Christ's Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End

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There should be little doubt that we are now in the generation that will see Lord Jesus Christ’s coming. We don’t know the day nor the hour, but Lord Jesus did give us the ‘season’ to be watching leading up to His future coming. It’s about the SIGNS He gave us in His Olivet discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. They are the signs of the SEALS in Revelation 6.

Lord Jesus commanded us to “Watch”. And that means watching those SIGNS He gave.

The devil and his children will try to sway you away from learning and knowing those SIGNS Lord Jesus gave His faithful Church. It is your responsibility as a disciple of Jesus Christ to not let that happen. Here are some of the seminary categories of the doctrines of men that try to sway away from study of those SIGNS Jesus gave in His discourse upon the Mount of Olives with His disciples:

Preterism - many Churches today dwell on this doctrine of men. It tries to cast those SIGNS in past history, as most of their doctrine revolves around the events of the 70 A.D. destruction of Jerusalem and the temple as proof of establishing the Church.

Historicism - likewise, this doctrine of men tries to push those SIGNS in past history like Preterism does.

Futurism - teaches that Christ’s Olivet discourse is meant for the Jews, and not the Christian Church. In the Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 portion of Christ’s Olivet discourse, He revealed that His coming to gather His saints will be AFTER… the tribulation. This is one of the main reasons why Futurism, which is heavily based on a pre-trib rapture, rejects Christ’s SIGNS there.

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Consider Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. This admonition was penned to Jewish Christians in the uncertain days just before the Jewish War / Great Tribulation.

God’s FAITHFUL people obeyed that verse literally, when the besieging forces offered one last humanitarian corridor. They remembered what Jesus had said:

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.

The Great Tribulation was an event that happened within the time frame Jesus gave it, to the “this generation” that was listening to him then. And sure enough, 40 years later …

And the Great Tribulation was an event that could be escaped on foot. IOW, an intensely local event.

RJR spoke of the horrible middle-third of the 20th century, when Communist and Nazi armies occupied village after village in Central Europe. The survivors WALKED away from everything, leaving the lights on and the doors unlocked, like families taking a casual walk together. They went to the bus station, and bought tickets for SHORT rides, just a village or two away. Rinse and repeat until freedom was reached. With their lives, and the clothes on their backs.

Meanwhile, agents of the occupiers waited at train stations, looking for overdressed people with heavy suitcases.

Most of the prophecies in the Olivet Discourse, and John’s retelling of that discourse in prophetic (visual, right-brain) imagery, refers to the Jewish War, which lasted 7 years, started on schedule 40 years after Jesus pronounced God’s pending judgment upon “this generation,” and kicked the feet out from under the Kingdom of God’s two chief enemies – Rome, and apostate Israel.

Get the time frame right, and you can even explain Apocalypse to Turkish Muslims in a way that makes sense.

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Hey Dr S., I remember debating you. You never did answer some of the clear and undeniable problems with your theory, which is, as @DavyP pointed out, as

None of what you said makes any sense when you look at all the things that will take place at that time. It is not possible to have happened yet. Sorry, just not.
Peter

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Christ’s command that we learn a parable of the fig tree is about following the SIGNS He gave His Church leading up to His future return in the FINAL GENERATION on earth. Men’s doctrines like Preterism instead tries to push that generation back in history when all one need do is stay with what Lord Jesus actually said, because Preterists aren’t heeding what Jesus actually said there:

Matt 24:32-36
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:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
KJV

The generation Lord Jesus was pointing to was not the days of His Apostles that were with Him there upon the Mount of Olives. The generation He pointed to will be the generation that SEES ALL THESE THINGS. What things? The SIGNS leading up to His return that He gave there in His Olivet discourse. Make no mistake, that means the FINAL GENERATION on earth because the very last SIGN He gave in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 is the event of His future return and gathering of His saints after the tribulation.

Another pointer in that above Matthew 24 Scripture is how Jesus linked that “day and hour” to the day of His coming and the end of this present world with “Heaven and earth shall pass away”. We know for certain that never happened back in history, nor has His 2nd coming happened yet today.

We have reached a time today where men’s doctrines have been created loosely based on the ‘written’ Word of God which is designed to further man’s agenda, and not God’s. There is no better way to counter men’s agenda than to stay in God’s Word as written and study it for yourself to verify what man is teaching.

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Not sure how you mean that. It is man’s doctrine of Preterism that does not make sense, simply because it does not stay with what is written in God’s Word.

But what I referenced from God’s written Word does… make sense, for those who actually study God’s Word for themselves instead of heeding men’s doctrines. Those 3 seminary examples I gave have multiple doctrines from men that do not align with God’s written Word. So if my speech does not make sense it may be an actual pointer that those who think so don’t really study God’s written Word for themselves.

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SEVEN SIGNS JESUS GAVE FOR THE END

PREFACE:

I have to say the following before I start this. What I will cover here is only from 3 Chapters of The New Testament. These Signs are actually spread throughout the whole Bible, even the Old Testament Books of the prophets. It’s like God planned it this way, that only those who sincerely listen to Him and actually study all… of His Word, will be able to see how it all connects. With that said then…

1st Sign: Deception by the coming false-Messiah.

Matt 24:1-3
24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
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.”
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?”
KJV

Lord Jesus and His disciples left the temple in Jerusalem and headed out to the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem. His disciples marveled to Him at the buildings of the temple area. Jesus said the time would come when there won’t be one stone atop another there. Then later, while upon the Mount of Olives, His disciples came to Him “privately”, and asked Him what would be the Sign of His coming, and of the end of the world. Thus the Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 Chapters are covering His Message while upon the Mount of Olives to His disciples. It is why scholars call this the ‘Olivet Discourse.’

Then Jesus told them the 1st Sign,

Matt 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, “Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in My name, saying, “I am Christ”; and shall deceive many.
KJV

Understanding the above depends on knowing what Apostle John said in 1 John 2:18 about the idea of the “antichrist”.

1 John 2:18
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
KJV

Notice especially John points to 2 different objects in the above verse, a singular “antichrist” figure the brethren had already heard that shall come, and then the “many antichrists” that even now are at work in the world. Back in the Matthew 24:4-5 Scripture, which antichrist object was Jesus pointing to?

Lord Jesus was pointing to the “many antichrists” idea, that “many” would come saying, “I am Christ”, and deceive many. And throughout history, there have been many claiming to be Jesus Christ. Later in the Matthew 24:23-26 verses He will point specifically to a singular pseudo-Christ that is to come, and do miracles, and IF it were possible, would deceive even His “very elect.” And that aligns with John’s singular “antichrist” which the brethren had already heard shall come.

Thus His 1st Sign is DECEPTION.

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The Revelation 6 Parallel:

1 st SEAL: the coming pseudo-Christ, or “antichrist”, on a white horse like how Jesus comes.

Rev 6:1-2
6 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, “Come and see.”
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
KJV

Notice the above tells us “one of the seals” was opened, it does not specifically say it was the 1st Seal, but that is what almost everybody assumes. Thing is, this rider on the white horse is a FAKE, trying to come on a white horse looking like how Lord Jesus will return per Revelation 19. This rider here is the pseudo-Christ playing Jesus for the End. He only has one crown, while Jesus has many, and this rider has a bow made of a cheap fabric (Greek toxon). Jesus at His coming on a white horse instead will carry a sword that cuts both ways.

To fully understand about this rider that will be an imposter, playing Jesus Christ, his main purpose will be to DECEIVE the whole world. And that info comes from study in other Bible Books and Chapters, like Revelatin 13 & 17, 2 Thess.2, etc., and even in the Old Testament prophets where God uses the names of flesh kings of history as symbols for that coming false-Messiah at the end.

Thus the 1st Sign of the End, is deception, and Lord Jesus said to not let any man deceive us. That means listen to Him in His Word, not to me, nor to any man. Remember what I told you that you must do your own Bible study asking God’s help, to make it yours. That is how God will give it to you, and you won’t forget it, by listening to Him in His Word, approving yourself in study to Him.

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2 nd Sign: wars and rumors of war, famines, earthquakes, kingdom against kingdom, etc.

Matt 24:6-8
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.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
KJV

All those events are the “beginning of sorrows”, or an alternate reading in the Greek is ‘birth pangs’ like a woman with child. Those above events happen PRIOR to the time of the “great tribulation” starting.

That “beginning of sorrows” timing I am pretty certain we are in today, and have been in for quite a while now. Wars are still going on, there’s been many earthquakes in various places that are increasing in number, famines, pestilences (West Nile, Ebola, Aids, Covid 19, etc.).

When Lord Jesus said we’d hear of wars and rumors of war, and to not be troubled by that, BUT the END is not yet, He was revealing just what kind of time the following period, the “great tribulation” will be. You will notice that most brethren in Christ today are being taught a lie, that the coming “great tribulation” will be a time of all out WWIII and chaos, as they include those events in the “beginning of sorrows” as the main Sign to watch for. What was Lord Jesus’ 1st Sign though to be watching? The coming great deception by the false-Messiah.

Towards the end of Daniel 8, we are told a king of fierce countenance will stand up, pointing to the end, and that he will destroy the holy people, mainly using ‘peace’. And he will cause craft to prosper in his hand. And when all wars have stopped, that is a sign of… PEACE & SAFETY, not all out WWIII and chaos. In 1 Thessalonians 5, Apostle Paul said that when ‘they’ (the deceived) shall say, “Peace and safety”, then “sudden destruction” shall come upon them. Paul was pulling from the Old Testament prophets about the “day of the Lord”, which is the last day of this present world, and the day when Jesus returns to gather His saints. God revealed through His prophet Isaiah that day of destruction upon this earth by Him will happen at an instant. It will not touch Christ’s faithful elect.

2nd SEAL: a red war horse.

The 2nd SEAL parallels the 2nd Sign of wars and rumors of wars, kingdom against kingdom, etc.

Rev 6:3-4
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, ‘Come and see.’
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
KJV

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3rd Sign: Famine, Famine of God’s Word

The 3rd Sign in Matthew 24 is part of the previous 6-8 verse covered within the “beginning of sorrows” timing.

Matt 24:7
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
KJV

Usually with war, famine occurs. But God also gave a prophecy about the end through His Old Testament prophet Amos that has another meaning for ‘famine’ at the end…

Amos 8:9-12
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
KJV

That sign in verse 9 above about the sun going down at noon (darkened), is specifically an end time sign (Matt.24:29; Rev.6:12; Rev.8:12).

The above end time “famine” God sends is for NOT hearing (understanding) His Word, looking everywhere for His Truth but not finding it. That is specifically about the idea Jesus mentioned about those who either have spiritual eyes to see, and ears to hear, or don’t have it (Matt.13:13-14).

Today the majority of the Churches are experiencing this spiritual famine for not hearing and understanding The Word of God (mainly these Signs about the End). And our Heavenly Father is Who is sending this spiritual famine upon many, all the way to the end when Jesus appears. This is also a matter showing us what Christ’s future Millennial reign will be about starting at His future return. Revelation 20 says Satan will be locked in his pit prison during that future Millennial time and not allowed to deceive the nations then.

What are major events that lead up to the time of “great tribulation”, like mentioned in Revelation 9 on the 5th Trumpet with the locusts? Their power is in their ‘mouths’ it says. Lies that cause deception. Deception is still the main Warning Sign for the End.

Real famine is happening more to poor overseas nations than in the Christian West. Yet there still is a lot people’s wealth being stolen by the locusts who work for Satan by their gloabalist economic system. All nation’s stock markets are now tied together. One begins to have problems and they all get affected. Independent national economies are a thing of the past. Those kind of things also cause famines, especially in the poorer nations.

3rd SEAL: Balances of Commerce, Famine

Rev 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, ‘Come and see.’ And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, ‘A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.’
KJV

A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny represents in Jesus’ era a time of inflation, like it would take full day of wages just to earn enough to buy a loaf of bread. It is a pointer to the locusts controlling the wealth of God’s people through world commerce, the balances (weight scales). This is hinted at with first mention of the Rev.9 locust army in the Old Testament Book of Joel.

That idea in Rev.6:6 with, “… and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine,” is about God’s people that are SEALED by The Holy Spirit with God’s SEAL for the End. The Oil in lamps in Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins represents The Holy Spirit (see Matt.25). When the five foolish virgin’s lamps run out of the Oil, they are told to go buy. Thing is, one cannot buy The Holy Spirit. New Wine is used as a symbol at times to represent God’s Word, full strength. Remember Jesus’ parable that you don’t put new wine in old bottles, lest they break. Not hurting the Oil nor the Wine means NO famine at the End regarding God’s Word to His elect. It points to Christ’s elect having and keeping God’s Truth all the way up to Christ’s future return, and they won’t be deceived.

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I really both appreciated and enjoyed that lesson, @DavyP. Thanks for sharing. Yes, I recently learned about Preterism, or Preterlites? recently. I do not understand how anyone can think that the “End Times” have already happened. It just does not make sense.
Peter

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4th Sign: More Troubles in the “beginning of sorrows” time.

Those same Matthew 24:6-8 verses cover more than one Seal.

Matt 24:6-8
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.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
KJV

4th SEAL: the Four Categories of Beast Control.

Rev 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
KJV

Note the KJV translators capitalized the word “Death”. That points directly to Satan, as he has been given the power of death (Hebrews 2:14). That version of “Hell” in the Greek refers to Haides, the abode of the wicked in the Heavenly dimension.

That is referring to a time prior to the tribulation that we are still in right now, i.e., take over of this world and all nations in moving towards the final beast kingdom of ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns, i.e., Satan’s kingdom here on earth he will eventually at the End personally come and reign over.

The 4 symbols above can be seen as real events, and are also as spiritual events. Some have mentioned that if one summed up the controls over this earth and all nations, it would come down to Four Dynasties, the Political, the Educational, the Financial, and Religion. All other functions relate as sub groups to those main four. In the Book of Joel, God uses the Four Stages of the development of a real locust to describe how the locust army works over God’s people at the end.

Joel 1:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
God asks if this prophecy had come to pass in their day already. And if not, tell their children, and their children’s children about it, all the way to the End.
4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
KJV

God reveals “a nation” as what the locusts represent. It is in the sense of an offspring of certain people, i.e., the “tares” in Jesus’ parable of the tares of the field in Matthew 13; the crept in unawares of Jude 4, etc. That is who is in control of Jerusalem today while hiding among the Jews. Likewise, they are behind all governments in today’s world. The American Council On Foreign Relations (CFR) is one such group that reminds me of them, made up of top officials from those major Four Dynasties of control. Only some of them are elected by the American people, and they claim they are just a think-tank and don’t make foreign policies. They lie. The secret initiate fraternities is another aspect of locust controls. I hope you’re beginning to see the picture.

This working over all the earth will culminate with the war in Heaven between Archangel Michael and his angels, vs. Satan and his angels. Satan with his angels will be cast out of the Heavenly dimension period, down to earth in OUR earthly dimension, along with his angels. That will be when the world controller New World Order is almost completed.

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Men’s doctrines are allowed by God to get in the way of His written Word of Truth if… one allows it. This present world is about a spiritual war between Christ’s people and Satan’s host, and God allows Satan to tempt the rebellious and haughty. For those sincere in Christ today, He has made understanding His Word in our times much easier, but we have to first listen to Him in His Word, and not to man. I know many brethren who think they cannot understand God’s Word on their own asking God’s help. IMHO that is only a sign of laziness if they are able to read and study with a basic high school education. God will show one of His in Christ Jesus who asks Him, and then gets down to disciplining their self in study of all of His written Word.

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5th Sign: Delivered Up To Give Jesus’ Testimony

Mark 13:9-13
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.

10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

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.

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.

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.
KJV

Some in Christ’s Church (His elect), towards the End, will be delivered up by Satan’s host so as to give a Testimony for Jesus Christ against the beast. Some of us might be killed for it. Then again Satan may not be allowed to kill us. The Matthew 24:9 version of this mentions some of us will be killed for giving that Testimony for Christ.

5th SEAL: Testimony For Christ

Rev 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
KJV

I think that above is self explanatory with the 5th Sign.

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6th SIGN: Coming of the False-Messiah and Tribulation

Matt 24:15-28
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:)

One must first understand the Book of Daniel where Jesus was quoting that “abomination of desolation” event from, and a little history to go with it.

It is about an IDOL abomination setup at a Jewish temple in Jerusalem. We already have a blueprint pattern for it back in history. Antiochus Epiphanes, in 170 B.C., took Jerusalem with an army, went inside the 2nd temple, and sacrificed swine upon the altar, and spread its broth around inside the temple, thus spiritually desolating the temple. He then setup an altar with an IDOL to the Greek god Zeus, and demanded that all bow to it.

Lord Jesus having quoted about that “abomination of desolation” event about 200 years later at His 1st coming reveals what? It reveals what Antiochus did in 170-165 B.C. was not the real fulfillment of that Daniel prophecy in Daniel 11:31 about that “abomination of desolation”. In the above Matthew 24:15 verse, Jesus is showing that prophecy is for the very end, and we are to be watching for it.

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

Jesus then says for those living in Jerusalem-Judea when they see that “abomination of desolation” IDOL setup in the temple there, to get out of that area to the mountains. Main reason is, recall what He said the day would come when not one stone atop another would be standing there at that temple mount? His future coming will end that new 3rd temple today’s Jews already have the materials ready to build.

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

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

When one in Jerusalem sees that, Jesus says don’t even worry about going back into the house to grab a few things. Get out of that area. In the Luke 21 version, Jesus warns those in the countries to not enter into Jerusalem at that time.

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

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

That “…woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days,” is actually a spiritual metaphor. Child birth is a blessing from God. And the Luke 21 version of this speaks of “wrath” being upon that group on that final day of Jesus’ coming. God’s Wrath on the last day is NOT upon His people in Christ.

That ‘with child’ analogy comes from the Old Testament Book of Isaiah 54, where God gave an analogy to false worship linked with that idea of being found ‘with child’. Apostle Paul pulled from that Isaiah analogy also in 2 Corinthians 11 when he said he wanted to present the Church to Christ as “a chaste virgin.” The whole idea is based on the analogy of a husband who goes away on a trip, and when he returns he finds his wife with child from another. God actually uses these kind of analogies in His Word, which might be kind of graphic for some little ole’ ladies in Church, nevertheless, there it is.

How might that, “… pray ye that your flight be not in the winter…” apply to that with child analogy? In the first part of the 6th SEAL I will mention about the “untimely figs”, which is about the early fig in the middle east that grows in the ‘winter’, but falls off in the spring. It is an early fig. Lord Jesus used the analogy of His coming in symbolic summer, which is the harvest time of the good fig. So if you are spiritually harvested in the spring, it means you did not stay “a chaste virgin” for your True Husband Jesus Christ (yes, Paul uses that idea of Christ being our True Husband in that 2 Corinthians 11 Scripture too. It’s because God used it in Isaiah 54.)

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.

When that “abomination of desolation” IDOL is setup in a new Jewish temple in Jerusalem, that will officially kick off the time of “great tribulation.”

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.

The original prophetic time for the great trib was given in the Book of Daniel, and was to be 1260 days, or 42 months, or 3.5 years. The Book of Daniel shows the final prophetic 70th week in the Daniel 9 prophecy about Israel and Jerusalem would be “one week”, representing 7 years. It was to be the latter half of the symbolic “one week” (7 years), or the latter 1260 days.

Per Revelation 11, 1260 days is also the time God’s “two witnesses” are to prophesy against the beast specifically in Jerusalem.

But Lord Jesus said He shortened that original prophetic time. What to?

In Revelation 9, one learns that the locusts are not allowed to hurt any green thing, but only sting those men who do NOT have God’s Seal in their foreheads. And the locusts are given to do that stinging only for “five months.” That is the shortened time of the “great tribulation.”

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

This is where it is easy to get confused, because the above verse is definitely about a singular Christ ‘they’ will claim has come.

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.

The above “false Christs” phrase is the Greek word pseudochristos, made up of two Greek words, pseudo , which means false, and christos , which means Christ, singular tense. In Greek just because a word has an ‘s’ on the end of it does not mean it is plural. Christoi is the plural version of Christs.

For that reason, Dr. James Strong in his Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance translated that pseudochristos as ‘a spurious Messiah’. It is about a singular false-Messiah, or THE Antichrist.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

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.

Lord Jesus gave that Sign about the coming of a singular false-Messiah, with those claiming Jesus has come, twice for emphasis. That means His Message there is real… important.

That coming false-Messiah will be the true Antichrist. The difference in this one and the “many” Jesus showed earlier in His 1st Sign that will only say… they are Christ, is that this one above will have the power to work “great signs and wonders” that IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, would deceive even Christ’s “very elect.” Apostle Paul describes this same one doing those signs and lying wonders as the “man of sin” and “son of perdition” in 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

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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.

Just as many people can see lightning striking across the sky, so it will be with Jesus’ future 2nd coming. I believe that will have to do with the Spirit involving the change to our “spiritual body” on that “last trump.”

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

The above analogy was given at the end of Luke 17. Jesus in Luke 17 mentioned how there would be two in the field, one taken and the other left behind. His disciples then asked Him, “Where, Lord”, those taken would be going to. That is when Jesus said the above analogy, the only difference is the one in Luke 17 just uses the body instead of “carcase”. Yet “carcase” is accurate because Jesus showed the one ‘taken’ would be taken to wheresoever the fowls are that eat on a dead carcase. This mean if you truly are in Christ Jesus, you do NOT want to be one of the first ones ‘taken’. The Pre-trib Rapture school instead teaches this means you are taken by Lord Jesus in a rapture. That was not how Lord Jesus answered His disciples.

6th SEAL, 1st PART: Satan and his angels coming to earth.

The 6th SEAL of Revelation 6 actually has 2 separate parts. The first part is about the coming of Satan and his angels to earth, i.e., by the war in Heaven of Revelation 12:7 forward.

Rev 6:12-13
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
KJV

In the last verse of Revelation 1, Jesus defines the stars John saw in His hand as angels of the seven Churches. Thus God’s Word sometimes uses stars to represent angels. The above mentions the “stars of heaven fell unto earth.” It’s about angels. Per God’s Word, just which angels fell from Heaven in the past? Satan and his host of angels. That is who this is about, pointing to the result of the war in Heaven that will take place when Satan and his angels are kicked out of Heaven down to this earth. That is what that Revelation 12:7-17 Scripture is about. They are coming. Some wrongly claim that war in Heaven already happened when Satan fell originally, but no so, because that Revelation 12:7-17 Scripture contains specific end time prophecy.

Why is Satan and his angels coming to earth, what’s that mean exactly? That Revelation 12:7-9 Scripture reveals when that war in Heaven happens, there will be no more place found in Heaven for Satan and his angels. There’s only two separate dimensions of existence written of in God’s Word, and that is this earthly dimension we live in, and then the Heavenly dimension where God and the angels dwell. So where must… Satan and his angels go once kicked out of the Heavenly? Don’t be afraid to say what God’s Word is pointing to with that. Satan and his angels are coming here, on earth, in OUR earthly dimension. Those still alive when he comes will actually see him on earth, with his angels. They all have the image of man, simply because the image of man originates from God’s Own Image, his own outer Likeness.

The “untimely figs” idea I kind of already explained. It’s about the winter fig that grows in winter and falls off in spring, an early fig. So if you are gathered early in the symbolic spring, then it means you failed to wait on Jesus’ coming later at summer harvest.

This “untimely figs” idea points to the time of the “great tribulation”, which is when Satan will come and end sacrifices in Jerusalem, and instead setup the “abomination of desolation” IDOL in the new temple in Jerusalem.

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7th Final SIGN: Jesus’ 2nd coming to gather His saints

Matt 24:29-31
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:

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.

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.
KJV

Lord Jesus was emphatic and clear on the time of His future return being AFTER the tribulation. There’s really no excuse for those who deny that.

What Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thessalonians 4 about the day of Christ’s future coming and gathering of His Church aligns perfectly with what Jesus taught above. Also the Mark 13:24-27 version, Apostle Paul aligns with it too.

In the above Matthew 24:31 verse, notice where those saints are gathered ‘from’. They are gathered “… from one end of heaven to the other.” In 1 Thess.4:13-16, the saints who have already died Jesus brings with Him when He comes. They are already with Him there in the heavenly. Then the Mark 13:27 version is about those saints still alive on earth when Jesus comes, as they are “caught up” to Jesus and the asleep saints Jesus brings with Him. This slight difference between the two versions give more detail about the event overall.

This is the final SIGN Lord Jesus gave in His Olivet discourse about the End. After this He starts talking about other signs to mark His future coming, but they are all part of that final 7th Sign about His future return.

6th SEAL, 2nd Part: God’s Wrath, and Jesus’ Return

Rev 6:14-17
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him That sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
KJV

The heaven departing as rolling up a scroll was first given about the final day of this world in the Old Testament prophets (See Isaiah 34). Those on earth seeking to hide and see The Father on His throne in Heaven, and their trying to hide from the Wrath of The Lamb Jesus Christ, are all events to occur on the last day of this present world. That those men will see the Heavenly throne means they will have been changed to their spiritual bodies. Revelation 1 says when Jesus does come, all eyes shall see Him coming in the clouds, even those who pierced Him.

The “wrath” this is referring to is God’s final cup of wrath upon the wicked that will happen on the last day of this world.

These events are timed with the 7th Trumpet, and the 7th Vial. Could this possibly be the actual 7th SEAL? In a way yes. The 7th Seal isn’t mentioned until Revelation 8:1 when there is silence in Heaven for half an hour.

However, you should have noticed that the “great tribulation” with Satan coming to play Jesus happens on the 6th Sign and 6th Seal. The 6th Trumpet and 6th Vial timing also points to the time when Satan comes, which is for the tribulation events. Thus 666.

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So there it is, the 7 SIGNS of the END that Lord Jesus gave us, His faithful Church that He commanded us to be watching leading up to His future return.

They are the same SIGNS in the SEALS of Revelation 6, so we know they are given for His Church, and for the end of this world especially. If you study them, and understand them, then you will automatically know when men’s doctrines try to creep in to take that understanding out of your mind, much like the seed falling on the wayside, a hard compacted walking path which won’t allow the seed to take root, and thus the fowls come and eat it up, and take it out of your mind (See Christ’s parable of the sower).

The ultimate ministry those in Christ have during the coming “great tribulation” is to give that Mark 13 Testimony for Jesus against the beast. We are to be ready to make that stand for our Lord Jesus, because God is going to speak to the whole world through us by The Holy Spirit. The Luke 21 version of Christ’s Olivet discourse reveals that even the gainsayer won’t be able to resist what The Holy Spirit will say through us in that ‘hour’. So Jesus told us to not premeditate what we will say in that hour, but allow The Holy Spirit to speak through us. (See Mark 13).

Satan’s host, and those whom he has deceived, will try and get us to believe we won’t be here for the “great tribulation”, and that the first supernatural Messiah will be The Christ when that first one coming Lord Jesus and Apostle Paul warned us that first supernatural Messiah will be a fake, so don’t believe on that first one. Basically, if we are still in the flesh when that false-Messiah shows up, then we know that is the fake, because when Lord Jesus comes we who are still alive on earth will be changed to our “spiritual body” at the twinkling of an eye (See 1 Corinthians 15:51-54).

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