparallel
accountinLukewhe r
eitappearsthatJewswillevenbe
re
spons ibleforkil
li
ngJ ews-Lu21: 16"Youwi l
lbebetrayedevenbypar ents
andbr
other
s,r
elat
ivesandf
ri
ends
;andt
heywi
llputs
omeofyout
odeat
h.
b).Andwes e ethatthis‘l
awles
s ness’amongsttheJewishpe opl
ewi l
l
c
ausetheloveofma nytog rowc old–butt hepromi sei
sg i
vent ha twhiche
ver
J
ewsendur e[Li
t.s
ur vi
ve]tot heendoft heTribul
a t
ion,
theywi llbede l
ivered
f
romthistimeofunpa rall
eledpe r
secution;t
hes amepromi setha twefindin–
J
e 7Al
r30: as!Forthatdayi sgreat
,Sot hatnoneisli
keit;Anditi sthetimeof
J
acob'
str
oubl
e,Buthes
hal
lbes
avedoutofi
t.
c).
Ands o,
havi
ngl a
idoutt
hecompleteover
viewoftheye a
rsofthe
Tri
bul
ati
oninordertoprovi
deHisdi
scipl
eswiththec
orre
c tcontex
t,t
heLord
the
nprovide
sthedir
e c
tanswert
otheirquest
ion,
‘Whenwi l
lthesethi
ngsbe
?’

4)
. 15"
Mt24: Ther
efor
ewhenyous
eet
he'
abomi
nat
ionofdes
olat
ion,
'spoken
ofbyDani elt
hepr ophet ,standingi
ntheholyplace"(whoeverreads,lethim
understand),16"thenl etthos ewhoarei
nJ udeafleetothemount ai
ns. 17"Let
himwhoi sonthehous etopnotgodownt ot akeanythingoutofhishous e.18
"Andlethimwhoi sint hef iel
dnotgobacktogethi scl
othes.
19" Butwoet o
thosewhoar epregnantandt othos
ewhoar enur singbabi
esinthosedays !20
"Andpr aythatyourf l
ightmaynotbei nwinteroront heSabbath.21"For
thentherewi l
lbegr eattribulati
on,s
uchashasnotbeens i
ncethebegi nning

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oft
hewor l
dunti
lthi
stime,
no,norevershallbe.22"Andunl
esst
hos
edays
wereshor
tened,nof
les
hwouldbes aved;butfortheel
ect
'ss
aket
hosedays
wil
lbeshort
ened.
a).S
o,whenwillt
hehouseofIsraele
x per
iencei
tsul
timat
edesol
ati
on
andwhenwillt
heTemplebede st
royed?Ans wer
:‘whenyouseethe
'
abominat
ionofdes
olat
ion,
'[l
it
eral
ly,
‘theabominati
onthatmakesdes
ola
te’
]
s
pokenofbyDani
elt
hepr
ophet
,st
andi
ngi
nthehol
ypl
ace"(
whoeverr
eads
,
l
ethi
munderst
and)
b)
.Andheret
heLor
dtakesusst
rai
ghtbac
ktotheBookofDa ni
el–
26"
Da9: Andaf
tert
hesi
xty-
twoweeksMessi
ahshal
lbecutof
f,butnotf
or
Hims el
f;Andt hepeopl eoft hepr i
nc ewhoi stoc omeShal ldes t
roythecityand
thesanc tuary.Theendofi ts hallbewi thaflood, Andt i
lltheendoft hewar
desolationsar edet ermi ned. 27Thenhes hallconf i
rmac ovenantwi t
hmany
foroneweek;Buti nthemi ddl eoft heweekHes hallbri
nganendt os ac
rif
ice
andof f
er ing.Andont hewi ngofabomi nati
onss hallbeonewhomakes
desolate,Evenunt ilthec ons ummat ion,whichi sdetermi ned, Ispouredouton
thedes olate."
Da11: 31" Andf orcess hallbemus t
er edbyhi m, andtheys halldefi
lethe
sanctuar yfortress;thent heys halltakeawayt hedai l
ysac rifi
ces,andplace
theretheabomi nationofdes olation.
c).‘Thepe opleoft hepr i
ncewhoi stocome ’isaHe br
e widiomt ha tt
alks
ofthepr i
ncer athertha nthepe oplea ndsowes e etha ttheprincewhoi sto
come ,t
heAnt ichrististheonewhowi l
ldestr
oyt hec it
ya ndthes anctuaryand
thi
sde struct
ionbe gins‘ i
nt hemiddleoft hewe ek’,
a tthemi d-pointinthe
Tri
bul at
ionwhe nhebr eakshiscove nantwithIsrael,bringi
nga ne ndt o
sacri
fic
ea ndof f
e r
ing. Antichri
stistheonet hen‘whoma kesde sola
te’,who
bri
ng stheultima t
ede sol
ationtothehous eofIs
r ae
l –a ndhedoe sthi
sby
fi
rstl
ye nteri
ngt heJewi shTe mplea ndde cla
ringhims el
ftobeGod–
2Th2: 3¶Le tnoonedec eiveyoubyanymeans ;fort hatDaywi llnotcome
unles
st hefal
li
ngawaycomesfi
rst
,andthemanofs i
nisrevealed,t
hesonof
perdi
tion,4whoopposesandexal
tshi
ms elfaboveal
lthati
sc all
edGodorthat
isworshiped,sot
hathesi
tsasGodint
het empleofGod,showi nghims
elft
hat
heisGod.
d)
.Thisisthe‘abominati
onofde sol
ati
on[l
it
eral
lytheabomina
tionthat
make
sdesolat
e]s t
andingintheholyplace’
.
e)
.Luke,inthepa r
all
elaccount,
givesuse
xtradeta
ilonthi
ssamee vent
i
n-Lu21:20¶" Butwhenyous eeJer
usalemsurr
oundedbyar mi
es,t
hen
knowt
hati
tsdes
olat
ioni
snear
.

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Andthisde t
ailr
eferencesthebeginni
ngofv31f r
omDa nielChapte
r11.
f
).Andi ti
swhe nthe set
hingsareseent hatthoseinJudeashouldfle
eto
themount ai
ns,notstoppingtotakeanythi
ngwi t
ht hema siti
sfromt hi
stime
forwa
rdt hatAntichri
stwillat
tempttoe xt
ermi nat
et heJewishpeople–
Lu21:21" Thenletthosewhoar einJudeafleetothemount ai
ns,l
etthosewho
areinthemi dstofherdepar t,andl etnott hosewhoar eint hecountryenter
her.22" Forthesear ethedaysofvengeanc e,thatal
lthingswhi charewr i
tten
maybef ulfi
ll
ed………. 24" Andt heywi l
lfallbytheedgeoft hesword,andbe
ledawayc apti
veint oallnat i
ons .AndJ erusalemwi l
lbet rampledbyGent i
les
unti
lthet imesoft heGent ilesar efulfi
ll
ed.
g). Mt24:21" Fort hent herewi llbegr eattri
bulati
on, suchashasnot
beens i
nc ethebegi nningoft hewor ldunt i
lthisti
me,no, norevers hal
lbe.22
"Andunl essthosedayswer es hortened, nofleshwoul dbes aved;butfort
he
elec
t'ssaket hosedayswi llbes hortened.
Sointens
eisthedestruct
ionthatfoll
ows,andsointenseisthepers
ecut
ionof
theJe
wst ha
ttheLor dtel
lsusthatunles
sthoseda yswillbeshor
tened‘
no
f
leshwouldbes aved’–unles
sGodl it
eral
lyshort
enst hedays,pr
esumablyby
causi
ngtheearthtospinmor equickl
y,al
lhuma nlif
ewoul dbeexti
nguis
hed-
Am8: 9"Anditshal
lcomet opassinthatday,
"sayst heLordGOD, "
ThatIwil
l
maket
hes
ungodownatnoon,
AndIwi
lldar
kent
heear
thi
nbr
oaddayl
ight
;
h).However,eventhoug htheda ysareshort
ened,2/3r
dsofa l
lJewswill
bekil
leda nd1/2oft her
e s
toft heearth’
spopulati
onwillbekil
leddur i
ng
the
sefinal 3½ year
softheTr ibula
tion.
i)
.He ret
henisnotonlyt hetimingforIsrae
l’
sutte
rde s
olat
iona ndthe
dest
ructi
onoft hei
rTe mple,butalsode t
ail
,inanenca
ps ul
ate
dfor m,ofthe
ext
entoft henati
on’sdesol
ation.

5).Buta swewillr
eme mbe rthedis
ciplesquesti
onscove r
ednotonl ythe
timingofIsr
ael’
sdesola
tionbuta l
sothe‘ s
ign’oft
heLor d’
sc omingandt he
endoft heageandinthes amewa ytha tt
heLor dgavethema nover
vi e
wt o
providethecontex
tforHisa nsweraboutI s
rael’
sdesolati
ons oHepr ovides
themwi thanovervie
wwi thregar
dst othesig
nofHi scomi ng.
a
).Mt24:23"Theni fanyonesaystoyou, '
Look,hereistheChrist!
' or
'
There!'donotbeli
evei t
.24"Forfal
sechrist
sandfalseprophetswillri
seand
showgreatsignsandwonder stodecei
ve,ifposs
ible,
eventheel ec
t.25"See,
I
havetol
dyoubef orehand.26"Theref
oreiftheysaytoyou,'Look,Heisinthe
deser
t!'
donotgoout ;or'
Look,Heisintheinnerrooms!'donotbelieveit
.
b)
.Theove
rvi
ewt
heLor
dpr
ovi
deshe
res
howsat
imepr
ece
dingHi
s

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coming ,whe nfromt heJe wishpeoplet herewi l
lar i
seapos tateJewswhoa re
‘
fals
ec hristsandfa l
sepr ophets’
fort hepur poseofde ceiving‘thee l
ect’,t
he
Jewishpe opleasawhol e.
c).Andt he s
ef al
sec hri
stsandf alseprophe t
swi llshowg re
a tsi
gnsa nd
wonde rs–s uperna t
ur a
l manifes
tations.
d).Theg r
oundwor kforthisisa l
readybe ingl a
idwi thinthec ontextof
the‘Chur ch’ i
nthe seLaodi c
eanda ysa ndwi llbefur t
herc ompounde da nd
prepa redbyAnt ichri
st’
sf al
seprophe t,whohi ms elfwill
beaJ ewa ndt he
whol epur posewillbet otrytoleadI sraelawa yfromt het rueMe ssiahto
wors hipingt hatwhi chisfals
e-2Th2: 9Thec omingoft hel awlessonei s
ac
cor
dingt
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e
).Christwa r
nsthema boutthisbe
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ve rithappensanda l
sowar ns
themc onc e
rningtheclai
mst hatwil
lbema deconcerningHisretur
n–Hei sin
thede s
ert,or,Heisintheinnerrooms–whe reasChr i
st’
sretur
nwi l
lbe
nothinglikethisandtheJewishpeoplearewarnedina dvancenottobel
ieve
theseclai
ms .
f
).Havingg i
ventheovervie
ws howingmultipledecept
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rse s
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hedisci
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on-Mt24:27" For
asthel i
ghtningcomesf romt heeastandflashest othewes t,s oals
owi l
lthe
comi ngoftheSonofManbe. 28"Forwher evert hecarcassi s,ther
etheeagles
wi l
lbegather edtogether.29"Immediatel
yaf terthetribulationofthosedays
thesunwi llbedar kened,andthemoonwi llnotgiveitslight;thes t
arswillf
all
fromheaven, andthepower softheheavenswi l
lbes haken. 30" Thenthes i
gn
oftheSonofManwi l
lappearinheaven,andt henallthet ribesoftheearth
wi l
lmour n,andt heywi l
lseetheSonofManc omi ngont hec loudsofheaven
wi t
hpowerandgr eatglory.
g).Duri
ngt heg r
eatt ribulati
onc la
imswi l
lbema det hatChr ist,
I s
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s
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;cl
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lbef a rf
rom
obscure.
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c ome sfromt hee astand
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l wor l
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sr etur nandt hetimingofi t.
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ght ningi nthena t
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dc annotbepr edi c
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a ndtha tthe
geographic
all
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fromt hee a sttot hewe sts howst ha tt hes tor mi snowpa s t–anda swes hall
seei namome nt ,thisi sthepa ssi
ngoft hes tor ma sitre l
a testoIsra elwi ththe
da ysha vingbe ens hor te
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ttot heGe ntil
e
na tions–s ome thi ngwec ans eef romt hei ma geryoft hee a g
lesbe i
ngg ather ed
tog ethe rove rt hec ar c
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s.Ac arcas si sa lr
e adyi nas tateofc orruptiona ndt he
pur pos eoft hee ag l
e swoul dbet oc ons umet hec a rcasst he r
ebydoi nga wa y
wi thi tsc orrupt ion.
k).So, ifwes eet hec a rcas
sa st heGe nt il
ena tions,t hena t
ionswho,
unde rAnt ichr ist,ha vec orr uptedt hee arth, thent hei ma gebe come sc lear.The
eag lesa r
eChr ista ndHi sa ng el
sa nduponHi sre turnGe nt i
lewor ldpowe rwi l
l
beut te rl
yde str oye df ora l
l time–i tsc or rupt ionbe inge ra dic
ated. Thede tail
oft hisi snotg iveni nMa tthe wCha pte r24, the r
e forewewoul dha vet og oto
othe rs cr
ipt ur est of illi
nt hisde tail.
l)
.V29ofMa t
the wCha pter24pr ovi de sthedi recta nswe rtot he
disc iples’ que st i
on, ‘
Imme di atel
ya ftert het ribul ationoft hoseda ys…’ –t hisi s
whe nChr is t
’sr e turnwi l
l t
a kepl ac ea ndHi sr eturni sc onne ctedwi thag reat
sha ki ngofGe nt il
ea nda ng elicgove r nme nta lpowe rs–t hei ma gerys eeni nt his
ve rseoft hes un, moona nds tars,shoul dnotbet ake nl i
te ral
lybut
me taphor ically, asr epr esent i
ngdi ffe rentl eve lsofGe ntileg overnme ntal
aut hor i
tyunde rS a tana ndhi sang els .
m). Atte nt i
oni sdr awnt othi ss ames ha kingi n-He b12: 26b……. .butnow
Hehaspr omis
ed, saying, "
Yetonc emor eIshakenotonl ytheear
th,butals
o
heaven."27Nowt his," Yetoncemor e,"indicat
esther emovalofthoset
hings
thatarebeings haken, asofthingsthatar emade, thatthethi
ngswhichcannot
bes hakenmayr emain.
n).
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terofHe brewsi squot i
ngfrom-Ha g2:6"Forthussays
theLORDofhos t
s:'Onc emor e(itisalittl
ewhi l
e)Iwi l
lshakeheavenand
earth,theseaanddr yland;7'andIwi llshakeallnati
ons ,
o)
.Thi
ssamemet
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imager
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lvers
es
f
r 25"
omLuke-Lu21: Andtherewil
lbesi
gnsi
nthesun,
inthemoon,andin
t
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thdi s
tres
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ons
,withperpl
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ail
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ionof
t
hos ethingswhi c
harecomi ngontheeart
h,f
orthepowersofheavenwi l
lbe
shaken.

6)
. 30"
Mt24: Thent
hes
ignoft
heSonofManwi
llappeari
nheaven,
andt
hen
al
lthet
ribesoft
heear
thwi
llmour
n,andt
heywi
lls
eet
heSonofManc
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ng

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onthecloudsofheavenwi
thpowerandgreatglor
y.31"AndHewi l
lsendHi
s
angel
swi t
hagr eats
oundofat
rumpet,andtheywillgat
hert
oget
herHisel
ect
fr
omt hefourwinds,fr
omoneendofheaventotheother.
a).
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g nofthecomingoftheSonofManthendoesnotre
fert
oa
s
ing
lesuper
naturalmanif
est
a t
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hert
hesignist
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haki
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g
overnment
alpowe rs,
bothGentil
eandangel
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,andwouldals
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t
s
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dandonthe
i
nhabit
ant
sofJerus
alemtheSpiri
tofgrac
eands uppli
cat
ion;thentheywi
ll
l
ookonMewhomt heypier
ced.Yes,
theywil
lmour nforHimasonemour ns
f
orhisonl
yson,andgri
eveforHimasonegrievesforafi
rstborn.
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theypi ercedt ha tthena tionofI sraelwil
l a tlastsa y, ‘
BlessedisHewhoc ome s
inthena meoft heLor d.’
b).Andnoneoft hisc a nbes eparate df romt hee ndoft hea ge,whi chis
theot herpa rtoft hedi scipl es’ questi
onc onc erningt hesignoft heLor d’s
coming ,be ca
us ethee ndoft heTr i
bulati
onma rkst hec ompl etionoft he
redempt i
onoft hei nherita nc ea ndfullyc ompl etest he6000ye arsofMa n’s
th
Day; bringingt hisa getoa ne ndi nanticipa tionoft hea getoc ome ,the7 Da y.
c).Andbe yondt hee ndoft hea gec ome sthepr omi seoft her e-gathe r
ing
ofIsrael assee ni nMa tthe w24: 31.Ar e-ga theringt ha tpromi sest hehe aling
andr estorationofI sra
e l
, por te ndingthec ompl et
ec hang eing ove rnme nta l
author i
tydur ingt heMi l
le nni al Kingdomwi thI sr
a e loccupyinghe rr i
ghtful
placea tthehe a doft hena tionsont hee ar thwi t
hint heThe ocra cy,fulf
il
ling
God’spur pos ef ort heoldc rea tioninJacob.
d).Isa2: 2Nowi ts hal lc omet opas si nt hel at t
erdaysThatt hemount ain
oftheLORD' Shous eShallbees t
abl
ishedonthetopofthemountains,And
shallbeexaltedabovethehi l
ls
;Andal lnat
ionsshal
lfl
owtoit
.3Manypeopl e
shallcomeands ay,"Come, andletusgoupt othemountai
noftheLORD, To
thehous eoftheGodofJ acob;Hewi llt
eachusHisways,Andwes hallwal
kin
Hispat hs.
"ForoutofZions hallgofort
hthelaw,Andthewordoft heLORD
fromJ erusal
em.

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