For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive

Matthew 24:15-26

Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 

If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you ahead of time.

The disciples must not be misled - there will be many wars and natural disasters, persecutions, and false Messiahs. These are not signs of the end. There will be time for worldwide preaching of the gospel. And when the end does come, it will be totally unexpected. But there will be clear warning signs of the destruction of Jerusalem (The city and Temple were in fact destroyed by the Romans in AD 70).

Why?

There is no sign of the end day, but there will be some terrible disaster happen to signature the day is near.

This great distress is never happening before and never to be equaled again. The end of this day is a new world in Heaven. 

When Jesus coming again will be seen by all people, not only for part of the people. So the false messiahs and false prophets will appear in some places and some people hear about him.

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24:1-14 說到未來發生的事。

為什麼門徒把聖殿指給耶穌看，當時聖殿是希律王蓋的，他們從北方來，看到聖殿如果華麗，但是耶穌看到的是人心的堅持到底才是最重要。一方面問聖殿被拆毀是什麼時候?另一個是末日什麼時候來到?

1)宗教的混亂：要謹慎分別誰是真先知，假先生，因為對未來沒有安全感，因此對耶穌帶來的信息感興趣。這只是出於好奇心。在真理上要站立的穩

2) 逼迫教會的事會愈來愈多，不用祈求世界和平，因為戰爭只會愈來愈多，當禱告末日的時間較短，因為人冷漠，人與人關係愈來愈疏遠。

3)耶穌的勸勉： 我們要堅持自己的信仰，還要想到還有許多人還沒有信主。

15-26節

行毀壞的人員站立在聖殿：是指在但以理的時代發生的，這種事情以後還是會發生。這裏是指羅馬帝國發生的事，那時要趕快逃走。同時也預表耶穌再來的日子，我們看到這些徵兆，要割捨，逃離，不要留戀地上的生活，這不是我們要的。我們喜歡算命式的預言，更重要是在災難中能夠堅持不懈。求主讓我們在災難中可以度過。我們要擔心的不是災難，要擔心的是我們是否會被假基督迷惑。以後的假基督會令人難分辨，因為他們也會行神蹟，奇事，因此認識真理，好好學神的話很重要。我們傳的是十字架，不要只是求神蹟奇事，真基督是先有苦難，後來才有神蹟。基督再來時，不是我們來分辨誰是基督，而是基督來指出誰是堅持到底的。預言的目的不是譁眾取寵，不是危言聳聽，不是滿足人的好奇心。求讓我們認識真理，不是追求世界的瑪門。

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How?

Keep following the word of Jesus told us, be aware of the false teaching, and knowing the truth from Bible.