PART 18 A

YESHUA EXPLAINS THE END-TIMES

Yeshua left the Mikdash and was walking away {eastward out of the city} when His disciples came and called His attention to its structures, its magnificent stones and the sacrificial offerings. One of them said, "Rabbi, look at the workmanship of these stones and these buildings!" "Do you admire all these great buildings?" He asked. "I tell you to remember this! Not one stone here will be left on another; everyone will be thrown down." As Yeshua sat down on the Mount of Olives facing the Mikdash, Kefa, Ya'akov, Yochanan and Andrew privately asked Him. "Rabbi, tell us when will this happen {to the Mikdash} and also, what is the sign of Your coming and the completion of the age?" Yeshua explained to them, "Be careful that {you don't mislead or} are misled by no one. For many will come in My Name, declaring that I am the Moshiach, saying 'the time is at hand' and many will be deceived by that. Don't follow them. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Make sure you are not troubled by it, because these things need to happen, but it will not be the end yet. For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there will be famines and plagues and great earthquakes, with terror in various localities. Also, there will be great signs from the heavens. Yet all this is only the beginning of birth pangs. However, before these things they will bring you trouble, persecute and murder you, turning you over to councils and prisons and bringing you before kings and governors. You will be despised by all the Gentiles, even all mankind, because of My Name. Quiet your hearts, for you do not need to meditate beforehand how to respond. I will give you speech and wisdom. It will not be you who speaks, but Ruach HaKodesh. Also at that time, many will be scandalized and they will betray one another and detest one another. You will be betrayed by parents and brothers and relatives and friends and some of you will be put to death. It will all result in a testimony for you. Not a hair of your head will perish. With patience you will gain your souls. Many lying preachers will arise and mislead many. And, because of abundant opposition to Torah, the love of many will expire. But whoever will stay in it to the end, they will be saved. This Kingdom message will be transmitted into all the habitations of the earth as a testimony to the whole of the Gentiles and then the end will come. When you see the Abhorrence {which causes} Annihilation, spoken of by the Prophet Dani'el, stand in the Mikdash, then those who are in Yehudah should hurry into the mountains. Anyone on the roof should not come down to take anything out of his house. Nor should anyone in the field return home to get his clothes. More trouble will come to those that are pregnant and to those who are nursing their infants in those days! Therefore, pray that your hurried journey is not in the winter, nor on the Shabbat. Then there will be very much trouble, as there has not been since the beginning of the world to this time and never will be again. No one will survive unless those days are shortened, but on behalf of the chosen ones those days will be shortened. Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is Moshiach' or 'there He is' do not trust it. For there will arise false messiah's and lying preachers who will demonstrate great signs and wonders. They will be so marvellous that they would deceive even the chosen ones, if that were possible. Watch now, because I have told you before it happens. Therefore, if they say to you, 'Look here! He is in the desert,' do not go out there. Or, 'Look in these hiding places.' Do not trust it. For the same as the lightning comes out of the east and shines to the west, so it will be at the coming of the Son of man. For wherever the body is, the eagles will gather together there. Immediately following the tribulation of those days the sun will become dark and the moon will not reflect light. The asteroids will fall from the heavens and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the heavens and all the tribes of the earth will groan {for Him}. They will see the Son of man coming down with the clouds of Heaven, with power and great glory. He will send His messengers out with a great sound of the shofar [ram's horn] and they will gather together His chosen ones from one end of the sky to the other; from the four winds {from every direction of the compass}. Understand this parable concerning the fig tree. When its branch is still young and grows leaves, you know that summer is near. So in the same way, when you see all these things, know that {My coming} is near; right at the door. Amen! I tell you, the offspring {of Yisrael} will not pass away until all these things are completed. Heaven and Earth will pass away, but My Word will never pass away. However, no one knows the day and hour {of these events}. Not even the messengers of Heaven. Only My Father. Yet, like the days of Noach were, it will be that way also at the coming of the Son of man. Just as in the days that were before the flood when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noach entered into the ark. They did not know {what was happening} until the flood came and took them all away. So, it will be that way at {the time of} the coming of the Son of man. Then two will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left. Two will be working at the mill. One will be taken and the other left. Stay alert then, for you do not know what hour your Adonai is coming. But know this that if the householder had known what time the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, be ready, for the Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it. Who then is that trustworthy and wise servant, whom Adonai has made ruler over His household, to give them food at the proper {Feast} season? Blessed is the servant whom Adonai will find doing that when He comes. Amen! I tell you; He will make him ruler over all his possessions. But if a corrupt servant says in his heart, 'Adonai delays His coming,' then begins to abuse his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken, Adonai will come in a day when that servant does not expect Him and in an hour when he is not alert. Then He will cut him to shreds and appoint him a portion with the two-faced and there will be weeping with teeth grinding. Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were smart and five were silly. The silly ones took their lamps, but took no extra oil with them. The smart ones took oil in containers along with their lamps. They all fell asleep and slept while waiting for the bridegroom. At midnight a shout went out, 'Look, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!' Then all the virgins arose and prepared their lamps. The silly ones said to the smart ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps have been extinguished.' The smart ones said, 'We cannot, because there will not be enough for us. You should go to those who sell and buy some for yourselves.' While they went to buy, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage. The door was shut behind them. Later, the other virgins came, saying, 'Adonai, Adonai, open the door for us.' Then He said, 'I tell you, I do not know you at all.' Stay alert then, for you do not know the day or the hour when the Son of man comes. It's like this: a man was travelling to a distant land. So, he called his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five funds, to another two and to another one. Each one received according to his particular ability. Then immediately he went on his journey. The servant who received the five funds went and traded with them and made another five funds. The servant who had two gained another two. But the one who had one went out and dug a whole and hid his master's money. After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. So, the servant who had received five funds came and brought another five funds saying, 'Adonai, you entrusted me with five funds. Look, I have gained five more funds.' His master said to him, 'Well done! You are a good and trustworthy servant! You have been trustworthy over a few things, so I will make you ruler over many things. Now come into your master's joy.' The one who had received two funds came and said, 'Adonai, you entrusted me with two funds. Look, I have gained another two funds.' His master said to him, 'Well done! You are a good and trustworthy servant! You have been trustworthy over a few things, so I will make you ruler over many things. Come into your master's joy.' Then the one who had received the one fund came and said, 'Adonai, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting what you have not sown and gathering what you have not stored. I was afraid and went and hid the fund in the ground and look! You have what is yours!' His master said to him, 'Corrupt and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest what I do not sow and gather what I have not stored. Therefore, you should have put my money in the bank and then at my coming I would have received my fund with interest. So then, take the fund from him and turn it over to the one who has ten funds. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will have abundance. However, the one having nothing will have what he has taken away. Now throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. There will be weeping and teeth grinding. When the Son of man comes in His glory and all the holy messengers with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All nations will be gathered in front of Him and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides His sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right hand and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you who are blessed by Avi, inherit the Kingdom that was being prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you fed Me. I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. I was a stranger and you took Me in. I was naked and you gave Me clothes. I was sick and you visited Me. I was in prison and you came to Me. Then the righteous will ask Him, 'Adonai, when did we see You hungry and fed You or thirsty and gave a drink to You? When did we see You as a stranger and took You in or naked and clothed You? When did we see You sick or in prison and came to You? The King will answer them, 'Amen! I tell you, since you have done it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have also done it to Me.' Then He will say to those on the left hand, 'You who are cursed, depart from Me now into eternal flames that have been prepared for the deceiver and his messengers. For I was hungry and you did not feed Me. I was thirsty and you did not give Me a drink. I was a stranger and you did not take Me in. I was naked and you did not give clothes to Me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' Then they will also answer Him, 'Adonai, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not care for You?' He will say to them, 'Amen. I tell you, since you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' Then these people will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life." Everyday Yeshua taught in the Mikdash and many people came early each morning to hear Him there, but every evening He left and camped on the Mount of Olives.