Christ’s Second Coming

Christ Enters Jerusalem and Confronts the Religious Leaders

In Matthew 21, Jesus finally enters Jerusalem and the whole city, the whole city is staggered and brought to a virtual standstill. Then he swiftly makes his way to the temple of God, his temple built for him, but they didn't know this was God, manifest in the flesh.

Within moments the temple is filled to capacity, for everyone knew that war was about to break out against him by the religious leaders who were outraged and incensed and threatened by his presence by God, by God's presence in God's temple.

They were so far from God they were outraged and incensed and threatened by his presence. They angrily confront him with evil, subtle questions to be able to destroy him, but Jesus, Jesus undoes them.

He undoes them by answering them with parables, parables, only parables, parables that expose them to their own inner consciences as hypocrites and evil and enemies of the God they profess to be serving, and this of course devastates them and infuriates them, for they don't know how to handle it themselves, what's happening in their inner consciences.

The Parable of the Vineyard and the Rejected Son

Then in verse 33 he says, here another parable, here another parable. There was a certain householder, there was a certain householder which planted a vineyard, which planted a vineyard and heads it round about and digged a winepress in it and digged a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husband men and let it out to husband men.

He leased out the vineyard to farmers, he rented out the vineyard to farmers and let it out to husband men and went into a far country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husband men that they might receive the fruits of it, and the husband men, the husband men took his servants and beat one and killed another and stole another.

Again he sent other servants, again he sent other servants more than the first and they did unto them likewise, they did unto them likewise, but last of all, last of all he sent unto them his son, last of all he sent unto them his son, saying they will reverence my son, they will reverence my son.

But when the husband men saw the son, they said among themselves, this is the heir, come let us kill him, let us kill him, let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, when the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husband men? What will he do unto those husband men? They say unto him, he will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husband men, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Jesus saith unto them, did ye never read in the scriptures, did ye never read in the scriptures the stone, the stone which the builders rejected, the stone which the builders rejected? The same is become the head of the corner.

This is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation, bringing forth the fruits thereof.

And whosoever shall fall on this stone, whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. It will grind him to powder. And when the chief priests, when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them, he spake of them.

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, they feared the multitude because they took him for a prophet, they took him for a prophet. Now beloved, it's interesting, it's interesting to note right now that at this point it was the crowds, it was the multitudes that protected Jesus from being murdered, from being killed by these religious evil enemies of God who thought they were serving God in the ordained religion of God set upon the earth, they were the leaders.

It's interesting to note that it was the masses, the crowds who kept Jesus from being killed by these religious evil people who were incensed and outraged at this exposing of their inner consciences. Now beloved, Jesus says, Jesus says of this parable, there was a certain householder which planted a vineyard, which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about.

This is speaking of God, God the Heavenly Father, which looks upon this earth as a vineyard, waiting for what he allowed this world to be created for, waiting for fruit, expecting it, waiting, wanting, expecting the fruit that he demanded of this world and he let it out to husbandmen, he rented out, leased out the vineyard to farmers, he let it out to husbandmen, this of course speaks of the Jew, the Jew to whom pertaineth the giving of the law and the service of God.

Paul wrote in Romans 9 verse 4, to whom pertaineth the giving of the law and the service of God, but God was compelled in grief to send forth his prophets to confront the Jews, to confront them earnestly with great grief at what they were doing, to confront them at what God had expected from them, what God had risen them up for and how they were now denying God of what his very purpose of rising in this world for these people, the Jews, and giving them the service of God.

Oh he sent forth prophets to confront them earnestly and strongly in grief as to what he expected from them, but the Jew, the Jew was so incensed and angered at such confrontations by these godly men sent from God to confront them of their evils and defiance of God and God's intention of them and purpose for them, they stoned them, they killed them in anger, they rejected them in their evilness, but then Jesus says these staggering words, looking at all these Jews filled to capacity in this temple, oh Jesus says last of all he sent unto them his son, his son, speaking of himself, speaking of himself, whom they would also kill, their heart was so far from God they'd kill the Son of God.

This of course was prophesied of him, this of course was prophesied of him in their scriptures concerning what they would do to their own Messiah. Daniel, Daniel prophesied in chapter 6, in chapter 9 verse 6, the Messiah shall be cut off, the Messiah shall be killed, the Messiah shall be cut off, but Daniel says, but not for himself, not for himself, he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people.

Isaiah wrote in chapter 53 verse 8, he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, with his stripes we are healed, all we like sheep have gone astray, we've turned every one to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Oh beloved, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself, not for himself beloved, he tasted death for every man. This book says he tasted death for every man. John, in John 1 verse 10 says he came unto his own, he came unto his own and his own received him not.

He came unto his own, his own, speaking of the Jew, of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, Paul wrote in Romans 9 verse 5, he came unto his own and his own received him not. He is despised and rejected of men, and a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him, he was despised and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah wrote in chapter 53 verse 3, oh beloved, he came unto his own, the Jews, and his own received him not, his own received him not. Then Jesus staggers then, he says, did ye never read in the scriptures, did ye never read in the scriptures, the stone which the builders rejected?

The same has become the head of the corner, this is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in eyes, the stone which the builders, those who were commissioned to build the kingdom of God, those who were given by God to be the builders of the kingdom of God upon this earth, they would be so far from God, they would reject the very cornerstone of their faith, the very foundation of their faith, they would kill.

Their hearts were so evil, their hearts were so turned from God, they would reject the very cornerstone, but then Jesus says these words, therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you builders.

You had this great privilege singled out by God as a nation to be used of God for this world, who wouldn't allow God to do through you what he wanted to in this world. You turned your heart so far from him, though you were the chosen, chosen by God to do this, you builders would be so far from God you would reject God himself, and so Jesus says it will be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof, given to the Gentiles to do what God wants to do in this world, God will bypass you now and give his work for the Gentiles to reach this world.

That must have infuriated them, but all the judgment of God that would come upon them, oh the judgment of God that would come upon them for doing this was beyond comprehension, beyond comprehension. Now beloved, these religious leaders were stunned, not only they but the whole temple was stunned.

Don't believe there was a man and there wasn't a square inch left of that temple that was not capacity food. Oh, they were stunned it was being said so clearly for these parables, this one particularly, suddenly exposed these religious leaders to their own inner consciences as evil, as hypocrites, as the enemies of God.

Oh, didn't only do that, exposed them publicly to the very people they had to minister to, they were so undone, they were so outraged, they were so incensed, they wanted from that moment his death, they couldn't hide it, they had to find something from that second.

This is how evil they were, their own inner consciences made them infuriated, not only the presence of God but what happened through the words he said that exposed them, but that didn't make them repent, that made them hate him more for exposing truth to their hearts, that's evil, and they were the religious teachers of Israel, sir.

The Wedding Feast and the Invitation to the Gentiles

Oh, but wait, that wasn't the end, that was just the beginning, that was just the beginning, Christ hadn't finished. Chapter 22, chapter 22, and Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and spake unto them again by parables and said, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding, that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come, they would not come.

Again he sent forth other servants saying, tell them which are bidden, behold I have prepared my dinner, behold I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready, come unto the marriage, but they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise, and the remnant took his servants and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

There were those who were so angry at this call to come and prepare themselves for this wedding that God was busy preparing, that they took God's servants and killed them, killed them, but when the king heard thereof he was wroth, he was wroth, and he sent forth his armies, he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers, destroyed those murderers and burned up their city, burned up their city, then saith he to his servants, then saith he to his servants, the wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy, they that were bidden were not worthy, go ye therefore into the highways, go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage, so those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good, both bad and good, and the wedding, the wedding was furnished with guests, the wedding was furnished with guests, and when the king came in, when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment, and he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment, and he was speechless, he was speechless, then said the king to the servants, bind him, bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness, cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping, there shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth below it, here Jesus Christ speaks of the greatest wedding of all eternity in this parable, the wedding that his father by the Holy Spirit is preparing for him, the Son of God, the wedding that his father is busy preparing by the Holy Spirit in this world for his son Jesus Christ, now beloved he divides this parable into three sections, firstly he speaks of the Jew, secondly he speaks of the Gentile, and thirdly he speaks of the judgment, firstly he speaks of the Jew who in the parable just passed as he's speaking to the same people in the same temple who were stunned, angered, outraged, now he speaks firstly in this parable of the Jew, who not only in the last parable he said would kill him, but now they would kill those, those who went forth with the gospel as to why God allowed him to be killed, to redeem all mankind as his servants went out preaching the gospel of Christ and the redemption of God, calling upon all men to come, to come and prepare themselves to meet with God by God's way through the blood of Jesus Christ, oh how they would kill even those now who took the gospel, they didn't only kill the Son but the Jew would kill and hate and despise and reject generally all who went forth preaching the gospel, but when the King heard thereof Jesus says he was wrath and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city, here he speaks of what God would do to the Jew.

Judgment on Jerusalem and Salvation by Grace

AD 70, a few years after he stood there speaking, Titus marched with the Roman legions and wiped out Israel and besieged Jerusalem and there was a bloodbath such as beyond comprehension of all those who dwelt in Jerusalem, he besieged and destroyed and that city was burned to the ground by the Romans and their anger at these Jews that so did so much against them that they hadn't anticipated, this was the wrath of God, he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city, burned up their city, then saith he to his servants the wedding is ready but they which were bidden were not worthy, go ye therefore into the highways, secondly speaks of the Gentiles, go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage, this of course speaks of Jesus what he said to his disciples, go ye therefore into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, so those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all, as many as they found hallelujah, both bad and good, not just the good Pharisee who sits there dressed religiously to the hilt in every meeting, sacrifices separated from the world, totally sold in religion, not just the bad, that publican weeping there that you look at Pharisee and say oh thank God I'm not as other men are, exhausted as unjust adulterers or even as this publican, you see he couldn't put himself in the category of a sinner that needed salvation, he's born religious, he's kept himself from the sins, he can name the sins he hasn't done, why he tithes and fasts, but Jesus said this man, this publican crying out one sentence God be merciful to me a sinner, I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other, rather than the religious who dies in religion and in his religion thanking God he's not like other men are, but he goes to hell, how much religion sent people to hell because they couldn't put themselves in the category of a sinner, they couldn't come as a sinner, how can you be saved unless you know you're lost, how can you cry to God in truth to save your soul from hell unless you know you're going to it, how can you cry in such a way that God could even look at you in heartlessness, in desperation, for God to save you unless you know you're a sinner, not only the good, not only the bad, but the good, both bad and good is non-righteous God says, all your righteousness is as filthy rags God says in my sight, if you dare to believe you have righteousness that somehow can bypass the necessity of Christ's chastening death for every man, you nailed him to the cross if you were born in a church, raised in the godliest home on this worth, kept from all the sins because of the prayers, you have to come as a sinner, you'll go to the same hell as the man who never came near a church and murdered, you'll go to the same judgment and hell, so you have nothing nothing, nothing but to accept God's invitation God's way, both bad and good.

Jesus said be careful, be careful, be careful, there's none righteous, no not one, not one, all we like sheep have gone astray and I could go on with at least 20 minutes of just God saying there's not one single person on earth that didn't have to be died for by Jesus Christ, didn't have to be redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ who would face eternal damnation no matter how religious or good they think in their sight, they are and don't need to be saved, no, both bad and good and the wedding was furnished with guests, it's coming a moment, the wedding will be furnished with guests, firstly speaks of the Jew, secondly speaks of the Gentile, thirdly speaks of the judgment and when the King came in to see the guests, that could happen right now while I'm preaching, I'm expecting it, you think I'm a little bit off the rails?

I'm hoping it happens, I want to be preaching when Christ comes, that would be my joy, I'm expecting it, I hope you are right now, that you're so ready, when the King came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment, now that's staggering, he didn't see out there in the wicked places, nowhere near the people of God, he saw there, this is very significant, Christ is not making a mistake, don't doubt this, this is speaking to you if this is what your state is, there, sitting with the people of God who are ready, he saw there a man who had not prepared to meet with God, though he was sitting listening to the same gospel as all these people who had obeyed, who had responded, who had embraced with all their heart, soul and might God's salvation until they knew that the Holy Spirit bore witness with their spirit, that they had passed from death unto life, there's no condemnation, that they have God's peace of possible understanding, oh, he saw there a man that knew the way, that knew others had found the way all around him, perhaps in his own family, there he was with the people of God, with the guests, all those waiting, ready, waiting for God to return, having prepared, he saw there a man standing like a sore thumb exposed to the holy eyes of God, a man that had not on a wedding garment, and he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hither without a wedding garment, not having a wedding garment, you know what that literally is saying?

What are you doing here without having prepared yourself to meet with God? How is it possible, how is it possible in this context is basically what God is asking a man, God was confused, you think that's sacrilege?

No, no, how is it possible you're here, knowing the way, and you've never ever truly sought me to be saved, though you've known the way, and you knew you haven't, though others have, how can you be sitting here under the gospel so long, how is it possible that you're here, what are you doing here without being saved?

He was speechless, he didn't have any argument, or believe me, if he had one word to say, read the rest of the passages of what people say when Christ asks them concerning why they're not saved, but this man had no argument, not one word, he knew, he knew he hadn't prepared to meet with God, God's way, not having a wedding garment, what does that mean?

In the Eastern cultures of that day to this day, most of the Eastern cultures, they don't go in fashions of the world, you know, to outdo everybody else to a wedding feast, they go in the Eastern cultures to this day with a wedding garment, they do what is required of them to be part of the wedding feast, that they're invited to, they have to, they have to, what is the wedding garment Christ is speaking of in the light of the rest of the scriptures?

These are they whose robes are washed in the blood of the Lamb, Revelation tells us, the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son that cleanses us from all sin, hallelujah, being justified freely, being justified freely by grace through faith in his blood, Romans tells us, faith in his blood, nothing in my hands I bring, even if I'm a Pharisee, I have to come to a place like the publican, I know I'm damned to hell with all my religion, nothing to show thee God that can save me with all my religion, all that I haven't done, simply to the cross I cling, until you come like that desperately to God, earnestly and in faith, God cannot save your soul, you're damned, you die in a church, sitting hearing the gospel preached on you, till you've come to God in a way God can accept your faith in the blood of Jesus Christ for you to be justified by grace through faith in his blood, you are damned for eternity though you spent every Sunday in church, every prayer meeting, you're damned if you gave all your money, let alone tenth of it, whatever sacrifices you made, Pharisees, you're damned, firstly speaks of the Jew, secondly speaks of the Gentile, and thirdly speaks of the judgment, the judgment, bind him, hand and foot and take him away and cast him into darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, you see these hands, beloved, that Jesus will have for eternity, God says, the marks, the evidence that he tasted death for every man, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands with those marks of how much he loved you, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God, if you have not prepared to meet with that God, God's way, there is no such a thing as mercy for eternity, no matter how you scream and cry that God will never show any mercy once you die, oh he comes, he's appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment, there is no such a thing as any mercy, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a God of wrath, a God of love is also a God of wrath to those who do not prepare to meet with God while he may be found, to seek him while he may be found, to call upon him while he's near, like he is right now, oh God will forgive you, no matter how wicked you are, with no payment and nothing else but the blood of Jesus, but you have to come in a way that he can forgive you, the judgment, second Thessalonians 1 verse 8, he will return in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power, now beloved, these two parables set these religious evil enemies of God, hypocrites who were the leaders of the ordained religion of God on earth, I wonder what percentage of the Pharisees are alive and well on planet earth today in leadership that would crucify Christ, let alone persecute a man who preaches what Christ said with no compromise, no apology, oh these men, these evil men wanted him dead and they couldn't hide it, they didn't hide it to anyone anymore, they just lived for one thing, to find something to kill him, some reason they had the power and the authority to do that, but they wanted it, they looked for it, they desperately, they just cried out to him with such a barrage, they bombarded him with sly, evil questions, trying to undermine him, trying to catch him in his words, and eventually, eventually Christ turns on them in the passage, in the passage that there is no single passage of scripture in the entire Bible so fearful of God's indignation and wrath upon hypocrites in his ordained religion, in the ordained religion of God, oh Christ suddenly lets loose with a verbal, a verbal judgment that is so fearful of anyone who's not right with God who would take leadership and be the enemy of God, listen carefully to what God does after they, after those two parables for the rest of chapter 22, they just bombard him in the hypocrisy, trying to catch him, trying to destroy him, trying to get anything, and suddenly chapter 23 comes, and we see these terrifying words, woe unto you, he turns and cries, woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, he didn't smile sir, so don't judge me, don't judge me, this God was not weak when it came to hypocrisy and evil defiance of God, he never will be, there's wrath you've never imagined in anybody's life against wrong, wrath that you have never imagined or anyone is capable of from this holy God, a God of love, to those who reject him, hate him for what he is, hate him, hate him, hate him, though they profess to serve him, hate anyone who comes near to what he resembles, anyone who comes near to what he actually proclaimed, they hate and want him dead, trust me, that's how evil men can be, sitting in religious churches in God's ordained religion to this day.

Oh Jesus turns on them and he just brings the greatest, the most terrifying chapter in the entire Bible of God's wrath upon evil men who are in religion, hypocrites. He comes to verse, in chapter 33 verse 29 and he says, woe unto you, woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, hypocrites, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous and say, and say if we had been in the days of our fathers, if we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets, wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets, them which killed the prophets.

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers, fill ye up then the measure of your fathers, ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? How can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucify and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city, that upon you, upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barakas, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation, all these things shall come upon this generation. Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophet and stonest them which was sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not, ye would not.

The Signs of Christ’s Second Coming

Chapter 24, and Jesus went out and departed from the temple. God departed from the temple built for him, and they didn't know it was God they wanted dead. They didn't know it was God they despised, they didn't know it was God they hated, God they were trying to kill, aiming their whole being now was incensed, not only those religious leaders but the rest now was staggered, what this was so plainly told was the Jews' plight, not just the religious leaders.

Jesus went out and departed from the temple, the temple built for him, it happened once before you remember, in Solomon's temple, and the glory of the Lord departed because of their sin and defiance and rejection of him, that they wept, they wept as the glory of God was gone, well God again entered the temple built for him, but no one knew this was their God they hated, they were so far from him, no one knew this was God leaving the temple again, departing, hated, despised, rejected of all men who now were incensed again, and soon the crowds would now cry within days, crucify him and let his blood be upon us and our children.

They cried, tragic words they cried, tragic words. Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to him, his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings, the buildings of the temple, and Jesus said unto them, Jesus said unto them, see ye not all these things?

See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, the disciples came unto him privately saying, tell us, tell us, when shall these things be?

When shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming? What shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, take heed that no man deceive you, take heed that no man deceive you, for many, many, many shall come in my name saying, I am Christ, I am Christ, and shall deceive many, many.

And ye shall hear of wars, ye shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars, see that ye be not troubled, see that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Now I'm going to stop here for a second, because this I don't want to waste time later on with.

Listen, Jesus said there's always going to be wars, rumors of wars, don't be troubled, that'll always be there, but from this point there's coming a generation that things will escalate, that men's hearts will just fail them for fear of what's coming on the earth, and every single thing that he speaks about now is a moment when it's all escalated, things that always will be there, but suddenly an escalation that will just overwhelm the world, that men's hearts will fail them for fear of things that come on the earth, and this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.

Wait, from this point, please don't let that child make noises, forgive me, I'm too weak after ten weeks of preaching, I thought somebody might understand that by now, and forgive me. The end is not yet, for nation, nation shall rise against nation, nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places.

Do you know what that's literally saying? There will be devastating famines, there always were famines, but there's coming a time there'll be such devastation of famines, and famines, and famines, pestilences, diseases, widespread devastating diseases, and earthquakes, devastating earthquakes.

Devastating, there shall be famines across place upon place upon place, in diverse places, all you suddenly find this escalation of things that there always were famines, there always were diseases, there always were earthquakes, but suddenly there's a generation coming where there's such an escalation, like brother, there will be famines like you cannot believe right now is happening in Africa, and how many are dying in their millions, in case you don't even know about it as you eat your food, just make sure you thank God for it.

There shall be pestilences, widespread devastating diseases, diseases across the world, like AIDS, and that's just one of so many diseases that are coming on this earth, or in a generation that they won't know what's going on, what to do to stop it, and earthquakes, devastating, oh there always were earthquakes, but suddenly, like right now, 73 million in a matter of 10 minutes in Pakistan, just a little moment ago, while you and I sat having tea, or fellowship, and that, just look around, 80 million the year before, 40 million the year before, there's this army, how many millions, suddenly an escalation, all over place, after place, after place, there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places, and place, upon place, upon place, all these are the beginning, all these are the beginning of sorrows, the beginning of sorrows, 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, 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, and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, and many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many, suddenly, there's always false teachings, but suddenly there'll come a generation, where everywhere, in the so-called religion of God, Christianity, he's speaking about, by the way, he's speaking about what's coming, suddenly, there's such an escalation, that everywhere you go, there's no truth being preached, there's an undermining of the truth, a twisting, a diversion, that people will sit under the Bible, but not hear the truth, oh, many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many, and because iniquity shall abound, here's the escalation of evil, always evil, but suddenly, because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold, the love of many, the Greek says, the most, so be careful sitting here, if this is the generation Jesus is speaking about, the love of Christians, professing Christians, across the world, the most, because iniquity shall abound, if anybody in this building doesn't know Christ is speaking about right now, I don't know where you're at, because iniquity shall abound, the love of many, the most, shall wax cold, do you know what that word means, abound?

The only place you will find it ever used in the Greek context of that word, is when an avalanche has been spoken of, an escalating avalanche, it doesn't just roll, as it rolls, it grows, it's overwhelming, nothing stands, it wipes out everything of decency, it wipes out every moral standard or line, it's just wiped away, wiped away, a generation is coming that will be so evil, it'll wipe away the standards, the things that nobody before would think possible to take across the earth, such evil, because iniquity shall suddenly abound, the love of the most, the love of many shall wax cold, but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, can I repeat that, dare I repeat that, without being excommunicated or barred from your pulpits for eternity, but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, Jesus Christ said, not me, so forgive him if your doctrines are now touched, not me, and forgive me for daring to say what Jesus said about this generation, he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, God says, and this gospel, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, in all the world for a witness unto all nations, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, then, then, then shall the end come, when ye therefore shall see, when ye therefore shall see the abomination, the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand, the writer Matthew adds in brackets, when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand, then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains, let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything 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 succor no days, but pray ye, pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day, for then shall be great tribulation, great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, nor ever shall be, and except those days should be shortened, except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened, those days shall be shortened, then if any man shall say unto you, if any man shall say unto you, lo, here is Christ, or there, believe it not, believe it not, for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall sow great signs and wonders, in so much that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect, they shall deceive the very elect, behold I have told you before, I have told you before, 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, enshrineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, for where soever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together, but wherever the carcass is there will the eagles be gathered together, immediately after the tribulation, immediately after the tribulation, immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, and he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together as elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other.