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The Book of Jesus Chapter Sixteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
The Beginning of the Birthpangs
NARRATOR.
Jesus then began to tell them:
JESUS.
Be careful that you are not deceived by anyone because many will come using my name saying; "The time is near at hand" and claim,
"I am the Christ, I am he." They will deceive many, refuse to join them! You will hear of wars, revolutions and rumors of wars; do not
be alarmed or frightened, these are things that must occur, but the end will not be yet. For nation will fight against nation and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and plagues in one place after another. There will be fearful sights and
great signs from heaven. These are only the beginning of the birthpangs. Be on you guard! But prior to all of this occurring; men will
seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the Sanhedrin and to the synagogues, where you will be beaten. They will
imprison you and hand you over to be tortured and put to death. You will be hated by all the nations and be brought before kings and
governors on account of my name and that will be your opportunity to bear witness before them since the Good News must be
proclaimed to the nations first.
And when they lead you away to be handed over, do not worry about what you are going to say beforehand. Settle it in your hearts
that you are not to prepare your defence in advance. I myself will give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents
will be able to resist or contradict. Instead, say whatever is given to you when the time comes, because it will not be you speaking, but
the Holy Spirit. You will be hated by all the nations on account of my name. Many will then fall away and betray one another and
hate one another. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends and some of you will be put to death.
Brother will betray brother to death and the father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. You
will be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. By your endurance, you will win your lives.
Many false prophets will arise and mislead many and with the increase of crime [lawlessness], the love in the majority of people will
grow cold, but the man who stands firm to the end will be saved. And the Good News of the Kingdom will be preached to the whole
world as a witness to all the nations and then, the end will come.
Matthew 24:4-14; Mark 13:5-13; Luke 21:8-19
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The Great Tribulation of Jerusalem
JESUS.
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you must realize that she will soon be laid desolate. And when you see the disastrous
abomination of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy place, where it ought not to be [let the reader understand], then
those in Judaea must escape to the mountains. Those in the city must leave it and those in the country districts must not take refuge in
it. If a man is on the housetop, he must not come down and go into the house to collect any of his belongings. If a man is in the fields,
he must not turn back to fetch his jacket, for this is the time of vengeance when all that scripture says must be fulfilled.
Alas for those with child or with babies at the breast when those days come. Pray that you will not have to escape in winter or on a
Sabbath. For great misery will descend on the land and wrath on this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led
captive into every pagan country. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the pagans until the age of the pagans is completely over. For
in those days, there will be great distress such as, until now, has been equalled since the beginning, when God created the world, there
never has been nor ever will be again. And if the time had not been shortened [opt. by the Lord], no one would have survived. But He
did shorten that time for the sake of the elect, for those whom He had chosen.
Matthew 24:15-22; Mark 13:14-20; Luke 21:20-24
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The Coming of the Son of Man
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JESUS.
And if anyone says to you then, "look here is the Christ" or "Look, he's there", do not believe it!. For false Christs and false prophets
will arise and produce great signs and portents enough to even deceive the chosen, if that were possible. You must therefore be on
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