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MATTHEW 23-24 Pg 3 

The gospel of the kingdom is preached

 

 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom [the good news of the imminent return of Jesus for to establish the kingdom of heaven on the earth]

[1] shall be preached [preached by Christian Jews before the Rapture of the Church, and preached by the 144,000 (Rev. 7:1-4) and the two witnesses (Rev. 11:3) after the Rapture of the Church; and finally, preached by angels (Rev. 14:6) following the close of the Antichrist Covenant week and Daniel’s 70^th week—see The Chronological Order of Revelation]

                        [a.] in all the world

                        [b.] for a witness unto all nations; and

[11.] then shall the end come [the wrath of God (Rev. 16) which precedes the end of the age and second coming of Jesus].        

 

Midweek

 

Desecration of the temple in Jerusalem at midweek

 

 24:15  When ye therefore shall see

[1] the abomination of desolation [the Antichrist],

                        [a.] spoken of by Daniel the prophet,

            [2] stand in the holy place [in the temple in Jerusalem at midweek (Dan. 9:27)],

[a.] (whoso readeth [reading here is a reference to the disciples of the end times], let him  understand:)

 

Those living in Judea [1] must flee to the mountains

 

24:16  Then

            [1] let them which be in Judaea [this commandment is given to the inhabitants of Judea: the West Bank of Israel; it is not given to the Church]

[a.] flee into the mountains [the remnant of Jews shall be hidden in the wilderness (Rev. 12:6, Rev. 12:14) during the seven trumpet judgments of the last 3 ½ years of this age, and wrath of God following the close of the Antichrist Covenant week and Daniel’s 70^th week of years.]:

 24:17  [2] Let him which is on the housetop

[a.] not come down

[11.] to take any thing out of his house:

 24:18  [3] Neither let him which is in the field

[a.] return back

[11.] to take his clothes.

 24:19  And

            [4] woe unto them

                        [a.] that are with child, and to them

                        [b.] that give suck in those days!

 24:20  But

            [5] pray ye that your flight be

                        [a.] not in the winter,

[b.] neither on the sabbath day [religious Jews keeping the Law of Moses will not want to travel—even for their safety—on the Sabbath day]:

 

The Time of Jacob’s Trouble [2]

 

 24:21  For then (vs. 23)

[1] shall be great tribulation [this is the time of Jacob's trouble (Dan. 12:1; Luke 17:28)—of Jacob (Israel) and the so-called "lost tribes" of Israel, not the Church (Jer. 30:7)—when the wrath of God is being poured out during the last 3 ½ years of The Antichrist Covenant week [and Daniel’s 70^th week] while the Antichrist is persecuting Israel (Dan. 9:27)],

                        [a.] such as was not since

[11.] the beginning of the world

[12.] to this time, no,

                                    [13.] nor ever shall be.

 24:22  And

            [2] except those days should be shortened,

[a.] there should no flesh be saved: but

            [3] for the elect's sake [the Jewish elect]

[a.] those days shall be shortened.

 

False Messiah’s and prophets shall arise

 

 24:23  Then [while the remnant of the nation is hidden in the wilderness (Rev. 12:6, Rev. 12:14)]

            [1] if any man shall say unto you,

                        [a.] Lo, here [is] Christ [the Anointed One, the Messiah],

                        [b.] or there [he is];

                                    [11.] believe [it] not.

 24:24  For there shall arise

            [1] false Christs [false Messiahs, i.e., many who say they are anointed], and

            [2] false prophets, and

                        [a.] shall show great signs and

                        [b.] [shall show great] wonders;

                                    [11.] insomuch that, if [it were] possible,

[aa.] they shall deceive the very elect [Jewish elect].

 24:25  Behold,

[3] I have told you before [Jesus taught on more than one occasion what would transpire just prior to His second coming].

 

 24:26  Wherefore if they shall say unto you [Jewish/Hebrew remnant],

            [1] Behold, he is in the desert;

[a.] go not forth:

            [2] behold, [he is] in the secret chambers;

[a.] believe [it] not.

 

The second coming of Jesus is as a flash of lightning

 

 24:27  For

            [1] as the lightning cometh

[a.] out of the east, and

                        [b.] shineth even unto the west;

            [2] so shall also

[a.] the coming of the Son of man be.

 24:28  For

[3] wheresoever the carcase is [Jesus at the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7-9), the supper of the great God (Rev. 19:17), and the battle of that great day of Almighty God…Armageddon (Rev. 16:12-16; Rev. 19:17-19; c/p. Isaiah 63:1-6)],

[a.] there will the eagles be

[11.] gathered together [to eat the flesh of kings, captains and the mighty men of the earth (Rev. 19:18; Matt 24:28; Luke 17:34-37)].

 

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