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A layman’s commentary on Matthew 24 verses 44 through 51. Be alert because you do not know the hour.


 Let’s end this dive into Matthew 24. Our last look into Matthew 24 gave us this: “Therefore, be alert, because you don’t know on what day your Lord will return. You realize that if a homeowner had known at what … Continue reading

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” one will be taken and one will be left.” ?? Matthew 24:40-44


We ended the last study looking at Matthew 24:36-39, as Jesus compared what the times would be like when He comes back as the Messiah that the Jews long for. Most Bibles title this section “No one knows the day … Continue reading

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Here’s a brief diversion from Matthew 24: Two of the most common actions in today’s world are violence and cursing.


Two of the most common actions we see on the news today are associated with the words curse and violence. Have you ever wondered where those two words originated? Well, the word curse comes from the Hebrew word ‘âlâh, and yes, it sounds just like … Continue reading

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Another piece of evidence that we can and should know the day and the hour.


https://www.unsealed.org/2017/08/no-one-knows-day-or-hour.html?m=1

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Did God give the nations to the angels? Deuteronomy 32:7-9.


I listened “briefly” to a speaker on YouTube as they stated that Deuteronomy 32, verse 8, in the Greek Septuagint, tells how God gave the nations to the angels of God. It is statements like this that prompt me to … Continue reading

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A layman’s commentary on Matthew 24. This generation will by no means pass away. Matthew 24:32-35


We are in Matthew 24 and now looking at the parable of the Fig Tree. Let’s open this with a broad mental attitude. Finis Jennings Dake tells us that this parable is the “First of five parables in Matthew 24-25: the … Continue reading

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A layman’s commentary on Matthew 24 verses 29 through 31 _ Immediately after the tribulation of those days.


Praise the Lord; He is coming. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be … Continue reading

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An interruption of the Layman’s commentary. Are there prophets in this enlightened time of the New Testament?


My pastor, who is not the only one, will adamantly proclaim that there are NO prophets since the arrival of the New Testament. Is that true?  Let’s see what the scriptures say. “For just as we have many members in … Continue reading

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A layman’s commentary on Matthew 24, verses 16 – 28. Let those in Judea flee to the mountains.


We are now in chapter five of my Layman’s commentary on Matthew 24, and we are in the section identified by the publishers as the, Abomination of Desolation. Matthew 24:15 tells us this – “Therefore when you see the ‘ABOMINATION … Continue reading

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A layman’s commentary on Matthew 24 verse 15. The Abomination of Desolations.


 The NASB entitles this next section, The Abomination of Desolation. As a standalone statement, this makes no sense to me, and thus, we begin a deep dive into Matthew 24:15 and beyond. “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of … Continue reading

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