(Matthew 24: 1-28)

 『And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, 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, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and 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.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are 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. 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. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 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 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 that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake 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. Behold, 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, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.』

 

In the world, when the bride is in trouble when the bridegroom sees, the groom tries to save the bride. Christ, the bridegroom in the kingdom of God, will not leave the bride in the tribulation of this earth. Today, everyone in the church thinks they are the bride of Jesus. To be a bride of Jesus, believers must be one with Jesus who died on the cross.

The Bible says in Ephesians (5: 31-32).『For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 』 The church is the bride of Jesus. The church is not a building but a saint. In other words, it means the spirit of the saints who have lived in the body of spirit through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus came to the world and gave his bride bread and wine. The bread is the flesh of Jesus, and the wine is the blood of Jesus. It means being one with Jesus by eating and drinking bread and wine.

『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:) 』(Matthew 24:15) What should we realize? You must know what the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place is.

Jesus came to this world and died on the cross as a ransom for all sinners. Thus, God abolished all the sacrifices spoken in the Old Testament. Jesus' death was once done. Those who repent (who died with Jesus) and realize that they have departed from God are freed from all sin by Jesus' death. And they believe that they have forgiven all the sins of the past, present, and future. But if you do not believe what Jesus has accomplished, you do not believe in Jesus. God promised to give the Israelites a land of promise when they entered the land of Canaan, but no one but two believed it.

Likewise, today, most church people say that they believe in Jesus' word of promise but are not fruitful in action. There are still many who have to repent of their sins and are bound by the law. the abomination of desolation means a person who believes to be holy in Jesus, but still believes to be holy by the law. Satan is in the minds of those who think.
The Bible says in 2 Thessalonians (2: 3-4).『 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 』 Thessalonians believe that Jesus is coming soon. So the apostle Paul hurriedly wrote a letter. The “son of destruction” mentioned by the apostle Paul is the abomination of destruction spoken of in Matthew. When the abomination of destruction happens, there is apostasy.

Before Jesus returns, apostasy occurs in trouble. But before the tribulation, the true brides of Christ are raptured to share in the heavenly wedding feast. Those who remain in the tribulation will realize that the rapture has already passed, and will purify themselves for salvation. At this time, two witnesses from the book of Revelation will appear and preach the word of truth. They say that they cannot be saved unless they die with Jesus Christ. In other words, even if people give themselves up in trouble, they must hold on to Jesus Christ. But two kinds of people appear. Those who keep their faith by life in trouble and those who seek to purify themselves.

『Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.』(Daniel 12:10) Most people make every effort to purify themselves in the end times. In the book of Revelation, countless people come out in white suit, and an angel asks John. Who do you think they are? Angels say they are people out of trouble. In times of trouble, they say that they believe in Jesus, but they have false beliefs. So, when they enter into trouble, they realize that they have false faith and seek Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul speaks to the Israelites. that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in (Romans 11:25). God chose Israel and gave the law for the salvation of all peoples. The Israelites, however, thought they could achieve righteousness by the law. So Israel was destroyed. God is telling all people not to follow Israel. However, today there are still those who live legally as Israel did.

『When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place』(Matthew 24:15)

Most people think of the holy place as the church, but it means the spirit of the saints. It is a group that is sanctified in Jesus Christ. But those who believe that this sanctification is still finding sin through the law and demanding the blood of Jesus to wash it away. We must realize that Satan requires Jesus' blood behind the people. Those who think they are God's people believe that they have been sanctified, but they believe that the blood of Jesus is needed to be forgiven every day, and they are keeping legal events and feasts.

『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』(Matthew 24: 16-17)

Those in Judea are all those who believe in the law. Acid means Zionic acid. In Psalm 2: 6, Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. "I" is God. My king is Jesus Christ. The mountain means Jesus. Thus, those who believe in the law should give up the law and do righteousness through Jesus Christ. The Bible says that there is no way of salvation except Jesus Christ. Although tribulation is there, let us realize that only through Jesus Christ is the way of salvation, and to be free from all the law.

『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』(Matthew 24: 16-17).

The roof means the house of God (the temple). Those on the roof are those who have realized that they do not need a temple. The saints are the temple. So the saints do not have the law. The word house uses the same word as the temple in 2 Kings 12:11.『And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, 』 In Malachi 3:10, the house is the temple.

『Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 』

『Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes 』(Matthew 24:18)

Those who work in the fields are sowers. In tribulation, they will understand God's will and do not turn back. Outerwear speaks of the law. There is an example of Lot's wife who looked back and was destroyed. And, God did not let them enter Canaan because the exodus people wanted to return to Egypt from the wilderness. They died in the wilderness.

『And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 』

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians (4:15).『For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 』 In times of trouble there will be those who realize the meaning of the gospel. They are "that are with child. So, then it becomes hard." To them that give suck in those days! ".  A breastfeeding child is one who makes the gospel grow. The Bible says in Hebrews 5: 12-13.『 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 』

『But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:』(Matthew 24:20)

Jesus said this to legalists. "Winter or the Sabbath" are all those who have been enslaved by the law and hardened like winter. The meaning of the Bible is to pray to be free from the legal idea of ​​keeping the Sabbath. Today, there are many things that we consider legally or to obey, such as tithing, the Sabbath holy day (think of Sunday Sunday as a Sabbath concept), and the celebration of various seasons. Those who seek to keep the law will enter into trouble before Jesus' second coming. Those who keep the law are judged by God if they fail to keep any of them. Thus, we are saved only by giving up the law and entering the gospel of the grace of Christ. The gospel of grace is to die with Jesus on the cross about the law. It is a grace to believe this.