"Endure…and Then the End"

June 6, 2014

“Endure...and Then the End”

Blessings folk!

Remember, Jesus is responding to two questions from the disciples…
When will these things occur?
What will be the sign of Your coming again and the end of the age.

Jesus responded with a brief, panoramic overview of the balance of time from that point forward.
Jesus instructs - see to it that you are not misled nor frightened.
Jesus foretells what will happen - tribulation, hatred, murder of Believers, people will “fall away”, betrayal, false prophets, lawlessness and love growing cold.

Then this Word….”But…”

Matthew 24:13-14
13 But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
14 
This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.


But…”
A contrast.
The one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
We are not saved by enduring.
The fact that we endure is evidence that our faith is real...we are saved.
It is the Lord and the faith we have in Him which enables us to endure - now and in the future.

We see that “this gospel” of the Kingdom will be preached to the whole world as a testimony to all the nations.
How will this occur?
Yes, we are to testify and proclaim the gospel.
The Lord has sent us forth.
The Lord will also do this…

Revelation 14:6-7
6 And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
7 and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.”


All the earth will hear the gospel.
Then, the end.

Thus ends the panorama...take a moment and read it again…

Matthew 24:1-14
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, T
ake 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.
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.