All... of the Signs Jesus gave in Matthew 24 (and Mark 13), are about the final "one week" (70th) of Daniel 9.
No they are not, this is so easy to understand, but you will only have a chance at seeing it if you step back from your preconceived notion and think on it with an open mind. Let me show you why the very first portion can only be 70 AD. The 70 AD events look a lot like the end time conquering by the Anti-Christ, hence the Pharisees, who were learned men, actually thought that was the end times and the Messiah was going to save them from the Fourth Beast (Rome). Psstt, the Kingdom Age could have been ushered in at that time, except Israel never repented, thus the 70th week was put off. God of course foreknew all of this. Now with all of this in mind, lets look at Matt. 24-1-6 and see what was the very first SIGN Jesus told them about, if one doesn't stop to think its easy to miss it because of the wording in the Disciples question. They simply say when shall these things be, which means the Temples Destruction.
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse:
Matt. 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to
shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And
Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives,
(1)the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? (Temples Destruction) and
(2)what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of
(3)the end of the world?
{{{ Notice, the first question is TELL US WHEN THESE THINGS WILL BE? Well Jesus only spoke of the Temples Destruction, but when the Disciples asked the three questions, they asked first about The Temples Destruction (THESE THINGS you just spoke of) and then about Jesus' coming, AND the End of the World. Three questions were asked
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4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many (In 70 AD when the Disciples were still alive).
6
And ye (Disciples) shall
hear of wars and rumours of wars(66-70 AD): see that ye
be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
So, Jesus tells his Disciples the Temple will be destroyed. They then ask WHEN will this happen? And also when is your coming and the end of the world? So, Jesus answers the first question first, of course. Don't let men deceive you, many will come in my name (as the Messianic Savior) and shall deceive many This is NOT END TIMES, this is 70 AD, the Pharisees were deceived, they thought (correctly) Rome was the Fourth Beast, thus they saw the 66-70 AD events and thought the Messiah, who they saw as a coming political leader, would save them, this fulfills Jesus' Prophecy in John 5:43, he told the Pharisees that you refuse to accept me who has come in the Fathers name but you (PHARISEES of his time) will accept another who comes in his own name. It is well documented that the Pharisees and Jewish leaders put forth 2 or 3 Messianic types around 70 AD. This is what Jesus was warning about, there will be wars and rumors of wars, but the end IS NOT YET. Or in other words these 70 AD events you see are NOT the 70th week to come, that will be by and by or later on. Why was this so important? Because the Disciples were the leaders of the Church movement to spread the Gospel unto the whole world, if they got deceived, all of Christendom would have been in Jerusalem fighting in 70 AD and they would have all been killed and the Church would have been wiped out !! Now Jesus feels he needs to tell the Disciples their fate and tell them he will not come for many, many years, thus they will not get caught up in the 70 AD events, and they will not fear death because they already know they will all die a Martyr save John. Jesus does not want them becoming another Judas, so he tells them their fate, then says those who endure until the end [of their lives] will be saved. (Paul said we run a Marathon, not a short race)
So, now in verses 7-14 Jesus gives them the Church Age events by telling them what all must come before the Church is raptured or has finished their mission on this earth. Jesus now starts telling them about Nation against Nation (Ethos against Ethos), and Kingdoms vs. Kingdoms to let them know, hey many, many, many wars will come, many, plagues/pestilences of death, many earthquakes, much famine and all of these must get worse and worse like a woman having birth pangs, so in other words, ALL THIS is what I meant by THE END IS NOT YET, it is by and by or later on, and he then tells then in verse 14 a FOOLPROOF way to understand that they will not be in that end time 70th week, and he tells them they (Disciples) will all die a Martyrs death.
Matt. 24:9 Then shall
they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: (Disciples)and
ye shall be hated of all nations(WHY? see below) for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And
many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
{{{Now as per the total Church Age, some of these are the Joseph Smith, and Jim Jones types, but the main message was to the Disciples to get them ready to be Martyrs, so they would not flinch when that moment in time came.
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So, the above is not Christian false prophets per se, but this was the Disciples taking the Gospel into these nations who served many, many false gods and demi-gods. There was a clash, these people sacrificed kids to these gods at times, they were perverted like the Greeks and Roman cultures, the Gospel set the Western Civilization free from the darkness that still resides in India, much of the Muslim world, much of the Far East. And this cost the Disciples their lives in the end. A Woman Oracle stood up and made a speech which started the slaughter of the Christians, but we overcame them by our blood. So, the false prophets Jesus warned of were those Zeus and Jupiter type prophets who were very angry that the Gospel was taking away their patrons. Thus they via politics started having them killed. Jesus felt they needed to know they would all grow the Church by becoming Martyrs themselves, so they would not lose their salvation like Judas did. Thus he says those who endure will be saved.
Matt. 24:12 And
because iniquity(Sin) shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (Or HEY, because peoples love of sin, these evil cold people will KILL YOU)
13
But he that shall endure unto the end[of ones life, unlike Judas), the same shall be saved.
14 And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
So, remember verse 6 now? The end is NOT YET ? So now Jesus gives the Disciples a roadmap for when the END COMES !! Only when the Gospel has been preached unto all the Nations, thus they knew India, China and the Scythians (Russia today) had to have the Gospel preached unto them BEFORE the end could come (70th week). So, none of this is the 70th week, that is what THE END means !! He is saying don't think the 70 AD events are THE END, that is LATER ON.........so in verse 14 he clarifies, THE END will only come when the Gospel has been preached in ALL Nations on this earth. He says this after telling the Disciples that they will all die for his names sake and that in order to remain SAVED they must endure until the end, unlike Judas. By telling them this they all had 35-45 years to prepare for this death, thus they would be very, very ready and feel pride in dying for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen. The first 70th week scene is seen in the Matt. 24:15-19 AoD and Jews Fleeing Judea verses.
Verses 4-6 is 70 AD and verses 7-14 are Church Age verses.