180 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 4 - Book 15 - Matthew 24 Part 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 15 MATTHEW 24 AND OTHER REFERENCES In Revelation Chapter 12, I will show you where these Jews are going to flee when they suddenly must leave Jerusalem (as Jesus admonished them in Matthew 24). This will be the mid-point of the Tribulation, when the Anti-christ will defile the Temple, turn on the Jew, and set himself up as God. It is also at this time, Psalms Chapter 2 says the wrath and vexation of God will come down on the earth. Remember also, Satan is cast down from Heaven the last time to the earth, and he too, will pour out his wrath upon the earth because he knows he has but a short time left. The wrath of God and the wrath of Satan, and all of nature will feel it. Let's see what it says (Israel is the woman in this chapter): Revelation 12:3,4 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon (Satan), having seven heads and ten horns (indicating his power), and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth (this probably refers to Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14, when Satan said he would be like the Most High, like God. How was Satan ready to devour the child? Revelation 12:5,6 "And she (Israel) brought forth a man child (Christ), who was (future) to rule all nations with a rod of iron (when He returns at His Second Coming, and sets up His Kingdom): and her child (Christ) was caught up unto God (at His ascension in Acts Chapter 1), and to his throne." "And the woman (Israel, the cross-section remnant of Jews in Matthew 24) fled into the wilderness (an uninhabited area), where she hath a place (watch this language) prepared of God, that they (The Godhead) should feed her (the remnant) there a thousand two hundred and three score days." Here you have the remnant of Israel having escaped to a place prepared of God where He will protect and feed them and provide for all their needs. We are still at the mid-point here and Satan indwells the man Anti-christ. Think back a moment, when did Satan indwell Judas? As a result, Judas was able to betray Christ in the garden. But when Judas tried to resist the power of Satan and throw the silver at the feet of the priests there at the Temple, what happened? In one Scripture it says Judas hung himself, and in another it says that Judas fell head-long and his bowels burst forth. So Satan is going to indwell the man Anti-christ, and from that point on everything the Anti-christ says and does will be a word and act of Satan himself. Revelation 12:13,14 "And when the dragon (Satan) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (Israel) which brought forth the man child." The same thing happened with the the children of Israel under Moses. Remember, they walked here also, taking their flocks and herds with them. Verse 15 backs up a little bit: Revelation 12:15 The language here is hard to understand unless you flash back to the Exodus out of Egypt. The Anti-christ, indwelt by Satan, is also sending an army (in the language of a flood of water) after this escaping remnant in almost the same details so he sends the command to destroy this escaping remnant. Revelation 12:16 "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood (armed force) which the dragon cast out of his mouth." Here God didn't use the Red Sea, but rather the earth to help this escaping remnant. Now back to the Book of Matthew. Jesus is speaking to the twelve there on the Mount of Olives, and this is prophecy. Matthew 24:27 Here Christ uses the analogy of a storm. Under normal weather patterns the weather moves from west and southwest to east and northeast. The climate in Israel is like ours here. What's the storm He's talking about? The Tribulation. Matthew 24:28,29 Then verse 29: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:" Matthew 24:30,31 "And then (there is the time word) shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see [I think the Rapture of the Church will be a silent event. Is there anything in here of Church language? Does it say anything about the Body of Christ? Everything Jesus said was directed to the Jews. Turn to Acts Chapter 2. Psalms 2 lays out the Old Testament program so beautifully. This 1900 + years of the Church Age. Because the Old Testament does. Now here Peter is in the same mode of language that is in Psalms Chapter 2 and the same language that Jesus is using. And here Peter is quoting out of the Book of Joel. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible