In this continuing study I take a look at the Rapture Doctrine. Is this a Pre-Trib, as taught in most mainstream Churches are do Christians go through the Tribulation Period? I compare Thessalonians to Matthew 24 along with Revelation. I venture into Paul’s writings to explore what he has to say, along with what Yahweh says in Ezekiel. I also ask the listeners to grab a pencil and paper as we create charts for comparison as we get deeper into this study.
In this Part 26 I continue in Matthew 24 verse 9 and see what Yahshua Messiah has to say to His disciples and most important TO US TODAY!
I go into a rant on some events that are taking place today, as these events are attacking the Gospel of Yahshua Messiah.
In this Chapter Yahshua Messiah will discuss with His disciples, His return for His bride. This Chapter goes in hand with those 7 events of Rev. 6. Events that we shall see and understand that lead to His return. Many Churches teach this chapter as the pre-tribulation rapture event. But we shall find out, there is no such thing as flying away, as described by Ezekiel Chapter 13. We also shall learn of the Parable of the Fig Tree and how this Parable unfolded itself in our generation. We shall pin point events that took place like, ‘The Days of Noah’, just what really happen back then!
9. Then shall they deliver . . . = The adverb, here and in verse 10, points to synchronism rather than sequence in its connection with verse 8.
To be afflicted. = Literally, unto affliction. The words repeat in substance the predictions of Matthew 10:22. Here we have “hated of all the nations,” i.e., heathen nations, instead of the wider “hated of all men.”
Afflicted = tribulations. As followers of Yahshua Messiah, we shall go through tribulations. We shall even be brought up yo that Synagogue of Satan. But don’t worry, for the Holy Spirit will speak on our behalf!
Of all nations = that 1 world system, as described in Rev. 13
10. Many = Christians
Offended = stumble. The persecutions directed against the disciples in general shall in many cases result in overcoming their steadfastness and sapping their faith.
Shall betray one another = To try to win favor with enemies and to secure their own safety in troublous times, Christians were found to inform against friends, and to deliver them up to the civil authorities. Tacitus notes instances of this degrading cowardice. "First those were seized who confessed that they were Christians; and then on their information a vast multitude was convicted" ("Ann.," 15:44).
Shall hate one another = Dissensions in religion cause the most bitter hatred, the very opposite of that love which is the essence of Christianity. (John 15:17) Where one of a pagan family embraced Christianity, the convert was regarded as an outcast, and cut adrift from the nearest domestic ties. The reference in the text chiefly concerns contentions among professing Christians; we see such effects every day; they appear in every page of religious history; they have stained the annals of our own and every nation.
Isaiah 8:15; ‘And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.’ (By the way this ‘taken’ is by the false messiah!)
11. False prophets = (pseudoprophētai). Yahshua Messiah had warned against them in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 7:15). They are still coming!
Join me as we go Chapter by Chapter, Verse by Verse, Unraveling the Words of Yahweh!
Have any questions? Feel free to email me at utwoy@netzero.net
