Matthew 24: Don't Fear Tribulation and the 2nd Coming

2018-05-13 Sunday

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers, Sisters & unsaved

    Last Saturday 5/5, sorry I missed Sunday 5/6 the twerp [enemy] created a trial for me  I fell off my porch steps onto the hard ground,  I prayed for help, because I couldn't get up, then hollered for help and my neighbor heard me.  He tried to help me, but couldn't and he called the paramedics.  Needless to say, they got me up, but my left leg has a few problems.  Other than that I'm ok - By the Grace of Abba I'm back.  So please keep me in your prayers, as you are in mine.

   Also, the blog page added many new languages, so I had to spend a couple hours re-entering the new languages they added.  I hope this makes it easier for you.

    I'll add a P for Prophecy, H for Healing, M for Miracle , D for Casting out Demons and a L to Learn, at the beginning of each verse that refers to these.  This Book is loaded with all that and more.

    I've been re-reading the book of Matthew, and finding so many things to interest us.  But I know, many of you have been concerned with how long before Tribulation and Jesus' 2nd Coming this Chapter has much to say about it.  Chapter 24 is the chapter we're going to discuss.  This chapter also talks about what must happen, prior to Jesus' coming for us in the RAPTURE, or GATHERING AWAY, depending what version you use. 

    I'm going to use the New King James Version, because the King James drives me nuts with the Elizabethan English, although for study, I use the New American Standard, which is the closest version to the original writings.

     Note: This study would take weeks if I listed all the Scriptures individually, so I'm paraphrasing many of them.

All verses of Matthew 24:1-31 are talking about the Jews and the Second Coming, specifically the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes and how bad they were.  Liars and thieves, but Abba sees them and tells us how He plans to deal with them.

A final warning comes from Paul in Romans 5:9 where he writes, “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.” Choose life in Christ or separation from God for all time when the time for repentance will be long gone. If Christ returns today and you haven’t yet trusted in Him, your time will be up.

MATTHEW 24:

    Verse 1  -Matthew is talking about 70 A.D.  The Disciples wanted to show Jesus the beauty of the buildings and Temple. 

P   Verse 2  - Jesus says, " Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not [one] stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

     NOTE:  This was done by king Titus and the Romans to destroy Herod's Temple in 70 A.D. 

   Verse 3 - The Disciples then asked Jesus, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what [will be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

P   Verses 4-5 - Then Jesus said, "Take heed that no one deceives you.

How can we be misled?  By listening or believing anyone who names a date of Jesus' return for only God know the time and date [Matthew 24:36].  They are not prophets of God. 

5 - "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many."

     NOTE: Many will come in His Name, saying they are the Christ.

P   Verses 6 - 7 - There will be, "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

7 - "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. "

     NOTE:  I know it sounds like we're there now, but we are in the last or latter days.  So many of the "birth pains" are starting to happen, but the end is not yet.  You'll see how much more is to come, but those walking in the Lord are told TO FEAR NOT!

P   Verses 9 - 10 - They will deliver some to martyrism until we're gathered up see [Matthew 24:30-31]

10 - Many will fall away and deliver up another and they'll hate one another.  For they hate the Word and those who believe in Jesus.  I don't think they want to be reminded of what "might" come in their eyes.

P   Verses 11 - 14 - Also, many false prophet will arise, just like Jezebel created her own priests and prophets to counteract the True Prophets, like Isaiah, Ezra, Nehemiah. etc., who would never follow, but reveal those FALSE PROPHETS, PRIESTS and SCRIBES [writers, news, etc] after we're gone. But, for those who are left behind, DO NOT FOLLOW them for it's your only hope of entering the Kingdom of Heaven with the rest of your family and loved ones!

12 - Lawlessness with increase, causing them to forget what LOVE is.

13 - But the one who endures, until Jesus returns with the Raptured Saints, to get those who did not take the mark then, He'll also restore the earth to what Abba [Father] made it to be.

14 - And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a witness to ALL the nations; then the END (when Jesus returns (2nd Coming).

P   Verses 15 - 18 - When you see the abomination, desolation, spoken by the Prophet Daniel in Daniel 9:27

     NOTE:  abomination & desolation is an expression of unclean idol worship; hence something detestable to God in the Third Temple built in Jerusalem.

16 - Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17 - Anyone on the house top, not go down to get things out of their house.

18 - Anyone in the field do not turn back to get a cloak.

     NOTE:  For any unsaved, read the story of Lot's wife.  She's not named in the Bible, only the daughters are in the Bible, Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis 19. The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom's destruction. She is not named in the Bible, but called "Ado" or "Edith" in some Jewish traditions.  This is one warning, I'D OBEY even today, if I wasn't rapture first.  The whole world will be in chaos - SO RUN!

    [Matthew 24:26-31 NKJV] 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. 29 "Immediately after the [7 years of] 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.

     NOTE:  As far as versus 30-31 this is the end of days, where Jesus come to take those who did not take the mark.  That's when the Great Thrown Judgment will take place.

Blessings - your Sister

Sandy F. - The Lord's Servant

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