Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 by N. T. Wright

Author:N. T. Wright [Wright, N. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-664-22787-6
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Published: 2004-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

MATTHEW 24.15–28

The Desolating Sacrilege

15’So when you see “the sacrilege that desolates,” as Daniel the prophet put it, standing in the holy place (the reader should understand), 16then those who are in Judaea should take to their heels and run to the mountains. 17If you’re up on your roof, don’t go down into the house to get things out. 18If you’re in the fields, don’t go back to pick up your cloak. 19It’s going to be terrible for pregnant and nursing women during those days. 20Pray that it won’t be winter when you have to run away, or for that matter a sabbath. 21Yes: there’s going to be such great suffering then as has never been since the start of the world until now – no, and won’t ever be again. 22And if those days had not been shortened, nobody at all would have been rescued. But for the sake of God’s chosen ones those days will be shortened.

23’Then if anyone says to you, “Look! Here is the Messiah!” or “Look! There he is!,” don’t believe them. 24False messiahs will arise, you see, and false prophets too. They will provide great signs and portents, so as to deceive even God’s chosen ones, if that were possible. 25Remember, I’m telling you this beforehand!

26’So if someone says to you, “Look! He’s out in the wilderness,” don’t go out. If they say, “Look, he’s in the inner room,” don’t believe them. 27You see, the royal appearing of the son of man will be like the lightning that comes from the east and flashes across to the west. 28Where the carcass is, there the vultures will gather. ‘

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