DIVISION…
THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND
QUESTION (part 2)
03-14-21
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ANSWERS
TO THREE QUESTIONS ALL DISCIPLES WANT TO KNOW
(Matt
24:1-3) And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple
[“ye
are the temple of God” 1 Cor 3:16]: and his disciples came to
him for to
shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See
[Gk:
perceive] ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There
shall
not be left here one stone [symbolically, one
hard-hearted
person] upon another, that shall not be thrown down [Gk:
demolished: destroyed, dissolved, come to nought]. (Matt
24:3) And as he sat upon [reigning upon (weighty) the
throne
of] the mount of Olives [a universal symbol of
all
believers being crushed to release the oil of their Holy Spirit],
the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when
shall these
things be [Answer: now, ascending into the future (Matt
24:4-14)]?
and what shall be the sign [Gk: indication: miracle,
wonder]
of thy [(second)] coming [Answer: the
abomination
of desolation (Matt 24:15-20)], and of the end [Gk:
the
entire completion, consummation] of the world [Gk:
aion; this
age] [the end of this dispensation] [Answer: great tribulation
(Matt
24:21-28) & the fourth seal (Rev 6:7,8)]?
1.
(Matt
7:7) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
COMMENTARY
ON THE PAST 03-07-21 MESSAGE “PART 1”
Last
week we examined the verses of Matthew 24:1-14 entitled “part 1” of the
Olivet
prophecy that Jesus Christ delivered to His disciples in response
to
their earnest request (search, quest) for understanding. Matthew 24:1-3 commences with the
questions of the disciples. Matthew 24:4-7 is the answer of
Jesus to
those questions in a symbolic format that describes “the
tribulation”
that we have been in and are now experiencing (enduring). Furthermore,
those
answers parallel the higher symbolic format of the first three
seals of
Revelations 6:1-6. Jesus then delivered a summation of Matthew 24:1-7
by
stating in Matthew 24:8 “All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
Thereafter
in the text, Jesus delivered Matthew 24:9-14 which expounds upon
the
symbolism of the latter verses of Matthew 24:1-8 in an understandable non-symbolic
very personal manner. Thus, Jesus fully answered
(both symbolically and plainly) the first question of the disciples
which was “when
shall these things be,” and His answer to all His disciples past,
present, and future was now, and in the foreseeable future…,
then
Jesus answered the second question of “what shall be the
sign
of thy [as yet unarrived but in the process of] coming,”?
THE
WARNING SIGN
of the
abomination of desolation for the second
coming of Jesus Christ and our purification
(Matt
24:15-20) [FIRST PLAINLY:] When ye therefore shall
see [Gk:
perceive, understand] [i.e., (experience) the “sign” of]
the
abomination [1] of desolation [2,3]
[THE
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION], spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand
[i.e., a person (ruler, leader)] in the holy place
[in
the position of our “High Priest… Jesus Christ” (Heb 3:1), i.e., the
most
powerful, dominating authority in the world] [4], (whoso
readeth, let
him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee
into the mountains:
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any
thing out of
his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to
take his
clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them
that give
suck in those days! But pray ye [said to the disciples
thereby
clearly indicating that we who are Christians are then still here] that
your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
1.
abomination
= Gk: detestation, (specif. idolatry) /// (to stink); be disgusted,
detest: abhor.
2.
desolation
= Gk: laid waste: (bring to, make) desolate (-ion), come to nought.
3.
desolation
= Dict: 1. a making desolate; laying waste. 2. a desolate condition;
ruin,
waste. 3. lonely grief; misery. 4. loneliness. 5. a
desolate
place.
a.
desolate
= Dict: 1. to make
desolate; rid of inhabitants. 2. to make unihabitable; lay
waste;
devastate. 3. to forsake; abandon. 4. to make forlon, wretched,
etc.
4.
(Rev
13:1,2) [THEN
SYMBOLICALLY:] And I [John] stood upon the
sand of the
sea [symbol of humanity, i.e., separated from the
sea],
and saw a beast [Gk: therion; a dangerous animal:
(venomous,
wild) beast] [the abomination of desolation] [a] rise
up [literally, like a sign] out of the sea [symbol
of (unsaved) humanity], having seven heads [possibly:
advisors, managers, supervisors, “handlers”] and ten horns
[Gk:
hair] [possibly: large, powerful, influential financial
tyrants],
and upon his horns ten crowns [possibly: captains of
industry]
[the heads, then horns, then crowns are altogether an ascending
hierarchy of great
authority (and pride)], and upon his heads [(thoughts)]
the name of blasphemy. And the beast [Gk:
therion; a
dangerous animal: (venomous, wild) beast] which I saw was like
unto a
leopard [swiftness (death); perhaps sudden activity],
and his
feet were as the feet of a bear [weighty crushing
(death);
perhaps peer pressure], and his mouth as the mouth of a lion
[loud
roaring (death); perhaps fake lying media] [i.e., these are three
deadly
animals in one “corporate” beast]: and the dragon [Satan
(another animal) “the god of this world” 2 Cor 4:4] gave him his
power, and his seat, and great authority
[Gk:
privilege; force, capacity, mastery, token of control, influence:
jurisdiction,
power, strength].
a.
(Eccl
3:18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate [condition] of
the
sons of men, that God might manifest them [make
apparent to them],
and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
ACTIVATION
The
abomination of desolation generates the Great
Tribulation wherein the first three seals of
Rev
6:1-6 (strong delusion, war, famine and
pestilence) are swiftly and greatly intensifying.
(Matt
24:21-28) For then shall be great [1] tribulation
[2] [GREAT TRIBULATION], such as was not since the beginning of
the world
[Gk: kosmos, “cosmos” (universe)] to this time, no, nor
ever
shall be. And except those days should be shortened,
there should
no flesh be saved [3]: but for the elect's
[Gk: selected: chosen] sake [clearly indicating
that we
who are Christians are still here] those days shall be
shortened.
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe
it
not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect [but it is not
possible, because God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit live
(dwell) inside us] [4]. Behold, I have told you
before [it
happens]. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in
the
desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe
it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth
even unto
the west [i.e., instantaneously]; so shall also the
coming of
the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase [Gk:
lifeless
body, corpse: dead body] is, there will the eagles
[5]
be gathered together [be raptured?].
1.
great=
Gk: big: (+fear) exceedingly, high, large, loud, mighty, + (be)
sore (afraid),
strong.
2.
tribulation
= Gk: pressure [peer pressure, social pressure]:
affliction: anguish, burden, persecution, trouble.
3.
saved
= Gk: “safe”; delivered: healed, preserved, be (made) whole.
4.
(Luke
17:20,21) And when he [Jesus] was demanded of the
Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,
The
kingdom of God cometh not with observation [Gk:
ocular
evidence]: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
behold,
the kingdom of God is within [Gk: inside] you.
5.
(Isa
40:31) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their
strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not
be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
a.
(Exo
19:4) Ye have seen what I [God]
did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings
[i.e., the Word of God, the open Bible], and brought you unto
myself.
(Dan
12:10,11) Many shall be purified, and made white [innocent],
and tried [Heb: refined: melted, purged]; but the
wicked
shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but
the
wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be
taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
there shall
be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Amen
Ps.
Next week, God willing, we shall examine the answer to the third
question: “and
the end of the world?”