THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Don’t put yourself at the level of a fool
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”
Proverbs 26:4 (KJV)
Matthew
Previously in Chapter 23 – Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Matthew 24:1 (KJV), “And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.”
Matthew 24
Micah prophesizes the destruction of Jerusalem
Micah 3:12 (KJV), “Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.”
Jesus tells the disciples what Micah had prophesized
Matthew 24:2 (KJV), “And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Jesus departs from the temple and goes to the Mount of Olives – The Shekhinah glory of God
Exodus 25:8 (KJV), “And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.”
Ezekiel 11:23 (KJV), “And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.”
Matthew 24:3 (KJV), “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”
Jesus warned the apostles of His death and then the appearing of false teachers
Matthew 24:4-5 (KJV), “4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”
Interesting relationship between the birth pains promised to Eve and the beginning of the sorrows of mankind…
Genesis 3:16 (KJV), “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”
…To what Jesus told His Apostles of the beginning of the end
Matthew 24:7-8 (KJV), “7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
Matthew 24:7-8 (NASB1995), “7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.”
Sorrows (aka of birth pangs)
Strong’s Concordance (5604) – ódin: a birth pang. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon – the pain of childbirth, travail-pain, birth-pang.
The end of time will only come after the gospel is preached in all the world
Matthew 24:14 (KJV), “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
The abomination of desolation
Daniel 12:11 (KJV), “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
Daniel 11:31 (KJV), “And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.”
Daniel 9:27 (KJV), “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
Matthew 24:15 (KJV), “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand.)”
All of this has to occur prior to the tribulation
Matthew 24:21 (KJV), “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
The word “then” means “at that time” and is used to talk about when things will happen
Strong’s Concordance (5119) – tote: then, at that time. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon – c. of things future.
The Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24:29 (KJV), “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.”
No one knows the day or hour but look for the signs
Matthew 24:32-33 (KJV), “32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.”
Only the elect saved will be taken
Matthew 24:40-41 (KJV), “40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
Luke 17:34 (KJV), “I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.”
At the end, those prepared will be with God and those not prepared will go south
Matthew 24:46-51 (KJV), “46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Hosea 5
Nothing is hidden from God
Hosea 5:3 (KJV), “I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.”
Proverbs 5:21 (KJV), “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.”
God does not honor the sacrifice of the wicked
Hosea 5:6 (KJV), “They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.”
Proverbs 15:8 (KJV), “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”
God does not like anyone to take anyone’s belongings or property [landmark] away
Hosea 5:10 (KJV), “The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound [1366 landmark]: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.”
Proverbs 23:10 (KJV), “Remove not the old landmark [1366]; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless.”
Jeremiah 39
The Fall of Jerusalem
Proverbs 26 Please read
Ezekiel 37
“Dem Dry Bones” is a spiritual song inspired by Ezekiel 37:1-14
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones
Dem bones Dem bones Dem dry bones,
Hear the word of the Lord.
When Jesus performed a miracle by telling someone to speak, to standup and walk, or rise from the dead, He knew of all of the intricacies involved in the human body
God told Ezekiel to tell all of the bones in the valley to get up and live (God did not just raise the dead)
Ezekiel 37:3-6 (KJV), “3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”
Sinews
Strong’s Concordance (1517) – gid: sinew. Brown-Driver-Briggs – in General of human body.
The 1828 Webster’s – SIN’EW, noun 1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.
God’s prophecy to Ezekiel
Ezekiel 37:9-10 (KJV), “9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.”
A remarkable prophecy of the raising up of God’s army
A prophesy that they will one day be resurrected at God’s command, picturing the realization of the New Jerusalem
Ezekiel 37:11-14 (KJV), “11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.”
The Valley of Dry Bones
God’s prophecy to Ezekiel of the reconciliation of one nation of Israel
Ezekiel 37:15-17 (KJV), “15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.”
David (and seed) will reign forever
Ezekiel 37:25 (KJV), “And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.”
Israel will be sanctified over all nations
Ezekiel 37:28 (KJV), “And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.”
Grow in the Word of the Lord 