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kuru–August2015
Mat
the
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tOne

1)
. 1¶The
Mt24: nJes
uswentoutanddepar
tedf
romt
het
empl
e,andHi
s
disc
ipl
escameupt oshowHi mthebui l
dingsofthet emple.
2AndJ esussai
dt o
them,"
Doyounots eeallt
hesethings?Assuredly,Isaytoyou, notonestone
shal
lbelef
thereuponanother,t
hats hal
lnotbet hrowndown. "3NowasHe
satontheMountofOlives
,thedis
c i
plescamet oHi mprivat
ely, s
aying,"
Tellus,
whenwi l
lthes
ethingsbe?Andwhatwi l
lbethes ignofYourc oming,andof
theendoftheage?
"
a).Inv3t hedi sciplesa s ktheLor d2i nterrelatedque sti
ons–t hef ir
stis,
‘
whe nwi lltheset hing sbe ?’ andt hes econd, ‘
wha twillbet hesignofYour
comi ng ,
a ndoft hee ndoft hea ge? ’
b).Thef i
rstque sti
oni sonec onc e
rningt ime ,‘
whe n’,atwha ttime ,‘
will
theset hingsbe ’ –andt het hing sthe ya r
ea skinga boutc aus eustog oba ckto
stateme ntsma debyChr istinCha pt er23a ndt he ntoChr ist’
swor dsinv2of
Cha pter24i nr e l
ationt ot hede struc t
ionoft heTe mpleinJ erusalem. Andt hat
whi chChr i
stsaysr ecorde di nCha pter23a ndt hebe ginningofCha pter24i s
conne ctedt othena tionofI sraela lone–i tha stodos olel
ywi the vents
conc erningt heJ ewis hpe opl ea ndi sJewishe nt i
re l
yini t
ss cope,butt hef ocus
throug houtr ema i
nswha titc anonl yeverbe ,theMi l
lennialKingdom, the7th
Day–a ndt ha twhi chHes aysmus ta l
sobepl a cedwi thinthef r
a me wor kof
Jes
us ’me ss
a gethr oug houtHi se arthlymi nistry.
c).Ands ot oputwha tt heLor dsaysint he se2Cha ptersintoitsc orrect
contextl et’
sg oba c ka ndr evi ews omet hingst hatwea lr
e adyknow, goingba ck
fi
rstlyintof ounda tion, tos eeonc ea gainGod’ ss t
a t
edpur pos eforc reating
Ma n-Ge1: 26¶The nGods aid,"LetUsmakemani nOuri mage, ac c
or dingto
Ourl
ikenes
s;l
ett
hemhavedomi
nion……….
.
God’spurposethenforcreat
ingma nisr eg
a l
,i
tisforthepurposeofr ulership,
andthisrul
e r
shipisfi
rstl
ytobee xer
c is
edbyt hefait
hfulpor
tionoft he
th
ete
rnallysavedinthe7 Da y;thepointintimetowhi challs
cripturemove s–
ati
mewhe nS at
ana ndhisangelswil
l bereplace
dbyane worde rofr ul
ers-
Heb2:5¶ForHeha snotputtheworldt ocome, ofwhichwes peak,in

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subject
iont oangels.6Butonet es
tif
iedinac er
tainplac
e,sayi
ng:"Whati s
mant hatYouar emindfulofhim,Orthes onofmant hatYoutakec areofhi
m?
7Youhavemadehi mal i
tt
lelowerthantheangels;Youhavec rownedhi m
withgloryandhonor ,Andsethimovert hewor ksofYourhands .
8Youhave
putallthingsins ubj
ecti
onunderhi sfeet
."ForinthatHeputallins ubj
ecti
on
underhi m, Heleftnothi
ngthatisnotputunderhi m.Butnowwedonotyet
seeallthingsputunderhi m.
d).
Andthi
sne
wor derofrul
ersmustcomethroug
hthe‘s
ee d’
ofone
ma
n,Abr
aha
m-Ge22:17"bless
ingIwil
lbles
syou,andmult
ipl
yingIwil
l
multi
plyyourdes c
endantsast
hes tar
softheheavenandasthesandwhic
hi s
ontheseashore;andyourdescendantss
hallpos
sessthegat
eofthei
renemies.
18"Inyourseedal lt
henati
onsoftheearthshal
lbebless
ed,bec
auseyouhave
obeyedMyvoic e.
"
e
).Abraham’sdesce ndantsthen,andhisdesce
nda ntsalone,wil
lbethe
ng7ht
oneswhowi ll
rulefromt hehe avensandont heeart
hdur i
ngt hec omi
Dayandt he
sede s
c e
ndant sofAbr ahammus tcomethrought helineag
eof
Isa
ac,t
henJacoba ndJacob’s12s ons–thena ti
onofIsr
ae l
.
f
).ThatIs
raelshouldhol dthispre
e mi
ne ntpos
iti
oni sma deplai
nforus
inGod’
swor dsrecordedinEx odus-Ex4: 22"Thenyous hallsaytoPharaoh,
'
Thuss aystheLORD:"Is
raelisMyson,Myfi
rst
born.
Astat
e mentthatr
efl
ectsbackon-Is 1¶Butnow,
a43: thussaystheLORD,
whocr eat
edyou,OJacob,AndHewhof ormedyou,OIsrael
:"Fearnot
,forI
haveredeemedyou;Ihavec all
edyoubyyourname;YouareMi ne.
g).Andi tiswithi
nt hepurviewofI sra
el’
ss t
atusa sGod’
sfirstbornson,
withi
nt hecont extofGod’spurposeforMa n,thatChr i
stcomestot hee ar
th
withtheof f
e roftheKingdomoft heHe avenstoI s
rae l
;anoffe
rs ubjectto
Is
rael
’sna ti
ona lrepenta
nc efr
omc enturiesofunbe l
iefanddisobe di
ence;
dis
obe die
nc ethatweha vewi tnes
sedthr oughthee ventsatKade shBa r
nea
andthena tion’sacti
onsdur i
ngthee nsui
ngc enturi
e sleadi
ngtot heAs s
yria
n
andBa bylonianc apt
ivi
tiesandbeyond.

Andwewi l
lrememberthatfoll
owingJohntheBapt
ist
’simpris
onmentJesus
conti
nuestopreacht
hisones peci
fi
cme ss
age,amessagethati
sconsi
ste
nt
withGod’ssta
tedpur
pos eforMa nthr
oughIsrae
l–Mt4: 17Fromthatti
me
Jes
usbegant
opr
eac
handt
osay,
"Repent
,fort
heki
ngdomofheaveni
sat
hand.
"

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Andt
hisme
ssa
gea
tthi
sti
mec
anonl
ybef
ort
heJ
ewsa
l 24ButHe
one-Mt15:
answeredands
aid,
"Iwasnots
entexc
eptt
othel
osts
heepoft
hehous
eof
Is
rael
."
Despit
eIsrael
’spreviouscenturi
esofunbelieft
heystill
rema inedtheonl y
gr
oupofpe opleont hefaceoftheeart
ha tthisti
met hatcouldbeg iventhe
of
feroftheKingdomoft heHe a
vensasthiswa sanofferonlya vai
lablet
ot he
et
ernall
ys ave
df r
omt heseedofAbrahamt hroughIsaacandJ acob,thos
ewho
ar
et hereposi
toryoft hepromises-Heb11: 12Thereforefromoneman, and
himasgoodasdead, wer ebornasmanyast hes tar
soft hes kyi nmulti
tude--
innumerabl easthesandwhi c
hi sbyt heseashor e.13Thes eal ldiedinfait
h,
nothavingr ecei
vedthepr omises,buthavingseent hemaf arof fwereas s
ured
ofthem,embr ac
edthemandc onfessedthattheywer es tranger sandpi l
grims
ontheear th.14Forthosewhos ays uchthi
ngsdec l
ar eplainlyt hattheyseeka
homeland. 15Andt r
ulyiftheyhadc al
ledtomi ndt hatc ount ryf romwhi ch
theyhadc omeout ,t
heywoul dhavehadoppor tunityt oret urn. 16Butnow
theydesireabet t
er,
thatis,aheavenl ycountr
y. Ther eforeGodi snotashamed
tobecalledt hei
rGod,forHehaspr eparedacityf orthem.
h).Andaswewi llreme mberI
srae
l,l
edbyt heirrel
igi
ousleader
s,
rej
ectedthisof
ferandre j
ecte
dtheOnewhobr oug htitr
esult
inginthe
Kingdomoft heHeavens,thereal
mfromwhi c
hr ulershi
pove rt
hee ar
thwill
t
h
ta
kepl ac
edur i
ngthe7 Da y,bei
ngta
kenfromthe m-Mt21: 43"Therefor
eI
sayt
oyou,t
hekingdomofGodwi
llbet
akenf
romyouandgi
vent
oanat
ion
bear
ingt
hefrui
tsofi
t.
i
).I
tisfromthi
sti
met henthattheLor
d’scrucif
ixi
ona ndresur
recti
on
t
a kec
enterstagea
ndthisti
met hatl
eadsusintoChrist
’sf
urther
condemnati
onofthescr
ibesandPha r
iseesa
ss ee
ni nMa t
thewCha pter23-
Mt23:13¶" Butwoetoyou,sc
ribesandPharis
ees,hypocri
tes!Foryoushut
uptheki
ngdomofheavenagai
nstmen;f
oryounei
thergoi
nyour
sel
ves
,nor
doyoual
lowthos
ewhoar eenter
ingt
ogoin.
Thi
sist
hefir
stof7‘
woes’pr
oclai
medaga
ins
tIs
rae
l’
srel
igi
ousleader
s,
cul
mina
tingi
nthisc
onde
mna ti
onrec
ordedi
n–Mt23:32"Fi
llup,
then,t
he
meas ureofyourfather
s'guil
t.
33" Serpents
, br
oodofvipers!Howc anyou
escapethec ondemnati
onofhell[Ge henna]?34¶" Theref
or e,
indeed,Isend
youpr ophets,wisemen,andscri
bes :someoft hemyouwi llkil
landc ruci
fy,
ands omeoft hemyouwi lls
courgei nyoursynagoguesandper s
ecutefrom
ci
tytoc it
y,35" t
hatonyoumayc omeal lt
her i
ghteousbloods hedont heearth,
fr
omt hebloodofr i
ght
eousAbelt othebloodofZec har
iah,sonofBer echi
ah,

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whomyoumur deredbet
weenthetempl
eandtheal
tar
.36"
Ass
uredl
y,Is
ayt
o
you,
allt
hes
ethingswil
lcomeuponthi
sgener
ati
on.
j
).Nowa l
lofthi
sprovi
de stheconte
xtwhic
hleadsi
ntoChris
t’
s
pr
onouncementconce
rningIsr
a e
l r
ecordeda
ttheendoft
heCha pt
er–
37"
Mt23: OJerusal
em,Jerus
alem, t
heonewhokill
stheprophet
sandst
ones
thosewhoar esenttoher !HowoftenIwant edtogatheryourchi
ldren
together,asahengat hersherchi
c ksunderherwi ngs,butyouwerenot
will
ing!38" See!Yourhous eisl
efttoyoudes ol
ate;39" f
orIsayt
oyou,you
shallseeMenomor et i
llyousay,'
BlessedisHewhoc omesinthenameofthe
LORD! '"
Thede sol
a t
ionspokenhe reagai
nstIsrae
l,‘
Yourhouseisleftt
oyoude solate’
,
mus tofnecessit
yencompa ssnotonlytheJewishpeopl
e,butalsothecit
yof
Jer
us al
em, t
heTe mplea ndthegeographi
calla
nd.
k).Andi ti
sthispronounced‘desol
ati
on’ofthehouseofI sr
ael,
witht he
comingKi ngdomi nview,thati
sthefocusforwhatwes eeatthebe gi
nningof
Chapter24- Mt24:1¶The nJes
uswentoutanddepar tedfromt hetemple,and
Hisdiscipl
escameupt oshowHimt hebui l
dingsofthetemple.
2AndJ esus
saidtothem, "
Doyounots eeal
lthesethings?Assuredl
y,Isayt
oyou, notone
stoneshallbelefther
euponanot her,t
hats hal
lnotbethrowndown. "
Ane ventalsorecordedintheparal
lelaccountbyLukein-Lu21: 5¶The n,as
somes pokeoft hetemple,howitwasador nedwi t
hbeautif
ulstonesand
donations,Hesaid,6"Thesethi
ngswhi chyous ee--
thedayswillcomein
whi c
hnotones toneshal
lbelef
tuponanot herthatshal
lnotbet hrowndown."
l
) .
S o,whe nJe susa sksHisdisc i
ple s,‘
Doyounots eea llt
he sethings?’He
isas kingi fHisdisc iplesha vesee
n, ifthe yha veunde r
stoodt he
pronounc eme ntsHeha sjus tmadea g ainstthes cribesandPha ris
e esrefl
ecting
bac konHi sremova loft heof f
eroft heKi ng domoft heHe avensf romt he
Jewi shna ti
onr esultingi nt hehous eofI srael be ingleftde s
olate,i
nc l
udingt he
des t
r uc t
ionoft heTe mpl e ,witht
heul ti
ma t
epr omi seofaf utureda ywhe n
Israe lwill sa
y, ‘
Bles sedi shewhoc ome si nthena meoft heLor d’–i nother
wor dsHea sksthe m, ‘
ha veyouunde r
stooda nyt hingI ’
vebe ens aying?’
m) .Ands oiti st hatwhi chJesusha spr e vious l
ys a
idwi thr especttothe
th
7 Da ya ndI s r
ae ltha tpr ovidest
hec ont extfort hedi sci
pl es
’que sti
onst hat
thenf ol l
ow–l it
era llythe nt heyask,whe n,a twha ttime,wi l
lthena t
ion,
includi ngt helanda ndt hec i
tybeleftde s
ola tea ndt heTe mpl ebede s t
royed?
Andwha twi l
lbet hes i
gnofYourc omi nga ndt hee ndoft hea gewhe nIsrael
willa tlas tsay,‘
Ble sse disHewhoc ome sint hena meoft heLor d’
?

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 n).
Inthevers
estha tf
oll
owJesusa
nswe r
sthesequest
ionsve
ry
prec
isel
y,aswewillse
e, butbef
orewegothereinMatthe
wa ndtohel
pus
underst
andexact
lywha tHedoe ss
aywewi l
lvis
its
omeve rs
e sf
romDani
el
fi
rst
.

2)
. 24"
Da9: Sevent
yweeksar
edet
ermi
nedForyourpeopl
eandf
oryourhol
y
cit
y, Tof i
nisht hetr
ans gr es
sion,Tomakeanendofs ins,Tomake
reconc iliati
onf ori
niqui ty,Tobr i
ngi never l
as ti
ngr ighteous nes s
,Tos ealup
visionandpr ophecy,Andt oanointt heMos tHol y.25" Knowt her ef
or eand
under s tand, Thatf
romt hegoi ngfor thoft hec ommandTor es toreandbui ld
Jerusal emUnt ilMessiaht hePr i
nce, Theres hal lbes evenweeksands ixty-
two
weeks ;Thes tr
eetshal lbebui l
tagain, andt hewal l,Eveni ntroubl esomet imes.
26" Andaf t
ert hesi
xty- twoweeksMes s i
ahs hallbec utoff,butnotf orHims el
f;
Andt hepeopl eofthepr incewhoi st ocomeShal ldes troythec ityandt he
sanc t
uar y.Theendofi ts hal
lbewi thaf lood, Andt illtheendoft hewar
desolat ionsar edetermi ned.27Thenhes hal lconfirmac ovenantwi thmany
foroneweek;Buti nthemi ddleoft heweekhes hallbringanendt osacrif
ice
andof fering.Andont hewi ngofabomi nationss hallbeonewhomakes
desolat e, Evenuntilthec onsummat ion, whi chi sdet ermined, I
spour edouton
thedes olate."
a) .
Wea rebl es sedt ha ttheLor ddoe snotl eaveust oourownde vi
ce s
whe ni tcome stounde rsta ndi ngt hes cri
ptur es, butins t
e adHepr ovidesforus
thatwhi chwene edt oknows ot hatwec a
nunde rstandc orr
ec tl
yi fwewi l
l
takethet i
met os earchi tout .
b) .
Nowwhe re asitist ruet osayt hatt hehous eofI sra
el ha sbee n
‘
de solate’andf ruitlessnowf orc enturiesandt ha tthe i
rTe mplewa sdestroyed
byt heRoma nsi n70ADt ha twhi chJesuss aysi nMa t
thewCha pte r24c annot
pos si
blyber eferringt oe ithe roft hesebe ca useofwha tweknowf rom
studyingDa niel Cha pter9.
c).Fromt ha twhi chwes eei nv24ofDa nie l9wec anknowf orc er
tain
thatGodha sor da ine dave rys pe cifi
cpe ri
odoft imef ortheJ e
wi s hpe oplein
whi cht heirt rans gressionswi l
l bef i
nished, theirs insbr oughtt oa ne nd,
reconc il
iationbe ingma def ort he i
riniquitywhi c hwi llall
owf ore ve r
lasti
ng
righteous ne sst obebr oug hti n, forvisiona ndpr ophe cyt obes ea ledup, and
theMos tHol y,theLor dJ esusChr i
st,tobea noint ed[ withrespe cttor ulershi
p]
–as pe cif
icpe riodoft i
met he nt ha twillbringa boutt her epenta ncea nd
restorat i
onofI sr aelwhi chwi llle adintoChr is
t’sMi l
lennialKing dom.
d) .
Andt hiss pecifi
cpe riodoft i
meg ive nhe rei nDa nieliss hownt obe ,

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‘
Se ventyweeks’,
or70s et
sof7–490ye ar
s .
Andnotonl yt his,
butwea r
e
givenas pec
ifi
ctimefromwhichthe490ye arsar
et obec ounted–‘fromt he
goingforthofthecommandTor est
oreandbui l
dJerusalem’ –Thiscomma nd
wa sgivenbyAr t
a x
erx
e si
nabout445BCandi srecordedinNe hemi a
hCha pt
er
2-Ne2: 5AndIs ai
dtotheki
ng,"I
fitpl
easestheking,andi fyourservanthas
foundfavorinyours i
ght,IaskthatyousendmetoJudah,t
otheci
tyofmy
fathers
'tombs,thatImayr ebui
ldit.
"6Thenthekingsai
dtome( t
hequeen
alsosit
tingbesi
dehim) ,
"Howl ongwi l
lyourj
our
neybe?Andwhenwi llyou
return?"Soitpl
easedtheki ngt
os endme;andIsethi
mat ime.
e).So,justtotakeal ooka ttheworldtodaywi ll
showust hatI
s r
aeli
s
neit
herrepe ntantnorr est
or eda syet,
thatChri
stha snotret
urned,thatt
he
Mill
ennialKing domofChr istha snotbeguna ndthattherehavebeen
consi
de r
ablymor ethan490ye arssinceArtaxe
rxesissuedhisdecre
e–l eavi
ng
uswi t
honl yonee x
planation,confir
me dbythes cr
iptures–whichisthat
God’s490ye a r
ss peci
fic
a l
lyforHi speopl
eIsraelhavenotyetbe e
nc omplete
d
andbyc ompa r
ings cr
ipturewi thscri
pturewewoul dunde rs
tandwhy-Tha t
fr
omt hegoingfort
hofthec ommandTor es
toreandbui l
dJerusal
emUnt i
l
MessiahthePrinc
e,Thereshallbesevenweeksands ixt
y-twoweeks ;The
st
reetshallbebui
ltagai
n,andt hewall
, Evenintroubles
omet imes.26"And
af
terthesixty-
twoweeksMes siahshallbecutoff,butnotforHimself;
f).Fr omt heseverseswec ans eethattherea r
e69‘we eks’or483ye ars
fr
omAr tax erxesdecreetothec r
uc i
fi
x i
onofChr i
s tandweha vea l
readyseen
fr
ome arli
e rinours t
udyt hattheLor d’
sc ruci
fi
xionistheterminalpointof
Is
rael
’sreje c
tionoftheirMe s
siaha ndHi sproff
eredKingdom, andwea l
so
knowtha ttheKi ngdomoft hehe avenswhi chwa stakenfr
omI sraelatthis
ti
meha s,forthel a
st2000ye ars,beenof fe
r e
dtot he‘c
hurch’,t
hene wna ti
on
whic
hi stopr oducet hefr
uitsofit.
g ).
Ac15: 14"Simonhasdec l
aredhowGodatt hefi
rstvis
itedthe
Gent
il
est
otakeoutoft
hemapeopl
eforHi
sname.
Tha twhic hS i
mon‘ hasde clar
ed’ i
spicturedinthet ypef romGe nesi
sCha pt
er
24ofAbr aha m’sol destservantsearchingoutabr idef orIs aa
c–f ulf
il
ledinthe
wor koft heHol yS piritthroughoutthispr e
sentdispe nsationa mong s
tGod’s
‘
fami l
y’
, Chr i
sti
a ns, a
sHes eeksthosewhowi l
l f
oll
owHi mi nordertobepa rt
th
oftheBr ideofChr istforthepur poseofrulershi
pi nthe7 Da y.
h) .Andt hos ewhowoul dma keupt his‘
Br i
de’ mus tofc oursebefrom
the‘seed’ ofAbra ha mt hroughIsaaca ndJacobandJ ac ob’s12s ons,becauseit
wa stoAbr ahama ndhi sseeda l
onet hatthepromis ewa sg i
ven-Ga3: 28

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Ther eisnei
therJ ewnorGr eek, t
her eisnei
thers l
avenorf r
ee,thereisneither
mal enorfemale;f oryouar eallonei nChri
stJesus.29Andi fyouareChr i
st'
s,
thenyouar eAbr aham' ss eed,andhei rsaccordi
ngt othepromi se.
i
).Ortos ayt hissamet hinga notherway-Ga3: 8Andt heScri
pt ure,
foreseeingt
hatGodwoul dj usti
fytheGent i
lesby[ t
he]fait
h,preachedt he
gospeltoAbr ahambef orehand, saying,"
Inyoual lt
henat i
onss hal
lbe
blessed."9Sothent hosewhoar eof[ the]f
ait
har eblessedwi t
hbelieving
Abr aham.
j).Anda l
l thewhi letha tGodi sde alingwi t
hHi shous ehol ds er va nts ,
compr isingt he‘ Chur c h’,Hei snotde a li
ngwi thI sra elwhomHeha ss e ta side
forthi spe ri
odoft ime–s ome thingc lear l
ypi c t
ure di nt hepa nor ami cs e que nce
givent hroug hGe ne sisCha pt ers21- 25.
k).Nowt hema thwi l
l tell ust ha tif69‘ we eks ’or483ye a rsonl yha ve
t
h
expir edi nGod’ sde a l
ing swi thI sr ael the remus tre ma ina70 ‘ we ek’, af inal7
yea rsye tt obec ompl eted.
l).Thenhes hal lc onfirmac ovenantwi thmanyf oroneweek;Buti nt he
mi ddleoft heweekHes hal lbr inganendt os acrif
ic eandof fer i
ng. Iti sthi s
t
h
‘
onewe ek’ seenhe r et ha tist hef inal70 ‘ we ek’,thef i
na l7ye a rs,tha twhi ch
compr ise sthet imet ha tweknowa st heTr ibul at
ionwhi chwi llbringt he490
yea rst oc ompl etion.
m) .Nowbe ca us eGodne ve rde alswi tht wodi fferents e tsofhous e hold
th
serva nt sa tthes amet i
met hi s70 ‘ we ek’forI srae lcannotbe ginunt ila fter
ther e surr ecti
on/ ra ptur eoft he‘ Chur ch’ .
n).Andi tist hispe riodoft ime ,the70th‘ we e k’,t
heTr ibul ationt ha t
Chr i
s t’
sa ns we rc onc er ning‘ whe nwi ll thes ething sbe ?’ i
sdi re cted.
o).Thede solationoft hehous eofI srae lthatChr istspe aksofi nMa t t
hew
Cha pte r23a ndt hede struc tionoft heTe mpl eHes pe a
ksofi nCha pt e r24a r
e
tot akepl acea f
te rHi sc r ucifixion–butt he yc annotha ppe ni nt het imewhe n
Godi sde a li
ngwi tht heChur c hbe caus et he ys pecificall
yr elatet othena tionof
Israel, whi chme anst he yr ema inye tfut ure ,dur i
ngt het i
meoft heTr ibul a ti
on.
t
h
Inot he rwor dst hes et hing sdon’ tha ppe npr iortoordur ingt he69 ‘ we e k’as
de t
aile di nDa nie lbe ca us eJe suss pea ksoft he ma sbe i
ngye tf uture ,a nds o
t
h
theyc anonl ybef ul f
illeddur i
ngt he70 ‘ we ek’–ape riodoft imet ha tc annot
pos siblyha veta kenpl a ceye t,norc ant a kepl aceunt ilafterthe‘ Chur c h’ is
remove d.

3)
.Sowi
tha
llt
hisi
nmi
nd,
let
’sr
eme
mbe
rthef
ir
stoft
hedi
sci
ple
s’que
sti
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Whe nwillt
he sethi
ng sbe ?
’Andi nor dertoa nswe rthis
,theLor dbeg
insby
givi
ngacompl eteovervi
e woft hetimewhe nt hesethingswillcometopa ssi
n
v4-14ofMatthewCha pt
e r24,be f
oredr oppingba cktowhe reHeha d
previ
ousl
ybe gunint heve rs
est hatf
ollow, v15-22,whe retheirques
tionis
speci
fi
cal
lyanswe red.
a)
.Mt24: 4¶AndJ esusans weredands aidtothem:" Takeheedt hatno
onedec eivesyou. 5"Formanywi llc omei nMyname, saying, '
Iamt heChr ist,
'
andwi lldec eivemany. 6"Andyouwi llhearofwar sandr umor sofwar s.See
thatyouar enott roubled;foral lthes ethingsmus tcomet opas s,butt heendi s
notyet .7"Fornat i
onwi l
lriseagai ns tnat ion, andkingdomagai nstkingdom.
Andt her ewi l
lbef ami nes,pestilenc es ,andear t
hquakes[ sha kings]invar ious
places.8" Allthesear ethebegi nni ngofs orrows .9"Thent heywi lldeliveryou
upt otribulationandki l
lyou, andyouwi l
lbehat edbyal lnationsf orMy
name' ssake. 10" Andt henmanywi l
lbeof f
ended, wil
lbet rayoneanot her ,and
willhateoneanot her .11"Thenmanyf alsepr ophetswi l
lr i
seupanddec eive
many. 12" Andbec aus elawlessnes swi l
labound, t
heloveofmanywi l
lgr ow
cold.13" Buthewhoendur est ot heends hallbesaved. 14" Andt hisgos pelof
thekingdomwi llbepr eachedi nal lt hewor l
dasawi t
nes st oallthenat i
ons ,
andt hent heendwi llcome.
b).V4-6begintosetouteventst
ha twil
lbethee xperi
enceoft hoseJews
l
ivinginthelandofIsra
elduringthefi
rst3½ ye arsoftheTribul
a ti
ona ndv9-
14t a
keust othesecond3½ ye ar
s.
c).
Thec omplete7yea r
softheTribula
tionbe gi
nwhe n‘thepr i
ncewho
istocome ’
confi
rmsac ovenantwithma ny[inIsrael
]‘f
oronewe e k’–thisi
s
thesamee ventpic
turedthroughtheopeningofthef i
rstse
alont he7s eale
d
scrol
linRevelat
ionChapter6-Re6: 2AndIl ooked,andbehold,awhi tehorse.
Hewhos atonithadabow;andac
rownwasgi
vent
ohi
m,andhewentout
conquer
ingandtoconquer
.
Thewhi t
ehorsede not
espe a
ceandtheones ee
ns i
tt
ingonthehorse,
whoi s
theAntichr
ist
,hasabow, butnoarr
ows .Hehasa‘st
ephanos’c
rowns howing
thatheisnotyettheworl
dwi derul
e rheist
obe c
ome ,
buthisint
entiscl
ear
asheg oesf
orthconqueri
nga ndt
oc onquer-Da11:21¶"Andinhisplace
shal
lar
iseavi
lepers
on, t
owhomt heywillnotgi
vet
hehonorofroyal
ty;but
heshal
lcomeinpeaceabl
y,ands
eizethekingdombyint
rigue.
d).
Itwoulds
e emthatama j
orcompone ntoft
hecovenantma dewith
I
sra
elhastodowit
ht here-buil
dingoft
heTe mpleinJerus
alema ndthere-
i
ntr
oducti
onofworshipunde rt
heMos ai
ceconomy. Andalt
houg htheTemple
wors
hipinthe
sedayswillhavenova l
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t s
e l
f,ont hatpa rticula rsit
e,isst
il
l t
hepl a c
ewhe reGod’ sNa mer esidesand
thes hadowoft heThe ocracywi l
lsti
ll l
ingert here.
e).Buta ll ofthi sofc oursecanonl yt akepl aceafte
rt he
resurre c
t i
on/ rapt ur eoft he‘Church’-2Th2: 6Andnowyouknowwha tis
restraining,thathe[ theAnt ichri
st]ma yber evealedinhi sownt ime.
f).Thisisa l
s oc learlyseeninthes equenc i
ngofe vent srecorde din
Reve lati
onCha pt ers1- 6.
g).Anda cc ordi ngt oourve r
s esfromMa t
the wCha pter24, theLor d
wa rnsa gainstde cept ion,‘ta
kehe edt hatnoonede cei
vesyou’ andt he
pos s
ibili
tyofde c ept i
onc ome st
hroug h, "
Formanywi llcomei nMyname,
saying, '
Iamt heChr i
s t,
'andwi l
ldec eivemany. The r
ewi llthent hroug hout
thispe ri
odoft imea ndc ertai
nlydur i
ngt hef irs
t3½ ye ars,bema nyf a
lse
‘
Chr ist
s ’
a ri
singf roma mong stt
heJ ewishpe opl ethems el
ve sclai
mi ngt obe
thatwhi c hthe ya renot .
h).TheLor da lsot ell
sthem, "Andyouwi llhearofwar sandr umor sof
war
s.Seet
hatyouarenott
roubl
ed;foral
lthes
ethingsmus
tcomet
opas
s,but
t
heendisnotyet
.Sothent
herewill
bef a
lseChri
stsandwar
sandr
umorsof
wa rsdur ingt histime ,butt hisisnott hee ndoft hea ge
,thee ndofTr ibul
a t
ion
–itc annotbeye t–Thehous eofI sraelwi llnotye thavee xper i
enc edthede pth
ofitsde solationa ndt heTe mple ,rebuiltatt hebe gi
nningoft heTr i
bulati
on,
willnota tt hispoi ntha vebe ende s
troye d.
i)"
.Fornat ionwi l
lriseagai nstnat i
on, andki ngdomagai nstkingdom.
Andt her ewi llbef ami nes,pes t
ilences,andear thquakes[ shaking–not
earthqua ke s]invar iouspl aces.8" Allthes ear ethebeginni ngofs orrows .All
ofthes ething sthe ndur i
ngt hefirstha l
foft heTr i
bulati
onmus tcomet opa ss
andt heiroc curr enc ema rksjustt hebe g i
nni ngofI s
rael’
ss orrows .
j).
Andunf ort una tel
yt hewor d‘sor rows ’hereisnotag oodt ransla
tion.
Inourt hinki ngs or rowsha vet odowi the x t
r emes adness,whe reast he
ori
g i
na lwor dint heGr e eklangua ges pe aksoft hepa i
nsa ssociat
e dwi thg i
ving
bir
th–a nds owec oul dbe tt
e rt
r anslatethi sas‘thebe gi
nni ngsofbi rthpa i
ns’.
k).Anddur i
ngt hispe riodoft he7ye arsoftheTr ibulati
ont hena ti
onof
Isr
ae lwill f
irstl
yg ivebi rtha ndt henwi llitse l
fbebor n.
l).
Is a66:7" Bef ores hewasi nlabor , s
hegavebi r
th;Bef oreherpai n
came,Shedeli
veredamal echild.8Whohashear ds uchathing?Whohasseen
sucht
hings?Shal
ltheear t
hbemadet ogi
vebi r
thinoneday?Ors hal
lanati
on
bebornatonce?Forass oonasZi onwasinlabor,Shegavebi r
thtoher
chi
ldr
en.9ShallIbri
ngtot hetimeofbirth,
andnotc aus
edeliver
y?"sayst
he
LORD."Shal
lIwhoc ausedeliveryshutupthewomb? "saysyourGod.

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llofcour
sewi t
haviewt
otheKing
domwhichistocome.
m).Wewi l
lconti
nuewi
tht
hisnextt
ime–i
ftheLor
di swi
ll
ing
.

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