18 False Prophecy. . . .

24:3-24

..false prophets will be raised

24:3-24 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately saying, “Tell us when these things will happen. What will be the sign of your presence and the completion of the age?” Answering Jesus said to them. “Watch out that nobody causes you to err. For many will come in my name saying “I am the Christ” and many will cause error. But when you are about to hear of wars and rumours of wars do not be disturbed for it is inevitable this will happen. But that does not mean the end has come yet. Nation will be raised against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes. But these things are the beginning of birth-pangs. They will deliver you to affliction and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name. Many will be offended and will deliver one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will be raised and will cause error. Because of increased lawlessness the love of many will grow cold. But it is the one enduring to the end who will be saved. And this gospel of

the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations. And then the end will come. When therefore you see the abomination of desolation as spoken about through the prophet Daniel stand in the holy place let the one reading this understand. Then let the ones in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one on the housetop not come down to take the things out of his house. Let the one in the field not turn back to take his garment. Woe to the pregnant women and the ones giving suck in those days. Pray lest your flight be in winter or on a Sabbath for then the affliction will be great such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now. Nor would it happen again. Unless those days were cut short nobody would be saved. But because of the chosen those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you “Look here is the Christ or there.” Do not believe. False Christs and false prophets will be raised and they will give great signs and marvels so as to cause error, if possible, even amongst the chosen.

19. Lack of Watchfulness. . . .

24:25-51

..Watch ye therefore

24:25-51 Behold I have told you before. If therefore they say to you “Behold he is in the desert” do not go out there. Or if they say “Behold he is in the private rooms” do not believe. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines in the west, so will the presence of the Son of man be. Wherever the carcase may be, there the eagles will assemble. Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven. Then all the tribes of the land will bewail and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. He will send his angels with a great trumpet and his

chosen will assemble out of the four winds from the extremities of the heavens and up to their extremities. Now learn the parable of the fig-tree. When its branch becomes tender and the leaves start to shoot you know that summer is near. So also when you see all these things you will know that it (the end) is at the door. Truly I tell you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen. Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will by no means pass away. Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, except for the Father. For as in the days of Noah so will be the presence of the Son of man. For as in those days people before the flood were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah went into the ark. People did not know what was happening until