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1. Matthew 23b-24a
The Olivet Discourse

2. The Olivet Discourse, wikipedia.org
• “The Olivet discourse or Olivet prophecy is a biblical
passage found in the Synoptic Gospels of Mark
13, Matthew 24, Luke 21. It is known as the "Little
Apocalypse" because it includes Jesus' descriptions of
the end times, the use of apocalyptic language, and Jesus'
warning to his followers that they will suffer tribulation and
persecution before the ultimate triumph of the Kingdom of
God. The Olivet discourse is the last of the Five Discourses
of Matthew and occurs just prior to the narrative of Jesus'
passion beginning with the Anointing of Jesus. In the
narrative is a discourse or sermon given by Jesus on
the Mount of Olives, hence the name. The gospels, taken as
a whole, indicate the discourse was given on Holy
Tuesday…”

3. The Olivet Discourse
• Matthew 24:1 Jesus came out from the temple
and was going away when His disciples came up
to point out the temple buildings to Him.
• It’s always referred to, in Matthew, as starting in
chapter 24, but 24:1 says “Jesus came out from
the temple.” The conversation is a continuation of
the one in chapter 23. Much harm has been done
by separating this out by chapters.

4. Matthew 24:1, Point Out The Temple
• Matthew 24:1 Jesus came out from the temple and
was going away when His disciples came up to point
out the temple buildings to Him.
• What a strange thing, 3 X’s a year, all males went there
• He just came out from the temple
• He was circumcised in the temple, Luke 2:27
• When He was twelve He went there, Luke 2:42
• The devil…the pinnacle of the temple, Matthew 4:5
• Jesus cleared the temple, Matt 21:12
• The lame came to Him in the temple Matt 21:14

5. Are They Just Impressed?

6. Matthew 24:1, Point Out The Temple
• I think they “got it,” that Judaism was in for big trouble,
He had just given 7 “woes” to the leaders, just after;
• Matthew 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom
of God will be taken away from you and given to a
people [ethnos,a race, a nation, pl. the nations (as distinct from Isr.] ,
producing the fruit of it. 44 "And he who falls on this
stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it
falls, it will scatter him like dust." 45 When the chief
priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they
understood that He was speaking about them.
• The disciples had to be wondering, “If, the kingdom of
God will be taken away, and our leaders are
condemned, what about our temple?”
• John 2:20 …It took forty-six years to build this temple…

7. Matthew 24:2, Not One Stone Left
• Matthew 24:2 And He said to them, "Do you
not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not
one stone here will be left upon another,
which will not be torn down.“
• This portion of the prophecy was completed in
70 AD, when the Temple was destroyed

8. Roman Triumphal arch panel copy
from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils
of Jerusalem temple.

9. Jerusalem Was Destroyed
• Jerusalem temple was destroyed stone by
stone
• But the retaining wall of the temple mount
was left.

12. Three distinct sections of construction are
visible in the prayer portion of the Western Wall
Constructed By King Herod In The 1st Century B.C.
19th century the British-Jewish philanthropist Moses
Montefiore donated to built to a higher level.
Arab rulers in the 7th-8th centuries
http://nazarenespace.com/photo/layers-of-kotel

13. Matthew 24:3, Mount of Olives
• Matthew 24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell
us, when will these things happen, and what will be
the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
• 3 ?’s; #1 when #2 sign of coming #3 the end of the age
• Zechariah 14:4 In that day His feet will stand on the
Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the
east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle
from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of
the mountain will move toward the north and the
other half toward the south…. Zechariah 14:9 And the
LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the
LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one.
• Not yet! Just say NO to preterism

14. Matthew 24:4, 3 ?’s= Warning
• Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said
to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. 5
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am
the Christ,' and will mislead many.
• Spiritual deception, false teachers, apostasy
are the second biggest topic in the NT

15. Matthew 24:6, Not Yet Signs
• Matthew 24:6 "You will be hearing of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened,
for those things must take place, but that is not
yet the end.
• 7 "For nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom, and in various places
there will be famines and earthquakes.
• 8 "But all these things are merely the beginning
of birth pangs.
• Rumors= [news, reports] YLT Matthew 24:6 …wars,
and reports of wars…

16. Matthew 24:9, Tribulation
• Matthew 24:9 "Then they will deliver you to
tribulation, and will kill you…
• 2347 θλῖψις thlipsis {thlip'-sis}
• Meaning: 1) a pressing, pressing together,
pressure 2) metaph. oppression, affliction,
tribulation, distress…

17. Matthew 24:9 …and will kill you, and you will
be hated by all nations because of My name.

18. Matthew 24:9, Hated By All Nations
• Matthew 24:9 …hated by all nations because of My name.
• Psalm 83:3 They make shrewd plans against Your people,
And conspire together against Your treasured ones. 4 They
have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more." 5 For
they have conspired together with one mind; Against You
they make a covenant:
• Psalm 86:9 All nations whom You have made shall come
and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your
name.
• Isaiah 66:18-22, …20…Then they shall bring all your
brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the
LORD…
• Haggai 2:7 …the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this
house…

19. Matt 24:9, “generic you”
• Matthew 24:9 "Then they will deliver you to
tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be
hated by all nations because of My name.
• In Greek and English we use the “generic you”
• If I told a Mexican audience, “You celebrate Cinco
de Mayo to remember when you
had victory over French forces.”
• The 2nd use is a “generic you” (5-5,1862) The 1st
use celebrate could be, or not
• We need to check the logic, history, prophecies,
and context, carefully looking for the “generic
you.”

20. Matthew 24:10,
From “The Beginning” To “That Time”
• 6 …See that you are not frightened…not yet…
• 8 …merely the beginning …
• 9 "Then …tribulation…
• 10 "At that time …
• 6= Non signs, don’t worry
• 8= false labor? Or the real start? 5cm dilation
• 9= screaming and 8cm dilation
• 10+12= I’m never sleeping with you again!
• 13= Delivery, something new is born

21. Matthew 24:13, Israel Saved
• Matthew 24:13 "But the one who endures to the end,
he will be saved.
• Jesus just gave an overview of KJV “the time of Jacob's
trouble”
• Jeremiah 30:6 'Ask now, and see If a male can give
birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his
loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces
turned pale? 7 'Alas! for that day is great, There is
none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But
he will be saved from it.
• Isaiah 11:1-16, 27:1-13, Jeremiah 30:61-24

22. Matthew 24:14, Gospel Of The Kingdom
• Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in the whole world as a testimony to
all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Luke 16:16 "The Law and the Prophets were
proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel
of the kingdom of God has been preached…
• =The King of the Jews is in your midst
• Matt. 4:23, Matt. 9:35, Matt. 24:14, Lk. 16:16

23. Revelation 14:6, Eternal Gospel
• Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in the whole world as a testimony
to all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel flying in
midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to
those who live on the earth, and to every nation
and tribe and tongue and people; 7 and he said
with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory,
because the hour of His judgment has come;
worship Him who made the heaven and the
earth and sea and springs of waters."

24. Paul’s/ Church’s Gospel
• 1 Corinthians 15:1 Now I make known to you,
brethren, the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received, in which also you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the
word which I preached to you, unless you
believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received, that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that
He was buried, and that He was raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures,

25. Matthew 24:15-22

26. Matthew 24:15, the
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
• Matthew 24:15 "Therefore when you see the
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand),
• Jesus said Daniel was a prophet
• 2nd Temple destruction, wars and rumors of wars, are
non-signs
• nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom
(WW1, WW2,?) famines and earthquakes are “merely
the beginning of birth pangs”
• Then you will see in “the holy place”= 3rd Temple
• Then “the coming of the Son of Man”

27. Daniel 9:27,
The Abomination Of Desolation
• Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week, but in the middle
of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and
grain offering; and on the wing of
abominations will come one who makes
desolate, even until a complete destruction,
one that is decreed, is poured out on the one
who makes desolate."

28. Daniel 12:9,
The Abomination Of Desolation
• Daniel 12:9 He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these
words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.
10 "Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the
wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will
understand, but those who have insight will
understand. 11 "From the time that the regular sacrifice
is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set
up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 "How blessed is he who
keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! 13 "But as
for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter
into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the
end of the age."

29. Matthew 24:16, Very Jewish
• Matthew 24:15…standing in the holy place…
• Matthew 24:16…those who are in Judea…
• Matthew 24:17 Whoever is on the housetop…
• Matthew 24:20…on a Sabbath.

30. Matthew 24:21, Not Before, Not Now,
Nor Ever Will Be Again
• Matthew 24:21 "For then there will be a great
tribulation, such as has not occurred since the
beginning of the world until now, nor ever
will. 22 "Unless those days had been cut short,
no life would have been saved; but for the
sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
• Not 70AD, not “the war to end all wars,” not
WW2, nor the holocaust

31. Matthew 24:23,
• Matthew 24:23 "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold,
here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him.
24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and
will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if
possible, even the elect. 25 "Behold, I have told you in
advance.
• More warnings about “false Christs and false prophets”
• Matthew 7:22 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord,
Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your
name cast out demons, and in Your name perform
many miracles?‘
• Sound familiar?

32. Matthew 24:26, Do Not Go Out
• Matthew 24:26 "So if
they say to you, 'Behold,
He is in the wilderness,'
do not go out, or,
'Behold, He is in the
inner rooms,' do not
believe them.

33. We are so attracted to the
supernatural

34. Matthew 24:27, No Wondering
• Matthew 24:27 "For just as the lightning
comes from the east and flashes even to the
west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• Do you think this happened in 70AD?
• The cults say Jesus already came back
spiritually
• Preterists say Jesus came back in judgment

35. Matthew 24:28, This Ain’t Good
• Matthew 24:28 "Wherever the corpse is, there the
vultures will gather. 29 "But immediately after the
tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED,
AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE
STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the
heavens will be shaken. 30 "And then the sign of the
Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the
SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY
with power and great glory.
• Not yet!

36. Matthew 24:31, Rest Assured
• Matthew 24:31 "And He will send forth His
angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL
GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four
winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
• The angels will regather the Jews, but we have
a better promise, Jesus told His followers;
• John 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be also.

37. Matthew 24:32, The Fig Tree

38. Matthew 24:32, The Fig Tree
• Matthew 24:32 "Now learn the parable from
the fig tree: when its branch has already
become tender and puts forth its leaves, you
know that summer is near; 33 so, you too,
when you see all these things, recognize that
He is near, right at the door.

39. Matthew 24:32, The Fig Tree
• Matthew 24:32…the parable from the fig tree…
• If you have forgotten who the fig tree is, go to
www.slideshare.net and search dkooyers
presentations for Matthew 21b,
• Matthew 21:19, Lone Fig Tree
• Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD
• Jeremiah 8:5, The Fig Tree Judged
• Isaiah 34:4 ... one withers... the fig tree
• Judges 9:8-11, the fig tree to busy
• Proverbs 27:18 He who tends the fig tree

40. Matthew 24:34, “this generation”
• In Matt 24:32-35 Jesus gives the “lesson from the fig tree”
indicating that when all these signs are appearing, then His
coming is at hand. The problem in this passage is the
meaning of “this generation” Matt 24:34. It hinges on the
meaning of the Greek word genea, genea, Meaning: race,
family, generation. Strong’s provides four possible
meanings for this word has #1 men of the same stock, or
successive members of a genealogy , #2 a family, #3 the
whole multitude of men living at the same time, #4 an age,
a space of 30 - 33 years. The interpreters duty here is to
determine from the context if the meaning of genea is,
race, family, generation. Some see this as the generation
who watched and heard Jesus, others as the generation
that shall see all this come to pass,

41. • Dr. Ryrie, Dr. David Hocking, myself and others see this not
in the immediate context of the surrounding sentences, but
in the context of the sermon. The last time Jesus used this
word was preceding this sermon in Matt 23:29-36 when He
charged “this generation” genea with the blood of all the
prophets from Able on. Then in Matt 23:36 Jesus says, “I
tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.”
He said “all this,” you have to ask “All what?” is going to
come on this genea. Well the next thing He teaches is the
Olivet Discourse. After explaining the Great Tribulation will
come upon Israel, He then promises that this genea “will
not pass away.” The Great Tribulation will not extinct Israel,
the sons of Jacob will survive. Dr. Ryrie says in his notes on
Matt. 24:34, “No one living when Jesus spoke these words
lived to see “all these things” come to pass. However, the
Greek word can mean “race” or “family,” which makes good
sense here; i.e. the Jewish race will be preserved, in spite of
terrible persecution, until the Lord comes.”

42. Exegetical Dictionary of the New
Testament, genea
• Luke 21:32-33 "I tell you the truth, this generation
(genea) will certainly not pass away until all these
things have happened.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1. Of the 43 references to genea in the
NT, 33 are in the Synoptics, where the word refers in 25
of its occurrences to the Jewish people in the time of
Jesus, 17 times in the expression "this generation." In
the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus in
Matt 1:17 and in the Magnificat in Luke 1:48,50, genea
means the generations to follow; in Luke 16:8, it refers
to membership in a particular class. Exegetical
Dictionary of the New Testament © 1990 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company.

43. Strong’s NT:1074, genea, NKJ Luke 21:32
• 1074 γενεά genea {ghen-eh-ah'}
• Meaning: 1) fathered, birth, nativity 2) that which has
been begotten, men of the same stock, a family 2a) the
several ranks of natural descent, the successive members
of a genealogy 2b) metaph. a race of men very like each
other in endowments, pursuits, character 2b1) esp. in a
bad sense, a perverse race 3) the whole multitude of men
living at the same time 4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily
occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 -
33 years…
• Usage: AV - generation 37, time 2, age 2, nation 1; 42…

44. Matthew 23:35, The Son Will Not Bear The
Punishment For The Father's Iniquity
• Matthew 23:35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the
righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom
you [this a “generic you,” of 500 years earlier] murdered between the temple
and the altar. 36 "Truly I say to you, all these things will
come upon this generation [this “genea”] .
• Ezekiel 18:20 "The person who sins will die. The son will
not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will
the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the
righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and
the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
• Jesus could not have meant the ones living at that time, but
the bloodline of Jacob. The “genea” Israel. The context
demands it; Matthew 23:30, 23:32 (our/your fathers)

45. Matthew 24:34
• NAU Matthew 23:36 "Truly I say to you, all
these things will come upon this generation
[Race, genealogy, family].
• NAU Matthew 24:34 "Truly I say to you, this
generation [Race, genealogy, family]. will not
pass away until all these things take place.
• Luke 21:32-33

46. John MacArthur;
“This Generation” Has Been Interpreted As;
• The disciples would not die
• It refers to the destruction of Jerusalem in
70AD
• The Jewish race
• God rejecting people will always be around
• Fig tree is state of Israel
• Generation that sees all this

47. Matthew 24:34, Disciples Devastated
• I think they “got it,” that Judaism was in for big trouble, He
had just given 7 “woes” to the leaders, just after;
• Matthew 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of
God will be taken away from you and given to a people
[ethnos,a race, a nation, pl. the nations (as distinct from Isr.] , producing the fruit
of it. 44 "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to
pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like
dust." 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His
parables, they understood that He was speaking about
them.
• The disciples had to be wondering, “If, the kingdom of God
will be taken away, our leaders are condemned, and the
temple is going down, what about the Jews?”
• Jesus lovingly gave them the assurance in 24:37 so they
could know that Israel will not pass away.

48. THE END
The Fish
House
Singapore

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• http://archive.org/details/DrMalCouch2011Matthew24_25

50. THE WORLD'S OLDEST CITY,
Naeltamauk
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• Hebrews 11:7
• "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with
fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith."
• When we think of Mount Ararat, we usually think of the search for Noah's
Ark. While the Ark has not been definitely located in modern times, the
mountain has many other discovered mysteries. What is very likely the
world's oldest city sits in ruins on the southern slopes of Mount Ararat.
Tradition and evidence seem to support the idea that this was the first city
built after the flood.
• According to tradition, after the flood, Ham built a city called Naeltamauk.
The ruins on Mount Ararat are all that remain of what were clearly

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Read Matthew 24:30
The world is a fearful place for those who don't
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love or trust the Lord. Such a world is filled
with
demons of our own creation. Those demons
might
inhabit a jungle bush or the sky above a
skyscraper.

52. Matthew:24:4, How Do You Know if a Sign or Wonder
Is False?
• How Do You Know if a Sign or Wonder Is False?
• Hunt & McMahon [1]
• The Berean Call [2]
• Featured Date:
• Sat, 12/15/2012
• Link:
• Cover Article: #1404a [3]
• Body:
• Search the Scriptures Daily Program #1404a Transcript follows:
•
• Gary: Welcome to Search the Scriptures Daily , a radio ministry of The
Berean Call, featuring Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon. I’m Gary Carmichael.
We’re glad you could be with us.
• Coming up in today’s broadcast, in our Understanding the Scriptures
segment, Dave and Tom will resume their exploration of the Gospel of

53. Matthew 24:4,24, False Teachers In The Church
• The Demise of Biblical Discernment
• T. A. McMahon
•
• In last month's issue of this newsletter we exhorted our readers to discipline themselves to read the Word of God daily. The emphasis was on developing a habit, the best and most
necessary habit--one that every believer should have. Of course, we encouraged reading the Bible as a basis for living one's life by what it teaches, which is the only way that one who is
born again spiritually can mature in the faith. Yet, here is the simple truth that too many Christians have missed: if we don't read God's Word for ourselves, we can't truly know its
instructions. If we don't know God's instructions, we can't follow Him, and we therefore can't do what pleases Him. Tragically, many if not most Christians haven't considered that simple
truth. Their spiritual beliefs tend to be a collection of things they've heard (sermons, radio, TV, books, movies, etc.) mixed with what they may or may not have gotten from the Bible.
They have been spoon-fed rather than getting their spiritual meals directly from God's Word.
•
• Why is that tragic? Wouldn't it be of value to get input from the various Christian media regarding the teachings of our Lord? Hasn't our Lord gifted teachers to help believers better
understand His Word? Certainly, but if that is our primary feeding of God's Word, it leads to a spiritual anemia at best and makes us defenseless against spiritual deception at worst. How
can a believer tell the difference between a good teacher and a false teacher? Although Scripture tells us that God gave some to be teachers (Ephesians 4:11), His Word also tells us,
"There shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies" (2 Peter 2:1). So how can we know what's what and who's who?
•
• Most Christians are not asking such questions--nor do they seem to be concerned about the consequences related to a lack of biblical discernment. The second chapter of Hebrews
begins with a warning that we could drift away from the Scriptures and find ourselves going along with something that seems biblical but is not. More and more frequently these days, I
hear confessing and professing Christians excusing themselves and others for their unbiblical beliefs and practices by declaring that they all nevertheless "love Jesus." What Jesus might
that be? Is it the biblical Jesus--the One who declares that He is "the way, the truth, and the life"? Is it the Word incarnate, who challenges everyone who professes to be a believer in Him
by asking: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46). Would our reply be, "Sorry, Lord, I wasn't aware of most of the things that you said"? If that's
the case, having "the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16) is a wishful delusion.
•
• Just so there is no misunderstanding, the heart of this article is a concern for the fruitfulness of everyone who truly knows the biblical Jesus, everyone who has by faith alone put his or her
trust in Christ as Savior, the One, the only One, who could (and did) pay the full penalty for the sins of mankind. For those who have put their faith in Him and have received His gift of
eternal life, what follows is their life in Christ, which is all about living a godly and productive life. Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly" (John 10:10). A believer's fruitfulness not only greatly enriches his own life, but his new life in Christ becomes a testimony, a witness to the truth of the gospel that changed
his life, so that others may be drawn to Jesus. Yet a believer's life in Christ will be spiritually futile if he (or she) doesn't really know what Jesus taught.
•
• An unproductive life in Christ is bad enough, but it can go far beyond just being spiritually feeble. Not knowing the Word of God sets one up for being spiritually deceived. Again, it should
be rather obvious: if we don't know what the Bible says, we can't discern what is true to it and what is contrary to it. Consequently, a person who is ignorant of the Scriptures is ripe for
being led away from God's truth. When such a condition becomes epidemic among Christians, they become collective pawns of God's adversary, Satan, and participants in the apostasy
as well as unwitting contributors to the emerging religion of the Antichrist (Revelation 13). But could such a thing happen?
•
• Both Dave Hunt and I have been observing trends in the evangelical church for 35 years. In those three and a half decades significant developments have taken place, all of which have
greatly undermined the belief in and dependence upon the Scriptures. We have documented such developments in the twenty years of TBC's existence and five years prior to that in The
Seduction of Christianity. In past articles we have shown from God's Word that Satan's primary strategy as the deceiver of mankind is reflected in his initial statement to Eve in the Garden
of Eden, a tactic calculated to weaken her trust in God's Word by questioning it: "Yea, hath God said...?" (Genesis 3:1). Down through history, he has expanded his assault on the Word
beyond planting seeds of doubt to distorting, denigrating, corrupting, compromising, and outright lying about the Scriptures. In the last 30 years, some of his most effective devices have
seduced Christians away from the written Word of God, replacing it with subjective and experiential content (feelings-oriented beliefs). Briefly (see our archives for more extensive
writings on these subjects and others), that drift has been a major contributor to the demise of biblical discernment.
•
• For example, the false teaching known as Rhema vs. Logos says that God speaks today to believers with the same or even greater authority than is found in the Bible. For decades this
doctrine has led millions of Charismatic and Pentecostal believers away from the objective, written Word of God.
•
• The subjective pseudoscience of Christian psychology, with its goal of integrating psychology with the Bible (primarily through psychological counseling), has infected the conservative
evangelical church with the humanistic doctrines of self-love and self-esteem. Even more damaging, it has all but eliminated the belief in the sufficiency of the Scriptures for multitudes of
Christians.
•

54. Micah 7:6
• Matt 10: 35 -36 For I have come to turn "'a man against
his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-
law against her mother-in-law- a man's enemies will be
the members of his own household.‘
• Micah 7:6 For son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men
of his own household. 7 But as for me, I will watch
expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation. My God will hear me. 8 Do not rejoice over me,
O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in
darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

55. Mat 24:1-3 perfectly joined together,
• KJV 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same
mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been declared unto me of
you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are
contentions among you.
• Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together
by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each
individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself
in love.
• Dr. Fleming:…“I have an example of a kind of stone work called dovetail
which allows the blocks to fit together like jig-saw puzzle pieces. There is
actually a picture of a wall hanging in the back made with cut stones. If
you're on a lose foundation or a swamp, you can be sure the stones are
locked together. Paul used this when he talked about the Church being
stones rightly joined together adding strength to one another.”

56. Matthew 24:11, False Prophets
•
March 6, 2013
• BRAIN STOPPER NO. 3: "WHAT FALSE PROPHETS?" WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU LET A FOX GUARD A HEN HOUSE? [Excerpts]
•
• Dead chickens. You may wonder what this old proverb has to do with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. Unfortunately -- a lot. Let me explain.
• In my last post, I pointed out the repeated warnings in the Bible about false prophets. The message is clear: There will be false prophets in the church, and there will be lots of them. So
be on guard.
•
• You would think that, given these warnings, Christians would be on high alert for false prophets. Sadly, this is not the case. Even those churches that talk the most about prophets and the
gift of prophecy -- the Pentecostal and charismatic churches -- say very little about the need for discerning false prophets.
•
• And what's worse: many of the prophets in the NAR movement are actually telling their followers that they don't need to worry about false prophets.
•
• Imagine that!
•
• Why don't people need to worry about false prophets? Their answer: Because there just aren't that many false prophets around. The following comment, from influential NAR prophet
Bill Hamon, is typical:
•
• "Despite the occasional false prophet we encounter, we should not let the counterfeit keep us from receiving the genuine....The percentage of false prophets is certainly much lower than
the devil would have us believe. Out of the 600 pages of personal prophecy I have received over the years, only two were absolutely false, and perhaps were a person's own opinion
rather than God's word to me. But I am more than willing to put up with the fraction of a percent that are bad in order to receive the overwhelming majority that are God-inspired."
(Prophets and Personal Prophecy, 128). Pay close attention to Hamon's words. He says false prophets' appearances in the church are only "occasional," and that the percentage of false
prophecies given is only a "fraction of a percent."
•
• Wow. There is a marked difference between Hamon's careless dismissal of the possibility of false prophets in contrast to the sober words of Jesus and the apostles.
• Why would any church leader -- and especially one who calls himself a prophet --attempt to downplay the threat of false prophets? If Hamon were a true prophet, then he would honor
God's Word -- not dishonor it by contradicting its teachings about false prophets.
•
• And a true prophet would show more concern for God's people by warning them about the serious threat posed by false prophets.
•
• There is no good explanation for why Hamon would encourage his followers to let down their guard.
•
• That is unless this is a case of a fox guarding the hen house.
•
• http://www.spiritoferror.org/2013/01/brain-stopper-no-3-what-false-prophets/2326
• Related on our website:
In the past, individuals such as Benny Hinn have made numerous false prophecies (text)
• Is There any Hope for America? Part One (text)
• King of the Mountain (text)
• Letters (text)
• New Apostolic Reformation's Take on the Crisis in Egypt (text)
• Question: I don't understand why Bill Johnson and Bethel Church in Redding are not classified as a cult....They are false teachers and wolves in sheep's clothing. What do you think? (text)
• Question: "What can you tell us about the upcoming "America for Jesus" rally taking place in Philadelphia Sept 28&29? (text)
• Shamanism in the Church (text)

57. Luke 21:36, not like the days of
Jeremiah or Daniel, but like the days of
Noah and Lot• The Christ in Prophecy Journal
• Roberta Potts Interview: Timing of the Rapture
• Posted: 09 Oct 2012 06:59 AM PDT
• By Dr. David R. Reagan
• When will the Rapture occur?
• Dr. Reagan: This is the fifth and last part of a series where I interview Roberta Roberts Potts
concerning various topics related to Bible prophecy.
• Dr. Reagan: Let me ask you another question. This is a hotly debated one concerning the
timing of the Rapture. There are a lot of people who believe in a Rapture, many don't, but
many do. They will debate the timing of the Rapture, whether it is going to happen near the
end of the Tribulation, or before it begins, or even in the middle? Do you have any opinion
about the timing of the Rapture? We both know the Bible doesn't clearly say when the
Rapture is going to occur. You have to pretty much figure it out, deducing when from what
the Bible says. So, what is your opinion?
• Roberta Potts: I believe we are going to escape God's coming wrath. One reason I believe that
is because Jesus picked two particular Bible personalities when He said the end times are
going to be like the days of... Noah and Lot. Both these guys lived centuries apart. The only
thing I know they really had in common was that they both faced a coming cataclysm and
they both escaped.

58. Genesis 7:1, genea in LXX
• Gen 7:1-4 The Lord then said to Noah, "Go [come] into the ark,
you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in
this generation [lineage].
• di,kaion evnanti,on mou evn th/| genea/| (in the genea
this)
• Luke 21:32-33 "I tell you the truth, this generation (genea) will
certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
• BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1. Of the 43 references to genea in the NT, 33 are in
the Synoptics, where the word refers in 25 of its occurrences to the
Jewish people in the time of Jesus, 17 times in the expression "this
generation." In the redactional comment on the genealogy of Jesus
in Matt 1:17 and in the Magnificat in Luke 1:48,50, genea means
the generations to follow; in Luke 16:8, it refers to membership in a
particular class. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament © 1990 by
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

59. • In Matt 24:32-35 Jesus gives the “lesson from the fig tree” indicating that when all these signs are
appearing, then His coming is at hand. The problem in this passage is the meaning of “this
generation” Matt 24:34. It hinges on the meaning of the Greek word genea, genea, Meaning: race,
family, generation. Strong’s provides four possible meanings for this word has #1 men of the same
stock, or successive members of a genealogy , #2 a family, #3 the whole multitude of men living at
the same time, #4 an age, a space of 30 - 33 years. The interpreters duty here is to determine from
the context if the meaning of genea is, race, family, generation. Some see this as the generation
who watched and heard Jesus, others as the generation that shall see all this come to pass,
•
• Dr. Ryrie, Dr. David Hocking, myself and others see this not in the immediate context of the
surrounding sentences, but in the context of the sermon. The last time Jesus used this word was
preceding this sermon in Matt 23:29-36 when He charged “this generation” genea with the blood
of all the prophets from Able on. Then in Matt 23:36 Jesus says, “I tell you the truth, all this will
come upon this generation.” He said “all this,” you have to ask “All what?” is going to come on this
genea. Well the next thing He teaches is the Olivet Discourse. After explaining the Great Tribulation
will come upon Israel, He then promises that this genea “will not pass away.” The Great Tribulation
will not extinct Israel, the sons of Jacob will survive. Dr. Ryrie says in his notes on Matt. 24:34, “No
one living when Jesus spoke these words lived to see “all these things” come to pass. However, the
Greek word can mean “race” or “family,” which makes good sense here; i.e. the Jewish race will be
preserved, in spite of terrible persecution, until the Lord comes.”

60. the Day of the Lord
www.gotquestions.org• http://www.gotquestions.org/video-contest.html
• Question: "What is the Tribulation? How do we know the Tribulation will last seven years?"
Answer: The tribulation is a future seven-year period of time when God will finish His discipline of Israel and finalize His judgment of the unbelieving world. The church, made up of all
who have trusted in the person and work of the Lord Jesus to save them from being punished for sin, will not be present during the tribulation. The church will be removed from the earth
in an event known as the rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53). The church is saved from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Throughout Scripture, the
tribulation is referred to by other names such as the Day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:12; 13:6-9; Joel 1:15; 2:1-31; 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:2); trouble or tribulation (Deuteronomy 4:30; Zephaniah
1:1); the great tribulation, which refers to the more intense second half of the seven-year period (Matthew 24:21); time or day of trouble (Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 1:15); time of Jacob's
trouble (Jeremiah 30:7).
An understanding of Daniel 9:24-27 is necessary in order to understand the purpose and time of the tribulation. This passage speaks of 70 weeks that have been declared against “your
people.” Daniel's people are the Jews, the nation of Israel, and Daniel 9:24 speaks of a period of time that God has given “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for
wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” God declares that “seventy sevens” will fulfill all these things. This is 70
sevens of years, or 490 years. (Some translations refer to 70 weeks of years.) This is confirmed by another part of this passage in Daniel. In verses 25 and 26, Daniel is told that the
Messiah will be cut off after “seven sevens and sixty-two sevens” (69 total), beginning with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. In other words, 69 sevens of years (483 years) after the
decree to rebuild Jerusalem, the Messiah will be cut off. Biblical historians confirm that 483 years passed from the time of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the time when Jesus was
crucified. Most Christian scholars, regardless of their view of eschatology (future things/events), have the above understanding of Daniel's 70 sevens.
With 483 years having passed from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the cutting off of the Messiah, this leaves one seven-year period to be fulfilled in terms of Daniel 9:24: “to finish
transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” This final seven-year period
is known as the tribulation period—it is a time when God finishes judging Israel for its sin.
Daniel 9:27 gives a few highlights of the seven-year tribulation period: “He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice
and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” The person of whom this verse speaks
is the person Jesus calls the “abomination that causes desolation” (Matthew 24:15) and is called “the beast” in Revelation 13. Daniel 9:27 says that the beast will make a covenant for
seven years, but in the middle of this week (3 1/2 years into the tribulation), he will break the covenant, putting a stop to sacrifice. Revelation 13 explains that the beast will place an
image of himself in the temple and require the world to worship him. Revelation 13:5 says that this will go on for 42 months, which is 3 1/2 years. Since Daniel 9:27 says that this will
happen in the middle of the week, and Revelation 13:5 says that the beast will do this for a period of 42 months, it is easy to see that the total length of time is 84 months or seven years.
Also see Daniel 7:25, where the “time, times, and half a time” (time=1 year; times=2 years; half a time=1/2 year; total of 3 1/2 years) also refers to “great tribulation,” the last half of the
seven-year tribulation period when the beast will be in power.
For further references about the tribulation, see Revelation 11:2-3, which speaks of 1260 days and 42 months, and Daniel 12:11-12, which speaks of 1290 days and 1335 days. These days
have a reference to the midpoint of the tribulation. The additional days in Daniel 12 may include the time at the end for the judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-46) and time for the
setting up of Christ's millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6).
In summary, the Tribulation is the 7-year time period in the end times in which humanity's decadence and depravity will reach its fullness, with God judging accordingly.
RecommendedResource: Understanding End Times Prophecy by Paul Benware.

61. Matthew 24:43, Upon Whom Does Jesus Come as a
Thief?, www.spiritandtruth.org
• Q206 : Upon Whom Does Jesus Come as a Thief?
A question I have pertains to Revelation 16:15.
• Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.1
• Are there still Christians on earth at this point of the Tribulation Period? Or is this verse not meant for this specific time, and simply not in a chronological order with the seven vials/bowls
of God's wrath?
• Endnotes:
• 1.NKJV, Revelation 16:15
• Sources:
• NKJVUnless indicated otherwise, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version, copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
• A206 : by Tony Garland
To answer the first part of your question, we know that there will be Christians on the earth during the entire tribulation period. There are:
• Believers who are martyred during the tribulation (Rev. 6:9-11; Rev. 7:9-17).
• Believers who are sealed for protection (Rev. 7:3-8).
• Believers who are kept from the Antichrist in a specially-prepared place (Rev. 12:13-16).
• Believers who survive until the second coming (Mat. 25:31-40).
• All these Christians came to faith after the Rapture of the Church and thus were not taken up prior to the tribulation. To answer the second part of your question, it seems most likely that
Revelation16:15 is a parenthetical insertion given to warn readers prior to the tribulation of their need to watch so that the day of the Lord will not come upon them as a thief. My
position on this is that the coming as a thief does not refer to the Rapture where all true believers are taken up. Rather, it refers to the way in which the day of the Lord (a time of
judgment and outpouring of God's wrath) will overtake an unbelieving world, including those who profess to believe or are participants in church, but who have never truly been born
again. This is considered a “coming” of Jesus, not for believers but upon an unbelieving world in judgment initiating the tribulation period (1Th. 5:2-4; 1Pe. 3:10; Rev. 3:3). So, in a sense,
the bible relates numerous “coming” events associated with Jesus.
• His “first coming,” born as a virgin to die on the cross (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:30-31).
• His coming in identity with the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost to form the body of Christ: “I will come to you” (John 14:16-20; Acts 2; Col. 1:27).
• His coming to take up the Church at the Rapture (1Cor. 15:51-52; 1Th. 4:13-17; Heb. 9:28).
• His coming as a thief upon an unsuspecting world ushering in the events of God's wrath associated with the Day of the Lord or “day of Christ” (Mat. 24:42-44;1Th. 5:2-5; 2Th. 2:2;
2Pe. 3:10; Rev.3:3; 16:15).
• His “second coming” in final judgment when He takes up His Davidic throne on earth (Ps. 2:6-9; Isa. 9:7; 63:1-6; Luke 1:32; Mat. 25:31; Rev. 3:21; 19:11-21) bringing the tribulation period
to a close.
• The day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night, but this is for the unbelieving world, the unregenerate. During the day of the Lord, toward the end of the great tribulation, Christ will
return in wrath (1Th 5:2,4; 2Pe 3:10). Jesus Christ will not come for His bride from heaven as a thief in the night especially in wrath (1Th 1:10). . . . [The Thessalonians] were not waiting for
a thief in the night (2Th 3:18, 2Pe 3:10). They were waiting for the One Who loved them most and Whom they loved and would be with forever (1 Th 4:17).1In my commentary on
Revelation 16:15a I take the position that the warning is most likely intended for readers of Revelation prior to the events described therein—in order that professing believers all through
the age of the church would examine themselves to see if they are truly in the faith (2Cor. 13:5) so as to make their election sure (2Pe. 1:10) and be among those who are taken up at the
Rapture prior to His coming as a thief. I believe this same motive is behind the series of warning parables which Jesus gives in Matthew 25. I discuss those parables in more detail in an
online study on Matthew 24 and 25b.
• http://www.spiritandtruth.org/questions/206.htm?x=x

62. Matthew 24:44
God Alone Reveals The Future
• Ever wonder why you have never seen the
headline…
• “PSYCHIC WINS HUGE LOTTERY”
• Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything
appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in
their heart, yet so that man will not find out the
work which God has done from the beginning
even to the end.
• Matthew 24:44 "For this reason you also must be
ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour
when you do not think He will. (Matthew 25:13)

63. Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:21, Mark
13:12, Olivet Discourse
• Mark 13:12 "Now brother will betray brother to death,
and a father his child; and children will rise up against
parents and cause them to be put to death. 13 "And you
will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who
endures to the end shall be saved.
• Micah 7:6 For son treats father contemptuously,
Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men
of his own household. 7 But as for me, I will watch
expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation. My God will hear me. 8 Do not rejoice over me,
O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in
darkness, the LORD is a light for me.

64. • The disciples would not die
• It refers to the destruction of Jerusalem in
70AD
• The Jewish race
• God rejecting people will always be around
• Fig tree is state of Israel
• Generation that sees all this

65. Daniel 9:24, 27 Matthew 24:15
Revelation 13:5, forty-two months
• Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a
mouth speaking arrogant words and
blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-
two months was given to him.