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What Did Jesus Actually Say About the End Times?

Jesus' End Times teaching didn't replace the prophets. It confirmed them.

Many Christians think of Bible prophecy as belonging primarily to Daniel, Paul, or Revelation.

But before John received Revelation...

Before Paul wrote about the Day of the Lord...

Before Peter described the coming judgment...

Jesus delivered His longest prophetic sermon.

Standing on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem, He answered one of history's most important questions:

"What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matt. 24:3)

His answer, recorded in Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, and Luke 21, became the prophetic framework upon which the rest of the New Testament was built.

Jesus wasn't introducing a new prophetic program.

He was confirming what the Hebrew prophets had already revealed and preparing His disciples for what the apostles would later explain in greater detail.

❖ 1. Don't Be Deceived

Jesus' first warning wasn't about wars, the Antichrist, or persecution.

It was deception.

"See that no one leads you astray." (Matt. 24:4)

He repeated this warning throughout the discourse (Matt. 24:4-5, 11, 24).

Paul warned of a coming apostasy (2 Thess. 2:3, 9-12). Peter cautioned against false teachers (2 Pet. 2:1). John wrote that "many antichrists have come" (1 John 2:18).

Jesus introduced the theme.

The apostles expanded it.

❖ 2. Birth Pains

Wars.

Rumors of wars.

Nation against nation.

Famines.

Earthquakes.

Pestilences.

"All these are but the beginning of birth pains." (Matt. 24:8)

The prophets used the same imagery centuries earlier (Isa. 26:17-18; Jer. 30:6-7), and Paul echoed it when he wrote that sudden destruction would come "like labor pains" (1 Thess. 5:3).

History isn't spinning out of control.

It is moving toward God's appointed conclusion.

❖ 3. Persecution Will Increase

"You will be hated by all nations because of My name." (Matt. 24:9)

Many will fall away.

Lawlessness will increase.

The love of many will grow cold.

(Matt. 24:10-13)

Jesus had already said,

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you." (John 15:18)

Paul added that all who desire to live godly lives will face persecution (2 Tim. 3:12). Daniel foresaw it (Dan. 7:25), and Revelation shows it reaching its climax (Rev. 13:7).

❖ 4. The Gospel Will Reach the Nations

Even while darkness increases, the Gospel advances.

"This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world... and then the end will come." (Matt. 24:14)

This fulfills God's promise that salvation would reach the nations (Isa. 49:6). Revelation pictures a countless multitude from every tribe, people, language, and nation before God's throne (Rev. 7:9-14; 14:6).

Judgment is coming.

But so is a final harvest.

❖ 5. Jesus Affirmed Daniel

One of Jesus' most overlooked statements is also one of His most important.

"When you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel..." (Matt. 24:15)

Jesus affirmed Daniel as a prophet, his prophecy as inspired, and its fulfillment as still future (Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; 2 Thess. 2:3-4).

As Arnold Fruchtenbaum observed,

"The New Testament never changes the Old Testament program; it only adds detail."

❖ 6. A Future Great Tribulation

Jesus described a time unlike anything the world has ever experienced.

"For then there will be great tribulation..." (Matt. 24:21)

Jeremiah called it "the time of Jacob's trouble" (Jer. 30:7).

Daniel described unparalleled distress (Dan. 12:1).

Zechariah foresaw Israel's refining (Zech. 13:8-9).

John devoted Revelation 6-19 to this same period.

Jesus was confirming the prophets.

❖ 7. The Heavens Will Testify

Immediately before His return,

the sun is darkened.

The moon no longer shines.

The stars fall.

The heavens shake.

(Matt. 24:29)

Joel foresaw these signs (Joel 2:30-31). Isaiah described them (Isa. 13:9-10). John witnessed them (Rev. 6:12-14).

Creation itself announces that the King is coming.

❖ 8. His Return Will Be Visible

"As the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." (Matt. 24:27)

Then,

"They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." (Matt. 24:30)

Zechariah said His feet would stand on the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:3-4).

The angels promised He would return in the same manner He departed (Acts 1:11).

John declared,

"Every eye will see Him." (Rev. 1:7)

The King returns openly, visibly, and gloriously (Rev. 19:11-16).

❖ 9. Israel Has a Future

Just before the Olivet Discourse, Jesus told Jerusalem,

"You will not see Me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'" (Matt. 23:39)

That echoes Zechariah's prophecy (Zech. 12:10).

Paul says Israel's present hardening is temporary and that "all Israel will be saved" (Rom. 11:25-29).

Ezekiel foresaw Israel's regathering and spiritual renewal (Ezek. 36:24-28).

Jeremiah declared Israel's national existence as enduring as the created order itself (Jer. 31:35-37).

Jesus' words fit perfectly into that prophetic story.

❖ 10. Stay Awake

Jesus ends where every prophecy should lead.

Not speculation.

Preparation.

"Therefore stay awake..." (Matt. 24:42)

Luke adds, "Stay awake at all times" (Luke 21:36).

Paul writes, "Let us keep awake and be sober" (1 Thess. 5:6).

Titus calls believers to live while "waiting for our blessed hope" (Titus 2:13).

Revelation echoes,

"Blessed is the one who stays awake." (Rev. 16:15)

Prophecy is never merely about knowing the future.

It is about living faithfully today.

Notice the progression.

Deception.

Birth pains.

Persecution.

Worldwide evangelism.

The Abomination of Desolation.

Great Tribulation.

Cosmic signs.

The visible return of Christ.

Israel's restoration.

Watchfulness.

This isn't a random collection of predictions.

It's a prophetic roadmap.

John Walvoord famously wrote,

"Prophecy is history written in advance."

Jesus didn't replace Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Joel, or Zechariah.

He confirmed them.

Then His apostles expanded what He had already revealed.

Jesus wasn't merely the Savior who fulfilled prophecy. He was also the Bible's greatest teacher on prophecy.

And His final message about the End Times wasn't fear.

It wasn't speculation.

It wasn't setting dates.

It was simple.

Don't be deceived.

Remain faithful.

Keep watching.

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away." (Matt. 24:35)

[Louise Saunders @SMOfficeofJesus]

@RealShahriqKhan Wow what a great commentary. I have to read this over again. Thank you 💙🦋🙏🏾

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“If Jesus was God, why did He cry?”

When I was Muslim, I used to smirk at the shortest verse in the Bible. A crying God? Weak.

“Jesus wept.” John 11:35. Two words. It should bring you to your knees.

Then I actually read WHERE He’s standing.

At the tomb of His friend Lazarus. And here’s the part that undoes me: He’s about to raise him. In sixty seconds He’ll shout that dead man back to life. The victory is already loaded.

And He weeps ANYWAY.

He didn’t have to. The happy ending was already in His hand.

But He looked at the grief around Him — the sisters, the mourners, the sheer wreckage that death makes of everything — and He entered it. He let it hit Him. God, with tears running down His face, at the graveside of someone He loved.

The God of Islam was too majestic to weep. I was proud of that. Until I met a God who was strong enough to.

“We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses.” Hebrews 4:15.

Whatever you’re burying right now — He’s not watching from a safe distance.

He’s the God who weeps at gravesides.

And then empties them.

Now you and me get to rejoice forever with our Lord Jesus Christ.

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@TheresaArueyin1 Everyone dies with sins they have yet to confess.

Salvation is through faith in Jesus, not the work of repentance or holiness.

[Louise Saunders @SMOfficeofJesus]

Everyone is talking about how hot it is, but the real question is: Are you ready for eternity? If you're not prepared for hell, then don't just get ready for the weather—get ready with Jesus Christ. He is the only way to salvation. (John 14:6)

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That cross represents OUR sin.

He carried it for you.

Will you live for Him?

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@DavidFischer Never go to a priest, the only way to salvation is through Jesus.

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[Louise Saunders @SMOfficeofJesus]

@ScottRoberts Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" always since I was a teenager and I’m 65 yrs young now.

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