6 Oct 2015

Matthew 24:5-9

Posted by joncooper

Matthew 24:5: “For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”

There will be people in the early part of the Tribulation that claim to be Jesus – in fact, there will be many such people. Israel was warned to not believe them. Jesus would not come back until a number of important things had happened, and when He returned it would not be in secret – it would be openly, with the armies of Heaven. There would be no mistaking the return of the real Jesus.

Matthew 24:6: “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

Another way to put it is that these things are the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation period, which is characterized by world wars. The antichrist launches a global campaign that kills a huge percentage of the Earth’s population. All of this, however, was foretold by Christ. These things do not signal the end, but rather, the beginning of the end.

Matthew 24:9: “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.”

The Tribulation period will be marked by intense persecution of the Church, as Christians are martyred by the millions. The beast is given power over the saints to overcome them, and overcome them he does.

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