unto all nations; and then shall the end

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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 Judæa 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 :

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every creature which is under heaven. REV. xiv. 6: 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.

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MARK, Xiii. 14: When ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains. LUKE, xxi. 20: When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

* DAN. ix. 27: 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. do. xii. 11: From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

y Dan. ix. 23, 25: Understand the matter, and consider the vision. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

2 LUKE, Xxiii. 29: Behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Acrs, i. 12: Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the

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: 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

mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey.

"DAN. ix. 26: The people of the prince that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war, deselations are determined. do. xii. 1: There shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. JOEL, ii. 2: 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. LUKE, xxi. 23, 24: There shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

ISA. lxv. 8, 9: Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: So will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servant shall dwell there. ZEC. xiv. 2: The residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 2 ESD. ii. 13: Pray for few days unto you, that they may be

shortened.

d MARK, xiii. 21: If any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there; believe him not. LUKE, xvii. 23: They shall say to you, see here; or, see there; go not after them, nor follow them. LUKE, 21. 8: Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

e DEUT. xiii. 1: If there arise among you a prophet, or

prophets, and shall show 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.

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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.

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

a dreamer of dreams, &c. MAT. vii. 15: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing. 2 THES. ii. 9-11: Whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. REV. xiii. 13: He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. do. xvi. 14: They are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. do. xix. 20: The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast.

See on JOHN, vi. 37.

JOHN, xvi. 1: These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended. 2 PET. iii. 17: Beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

hZECH. ix. 14: And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightening and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. LUKE, xvii. 24: For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

i JOB, Xxxix. 30: Her [the eagle's] young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. LUKE, xvii. 37: Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

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29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of T 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

kindreds. Co. Ma. Cr. Ud. Bi.

* DAN. vii. 11, 12: I beheld then, because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

1ISA. xiii. 10 : The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. EZEK. xxxii. 7: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. JOEL, ii. 10, 31, iii. 15: The sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. AMOS. v. 20: Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it. do. viii. 9: It shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. ZEPH. i. 15: That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. MARK, xiii. 24. ACTs, ii. 20: The words as above in JOEL, ii. 31. LUKE, xxi. 25: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. REV. vi. 12: The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.

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2 PET. iii. 10: But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

"DAN. 7. 13: I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

ZECH. xii. 12: The land shall mourn, every family apart, the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, &c.

the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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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.

with a trumpet and a great voice. A. V. Whit. "he. A. V. 8 are done. Pu.

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P MAT. xvi. 27: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. MARK, xiii. 26: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. REV. i. 7: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.

9 MAT. xiii. 41: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom, &c. 1 Cor. xv. 52: At the last trump, (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall be raised, &c. 1 THES. iv. 16: The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.

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LUKE, XXI. 29: And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees.

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JAMES, V. 9: Behold, the judge standeth before the door. * MAT. xvi. 28: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. do. xxiii. 36: Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. MARK, xiii. 30: Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. LUKE, xxi. 32: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. "See on LUKE, xvi. 17.