Take Heed That No Man Deceive You - Matthew 24

 December 4, 2023- Monday- Morning Bible Reading and Meditation -Matthew 24KJV

For Mithcah Bible Baptist Church-Bahrain Morning Online Devotional Bible Study-Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023

 

“4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Takeheed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”

 

Words to ponder: Take Heed That No Man Deceive You

 

The prophesying words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST before His crucifixion.

 

1. For GOD’s chosen nation Israel and its people

a. About the Temple in Jerusalem.

It will be destroyed; and being thrown down, there will not be remaining stone left on top of the other. V.1.2

And it happened after 70 AD, when the Roman Emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem. 

 

b. Answer of the LORD to the question of His disciples:

“3 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?”

 

• Comes the deception

a. Many will come in the Name of The Lord and deceived many v.4,5,11

• Then destabilization of governments v.6

b. Wars and rumors of wars; striving nations against nations, kingdom against kingdom

• The Divers form of destruction:

c. Famine, pestilence, earthquakes comes just after another; the intervals are becoming frequent. v. 7,8

d. Antisemitism, hate speeches, persecution of believers v.9,10

• Many departing from their faith in TheLORD. 

e. .. because the iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold…v12

c. Advance encouragement to all who will keep holding on to faith v. 13

d. Announcement of the future worldwide preaching of the gospel of the kingdom of GOD. 

 

2. For all people in the world who has a glimpse or little knowledge about the things to come. V15-20

a. They will see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the Prophet Daniel

b. They will see him stand in the holy place (in the Jerusalem third temple’s altar) the abominable sacrifice

c. The people of Israel, much more the Jews should flee right away in the mountains; they should not bother themselves to go to their houses to get their things.

d. This is the start of the 3 and half years’great tribulation v.21

e. The days will be shortened for all who should be saved (for the elect sake) v. 22-23

f. The son of perdition and his workers will preach to people that He: their master is the Christ, to deceive more of the remaining people; even the very elect of GOD: the remnants of the Jews. V24-28

 

The LORD further clarified this to His disciples; that we should and must consider His words: 

“36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”

 

 

3. For both the remnants of the children of Jacob, all the surviving left behinds in the earth, and the Children of GOD saved by the blood.

a. The appearance of the Son of man: JESUS CHRIST, coming down in the clouds with all His power and great glory. V30

b. The sounding of the trumpet: the last trump for to gather the elect from four winds: from one end of heaven to the other. V31

(These two phrases should be the continuation of the section number 2. However, since categorically, all people in general are the audience, this should be place these under section number 3)

 

c. The parable of the budding fig tree v.32

➢ Israel is compared to fig tree

➢ The gathering of the people of Israel from 4 corners of the earth 

➢ “This generation” meaning, these generation who come back from 4 corners of the world to occupy again their GOD- given land. This generation whom the LORD will strengthen again; enjoying the privilege of being the chosen people of God, But knew nothing about GOD’S words and His testaments to them; not even aware of the coming of the Son of man JESUS CHRIST to take away His saints; comparing them in the days of Noah. v. 34-39

➢ The rapture or taken away by GOD’s redeemed people. V40,41

 

4. For all the servants/ministers of GOD. 43-51

a. The faithful servants 

➢ He watches God’s entrusted flocks and gave them meat in due season, has made himself always ready unto the coming of the LORD; to him will He entrust all His goods. V45-47, Acts 20;28,29

b. The unfaithful servants of GOD v.48-51, 2 Timothy 2:15-18

➢ He strikes with his fist or by his slanderous words his fellow servants, using God’s words for his own profits; giving in to gluttony and drunkenness, the LORD will have him his portion with the hypocrites. His weeping and regrets will never be appeased then. 

 

Most of the bible prophesies have already been fulfilled and are fulfilling in our very eyes. We were shaken one after the other by wars, calamities, pestilence, and strong magnitude of earthquakes are happening frequently after the other in different places. We are likened now into a travailing, laborious birthing woman; wherein the intervals are getting more and more frequent. Yet majority of people who are given in to fast phases of life are unaware. Some drown their anxieties with the use of illegal drugs and stimulants; for them to be placid not to care for what is going on to happen. Anyway, all will die; sadly, this is what they are trying to keep in their tranquil mind. 

And the most disturbing of all, most of the so -called children of GOD, doesn’t care. As long as they are well fed, favored and flatulent. 

Wake up people of the LORD. Let us all be watchful for what is going on around. We never know what will be of tomorrow. 

Let the grace of GOD be not settled jut for us to enjoy; but let us all be a channel of GOD’s blessings so that those who are weary and wounding their soul will find also rest in the LORD. 

We were shaken one after the other by wars, calamities, pestilence, and strong magnitude of earthquakes are happening frequently after the other in different places. We are likened now into a travailing, laborious birthing woman; wherein the intervals are getting more and more frequent. Yet majority of people who are given in to fast phases of life are unaware. Some drown their anxieties with the use of illegal drugs and stimulants; for them to be placid not to care for what is going on to happen. Anyway, all will die; sadly, this is what they are trying to keep in their tranquil mind. 

And the most disturbing of all, most of the so -called children of GOD, doesn’t care. As long as they are well fed, favored and flatulent. 

Wake up people of the LORD. Let us all be watchful for what is going on around. We never know what will be of tomorrow. 

Let the grace of GOD be not settled jut for us to enjoy; but let us all be a channel of GOD’s blessings so that those who are weary and wounding their soul will find also rest in the LORD. 

 

Good morning. 

 

 

 

Matthew 24KJV

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2 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.

3 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?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Takeheed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 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.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 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.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 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.

15 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:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

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

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 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.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 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.

27 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.

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 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:

30 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.

31 And 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.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For 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 ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.