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Ellttlldy "uaG tney were III the slghG OF GOd.
He assures them of the doom that awaits
them because of their sins, and because they
would not let Him deliver them from the
impending wrath SO long in grace restrained,
and then utters his last word to them, 81 say
unto you, ye shall not see Ne henceforth, till
ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh In
the name Of the Lord" Niatt. xiii, 333 339)
g. "There shall not be left one stone upon
another that shall not be thrown down" The
Holy Spirit had said through Micah, the
prophet, 700 years before this that Zion
should be plowed as field and Jerusalem be-
come heaps (Ilc. Iii, 12); but the same pro-
phet also said by the same Spirit that tho
same Zion and Jerusalem should In the last
days rise from their ruins, that all nations
should flow thither and that in those days the
nations should learn war no more.
s. "Ho set upon the Mount of Olives over
against the temple" As we see this great
and glorious Goldman, Israels true though
rejected Messiah who shall yet be manifest Us
the glory of His people Israel and light to
tighten the nations Nukeii, 80, thus lingering
ly leaving His people and the Holy City, we
arc reminded of the visions Of Ezekiel in
which he saw the glory of the God of Israel
slowly and lingeringly leave the Holy of
Holes, and the temple, and the city, and
StS1l1O AOA u upon LILLE sumo HOUQG
on tho east of the city, driven away by the sins
Of the people Ezek. viii, 8, 4;ix, 8; <, 4, 1s;
xi, %, 23D But we must also remember the
later visions of Ezekiel in which he saw the
glory return from the way of the east, caus-
ing the earth to shine, entering the house of
the Lord and filling it, pointing us forward to
the time when the Lord shall return with His
saints to dwell In tho midst Of tho children of
Israel for ever. Ezek. xiii, IL; Zech. xiv,
3-5.)
4. "Tellus, when shall these thingsbei And
what shall be the sign when all these things
shall be fulflled1' Matthew adds, .What
shall be the sign of thy coming and Of the
end Of tho world or consummation Of tho
age2" (1att. xiv, g. R. V. margin).
5. "And Jesus, answering them, began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive you. n
-Four times in this chapter we have tho ad-
monition, "Take heed" Tvs 6, 0, %, 33); on
other occasions He had said, "Tako heed
what 70 hear and how ye hear" mark iv,
"a; Luke viii, 49,, but now it is, ''Take heed
lest any deceive you" If it was SO in Johns
day that many deceivers had gone forth into
the world III John vii), it is much more so to-
day. and the child of God who would avoid
being deceived must be we'll versed in tho
Word which is the Truth. Jesus has given
US the Spirit Ct Truth to guide us into all
Truth (John xvi l3), and with the Word of
Truth in our hands there Is no need to be de-
ceived
g "Many shall como in My namo saying
an Christ, and shall deceive many" Two Of
these arc mentioned in Acts v, Sc, 81, who
had many followers; and in John iv, i, it is
written: "Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are Of Cod;
because many false prophets aro gone out
into the world"
q "When ye shall hear of wars and
rumors Of wars, be ye not troubled; for such
things must needs bo; but the cad shall not
DO yet" Though tho earth bo removed, and
the mountains be carried into the nidst Of
tho seas; though tho waters roar and be
troubled, and the mountains shake, there is
no need for any ono to fear or DO troubled
who can truly say, ssTho Lord Of hosts is with
mo; tho God of Jacob is my refuge" (Ps
1lvi.) The soul that has truly received tho
words "Let not your heart bo troubled,
neither let it DO afraid" John xiv, 1,2D,
may enjoy the peace of God under all cir
cumstances.
8. ''These are the beginnings of sorrows or
travail" That is, tho wars, earthquakes
famines and troubles Of this verso and tho
last, to which Luke adds "fearful sights and
great signs from heaven" duke xxi, 11.)
Q! "But take heed to yourselves, =
70 shall bo beaten : q for my sake, for
a testimony against them" This they actu-
ally experienced many time. (Acts iv, v,
xii, xiv, etc.) 1t has been true in greater or
less degree ii all times since, and shall be
fearfully true again In tho last years of
Israel's history Gro the Lord returns for their
national redemption.
IN uAnd tlo o,oepol ,,,,r+ a,c+ H., ,,,,1,:,,..,
among all nations" Matt. xiv, IA, says:
'This gospel of tho kingdom shall be preached
In all tho world for witness unto all nations
and then shall the end come" Ere Jerusalem
was destroyed, Israel scattered, and tho end
OF that dispensation fully come, the gospel
had been preached in oil tho world and all
Israel had heard (Col. |, 2S, and might have
received tho Messiah if they would Ere this
dispensation closes the gospel shall be preached
in oil the world, not to convert it, but for q
witness, and that tho church may DO gathered
out of all nations, and then shall take place
the rapture of the church, the marriage Of
tho Lamb, the return Of Christ, tho restora-
tion Of Israel and the 1nillennial kingdom
II. ''Take no thought beforehand what yo
shall speak, for 1t is not yo that
speak, but the Holy Ghost" Luke xxi, IS,
adds, ''For will give you mouth and wis.
dom which all your advcrsaries shall not DO
ablo to gainsay nor resist" See how this was
literally fulfilled in tho case Of Stephen (Acts
vi, 10y; and i'll the case Of the apostles, no
doubt every time they were placed in such
circumstances, ,,nd refcd upon Ills promise.
T.. ''The brothcs shall betray tho brother
to DEATH and tho father tho soa" Compare
the similar statements III His instruction to
the twelve when Ho sent them forth (a1att. x,
1880. This too was foretold l,y tho prophets
tPs. Xix, .; Mic. vii, G,, and actually expert
enced by the Lord Jesus himself, and If NC
nIo His faithful followers VIC n,st rot expect
to be better treated than our Master Many
In ell times have experienced more or less Of
such treatment; cast off Ly brethren and dis
owned by parents for Jesus sake Jesus must
DO more to us than wife or children, father or
mother, brother or sister, If We would be
worthy of Him luke xiv, rs, ~
l3 "Yo shall be hated OF oil for My Names
sake" The word Of God separates us from
the world, and causes us to TO hated by the
world, when it is clearly manifest thet ne
ere not Of the world (John xvii, ~; but He
has passed through it all, and feels for us, and
synlpathiz.s with US aud encourages us by
these words: blessed are ye when men shall
hate you for tho Son Of Mans
sake; rejoice ye In that day and leap for joy,
| for behold your reward Is great in heaYenn