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Not even close my friend. It is agreed upon that the context of verse 2:16 in Colossians ties back to verse 14 where explicitly states
Handwriting of the Decrees were blotted out. Not the Law but the handwriting of the decrees. Or better yet as was mentioned before, since the clause is in the dative case the handwriting TO the Decrees. Not the handwriting of decrees. It is the handwriting of THE or to the decrees that were blotted out. Which would be the judgements and condemnation which they imposed according to the grammar of verse 14 and then the context which is set by verse 16 when it mentions judgments. Not the decrees and certainly not the Law, the Ten commandments. Nowhere does Gill or anyone else for that matter address these facts.






Matters little to you is not of God and His Love.
There is a lot of things here that is not of God friend, it matters little what you or other members are saying, what is the scriptures saying, the aleithia, that's all that matters.
 
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I respectfully do not agree.

Christians are not subjected to the Mosaic Law (i. e. Sabbath). Christ abolished the Law and instituted a new covenant. Compare Matthew 22:39, 40;
Let's take a look shall we.

Matt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

No where there does it say the law is abolished. What it does say is that the Law hangs on the two laws mentioned beforehand, Love for God and our neighbor. And these are laws also. They are mention in the Books of Moses Lev,19:18 and Deut, 6:5.

Hang even in English does not mean abolish. If something is hanging on something it is supported not abolished. The text is saying that the Law and prophets depend on Love.


John 13:34;
Nowhere does it say anything is abolished. But I love the way Jesus expounds on what kind of Love He is speaking of. Love with godly love. A self sacrificing love. A love that is willing to give one's life up for His brethren.

Romans 7:6; 10:4;
I love Romans. It says in chapter three that we do not make void the Law through faith, we establish it. And it is also says the law never justified anyone. It only gave us the knowledge of what sin is. It also says that we will be judged in chapter two verse 12. Both Jew and Gentile.
It has always been through Faith that we should live as chapter 1 layouts. Which is a quote of Joel I believe.

Chapter six says, shall we continue in sin that grace abound? God forbid, or no, no way! How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein? For we who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ as Galatians 3 puts forth and Romans 6 confirms. Therefore we are dead nevertheless we live yet not US but Christ lives in us. And the life we now live in the flesh we live by the FAITH OF the Son of God who gave Himself for us.

Chapter 6 continues to say that we have been crucified with Him that the Body of sin be destroyed. That Hence forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. And we have become freed from sin have become servant, slaves to righteousness. Behold a new creation in Christ Jesus. Behold all things are new and of God. In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?

Chapter 10 speaks of the Faith that chapter one speaks of in relation to the Gospel. It says in verses 6-8. The righteousness out of Faith speaketh this, Say not in your heart, bring Christ down from above, or up from the deep. But what says it? The Word through Christ is in your heart and in your mouth. That is what the righteousness out of Faith speaks; and that is what we preach.

As it says in Deut 30:10-14 which Romans 10 is a paraphrase.

Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

It has always been the Lord our God who sanctifies, makes us holy. Exodus 31:13.

Sadly Israel did not understand or were unwilling to receive the Lord our God's sanctification through His placing His word in their hearts.

That is why it is expressed as a new covenant in Jeremiah. Where he said He will put His Laws in our hearts and in our minds. He will be our God, our Strength and we shall be His people.

Colossians 2:13-16.
The context of verse 2:16 in Colossians ties back to verse 14 where explicitly states the Handwriting of the Decrees were blotted out. Not the Law but the handwriting of the decrees. Or better yet since the clause is in the dative case the handwriting TO the Decrees. Not the handwriting of decrees. It is the handwriting of THE or to the decrees that were blotted out. Which would be the judgements and condemnation which they imposed according to the grammar of verse 14 and then the context which is set by verse 16 when it mentions not to judge.

Not the decrees and certainly not the Law, the Ten commandments. Nowhere does Gill or anyone else for that matter address these facts. It is the sabbaths in which were part of the handwriting to the decrees. Those ceremonial sabbaths that were instituted because of our sin and pointed us to Christ. Not the Sabbath of the Decalogue. The context of Colossians two doesn't even come close to inferring that.

Though this is important once again it must be stated that even if it stated other wise it would not matter in relation to Matt 24. Because the grammar and context of Matt 24 explicitly states that Jesus expected us, His followers to be observing the Sabbath up to His coming in the clouds and His sending forth His angels to gather the elect at the end of the world. Otherwise He would not of counseled us to pray that our flight from the tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and gathering us before the end of the world not be on the Sabbath.
 

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Let's take a look shall we.

Matt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

No where there does it say the law is abolished. What it does say is that the Law hangs on the two laws mentioned beforehand, Love for God and our neighbor. And these are laws also. They are mention in the Books of Moses Lev,19:18 and Deut, 6:5.

Hang even in English does not mean abolish. If something is hanging on something it is supported not abolished. The text is saying that the Law and prophets depend on Love.



Nowhere does it say anything is abolished. But I love the way Jesus expounds on what kind of Love He is speaking of. Love with godly love. A self sacrificing love. A love that is willing to give one's life up for His brethren.


I love Romans. It says in chapter three that we do not make void the Law through faith, we establish it. And it is also says the law never justified anyone. It only gave us the knowledge of what sin is. It also says that we will be judged in chapter two verse 12. Both Jew and Gentile.
It has always been through Faith that we should live as chapter 1 layouts. Which is a quote of Joel I believe.

Chapter six says, shall we continue in sin that grace abound? God forbid, or no, no way! How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein? For we who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ as Galatians 3 puts forth and Romans 6 confirms. Therefore we are dead nevertheless we live yet not US but Christ lives in us. And the life we now live in the flesh we live by the FAITH OF the Son of God who gave Himself for us.

Chapter 6 continues to say that we have been crucified with Him that the Body of sin be destroyed. That Hence forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. And we have become freed from sin have become servant, slaves to righteousness. Behold a new creation in Christ Jesus. Behold all things are new and of God. In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?

Chapter 10 speaks of the Faith that chapter one speaks of in relation to the Gospel. It says in verses 6-8. The righteousness out of Faith speaketh this, Say not in your heart, bring Christ down from above, or up from the deep. But what says it? The Word through Christ is in your heart and in your mouth. That is what the righteousness out of Faith speaks; and that is what we preach.

As it says in Deut 30:10-14 which Romans 10 is a paraphrase.

Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

It has always been the Lord our God who sanctifies, makes us holy. Exodus 31:13.

Sadly Israel did not understand or were unwilling to receive the Lord our God's sanctification through His placing His word in their hearts.

That is why it is expressed as a new covenant in Jeremiah. Where he said He will put His Laws in our hearts and in our minds. He will be our God, our Strength and we shall be His people.


The context of verse 2:16 in Colossians ties back to verse 14 where explicitly states the Handwriting of the Decrees were blotted out. Not the Law but the handwriting of the decrees. Or better yet since the clause is in the dative case the handwriting TO the Decrees. Not the handwriting of decrees. It is the handwriting of THE or to the decrees that were blotted out. Which would be the judgements and condemnation which they imposed according to the grammar of verse 14 and then the context which is set by verse 16 when it mentions not to judge.

Not the decrees and certainly not the Law, the Ten commandments. Nowhere does Gill or anyone else for that matter address these facts. It is the sabbaths in which were part of the handwriting to the decrees. Those ceremonial sabbaths that were instituted because of our sin and pointed us to Christ. Not the Sabbath of the Decalogue. The context of Colossians two doesn't even come close to inferring that.

Though this is important once again it must be stated that even if it stated other wise it would not matter in relation to Matt 24. Because the grammar and context of Matt 24 explicitly states that Jesus expected us, His followers to be observing the Sabbath up to His coming in the clouds and His sending forth His angels to gather the elect at the end of the world. Otherwise He would not of counseled us to pray that our flight from the tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and gathering us before the end of the world not be on the Sabbath.
If you love Romans, then why do you disregard these verses..?

"Or do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime? Thus a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she belongs to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she belongs to another man, she is not an adulteress. In the same way, my brothers and sisters, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are enslaved in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the written code." Romans 7:1-8
 

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If you love Romans, then why do you disregard these verses..?

"Or do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime? Thus a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she belongs to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she belongs to another man, she is not an adulteress. In the same way, my brothers and sisters, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are enslaved in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the written code." Romans 7:1-8
It was not, the quote says "Chapter 6 continues to say that we have been crucified with Him that the Body of sin be destroyed. That Hence forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. And we who have become freed from sin have become servant, slaves to righteousness. Behold a new creation in Christ Jesus. Behold all things are new and of God. In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?"

We are counseled in chapter 6 verse 16 that if we serve sin it will produce death. As verse 23 states the wages of sin is death. Couple that with chapter 7 verse 7 where we see that we would not know sin if it were not for the law.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
 

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It was not, the quote says "Chapter 6 continues to say that we have been crucified with Him that the Body of sin be destroyed. That Hence forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. And we who have become freed from sin have become servant, slaves to righteousness. Behold a new creation in Christ Jesus. Behold all things are new and of God. In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?"

We are counseled in chapter 6 verse 16 that if we serve sin it will produce death. As verse 23 states the wages of sin is death. Couple that with chapter 7 verse 7 where we see that we would not know sin if it were not for the law.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
You wrote "In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?" Correct. So why do you contradict yourself and what the Bible clearly says?

The Bible law defines sin -- or at least some of it. It doesn't define all of it, especially regarding modern life. For example, if someone commits insider trading of stocks, where is that mentioned? If someone violates copyright law, where is that mentioned? => We are guided by the Holy Spirit into all truth <= As Christians we are dead to the law. Romans 7:6, "But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are enslaved in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the written code."
 
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Let's take a look shall we.

Matt 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

No where there does it say the law is abolished. What it does say is that the Law hangs on the two laws mentioned beforehand, Love for God and our neighbor. And these are laws also. They are mention in the Books of Moses Lev,19:18 and Deut, 6:5.

Hang even in English does not mean abolish. If something is hanging on something it is supported not abolished. The text is saying that the Law and prophets depend on Love.



Nowhere does it say anything is abolished. But I love the way Jesus expounds on what kind of Love He is speaking of. Love with godly love. A self sacrificing love. A love that is willing to give one's life up for His brethren.


I love Romans. It says in chapter three that we do not make void the Law through faith, we establish it. And it is also says the law never justified anyone. It only gave us the knowledge of what sin is. It also says that we will be judged in chapter two verse 12. Both Jew and Gentile.
It has always been through Faith that we should live as chapter 1 layouts. Which is a quote of Joel I believe.

Chapter six says, shall we continue in sin that grace abound? God forbid, or no, no way! How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein? For we who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ as Galatians 3 puts forth and Romans 6 confirms. Therefore we are dead nevertheless we live yet not US but Christ lives in us. And the life we now live in the flesh we live by the FAITH OF the Son of God who gave Himself for us.

Chapter 6 continues to say that we have been crucified with Him that the Body of sin be destroyed. That Hence forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. And we have become freed from sin have become servant, slaves to righteousness. Behold a new creation in Christ Jesus. Behold all things are new and of God. In this context are we dead to the Law. What need be of the Law if we be dead to Sin and servants of righteousness through Christ?

Chapter 10 speaks of the Faith that chapter one speaks of in relation to the Gospel. It says in verses 6-8. The righteousness out of Faith speaketh this, Say not in your heart, bring Christ down from above, or up from the deep. But what says it? The Word through Christ is in your heart and in your mouth. That is what the righteousness out of Faith speaks; and that is what we preach.

As it says in Deut 30:10-14 which Romans 10 is a paraphrase.

Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

It has always been the Lord our God who sanctifies, makes us holy. Exodus 31:13.

Sadly Israel did not understand or were unwilling to receive the Lord our God's sanctification through His placing His word in their hearts.

That is why it is expressed as a new covenant in Jeremiah. Where he said He will put His Laws in our hearts and in our minds. He will be our God, our Strength and we shall be His people.


The context of verse 2:16 in Colossians ties back to verse 14 where explicitly states the Handwriting of the Decrees were blotted out. Not the Law but the handwriting of the decrees. Or better yet since the clause is in the dative case the handwriting TO the Decrees. Not the handwriting of decrees. It is the handwriting of THE or to the decrees that were blotted out. Which would be the judgements and condemnation which they imposed according to the grammar of verse 14 and then the context which is set by verse 16 when it mentions not to judge.

Not the decrees and certainly not the Law, the Ten commandments. Nowhere does Gill or anyone else for that matter address these facts. It is the sabbaths in which were part of the handwriting to the decrees. Those ceremonial sabbaths that were instituted because of our sin and pointed us to Christ. Not the Sabbath of the Decalogue. The context of Colossians two doesn't even come close to inferring that.

Though this is important once again it must be stated that even if it stated other wise it would not matter in relation to Matt 24. Because the grammar and context of Matt 24 explicitly states that Jesus expected us, His followers to be observing the Sabbath up to His coming in the clouds and His sending forth His angels to gather the elect at the end of the world. Otherwise He would not of counseled us to pray that our flight from the tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and gathering us before the end of the world not be on the Sabbath.
Consider some additional scriptures: Romans 7:4-6; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:13-15; Hebrews 8:6

Hebrews 8:6
 

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Hello HIM, and welcome to CyB,

"Let's take a look at Matthew. From the KJV Chapter 24 speaks of the tribulation and also the Sabbath. In Matt 24:20-31 Jesus speaks of the Sabbath being kept BY HIS FOLLOWS (US) through the destruction of the Temple in 70AD up to His Second coming.

VERSES 20 THROUGH 31 TALK OF THIS. AND VERSE 20'S WARNING to pray THAT our FLIGHT DUE TO THE PERSECUTION NOT BE IN THE WINTER NOR OR THE SABBATH DAY IS CONNECTED TO THIS."

I could be wrong here, but I do believe these verses pertain to the Jews.
Jesus, at the Olivet discourse taught much on the end times mentioned d in Matthew 24-25, Mark 13 and Luke 21.
The Jews rejected Him, until the times of the gentiles come in, the Jews will be without Christ but, will IMHO eventually see the truth of Him. Sorry if this is not well written...just something to look into...? :)
I agree because I know that Matthew was written to Jewish Christians, not gentiles.

Matthew 24

J.B. Phillips New Testament

24 1-2 Then Jesus went out of the Temple, and was walking away when his disciples came up and drew his attention to its buildings. “You see all these?” replied Jesus. “I tell you every stone will be thrown down till there is not a single one left standing upon another.”
3 And as he was sitting on the slope of the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the signal for your coming and the end of this world?”
4-14 “Be careful that no one misleads you,” returned Jesus, “for many men will come in my name saying ‘I am christ’, and they will mislead many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars—but don’t be alarmed. Such things must indeed happen, but that is not the end. For one nation will rise in arms against another, and one kingdom against another, and there will be famines and earthquakes in different parts of the world. But all that is only the beginning of the birth-pangs. For then comes the time when men will hand you over to persecution, and kill you. And all nations will hate you because you bear my name. Then comes the time when many will lose their faith, and will betray and hate each other. Yes, and many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many people. Because of the spread of wickedness the love of most men will grow cold, though the man who holds out to the end will be saved. This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to men all over the world as a witness to all the nations, and the end will come.

Jesus prophesies a future of suffering​

15-22 “When the time comes, then, that you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ prophesied by Daniel ‘standing in the sacred place’—the reader should note this—then is the time for those in Judea to escape to the hills. A man on his house-top must not waste time going into his house to collect anything; a man at work in the fields must not go back home to fetch his clothes. Alas for the pregnant, alas for those with tiny babies at that time! Pray God that you may not have to make your escape in the winter or on the Sabbath day, for then there will be great misery, such as has never happened from the beginning of the world until now, and will never happen again! Yes, if those days had not been cut short no human being would survive. But for the sake of God’s people those days are to be shortened.
23-28 “If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ don’t believe it. False christs and false prophets are going to appear and will produce great signs and wonders to mislead, if it were possible, even God’s own people. Listen, I am warning you. So that if people say to you, ‘There he is, in the desert!’ you are not to go out there. If they say, ‘Here he is, in this inner room!’ don’t believe it. For as lightning flashes across from east to west so will the Son of Man’s coming be. ‘Wherever there is a dead body, there the vultures will flock.’

At the end of time the Son of Man will return​

29-31 “Immediately after the misery of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will fail to give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken’. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will wring their hands as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in power and great splendour. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call and they will gather his chosen from the four winds—from one end of the heavens to the other.
32-41 “Learn what the fig-tree can teach you. As soon as its branches grow full of sap and produce leaves you know that summer is near. So when you see all these things happening you may know that he is near, at your very door! Believe me, this generation will not disappear till all this has taken place. Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will never pass away! But about that actual day and time no one knows—not even the angels of Heaven, nor the Son, only the Father. For just as life went on in the days of Noah so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood people were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the very day that Noah went into the ark, and knew nothing about the flood until it came and destroyed them all. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left behind. Two women will be grinding at the hand-mill; one is taken and one is left behind.
42-44 “You must be on the alert then, for you do not know when your master is coming. You can be sure of this, however, that if the householder had known what time of night the burglar would arrive, he would have been ready for him and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. That is why you must always be ready, for you do not know what time the Son of Man will arrive.”

Vigilance is essential​

45-51 “Who then is the faithful and sensible servant whom his master put in charge of his household to give others their food at the proper time? Well, he is fortunate if his master finds him doing that duty on his return! Believe me, he will promote him to look after all his property. But if he should be a bad servant who says to himself, ‘My master takes his time about returning’, and should begin to beat his fellow-servants and eat and drink with drunkards, that servant’s master will return suddenly and unexpectedly, and will punish him severely and send him off to share the penalty of the unfaithful—to his bitter sorrow and regret!
 

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Just to clarify why I would make such a bold statement, for I am fully aware that claiming a doctrine held by a vast majority of American Christianity found it's genesis in the mind of devils will offend some, if not many.
Dispensationalism, the particulars of which are contrary to many otherwise well established Christian truths, was devised for one purpose. Similar to preterism and futurism, (and all dispensationalists as far as I am aware, are futurists) , dispensationalism effectively hides the true Antichrist from Christian observance. Unless they are willing to study their Bible without a predisposition to the teachings of Jesuits.
"dispensationalism effectively hides the true Antichrist from Christian observance."

How so?
 
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"dispensationalism effectively hides the true Antichrist from Christian observance."

How so?
Dispensationalism cleaves mostly to a futurist hermeneutic. It requires, even demands, that the Antichrist is always future. It effectively ignores 2000 years of church history. And the man of sin according to Thessalonians appears in the temple of God... The church. And as I've mentioned many times elsewhere, the Antichrist...a beast of prophecy described in several books... Is a governmental system, a kingdom, and more specifically a union of church and state. Not an individual. Only one candidate for identifying Antichrist fulfills every single criteria that prophecy demands of it.
 
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I agree because I know that Matthew was written to Jewish Christians, not gentiles.

Matthew 24​

J.B. Phillips New Testament​

24 1-2 Then Jesus went out of the Temple, and was walking away when his disciples came up and drew his attention to its buildings. “You see all these?” replied Jesus. “I tell you every stone will be thrown down till there is not a single one left standing upon another.”
3 And as he was sitting on the slope of the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the signal for your coming and the end of this world?”
4-14 “Be careful that no one misleads you,” returned Jesus, “for many men will come in my name saying ‘I am christ’, and they will mislead many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars—but don’t be alarmed. Such things must indeed happen, but that is not the end. For one nation will rise in arms against another, and one kingdom against another, and there will be famines and earthquakes in different parts of the world. But all that is only the beginning of the birth-pangs. For then comes the time when men will hand you over to persecution, and kill you. And all nations will hate you because you bear my name. Then comes the time when many will lose their faith, and will betray and hate each other. Yes, and many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many people. Because of the spread of wickedness the love of most men will grow cold, though the man who holds out to the end will be saved. This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to men all over the world as a witness to all the nations, and the end will come.

Jesus prophesies a future of suffering​

15-22 “When the time comes, then, that you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ prophesied by Daniel ‘standing in the sacred place’—the reader should note this—then is the time for those in Judea to escape to the hills. A man on his house-top must not waste time going into his house to collect anything; a man at work in the fields must not go back home to fetch his clothes. Alas for the pregnant, alas for those with tiny babies at that time! Pray God that you may not have to make your escape in the winter or on the Sabbath day, for then there will be great misery, such as has never happened from the beginning of the world until now, and will never happen again! Yes, if those days had not been cut short no human being would survive. But for the sake of God’s people those days are to be shortened.
23-28 “If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ don’t believe it. False christs and false prophets are going to appear and will produce great signs and wonders to mislead, if it were possible, even God’s own people. Listen, I am warning you. So that if people say to you, ‘There he is, in the desert!’ you are not to go out there. If they say, ‘Here he is, in this inner room!’ don’t believe it. For as lightning flashes across from east to west so will the Son of Man’s coming be. ‘Wherever there is a dead body, there the vultures will flock.’

At the end of time the Son of Man will return​

29-31 “Immediately after the misery of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will fail to give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken’. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will wring their hands as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in power and great splendour. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call and they will gather his chosen from the four winds—from one end of the heavens to the other......


Hi there Learner and Nancy. If you take note in your quote above we emphasized in bold the words that show that Jesus' answer to the three questions asked in verse 3, “Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the signal for your coming and the end of this world?” Continues to verse 31. In particular verse 20 to 31 where Jesus shows that he expects his follows to be keeping the Sabbath up to the time of the tribulation prior to Him coming in the clouds and the gathering of the elect by His concern that their flight from the tribulation that will be like no other not be in the winter nor on the Sabbath Day.

Or worship everyday

As our friend Brakelite said, "Not just about worship. The Commandment is about resting, and spending time together with other believers. You cannot do that every day. And the Commandment said specifically what day is sanctified and blessed for that purpose... The 7th day."

Something else also needs to be understood by us all. Israel chose that God's words be given to them another way other than God speaking to them. They said in Exod 20:19 , "Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

With that in mind, it has always been the Lord our God that sanctifies, makes us holy, set apart and filled with His Spirit, His word, the Law in our hearts and minds that we may do it.

Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

The Sabbath of the Ten commandments is a sign and commandment. If we turn to chapter 31 in Exodus verses 13-17 we will see It is Sabbaths in Ex31:13, which is plural. So that would be all of them in respect to book of the law and the Seventh Day. All the Sabbaths, the ceremonial and the Seventh Day Sabbath that our Lord God instituted were and are a sign that it is He that Sanctifies us. Notice please that the Sabbaths mention in verse 31:13 are not said to be a perpetual Covenant. However, in verse 31:17 the Seventh Day Sabbath is mentioned as being a sign again BUT also a perpetual covenant. And the reason for it being mentioned as a sign again and a perpetual covenant is as the commandment states, "for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
As was said above, it is and has always been the Lord God that sanctifies, makes us holy. This we knew. But it is interesting that prior to our Father God giving the Tablets containing the Decalogue that He brings this up. I love it. As if to try to remind the people as they receive the Decalogue, that it is not these commandments that make you holy it is Me.

Exod 31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exod 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exod 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exod 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exod 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

As was stated above. It is a sign and a commandment. A perpetual covenant for all those to whom would be called His people.
 

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Consider some additional scriptures: Romans 7:4-6; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:13-15; Hebrews 8:6

Hebrews 8:6
Hi Mark. What we need to understand is that posting other verses from the Bible against something that is stated in another verse does not prove what is being shown in that particular verse to be wrong. We must prove what is being stated in said verse wrong within the context of the passage cited. You did not even answer the objective points shared in the post you responded too. All you did was post more verses taken out of the passage they were in for me to consider, and or explain.

This thread is about Matt. 24 and how Jesus shown that He expects His followers to be keeping the Sabbath up to throw the Tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and the gathering of the elect. This is a fact that can not be proven wrong because the very grammar can't be argued against.

So with that, please by all means cite the OP and we can speak through it. And then we can continue to these other passages.
 

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Hi there Learner and Nancy. If you take note in your quote above we emphasized in bold the words that show that Jesus' answer to the three questions asked in verse 3, “Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the signal for your coming and the end of this world?” Continues to verse 31. In particular verse 20 to 31 where Jesus shows that he expects his follows to be keeping the Sabbath up to the time of the tribulation prior to Him coming in the clouds and the gathering of the elect by His concern that their flight from the tribulation that will be like no other not be in the winter nor on the Sabbath Day.




As our friend Brakelite said, "Not just about worship. The Commandment is about resting, and spending time together with other believers. You cannot do that every day. And the Commandment said specifically what day is sanctified and blessed for that purpose... The 7th day."

Something else also needs to be understood by us all. Israel chose that God's words be given to them another way other than God speaking to them. They said in Exod 20:19 , "Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."

With that in mind, it has always been the Lord our God that sanctifies, makes us holy, set apart and filled with His Spirit, His word, the Law in our hearts and minds that we may do it.

Deut 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

The Sabbath of the Ten commandments is a sign and commandment. If we turn to chapter 31 in Exodus verses 13-17 we will see It is Sabbaths in Ex31:13, which is plural. So that would be all of them in respect to book of the law and the Seventh Day. All the Sabbaths, the ceremonial and the Seventh Day Sabbath that our Lord God instituted were and are a sign that it is He that Sanctifies us. Notice please that the Sabbaths mention in verse 31:13 are not said to be a perpetual Covenant. However, in verse 31:17 the Seventh Day Sabbath is mentioned as being a sign again BUT also a perpetual covenant. And the reason for it being mentioned as a sign again and a perpetual covenant is as the commandment states, "for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
As was said above, it is and has always been the Lord God that sanctifies, makes us holy. This we knew. But it is interesting that prior to our Father God giving the Tablets containing the Decalogue that He brings this up. I love it. As if to try to remind the people as they receive the Decalogue, that it is not these commandments that make you holy it is Me.

Exod 31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exod 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exod 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exod 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exod 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

As was stated above. It is a sign and a commandment. A perpetual covenant for all those to whom would be called His people.
To whom was the sign given?
To YisraEl, yes?

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. The reason for the fresh inculcation of the fourth commandment at this particular period was, that the great ardour and eagerness with which all classes betook themselves to the construction of the tabernacle exposed them to the temptation of encroaching on the sanctity of the appointed day of rest. They might suppose that the erection of the tabernacle was a sacred work, and that it would be a high merit-an acceptable tribute-to prosecute the undertaking without the interruption of a day’s repose; and therefore the caution here given, at the commencement of the undertaking, was a seasonable admonition.

Verse 13. It is a sign between me and you throughout your generations. There is here an allusion to the separation of Israel as a special people to the service of God; and the keeping of the Sabbath was a sign or pledge of their national obligation to obey the whole law. The reference obviously is not to the institution of the Sabbath on the part of God, but to its observance on the part of the people; and the purpose of God in making a faithful performance of the Sabbath duties ’a sign between Him and the Israelites was, that they might become a holy and blessed people.’

Verse 14. Ye shall keep the sabbath ... every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death. It was as the king of Israel, who had made the sanctification of the Sabbath a fundamental law in the civil and political constitution of His kingdom, that He denounced the violation of it as a capital crime (see the notes at Num_15:32-36).
Verse 17. It is a sign between me and the children ... for ever. The Sabbath was a sign between God and the people of Israel which they were always to be careful in observing-a national peculiarity evinced by its being always prominently associated with the sanctity of the temple, new moons, and other feasts (Lev_19:30; Isa_1:13; Isa_66:23; Eze_45:17; Hos_2:11), and by its being one of the pledges which the proselyte had for participating in the blessings of the covenant (Isa_56:6-8).
"For ever," of course, means only commensurate with the duration of the Jewish economy (cf. Exo_12:14; Exo_12:17; Exo_12:24; Lev_16:34; Num_10:8). When the covenant was disannulled, the sign could not remain; and accordingly the seventh-day Sabbath is gone with the covenant (cf. Lev_26:15; Lev_27:1-34; Deu_28:1 with Eze_20:1-49; Hos_2:11): it was a type or shadow of the blessed rest in Christ; "for we who have believed do enter into rest."
JFB


But I am not here to slog it out re the Sabbath/s
 

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To whom was the sign given?
To YisraEl, yes?

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. The reason for the fresh inculcation of the fourth commandment at this particular period was, that the great ardour and eagerness with which all classes betook themselves to the construction of the tabernacle exposed them to the temptation of encroaching on the sanctity of the appointed day of rest. They might suppose that the erection of the tabernacle was a sacred work, and that it would be a high merit-an acceptable tribute-to prosecute the undertaking without the interruption of a day’s repose; and therefore the caution here given, at the commencement of the undertaking, was a seasonable admonition.

Verse 13. It is a sign between me and you throughout your generations. There is here an allusion to the separation of Israel as a special people to the service of God; and the keeping of the Sabbath was a sign or pledge of their national obligation to obey the whole law. The reference obviously is not to the institution of the Sabbath on the part of God, but to its observance on the part of the people; and the purpose of God in making a faithful performance of the Sabbath duties ’a sign between Him and the Israelites was, that they might become a holy and blessed people.’

Verse 14. Ye shall keep the sabbath ... every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death. It was as the king of Israel, who had made the sanctification of the Sabbath a fundamental law in the civil and political constitution of His kingdom, that He denounced the violation of it as a capital crime (see the notes at Num_15:32-36).
Verse 17. It is a sign between me and the children ... for ever. The Sabbath was a sign between God and the people of Israel which they were always to be careful in observing-a national peculiarity evinced by its being always prominently associated with the sanctity of the temple, new moons, and other feasts (Lev_19:30; Isa_1:13; Isa_66:23; Eze_45:17; Hos_2:11), and by its being one of the pledges which the proselyte had for participating in the blessings of the covenant (Isa_56:6-8).
"For ever," of course, means only commensurate with the duration of the Jewish economy (cf. Exo_12:14; Exo_12:17; Exo_12:24; Lev_16:34; Num_10:8). When the covenant was disannulled, the sign could not remain; and accordingly the seventh-day Sabbath is gone with the covenant (cf. Lev_26:15; Lev_27:1-34; Deu_28:1 with Eze_20:1-49; Hos_2:11): it was a type or shadow of the blessed rest in Christ; "for we who have believed do enter into rest."
JFB
None of which addresses the OP and How Matt. 24 tells us the Jesus expected His followers to be keeping the Sabbath up to and through the Tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and the gathering of the elect. This is a fact that can not be proven wrong because the very grammar can't be argued against.

So with that, please by all means cite the OP and we can speak through it.


However in respect to JFB's confusion, his response is subjective. Sometimes forever means forever. And objectively speaking all who come to God are His children and are to live through Him who sanctifies. One tree Jesus Christ that nourishes us all through God. We and Israel are but branches. No longer two but one in Him. The Body of Christ, the Temple, the Building. We are but citizens of the household of God, extensions of It and Him. We in Him, He in us that the world might believe. This is how it was then and will always be. For it is the Lord our God that sanctifies.

Isa 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Isa 56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Isa 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Isa 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Deut 31:12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:


Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;


Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.


 
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None of which addresses the OP and How Matt. 24 tells us the Jesus expected His followers to be keeping the Sabbath up to and through the Tribulation prior to His coming in the clouds and the gathering of the elect. This is a fact that can not be proven wrong because the very grammar can't be argued against.

So with that, please by all means cite the OP and we can speak through it.


However in respect to JFB's confusion, his response is subjective. Sometimes forever means forever. And objectively speaking all who come to God are His children and are to live through Him who sanctifies. One tree Jesus Christ that nourishes us all through God. We and Israel are but branches. No longer two but one in Him. The Body of Christ is the Temple, the Building we are but citizens of the household of God, extensions of It and Him. We in Him, He in us that the world might believe. This is how it was then and will always be. For it is the Lord our God that sanctifies.

Isa 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Isa 56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Isa 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Isa 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Deut 31:12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:


Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;


Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Believers today continue to dispute whether the Sabbath is required. The Sabbath was given to Israel as a covenant sign, and Israel was commanded to rest on the seventh day. We see elsewhere in the Old Testament that covenants have signs, so that the sign of the Noahic covenant is the rainbow (Gen. 9:8–17) and the sign of the Abrahamic covenant is circumcision (Gen. 17). The paradigm for the Sabbath was God’s rest on the seventh day of creation (Gen. 2:1–3). So, too, Israel was called upon to rest from work on the seventh day (Exod. 20:8–11; 31:12–17). What did it mean for Israel not to work on the Sabbath? Figure 5 lists the kinds of activities that were prohibited and permitted.

The Sabbath was certainly a day for social concern, for rest was mandated for all Israelites, including their children, slaves, and even animals (Deut. 5:14). It was also a day to honor and worship the Lord. Special burnt offerings were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath (Num. 28:9–10). Psalm 92 is a Sabbath song that voices praise to God for his steadfast love and faithfulness. Israel was called upon to observe the Sabbath in remembrance of the Lord’s work in delivering them as slaves from Egyptian bondage (Deut. 5:15). Thus, the Sabbath is tied to Israel’s covenant with the Lord, for it celebrates her liberation from slavery. The Sabbath, then, is the sign of the covenant between the Lord and Israel (Exod. 31:12–17; Ezek. 20:12–17). The Lord promised great blessing to those who observed the Sabbath (Isa. 56:2, 6; 58:13–14). Breaking the Sabbath command was no trivial matter, for the death penalty was inflicted upon those who intentionally violated it (Exod. 31:14–15; 35:2; Num. 15:32–36), though collecting manna on the Sabbath before the Mosaic law was codified did not warrant such a punishment (Exod. 16:22–30). Israel regularly violated the Sabbath—the sign of the covenant—and this is one of the reasons the people were sent into exile (Jer. 17:21–27; Ezek. 20:12–24).

FIGURE 5A: WORK PROHIBITED ON THE SABBATH
Kindling a fire Exod. 35:3
Gathering manna Exod. 16:23–29
Selling goods Neh. 10:31; 13:15–22
Bearing burdens Jer. 17:19–27
FIGURE 5B: ACTIVITIES PERMITTED ON THE SABBATH
Military campaigns Josh. 6:15; 1 Kings 20:29; 2 Kings 3:9
Marriage feasts Judg. 14:12–18
Dedication feasts 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Chron. 7:8–9
Visiting a man of God 2 Kings 4:23
Changing temple guards 2 Kings 11:5–9
Preparing showbread and putting it out 1 Chron. 9:32
Offering sacrifices 1 Chron. 23:31; Ezek. 46:4–5
Duties of priests and Levites 2 Kings 11:5–9; 2 Chron. 23:4, 8
Opening the east gate Ezek. 46:1–3

During the Second Temple period, views of the Sabbath continued to develop. It is not my purpose here to conduct a complete study. Rather, a number of illustrations will be provided to illustrate how seriously Jews took the Sabbath. The Sabbath was a day of feasting and therefore a day when fasting was not appropriate (Jdt. 8:6; 1 Macc. 1:39, 45). Initially, the Hasmoneans refused to fight on the Sabbath, but after they were defeated in battle they changed their minds and began to fight on the Sabbath (1 Macc. 2:32–41; cf. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 12.274, 276–277). The author of Jubilees propounds a rigorous view of the Sabbath (Jubilees 50:6–13). He emphasizes that no work should be done, specifying a number of tasks that are prohibited (50:12–13). Fasting is prohibited since the Sabbath is a day for feasting (50:10, 12). Sexual relations with one’s wife also are prohibited (50:8), though offering the sacrifices ordained in the law are permitted (50:10). Those who violate the Sabbath prescriptions should die (50:7, 13). The Sabbath is eternal, and even the angels keep it (2:17–24). Indeed, the angels kept the Sabbath in heaven before it was established on earth (2:30). All Jewish authors concur that God commanded Israel to literally rest, though it is not surprising that Philo thinks of it as well in terms of resting in God (Sobriety, 1:174) and in terms of having thoughts of God that are fitting (Special Laws, 2:260). Philo also explains the number seven symbolically (Moses, 2:210).

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I agree because I know that Matthew was written to Jewish Christians, not gentiles.

Matthew 24​

J.B. Phillips New Testament​

24 1-2 Then Jesus went out of the Temple, and was walking away when his disciples came up and drew his attention to its buildings. “You see all these?” replied Jesus. “I tell you every stone will be thrown down till there is not a single one left standing upon another.”
3 And as he was sitting on the slope of the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the signal for your coming and the end of this world?”
4-14 “Be careful that no one misleads you,” returned Jesus, “for many men will come in my name saying ‘I am christ’, and they will mislead many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars—but don’t be alarmed. Such things must indeed happen, but that is not the end. For one nation will rise in arms against another, and one kingdom against another, and there will be famines and earthquakes in different parts of the world. But all that is only the beginning of the birth-pangs. For then comes the time when men will hand you over to persecution, and kill you. And all nations will hate you because you bear my name. Then comes the time when many will lose their faith, and will betray and hate each other. Yes, and many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many people. Because of the spread of wickedness the love of most men will grow cold, though the man who holds out to the end will be saved. This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to men all over the world as a witness to all the nations, and the end will come.

Jesus prophesies a future of suffering​

15-22 “When the time comes, then, that you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ prophesied by Daniel ‘standing in the sacred place’—the reader should note this—then is the time for those in Judea to escape to the hills. A man on his house-top must not waste time going into his house to collect anything; a man at work in the fields must not go back home to fetch his clothes. Alas for the pregnant, alas for those with tiny babies at that time! Pray God that you may not have to make your escape in the winter or on the Sabbath day, for then there will be great misery, such as has never happened from the beginning of the world until now, and will never happen again! Yes, if those days had not been cut short no human being would survive. But for the sake of God’s people those days are to be shortened.
23-28 “If anyone says to you then, ‘Look, here is Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ don’t believe it. False christs and false prophets are going to appear and will produce great signs and wonders to mislead, if it were possible, even God’s own people. Listen, I am warning you. So that if people say to you, ‘There he is, in the desert!’ you are not to go out there. If they say, ‘Here he is, in this inner room!’ don’t believe it. For as lightning flashes across from east to west so will the Son of Man’s coming be. ‘Wherever there is a dead body, there the vultures will flock.’

At the end of time the Son of Man will return​

29-31 “Immediately after the misery of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will fail to give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken’. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will wring their hands as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in power and great splendour. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call and they will gather his chosen from the four winds—from one end of the heavens to the other.
32-41 “Learn what the fig-tree can teach you. As soon as its branches grow full of sap and produce leaves you know that summer is near. So when you see all these things happening you may know that he is near, at your very door! Believe me, this generation will not disappear till all this has taken place. Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will never pass away! But about that actual day and time no one knows—not even the angels of Heaven, nor the Son, only the Father. For just as life went on in the days of Noah so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood people were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the very day that Noah went into the ark, and knew nothing about the flood until it came and destroyed them all. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left behind. Two women will be grinding at the hand-mill; one is taken and one is left behind.
42-44 “You must be on the alert then, for you do not know when your master is coming. You can be sure of this, however, that if the householder had known what time of night the burglar would arrive, he would have been ready for him and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. That is why you must always be ready, for you do not know what time the Son of Man will arrive.”

Vigilance is essential​

45-51 “Who then is the faithful and sensible servant whom his master put in charge of his household to give others their food at the proper time? Well, he is fortunate if his master finds him doing that duty on his return! Believe me, he will promote him to look after all his property. But if he should be a bad servant who says to himself, ‘My master takes his time about returning’, and should begin to beat his fellow-servants and eat and drink with drunkards, that servant’s master will return suddenly and unexpectedly, and will punish him severely and send him off to share the penalty of the unfaithful—to his bitter sorrow and regret!
Hello TL,
You had me quoting somebody else's words, at least what is written in between what I actually did write, which is below. Thanks! :)


Hello HIM, and welcome to CyB,

I could be wrong here, but I do believe these verses pertain to the Jews.
Jesus, at the Olivet discourse taught much on the end times mentioned d in Matthew 24-25, Mark 13 and Luke 21.
The Jews rejected Him, until the times of the gentiles come in, the Jews will be without Christ but, will IMHO eventually see the truth of Him. Sorry if this is not well written...just something to look into...? :)

The rest, is not mine. Thanks! :)
 

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Hello TL,
You had me quoting somebody else's words, at least what is written in between what I actually did write, which is below. Thanks! :)


Hello HIM, and welcome to CyB,

I could be wrong here, but I do believe these verses pertain to the Jews.
Jesus, at the Olivet discourse taught much on the end times mentioned d in Matthew 24-25, Mark 13 and Luke 21.
The Jews rejected Him, until the times of the gentiles come in, the Jews will be without Christ but, will IMHO eventually see the truth of Him. Sorry if this is not well written...just something to look into...? :)

The rest, is not mine. Thanks! :)
Nothing wrong expressing yourself so eloquently @Nancy and I fully concur with you.
J.
 
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