50 Days to Understanding the End-Times More Accurately - Day 24 - For My Name's Sake - 1

DAY 24 - For My Name’s Sake - 1

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:” (Mark 13:13-14)

“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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. 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:)” (Matthew 24:9-15)

We see multiple things repeated in these passages, one of which is being killed and hated “for my name’s sake”.

According to pretribulationists, the “Olivet Discourse” (beginning here in Matthew 24) has nothing to do with the rapture and only focuses on “The Tribulation.”

They say that those being hated for Jesus’ name sake are the Jews of future Israel.

However, if we are to “let him that readeth understand,” let’s see what Daniel has to tell us.

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week shall he cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” (Daniel 9:27)

If the church is already raptured prior to Matthew 24, then what are those doing who are being “hated of all nations for my name’s sake” (Matthew 24:9) six verses prior to the “Abomination of Desolation”?

At the “Abomination of Desolation”, the Antichrist shall “cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease” (Daniel 9:27).

Since Scripture tells us that the Antichrist removes the Temple sacrifice, we can be confident that the Jewish people are in their rebuilt Temple attempting to worship God through the Old Testament Temple sacrifice system.

This shows that they are still rejecting Christ.

If the Jews were already Christian believers being hated for the sake of Jesus’ name, they would have no reason to be sacrificing in the Temple.

They would have already realized that Christ fulfilled the once and for all sacrifice for their sins.

To be sacrificing in the Temple, one must be practicing the Jewish faith and still rejecting the once and for all sacrifice of Jesus.

It seems to me that Matthew 24:9-15 makes it very clear that both Christian believers and Jewish “Old Covenant” followers will be present on earth at this time.

Being hated for Jesus’ name sake is a uniquely Christian experience, reserved only for followers of Christ, not for the Jewish people.

Point #1: Prior to the “Abomination of Desolation”, people are still being hated and killed because of Jesus’ name.

Point #2: The Jewish people, as a nation, will still be rejecting Christ at this point.

Point #3: Someone, other than the Jews, will still need to be present upon the earth at this point being hated and killed for Jesus’ name sake.

2+2=4

Thanks, @narrowminded

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In case you missed them,

Introduction
Back Cover
1 : The Foundation
2 : The Tribulation
BONUS : A Biblical, New Testament Understanding of Tribulation
3 : The Seventieth Week of Daniel
4 : Not Appointed to Wrath
5 : Wrath vs. Tribulation
6 : The Day of the Lord
7 : The Lord Alone
8 : The Exaltation of the Antichrist
9 : Promises
10 : The Presupposition
11 : 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
12 : The Revealing of the Antichrist
13 : Same Day - 1
14 : Same Day -2
15 : Hand in Hand
16 : Overtake You as a Thief
17 : Another Thief
18 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 1
19 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 2
20 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 3
21 : Ignorance
22 : "Olivet Discourse": Armageddon or Rapture? -1
23 : "Olivet Discourse": Armageddon or Rapture? -2