THE END TIMES ACCORDING TO JESUS - Deep
State Exposed In Front Of The World – Gabbard Rips Romney - Danger In The Skies
– New Zealand Humanitarian Crisis Coming - New Gene Decode - X22 Report - 118
House Issues Subpoenas - Car Prices Set To Crash By 50% - The Satanic Temple
Lust for Death - Our World Is about to Change – Obeying Jesus Leads to Peace
& Prosperity – Colin Powell’s Anthrax Deception and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
Feb. 10th 2023
Mel K & Author Cynthia Chung |
Exiting the Matrix With Factual History | 2-7-23 - https://rumble.com/v28oweo-mel-k-and-author-cynthia-chung-exiting-the-matrix-with-factual-history-2-7-.html?mref=6zof&mc=dgip3&ep=2
WATCHERS: Thousands of buildings in
Auckland unsafe for living after worst rains in 170 years, New Zealand - Wednesday,
February 8, 2023- (Comment: Huge humanitarian crisis in the making as another
cyclone heads to New Zealand.) Thousands of buildings in New Zealand’s Auckland
area are currently unsafe for living after the region was hit by extreme
rainfall and severe flooding at the end of January. The amount of rain that
fell in a matter of days made January 2023 Auckland’s wettest month in at least
the last 170 years. The flooding has put the public’s focus on nature-based
alternatives to traditional stormwater systems. https://watchers.news/2023/02/08/thousands-of-buildings-in-auckland-unsafe-for-living-after-worst-rains-in-170-years-new-zealand/
WATCHERS: Tropical Cyclone
“Gabrielle” forms in the Coral Sea, forecast to rapidly intensify before moving
toward New Zealand - Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - Tropical Cyclone “Gabrielle”
has formed in the Coral Sea as the 3rd named storm of the 2023 Australian
region cyclone season. The forecast track takes it near Norfolk Island as a
severe category 3 before moving toward New Zealand. The cyclone could bring
more rounds of heavy rain to parts of North Island, New Zealand, particularly
the Auckland area where extremely heavy and record-breaking rainfall amounts
were registered recently. https://watchers.news/2023/02/08/tropical-cyclone-gabrielle-forms-in-the-coral-sea-forecast-to-rapidly-intensify-before-moving-toward-new-zealand/
EXPOSE: New Zealand’s repressive
regime continues to withhold information and refuses to investigate vaccine
harms - BY RHODA WILSON ON FEBRUARY 8, 2023 • One of the most effective ways to
repress occupied populations is to cut out sources of information and remove
the possibility of investigation. When reprisals against resistors caused
public outrage in 1941, Hitler devised the Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog)
policy. Henceforth the fate of captured resistors, whether they were dead or
alive, would be withheld from their dear ones and the public, who, living in
dread, did not know whether to protest or hope. Inevitably, news of their cruel
fate eventually leaked out. https://expose-news.com/2023/02/08/new-zealands-repressive-regime-continues/
New Gene Decode: Super Intel on
Smithsonian Institute via The Galactic Talk - Friday, February 10, 2023 14:49 -
GENE DECODE is a former U.S. Navy Decoder with highly valuable intel from the
Deep-State agendas, elite bloodlines, Adrenochrome, satanic cults, and the
D.U.M.B.S (Deep Underground Military Bases), to alien races, ancient
civilizations buried underground, Antarctica, human harvesting, God, and The
Great Awakening. https://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2023/02/new-gene-decode-super-intel-on-smithsonian-institute-via-the-galactic-talk-2560431.html
X22 Report – While Biden Destroys The
Economy! Trump Tells The People How We Can Make It Great! - Must Video - Friday,
February 10, 2023 13:02 - Banks are beginning to collapse, people are taking
their money out of the system. Woke companies are having a difficult time.
Biden is destroying the economy and Trump is giving solutions on how to save
the country and reverse it all. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/02/x22-report-biden-destroys-the-economy-trump-tells-the-people-how-we-can-make-it-great-must-video-3078434.html
Over 2,000 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized
in Miami in Just One Month - Friday, February 10, 2023 15:09 - According to
renowned journalist Ioan Grillo, in CBP’s database on drug seizures, a huge
spike in fentanyl occurred during the month of December 2022 in Miami, Florida.
The Miami Field Office of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a record-breaking
2 thousand pounds of fentanyl in that month alone, public records show CBP has
not released a press statement on the colossal haul, and it has not been
previously reported by the media, but it is shown in its database on drug
seizures. https://beforeitsnews.com/immigration/2023/02/over-2000-pounds-of-fentanyl-seized-in-miami-in-just-one-month-2472325.html
And We Know - Feb 10th: 118 House
Issues Subpoenas! Justice Dept Whistleblowers Bring It! Accountability! Pray! -
Must Video - Friday, February 10, 2023 15:03 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-liberal/2023/02/and-we-know-feb-10th-118-house-issues-subpoenas-justice-dept-whistleblowers-bring-it-accountability-pray-must-video-2619189.html
US MILITARY NEWS: Tulsi Gabbard Rips
Mitt Romney Apart During Hearing - By Ivar Casandra | 02/10/2023 - https://restoredrepublic.co/tulsi-gabbard-rips-mitt-romney-apart-during-hearing/
Deep State Exposed In Front Of The
World! The Balloon Parts Made In USA! - On The Fringe - Thursday, February 9,
2023 20:11 - There is so much happening right now that is exposing the deep
state for their crimes against the world. Their lies are being shown, people
can see how many lies we have been told by the deep state. They are running out
of time. - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/deep-state-exposed-in-front-of-the-world-the-balloon-parts-made-in-usa-on-the-fringe-3654546.html
Danger In The Skies - The Highwire
with Del Bigtree - Friday, February 10, 2023 2:49 - FAA Lowers Bar on Heart
Health For Pilots?; Medical Tyrants Caught on Camera; Pfizer Caught Shifting
Goalposts, Again; New Legislation Targets CDC, WHO Overreach; Cochrane Review
Shows Masks Didn’t Work, But this Vitamin Does; How Did Del Get So Fit? https://beforeitsnews.com/international/2023/02/danger-in-the-skies-the-highwire-with-del-bigtree-2510858.html
Colin Powell’s anthrax vial taught
the US a valuable lesson – that it can get away with any lie it wants – Scott
Ritter - Friday, February 10, 2023 8:33 - By Scott Ritter | RT | February 8,
2023 - Twenty years ago, former Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered his
now-infamous address before the United Nations Security Council, making the
case for war against Iraq. The presentation would later be revealed as lies.
Sadly, it would also turn out that no one seemed to care. On February 5, 2003,
I watched it all with a sense of boiling anger. The day before, I had made the
following prediction to Japanese media: https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/02/colin-powells-anthrax-vial-taught-the-us-a-valuable-lesson-that-it-can-get-away-with-any-lie-it-wants-scott-ritter-2700216.html
Car Prices Set To Crash By 50% As
Auto Market Collapse Begins - Feb 9, 2023 - Severe supply constraints and a
shift away from public transport during the pandemic resulted in an insane car
price bubble that is now about to crash. Car dealers are watching prices drop
like a rock in face of rapidly changing market conditions, soaring interest
rates, and auto production finally picking up speed. On the other hand, many
buyers that purchased their vehicles at inflated prices are now underwater on
their loans, which is creating a crisis that is worrying even Elon Musk and
other big names in the industry due to its size and scope, with experts warning
that financial turmoil is ahead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBKCNlQeVgI
MAIL ONLINE: Russia demands those
responsible for Nord Stream blasts must be named and punished after
investigative reporter claims Joe Biden ordered US navy to destroy the gas pipe
- Reporter Seymour Hersh claims source said US navy divers destroyed pipelines
- Kremlin said the world should know who was behind the attacks on Nord Stream
- The White House said that the report was 'utterly false and complete fiction'
- By JAMES REYNOLDS FOR MAILONLINE - PUBLISHED: 08:18 EST, 9 February 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11731599/Russia-demands-responsible-Nord-Stream-2-blast-named-reporter-blames-navy.html
From Pastor Boyd - It plainly states
in the Bible what will happen if you are obedient to God & the blessings
you will have. It also states what will happen if your nation is not obedient
to the Lord. Biden is planning to swarm the border with illegal aliens that
would make the curses for disobedience come in to effect. It does not get any
plainer than this.
Blessings for Obedience - Deut. 28, If you fully obey the Lord your God and
carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set
you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you
and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and
blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be
blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves
of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading
trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come
in and blessed when you go out.
7 The Lord will grant that the
enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at
you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The Lord will send a blessing on
your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless
you in the land he is giving you.
9 The Lord will establish you as his
holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord
your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will
see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The
Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of
your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your
ancestors to give you.
12 The Lord will open the heavens,
the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless
all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from
none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to
the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow
them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside
from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,
following other gods and serving them.
Curses for Disobedience
15 However, if you do not obey the
Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am
giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and
cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough
will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be
cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs
of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come
in and cursed when you go out.
20 The Lord will send on you curses,
confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are
destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in
forsaking him.[a] 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has
destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will
strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching
heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you
perish. 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will
come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25 The Lord will cause you to be
defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee
from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms
on earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild
animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will
afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the
itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with
madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope about
like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do;
day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
30 You will be pledged to be married
to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but
you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin
to enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you
will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not
be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue
them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will
wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and
you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 34 The sights you see
will drive you mad. 35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful
boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of
your head.
36 The Lord will drive you and the
king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you
will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of
horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord
will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the
field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will
plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather
the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees
throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will
drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them,
because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all
your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among
you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.
44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head,
but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come on you.
They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did
not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46
They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 47
Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of
prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty,
you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke
on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 The Lord will bring a nation
against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping
down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking
nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 51 They will devour
the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed.
They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your
herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. 52 They will lay siege to
all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you
trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord
your God is giving you.
53 Because of the suffering your
enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb,
the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. 54 Even
the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own
brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give
to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be
all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during
the siege of all your cities. 56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among
you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with
the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or
daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her
dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy
will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all
the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this
glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God— 59 the Lord will send fearful
plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe
and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that
you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you
every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until
you are destroyed. 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be
left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as
it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will
please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are
entering to possess.
64 Then the Lord will scatter you
among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will
worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors
have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place
for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes
weary with longing, and a despairing heart. 66 You will live in constant
suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In
the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If
only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the
sights that your eyes will see. 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to
Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer
yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will
buy you.
HARBINGERS DAILY - ‘Lust for Death’:
The Satanic Temple to Provide Free ‘Religious’ Medication For Abortion – By
David Fiorazo - February 7, 2023 - The Satanic Temple in New Mexico has a new
scheme to help Planned Parenthood kill more babies. They just launched a new
“religious medical services arm” to begin doing abortions. Religious? More like
rebellious. https://harbingersdaily.com/lust-for-death-the-satanic-temple-to-provide-free-religious-medication-abortion/
WORLD ISRAEL NEWS: Israeli official
slams the U.S. for interfering in internal government policies. - By World
Israel News Staff – Feb. 9th 2023 - The Biden administration has
warned the Israeli government that the transfer of authority over Jewish
settlements in Judea and Samaria to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich would be
seen as a step towards annexation, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported
Thursday evening, citing U.S. officials. - https://worldisraelnews.com/biden-admin-warns-against-giving-smotrich-powers-over-judea-samaria-its-a-step-towards-annexation/
MAIL ONLINE: Vaccine-sceptic Novak
Djokovic makes a last-ditch attempt to play at Indian Wells next month as he
'requests special permission to enter the US' with the Australian Open champion
barred amid his ongoing refusal to take Covid jab - The United States currently
has a vaccine requirement for foreign travelers - Djokovic is a five-time
winner at Indian Wells and is currently on the entry list - Click here for all
your latest international sports news from DailyMail.com - By ISABEL BALDWIN
FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 09:57 EST, 10 February 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-11736627/Novak-Djokovic-requests-special-permission-enter-ditch-Indian-Wells-attempt.html
David Icke: Satanism Is Real - And So
Are The Demons They Worship - Friday, February 10, 2023 10:19 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/02/david-icke-satanism-is-real-and-so-are-the-demons-they-worship-3788375.html
There Is Something About The Name of
Jesus You're Going to Need To Know - Friday, February 10, 2023 11:03 - The Name
of Jesus is our last line of defense against human and ultimately spiritual
violence. It is not merely reciting the name that is powerful, but rather it is
the authority that is behind the Name and our position within it that makes the
difference. John 17:11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still
in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of
your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/02/there-is-something-about-the-name-of-jesus-youre-going-to-need-to-know-7-2538205.html
Our World Is about to Change - Friday,
February 10, 2023 10:57 - Russian forces unleashed a barrage of missile and drone
strikes against targets in eastern and southern Ukraine early Friday, as a
Moscow offensive that has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace ahead
of the one-year anniversary of its invasion. The Kremlin’s forces focused their
bombardments on Ukraine’s industrial east, especially the Luhansk and Donetsk
provinces, the Ukrainian military said. Moscow-backed separatists have been
fighting Ukrainian forces there since 2014. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/our-world-is-about-to-change-3654582.html
The Nord Stream Bombing Scandal Exposed!
- Dan Bongino Must Video - Friday, February 10, 2023 12:07 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/02/the-nord-stream-bombing-scandal-exposed-dan-bongino-must-video-3654590.html
By Jack Kelley Wednesday June 16th,
2021
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Feb. 10th 2023
The Olivet Discourse is the name
scholars have given a private prophecy briefing Jesus gave to Peter, James,
John and Andrew on the Mount of Olives. It’s recorded in Matthew 24-25, Mark
13-14, and Luke 21.
John, while present at the briefing,
did not include it in his gospel. John preferred to focus on the time Jesus
spent with His disciples in the Upper Room on the night He was betrayed.
In reviewing the Olivet Discourse,
we’ll rely mainly on Matthew’s account, it being the most detailed, adding
excerpts from Mark and Luke where they add to or clarify the message. And we’ll
try to stay as close to the Lord’s own words as possible to avoid reading any
false conclusions into the passage.
As Matt. 24 opens, Jesus had left the
Temple area and was headed for Bethany, where He and the disciples were staying
at the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. It was two days before the
crucifixion.
Jesus left the temple and was walking
away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.
“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “I tell you the truth, not one stone
here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will
this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the
age?” (Matt 24:1-3)
Based on His prediction that the
Temple would soon be destroyed, the four disciples had three questions for the
Lord.
When will this (Temple destruction)
happen?
What will be the sign of your (2nd)
coming?
What will be the sign of the coming
of the End of the Age?
Before we go on, their mindset in
asking these questions is critical to our understanding.
While the Jews were in Babylon during
the 70-year captivity, the angel Gabriel had told Daniel that Israel would be
given 490 years from the date they received authorization to rebuild Jerusalem
to wrap everything up. (Daniel 9:24-27) 483 of those years had passed. The
Temple had been under construction for nearly 40 years and wasn’t finished yet.
The disciples thought they were
nearing the end of the age, and now Jesus tells them that everything will be
torn down. There had never been any talk of a Church Age or a Rapture or of the
disciples evangelizing the world. We know about all these things from
hindsight, but they were probably in a state of great distress when they came to
Him.
Even after the Resurrection they
still didn’t understand. This is confirmed by the question they asked Jesus on
the Mount of Olives after the resurrection. “Lord, are you now going to restore
the Kingdom?” (Acts 1:6)
It wasn’t clear until James explained
it 20 years later at the Council of Jerusalem. (Acts 15:13-18). He said the Lord was first going to take from
among the Gentiles a people for Himself (the Church). After that He would turn again to Israel.
Back to our study.
In the Matthew account, the Lord
ignored the first question and went straight to question 2. So for His answer
to question 1, we’ll go to Luke 21 where it’s contained. Having begun like
Matthew with an account of the End Times in verses 10-12, Luke backtracks to
their first question in verses 12-24.
“But before all this, they will lay
hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and
prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account
of my name. This will result in your being witnesses to them. But make up your
mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give
you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or
contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and
friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because
of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. By standing firm, you will gain
life.” (Luke 21:12-19)
Having told them what the rest of
their lives would be like, and that their eternal destiny with Him was assured,
the Lord finally answered their question about the Temple destruction.
“When you see Jerusalem being
surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let
those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in
fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days
for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the
land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be
taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the
Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20-24)
In what appears to be poor advice, He
told them to get out of town when they saw the city being surrounded by enemy
troops, an event that took place nearly 40 years later. The objective of a
besieging army was to trap everyone inside so the plight of starving women and
children would have a discouraging influence on the leadership. Non-combatants
were not allowed free passage through enemy lines for this reason.
But a strange thing happened in the
siege of Jerusalem. After surrounding the city, the Roman army was suddenly
told to abandon their position and prepare for an immediate departure to Rome.
General Titus, who commanded the army, was the son of Vespasian, a man striving
to become the Roman Emperor. Fearing he would need extra help in consolidating
his power, Vespasian ordered Titus to bring the army home to assist. But before
they could depart, another message arrived saying that all was in order and to
resume the siege of Jerusalem.
For one week the siege lines had been
abandoned. And during this time, Christians who heeded the Lord’s earlier
warning escaped. Although 1.2 million Jews died in Rome’s defeat of Israel,
according to the historian Josephus, not one Christian perished in the siege of
Jerusalem. The Lord’s advice had been sound and even strategically clever.
Roman soldiers were paid from the
valuables they confiscated in battle, and the Temple was a huge prize. Titus
wanted to preserve it, which would have deprived the soldiers of a tremendous
bonus. Defending the Temple entrance with his sword raised against his own
troops, he watched helplessly as a flaming torch was thrown over his head into
the Temple starting a fire.
The ensuing blaze generated such heat
that the gold plating covering the wooden plank ceiling began to melt and run
down the stone walls, seeping into the cracks between the stones. When the
blaze was finally extinguished, the soldiers dismantled the ruined walls to get
the gold. By the time they had finished, not one stone was left standing on
another, graphically fulfilling the Lord’s prophecy to His disciples.
The Lord’s prophecy concerning the
duration of Jerusalem’s captivity bears another look as well. Jerusalem either
ceased to exist or was under Gentile authority from Roman times until June of
1967, when for the first time the Star of David flew over a unified city. This
marked the end of Gentile Dominion, and a return to Israel as the focus of
Biblical Prophecy, a clear sign that we’re fast approaching the End of the Age.
Now, let’s go back to Matthew 24 for
the Lord’s answers to their other questions, picking up the narrative in verse
4.
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no
one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’
and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it
that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to
come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will
be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of
birth pains. (Matt 24:4-9)
The coming Church Age would be
characterized by the appearance of false messiahs, conflict between nations,
natural disasters, and famine. Luke adds pestilence and great signs from heaven
to the mix (Luke 21:11), as does the King James Version of Matthew. The comparison
to birth pains reveals that while these events would occur all through the
Church Age, they would be more and more frequent and more intense as the end
comes nearer.
Next time we’ll look at the clear
signs marking the beginning and duration of the Great Tribulation. Until then,
if you listen carefully, you can almost hear the Footsteps of the Messiah.
Maranatha………
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