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the end. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against king· dom; in many places there will be earthquakes; there will be famines and riots. These, however, are but the birth-pangs. ‘But yeu~—take care yourselves.

For they will deliver you up to tribu- nals; you will be lashed in syna- gogues; and arraigned before gover- nors and kings, as evidence to them about Me. The good news, however, must first be proclaimed among all theheathen. And when they arrest you, and hand you over, do not get distracted with anxiety beforehand as to how you can defend yourselves; neither be distressed: but in that hour speak whatever may be then given to you; because you are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit. Brother shall then deliver brother to death, and the father his child; while children will rise up against parents, and bring

:3 them to death. And because of My name, you will be hated above all men; but whoever holds out to the end shall be saved. ¥r¤pl;2iic Hltzranrzs of Glgrizi. When, however, you see the brutal desolator spoken of by the prophet Daniel} standing where it ought not (let the reader comprehend), then let those in judea take flight to the hills.

15 And let him who is upon the balcony not descend into the house, nor enter it to take anything from his own

:6 dwelling; and whoever is in the field, 18 20 21 22 let him not turn round to pick up his cloak. But alas for those with child, and for the nursing women in those days! And pray especially that your flight may not take place during the winter. , For in those days there will be affliction, such as has never been known since the beginnihg of the creation which God created until now, and such as shall never be again. And unless the Lord had cut short those times, none could be saved; yet for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened those days. ‘Then, if any one should say to

you, ‘ Look, the Messiah is here l ’ or, ‘There He isi ’ believe it not; for false messiahs and false prophets shall make their appearance, and shall give out signs and wonders, to lead astray, if it were possible, even the elect. Daniel ix. 27; xii. 11. But you, be on your guard, because I have foretold you all. ‘I n those days, however, after that

adliction, the sun will be darkened, the moon will cease to shine, the stars of the sky will be disappearing, and the powers of the heavens will be convulsed. And then they will see the Son of Man appearing in the clouds with transcendent power and majesty. And He will then send out His mes- sengers to collect the chosen ones from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the farthest bounds of heaven. myc Zzsaun uf ilyz ?iy·lr22. ‘ Learn now from the Eg-tree this

lesson : When its branch becomes soft, and the leaves sprout, you recognise that the summer approaches; and so also, when you see these events, you will know that they are near to the doors. I tell you indeed, that this generation shall not pass away until all this is accomplished. The heaven and the earth will pass away; but My declarations will remain. About that day or hour, however, none know, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son-none but the Father. dbz $.22h for wetzlyfnluzss. ‘ Be on your guard! watch and

pray ; because you do not know when the time is. Like a man travelling abroad, on leaving his house and givinginstructions to his servants, to each one his own task, and ordering the porter that he should keep guard Be on the alert: for you do not know when the master of the house will come, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at dawn, or in the morn- ing; coming suddenly, he may find I say to all-·—Be on the alert I Qld for §i¤ @zriruriinn. It was now the Passover, and the

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later; and the chief priests and pro- fessors planned how they might arrest Him by treachery, and murder Him. Not during the festi- val, for fear a riot might break out among the mob. £larg’s <l9&'zriug. And while He was in Bethany,

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