Matthew 24 Expounded
Before we can say that we have a true understanding of Matthew 24,and most of Luke 21 and Luke 17.We have to have a true understanding of Dan.9:24-27/Dan.7/Dan 8/Rev.4-21 and many more scriptures.[ see the beast is loosed]
First we have to look at Dan 9:24-27 [see Daniels seventh week in the Beast is loosed pages 1-8.]
We must understand that the tribulation period is seven years not 3 ½ years. The beast breaks the seven year covenant in the middle of the covenant after 3 ½ years then the beast will set up the desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet in verse Mt.24:15 and the nation of Israel will flee for forty and two months or 1,260,days. At this time the beast will continue forty and two months. This is not when tribulation begins but is in the middle of it and it will be greater than the first half. Many people say Mat.24:4-12 have already been fulfilled ; each of these verses have literally been fulfilled by man but these verses are speaking of the future tribulation the first 3 ½ years.
[ Luke 21 was given to everyone at the Temple Luke 21:37 (KJV) And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
Luke 21 has some different verses than that of Matthew 24. (Luke 21:12-19 was talking about the immediate fate of the apostles and Luke 21:17-19 the immediate war with the Romans the people of the prince not the prince/beast. Luke 20-36 The 7 year covenant Dan.9:27 being broken by the Beast in the middle of tribulation and the last 3 ½ years of tribulation and the battle of Armageddon.)Matthew24 was given only to the Apostles at the mount of Olives after they departed from the Temple Mt. 24:1]
Matthew 24:1-42 (KJV) And YahShua (Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2And YahShua (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. [Fulfilled in 70 A.D. by the people of the prince the Romans not the prince that will come in latter times Dan. 9:26 (see Daniels seventh week in the beast is loosed pages 1-8 )] 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?Luke 21:12-24.and what shall be the sign of thy coming Matthew 24:4-26,37-39., and of the end of the world? Matthew 24:27-31,40-51; Matthew 25:1-46. ahee-ohn'; from the same as Greek 104 (aei); properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period
(present or future)[so world means age.]We must understand that they are going to be 7 years of tribulation and not just 3 ½ as some that misunderstand this chapter would have to teach if they were correct. Dan 9:24-27
The covenant will be broken in the middle and not the beginning. Even though verse’s 4-12 seem to have been fulfilled they have not because this is speaking of the first 3 ½ years of tribulation.
4And YahShua (Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that
no man deceive you .Many warnings against being deceived (Matthew 24:4
5,11,24; Luke 21:8; 1 Cor. 6:9; 1 Cor. 15:33; Galatians 6:7; Ephes. 5:6; 2 Thes. 2:3).
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Messiah (Messiah (Christ)); and shall deceive many. [Many have already done this but this is speaking of the tribulation period.] 6And 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. Yes wars have already taken place but these are all future wars spoken of here.[The end of the age is at Armageddon these wars have to take place to fulfill prophecy and lead up to the battle of Armageddon]
Rev. 6:4 (KJV) And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sWord.Daniel 11:40-41 (KJV) And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.[The king of the north is syria and the king of the south is Egypt and the kingdoms of the north and east are Russia and China and others these kingdoms are north and east of Syria.] Daniel 7:24 (KJV) And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [The beast/antchrist kingdom defeats three of the ten kingdoms in the first 3 ½ years of tribulation. During the treaty with Israel and many nations.]
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. [Dan 11:40-44/Dan 7:24 same as verse 6.] Rev. 6:6-8 (KJV) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [ This is symbolic of famine]7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sWord, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Rev. 6:12 (KJV) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Rev. 8:5 (KJV) And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows. , o-deen'; akin to Greek 3601 (odune); a pang or throe, especially of childbirth :- pain, sorrow, travail.
[birthpains of the Jews .
Rev. 12:1-2 (KJV) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
[ see the woman clothed with the sun.]
9Then 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. [The Jews are hated among many nations today and this hatred will grow greater and greater as time goes on and even worse during the tribulation.]
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. skan-dal-id'-zo; offended-(“scandalize”); from Greek 4625 ; to entrap, i.e. trip up [ So many shall be entraped thru deception and betray one another.]
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Zech. 13:2 (KJV) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the YahWeh ( “LORD”) of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.[This is speaking of the false prophets during the tribulation and that day is when YahShua (Jesus comes at the battle of Armageddon to judge the nations and the people who will fight at that battle.]
Zech. 13:4 (KJV) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: Deut. 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a Word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [Because of witchcraft ,Satan and beast worship the love of many shall wax cold.]
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. [The end of the age not the resurrection but at the battle of Armageddon when YahShua (Jesus comes in all his glory with all the saints and all the Angels of Heaven. We must also endure until the end of ones life and we must also endure until the resurrection of the church.We have to understand that there will be eternal generations of natural people living on into the 1,000 year reign of Messiah (Messiah (Christ)) ( see Eternal Generations of natural people] 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. [ The pure gospel has been lost and is not preached today by man so (Eloheem “God”) will have to use an Angel to fulfill this prophecy and this will not be done until the Tribulation. And then the end of the age will come at Armageddon when YahShua (Jesus sets up his kingdom here on earth.]
Rev. 14:6 (KJV) And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
This is in the middle of tribulation after 3 ½ years when the beast brakes the 7 year covenant in the middle Daniel 9:27
Dan. 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
shaw-boo'-ah; seven, The Word week means seven which is seven years. (See Daniels seventh week The beast is loosed pages 1-8)
Daniel 8:9-14 (KJV) And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. The little horn is the beast,antichrist prince that shall come and so many more names. [see the beast in the beast is loosed]
16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: This literally happened in 70 AD. BUT this is talking about during the time the beast o/r the prince that will come will seek to destroy them. Rev. 12:6 (KJV) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of (Eloheem “God”), that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. [The woman is the nation of Israel see the woman clothed with the Sun.]
Isaiah 16:1-4 (KJV) Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. 4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. Daniel 11:41 (KJV) He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: [Because he will be overtaken by the armies of the beast.] 18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
[ Because he will be over taken by the armies of the beast/a.c. ] 19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! [ Because it will be hard to escape the armies of the beast if they are with child. ] 20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: [ Because the orthodox Jews hold it unlawful to travel more than a mile on that day (Acts 1:12), so they would be overtaken by the beast armies.]
21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [ This is not the beginning of the tribulation but the middle of it. The beast does not set up the desolation in the Temple until the middle of tribulation. Because the beast will break the seven year covenant with many nations after the first 3 ½ years or in the middle of tribulation. Daniel 9:27 (KJV) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Then will seek to destroy Mystery Babylon Rev.17 ( see Mystery Babylon in –The Beast is loosed ) and the nation of Israel Rev.12 (see the woman clothed with the sun.) and the peace treaty will be broken and the last 3 ½ years of tribulation will be greater because of the persecution on the people. ]
22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. [The persecution itself will be cut short, not the 1260 days themselves (Rev. 11:1-3; Rev. 12:6,14; Rev. 13:5; Daniel 12:7) [elect's sake] Jews, not the Church because:
1. YahShua (Jesus is answering a Jewish question (Matthew 24:3; Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 1:6)
2. False Messiahs primarily concern Israel (Matthew 24:5,23-26)
3. Anti-semitism proves it (Matthew 24:9)
4. The travail of Israel (note, § Matthew 24:8)
5. The abomination of desolation concerns Israel only (note, § Matthew 24:15)
6. The Jewish temple (note, § Matthew 24:15)
7. Flight of Israel (notes, § Matthew 24:16)
8. The sabbath is Jewish (note, § Matthew 24:20)
9. The great tribulation (note, § Matthew 24:21)
10. Jews are the only people to be gathered (note, § Matthew 24:31)
11. The coming of Messiah (Messiah (Christ)) is to deliver Israel (Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 25:31-46; Zech. 14)
12. Judgment of the nations is based on treatment of Israel (Matthew 25:31-46)
13. The eagles eating carcasses was predicted to be at the time of Israel's deliverance (Matthew 24:28; Ezekiel 39:17-22; Luke 17:34-37; Rev. 19:17-21)
14. The church will be raptured before the above events (see The Hinderer of wickedness, and The first Resurrection in the Beast is loosed.)
(Eloheem “God”) will not shorten the amount of days When (Eloheem “God”) gives a certain amount of days then it will not be changed but this means that he will shorten the persecution ; he will do this by the kingdoms of east and the north declaring war on the beast.]
Daniel 11:44 (KJV) But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
[ The beast/antichrist will have to take his focus off the Jews and fight these kingdoms and he will eventually defeat them and become their chief prince the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ]
Ezekiel 38:2 (KJV) Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, [ see the beast and Armageddon ]
23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Messiah (Messiah (Christ)), or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Messiah (Messiah (Christ))s, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Satanic powers will be manifest in the tribulation (2 Thes. 2:7-12; Rev. 13:1-18; Rev. 16:13-16; Rev. 19:20; Daniel 8:24).
25Behold, I have told you before. 26Wherefore 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.
[The Muslimss are expecting their Messiah to come from the Desert.]
27For 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.
[Coming at the battle of Armageddon to set up his kingdom here on earth.]
1. As lightning (Matthew 24:27)
2. With destruction (Matthew 24:38-51; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Thes. 5:2; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; 2 Thes. 2:8; Jude 1:14-15; Zech. 14; Rev. 19:11-21)
3. Visibly (Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Rev. 1:7; Rev. 19:11-21; Zech. 14)
4. In brightness and fire (2 Thes. 1:7-10; 2 Thes. 2:8; Ezekiel 38:17-21; Malachi 4:1-6)
5. In vengeance and wrath (Rev. 14:14-20; Rev. 19:11-21; Jude 1:14-15; 2 Thes. 1:7-10)
6. With power and great glory (Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:27-31; Matthew 25:31-46)
7. With saints and angels (Zech. 14:5; Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Thes. 1:7-10; Jude 1:14; Rev. 17:14; Rev. 19:14)
8. With clouds (Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 26:64; Rev. 1:7; Daniel 7:13-14)
9. As Judge and King (Rev. 19:11-21; Isaiah 11; Zech. 14; Matthew 25:31-46)
10. As a thief (1 Thes. 5:2-4; Rev. 16:15)
28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. [ This is talking about the battle of Armageddon ] Rev. 19:17-18 (KJV) And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great (Eloheem “God”); 18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. Ezekiel 39:17 (KJV) And, thou son of man, thus saith the YahWeh ( “LORD”) (Eloheem “God”); Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Where the dead bodies are slain at Armageddon the birds will be gathered together to eat them (Job 39:30; Ezekiel 39:17-22; Luke 17:34-37; Rev. 19:17-21). Isaiah 66:24 (KJV) And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neith er shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
The rapture/resurrection will have taken place years before this (see the first resurrection). Messiah (Christ)) is not a dead carcass nor are the saints eagles to be caught up to such a carcass. This is not in the air, but on earth (Ezekiel 39:17; Rev. 19:11-21).
29Immediately 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: Joel 2:2 (KJV) A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 30And 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. [ At the battle of ARMAGEDDON ] Rev. 19:11-21 (KJV) And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of (Eloheem “God”). 14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sWord, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty (Eloheem “God”). 16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND YAHWEH ( “LORD”) OF ( “LORD”)S.
[ This is the gathering of the nations the goat nations, the gathering of the nations to the judgment of nations (Mt. 25:31-46; Dan. 7:9-14). Blessed are the people who will live through the battle of Armageddon and meet the conditions of escaping death at the judgment of the nations and be allowed to enter the kingdom (Mt. 25:31-46).]
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.Isaiah 11:11-12 (KJV) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the YahWeh ( “LORD”) shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
32Now learn a parable of the fig tree;[ The fig tree is the nation of Israel ] When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, [ When Israel becomes a nation again with a Government in Jerusalem. This happened in 1948. ]
ye know that summer is nigh: [ Summer is symbolic of Harvest ] 33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34Verily I s ay unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. [ The generation that is alive in 1948 will not pass away until all be fulfilled (see the first resurrection )
All the things that will be fulfilled by the time of his second coming to the earth at the battle of Armageddon to set up his kingdom here on earth.= 1. The resurrection of the church into the resurrection of Life the second part of the first resurrection. 2. The resurrection of the 144,000 Jews into the resurrection of Life in the middle of tribulation. 3. The resurrection of the tribulation saints into the resurrection of Life 4. The seven years of tribulation completed. 5. The second coming of YahShua (Jesus with all the saints and all his angels at the battle of Armageddon to set up his kingdom. ]
35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my Words shall not pass away. [ They shall only be changed from one condition to another. The same meaning as when we are born again] Psalm 102:25-26 (KJV) Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Heb.1:10-12 And, Thou, YahWeh ( “LORD”), in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. [ Because of witchcraft, Satan and beast worship during the tribulation man will be as evil as the days of Noah.] 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; [ Took means destroyed; destroyed them all as stated in Luke 17:27 (KJV) They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ] so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.[ The second coming OF YahShua (Jesus to the Earth at the battle of Armageddon not the resurrection of the church.] 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,[Most people use this scripture for the resurrection of the church but that is false even though this will happen at the resurrection this has a different meaning. Taken means destroyed so,
one will be destroyed at the battle of Armageddon] and the other left.
[ The other will be left to live on into the 1,000 year reign of Messiah (Christ)) the ones that are left will be 1/6th. of the beast armies ] Ezekiel 39:2 (KJV) And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: Zech. 14:16 (KJV) And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the YahWeh ( “LORD”) of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Isaiah 66:19 (KJV) And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
[All these will escape the wrath of (Eloheem “God”) because they were forced to be their and didn’t do anything to the Jew’s or the Christians.]
41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. [Same meaning as verse 40.]
42Watch therefore: [ Watch means to stay awake and focussed on (Eloheem “God”). ] for ye know not what hour your YahWeh ( “LORD”) doth come.
