[Matthew 24]

 

             {It is best to always read Luke 21 first. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31. Mat 24:1-26, 28 & Mar 13:1-23 & Luk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.}

             ^24:1 And Jesus went forth, and was traveling away from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. ^24:2 But Jesus said to them, Do you^° not see all these things? Assuredly I am saying to you^°, One stone may never be left here upon another stone, which will not be torn-down.

 

             ^24:3 Now while seating himself upon the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign of your presence and of the end of the world?

             ^24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Beware^°, do^° not let anyone mislead you^°. ^24:5 For^* many will be coming in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will be misleading many. ^24:6 But you^° will be about to hear of wars and reports of wars; behold^°, do^° not be alarmed; for^* it is essential for all these things to happen, but the end is not yet. ^24:7 For^* nation will be raised against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in different places. ^24:8 But all these things are the beginning of travails. ^24:9 Then they will be giving you^° up to affliction and will be killing you^°, and you^° will be hated by all the nations because of my name. ^24:10 And then many will be offended, and will be giving up one another and will be hating one another. ^24:11 And many false^* prophets will be raised and will be misleading many. ^24:12 And because of the multiplying lawlessness, the love^* of the many will be cold. ^24:13 But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved. ^24:14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited-earth, ^*for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will be coming.

             ^24:15 Therefore, whenever you^° see the abomination of desolation, which was said through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the one reading, perceive), {Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, see Luke 21.} ^24:16 then let^° the ones in Judea flee to the mountains; ^24:17 let the one who is upon the housetop not go-down to take the things out-of his house, ^24:18 and let the one in the field not turn behind to take his garments. ^24:19 But woe to the ones holding a child in their womb {i.e., pregnant} and to the ones nursing in those days! ^24:20 But pray^° in-order-that your^° flight might not happen in winter, nor on a Sabbath. ^24:21 For^* then will be great affliction, such-as has not happened from the beginning of the world until the current time, nor should ever happen again! ^24:22 And except those days were shortened, not any flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened. ^24:23 Then if anyone says to you^°, Behold! Here is the Christ! Or, Over here is the Christ! Do^° not believe it. ^24:24 For^* false^* Christs and false^* prophets will be raised and will be giving great signs and wonders so-then to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. ^24:25 Behold, I have said to you^° beforehand. ^24:26 Therefore, if they say to you^°, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do^° not go. Behold, he is in the storerooms; do^° not believe it.

             ^24:27 For^* just-like the lightning comes from the east and appears as far as the west, so also will be the presence of the Son of Man.

             ^24:28 For^* wherever the corpse is, the vultures will be gathered together there.

 

                          {Mat 24:27, 24:29-31 & Mar 13:24-37 & Luk 21:25-28 & Acts 1:11 & 1Th 4:13-17 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Co 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}

             ^24:29 But immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not be giving her radiance, and the stars will be falling from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; ^24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will be appearing in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will be grieving, and they will be seeing the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven with power and with much glory. ^24:31 And he will be sending forth his messengers with a loud voice of a trumpet, and they will be gathering together his chosen from the four winds, from the tips of the heavens as far as the tips of them.

 

             {Mat 24:32-35 & Mar 13:28-31 & Luk 21:20-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}

             ^24:32 Now learn^° from the fig tree its parable: whenever her branch already becomes tender and whenever the leaves may spring forth, you^° know that the summer is near; ^24:33 so also you^°, whenever you^° see all these things, know^° that it is near, even at the doors. ^24:34 Assuredly I am saying to you^°, This generation should never pass-away, until all these things should happen. ^24:35 The heaven and the earth will pass-away, but my words should never pass-away.

 

             {Mat 24:36-44 & Mar 13:32-37 & Luk 21:34-36 Second Coming.}

             ^24:36 But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only. ^24:37 But just-like the days of Noah were, so will the presence of the Son of Man also be. ^24:38 For^* just-like in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and being given-in-marriage, till the day of which Noah entered into the ark, ^24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man. ^24:40 Then two men will be in the field; the one is taken and the one is left. ^24:41 Two women will be grinding in the mill-house; the one is taken and the one is left. ^24:42 Therefore, watch^°, because you^° do not know in what hour your^° Lord is coming. ^24:43 But know^° this, that if the householder knew in what watch the thief is coming, he would have watched and would have not permitted his house to be burrowed through. ^24:44 Because of this, you^° also, become^° prepared, because the Son of Man is coming in what hour you^° do not think.

 

             {Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:38.} {Mat 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}

             ^24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent bondservant, whom his lord designated over his bondservants, to give them their nourishment in season? ^24:46 That fortunate bondservant, whom, after his lord came, will be finding him doing^* so. ^24:47 Assuredly I am saying to you^°, He will be designating him over all his possessions. ^24:48 But if that evil bondservant says in his heart, My lord is delaying to come {i.e., his arrival}; ^24:49 and may begin to beat the fellow bondservants and to eat and drink with the drunk; ^24:50 the lord of that bondservant will be coming in a day in which he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he does not know, ^24:51 and will flog him, and will place his part with the hypocrites; the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.