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Doomsday Deceivers

13As he walked away from the Temple, one of his disciples said, "Teacher, look at that stonework! Those buildings!"G2532G846G1607G1537G2411G1520G846G3101G3004G846G1320G2396G4217G3037G2532G4217G3619 2Jesus said, "You're impressed by this grandiose architecture? There's not a stone in the whole works that is not going to end up in a heap of rubble."G2532G2424G611G2036G846G991G5025G3173G3619G863G3364G863G3037G1909G3037G3739G2647G3364G2647 3Later, as he was sitting on Mount Olives in full view of the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew got him off by himself and asked,G2532G846G2521G1519G3735G1636G2713G2411G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G2532G406G1905G846G2596G2398 4"Tell us, when is this going to happen? What sign will we get that things are coming to a head?"G2036G2254G4219G5023G2071G2532G5101G4592G3752G3956G5023G3195G4931 5Jesus began, "Watch out for doomsday deceivers.G1161G2424G611G846G756G3004G991G3361G5100G4105G5209 6Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities claiming, 'I'm the One.' They will deceive a lot of people.G1063G4183G2064G1909G3450G3686G3004G3754G1473G1510G2532G4105G4183 7When you hear of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history, and no sign of the end.G1161G3752G191G4171G2532G189G4171G2360G3361G2360G1063G1163G1096G235G5056G3768 8Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Earthquakes will occur in various places. There will be famines. But these things are nothing compared to what's coming.G1063G1484G1453G1909G1484G2532G932G1909G932G2532G2071G4578G2596G5117G2532G2071G3042G2532G5016G5023G746G5604 9"And watch out! They're going to drag you into court. And then it will go from bad to worse, dog-eat-dog, everyone at your throat because you carry my name. You're placed there as sentinels to truth.G1161G5210G991G1438G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G1519G4864G1194G2532G2476G71G1909G2232G2532G935G1700G1752G1519G3142G846 10The Message has to be preached all across the world.G2532G2098G1163G4412G2784G1519G3956G1484 11"When they bring you, betrayed, into court, don't worry about what you'll say. When the time comes, say what's on your heart—the Holy Spirit will make his witness in and through you.G1161G3752G71G3860G5209G3860G4305G3361G4305G5101G2980G3366G3191G235G3739G1437G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5124G2980G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G40G4151 12"It's going to be brother killing brother, father killing child, children killing parents.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G2289 13There's no telling who will hate you because of me. "Stay with it—that's what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry; you'll be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G1223G3686G1161G5278G1519G5056G3778G4982

Run for the Hills

14"But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up where it should never be. You who can read, make sure you understand what I'm talking about. If you're living in Judea at the time, run for the hills;G1161G3752G1492G946G2050G4483G5259G1158G4396G2476G2476G3699G1163G3756G314G3539G5119G5343G1722G2449G5343G1519G3735 15if you're working in the yard, don't go back to the house to get anything;G1161G2597G1909G1430G3361G2597G1519G3614G3366G1525G142G5100G1537G846G3614 16if you're out in the field, don't go back to get your coat.G2532G1994G5607G1519G68G3361G1519G1994G3694G1994G142G846G2440 17Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard.G1161G3759G2192G1722G1064G2532G2337G1722G1565G2250 18Hope and pray this won't happen in the middle of winter.G1161G4336G3363G5216G5437G1096G3363G5494 19"These are going to be hard days—nothing like it from the time God made the world right up to the present. And there'll be nothing like it again.G1063G1565G2250G2071G2347G5108G3634G1096G3756G575G746G2937G3739G2316G2936G2193G3568G2532G3364G1096 20If he let the days of trouble run their course, nobody would make it. But because of God's chosen people, those he personally chose, he has already intervened.G2532G1508G2962G2856G2250G3756G3956G4561G302G4982G235G1223G1588G3739G1586G2856G2250

No One Knows the Day or Hour

21"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, 'Here's the Messiah!' or points, 'There he is!' don't fall for it.G2532G5119G1437G5100G2036G5213G2400G5602G5547G2228G2400G1563G4100G3361 22Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better.G1063G5580G2532G5578G1453G2532G1325G4592G2532G5059G4314G635G1487G1415G2532G1588 23So watch out. I've given you fair warning.G1161G991G5210G991G2400G4280G5213G3956 24"Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over,G235G1722G1565G2250G3326G1565G2347G2246G4654G2532G4582G1325G3756G1325G846G5338 25Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble.G2532G792G3772G2071G1601G2532G1411G1722G3772G4531 26"And then they'll see the Son of Man enter in grand style, his Arrival filling the sky—no one will miss it!G2532G5119G3700G5207G444G2064G1722G3507G3326G4183G1411G2532G1391 27He'll dispatch the angels; they will pull in the chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.G2532G5119G649G846G32G2532G1996G846G1588G1537G5064G417G575G206G1093G2193G206G3772 28"Take a lesson from the fig tree. From the moment you notice its buds form, the merest hint of green, you know summer's just around the corner.G1161G3129G3850G575G4808G3752G846G2798G1096G2235G527G2532G1631G5444G1097G3754G2330G2076G1451 29And so it is with you. When you see all these things, you know he is at the door.G3779G5210G2532G3752G1492G5023G1096G1097G3754G2076G1451G1909G2374 30Don't take this lightly. I'm not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too—these things will happen.G281G3004G5213G3754G3778G1074G3928G3364G3928G3360G3739G3956G5023G1096 31Sky and earth will wear out; my words won't wear out.G3772G2532G1093G3928G1161G3450G3056G3928G3364G3928 32"But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven's angels, not even the Son. Only the Father.G1161G4012G1565G2250G2532G5610G1492G3762G3761G32G3588G1722G3772G3761G5207G1508G3962 33So keep a sharp lookout, for you don't know the timetable.G991G69G2532G4336G1063G1492G3756G4219G2540G2076 34It's like a man who takes a trip, leaving home and putting his servants in charge, each assigned a task, and commanding the gatekeeper to stand watch.G5613G444G590G863G846G3614G2532G1325G1849G846G1401G2532G1538G846G2041G2532G1781G2377G2443G1127 35So, stay at your post, watching. You have no idea when the homeowner is returning, whether evening, midnight, cockcrow, or morning.G1127G3767G1063G1492G3756G4219G2962G3614G2064G3796G2228G3317G2228G219G2228G4404 36You don't want him showing up unannounced, with you asleep on the job.G3361G2064G1810G2147G5209G2518 37I say it to you, and I'm saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch."G1161G3739G3004G5213G3004G3956G1127


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