This is DAY FORTY NINE of the daily devotional.

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I am releasing a 50 day daily devotional about the end-times as revealed in Scripture. Along with the text, I will be providing a video where I cover the text of the day, and @verbal-d will be providing an audio version of it. That way, whether you want to read, watch, or listen, you'll be able to enjoy this study as you wish.

The plan is to release this devotional over the next 50 consecutive days, but life may "get in the way." We will do our best, but please be patient with me if I fall behind.

The SoundCloud Audio from @verbal-d

The YouTube Video from @papa-pepper

The Text I Originally Shared on the @narrowminded Account

DAY 49 : THE MESSAGE TO YOU

Since we should be able to understand the time in which we live, and since we have Biblical insight into the days that lay ahead, it is important to read what the Bible says about the end-times as if they were specifically written to you. We know that the Gospel of Mark ends the “Olivet Discourse” with “And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (Mark 13:37). If the events listed prior have no purpose in the lives of the believers other than to gain insight into things that won’t occur until after we are all gone via a pretribulational rapture, then this seems like a strange way to end this passage of Scripture. If we are given the instruction to “keep watch” or “keep guard” (the meaning of the Greek word translated as “watch” in this verse), this instruction must apply regarding the previously mentioned events revealed in the “Olivet Discourse.” If it does not, the instruction is irrelevant and irrational.

One important point to take notice of is that Jesus’ disciples asked “what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (Matthew 24:3b), before Jesus gave the answers contained in the “Olivet Discourse.” My question to you is, “Do you think that Jesus’ disciples already knew that He had come the first time?” Since they were with Him and followed Him, we know that they did. When they asked Him when He would come back, they are asking from the perspective of believers, awaiting His return for them.

This is the foundation upon which this question and answer portion of Scripture is built, so we cannot logically conclude that intended audience is either Jews still awaiting His first coming or “Tribulation believers” awaiting His return for the Battle of Armageddon. The question was both asked and answered from the perspective of believers awaiting Christ’s return for them. When Jesus begins to answer the question, He warns, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:4b-5). After Jesus mentions the “Abomination of Desolation,” He continues, “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not” (Matthew 24:23). Based upon what I just shared, it seems obvious to me that according to Jesus, He will not return until after the “Abomination of Desolation,” otherwise people still wouldn’t be looking for Him to arrive.

“Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.” (Matthew 24:25-26)

Something else to contemplate is exactly what these believers will be getting exposed to in order for them to be so desperate that they would be willing to run off in any direction if someone simply claims that Christ is over there. These will certainly be desperate times for the inhabitants of earth, even (and perhaps especially) Christians. These believers will be under such oppression and tribulation and so desperately seeking deliverance that they apparently even forget what we are clearly told in Scripture about when and how the Lord will return. Fortunately, unlike for the rest, deliverance will come for them, just as He said He would. In preparation for these events, familiarize yourself with such passages as if they were written directly to you and heed the warnings contained within.

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Point #1: It appears to be obvious that the “Olivet Discourse” and instruction for “all” to “watch” is given even to us.

Point #2: We would therefore do well to obey this instruction and read what the Bible says.

CLOSER

If anyone is really interested, I did post the entire volume through an alt account over a year ago. I did so as an experiment to see how hard it would be for a new user to get noticed on steemit, so I didn't let anyone know that I was doing it. You can click here to a post that has links to the entire 50 days of this devotional if you really want to read ahead. That information has always been available there since I first posted it. It is not the purpose of this series to just copy all of my previous work, but instead to transform it into some new outlets by releasing it in an audio and video format, to broaden the reach that this work has.

Again, though I will certainly never claim to know it all, I do believe that many are being lead astray by some popular beliefs. I hope that this project will be able to help many others understand the end-times more accurately. Thanks!

PREVIOUS POSTS

Just in case you are new to this series and wanted to check out the previous audio or videos, here are links to the posts from each day of this series.

• NEW SERIES
• PREFACE
• DAY 1 - THE FOUNDATION
• DAY 2 - "THE TRIBULATION"
• DAY 3 - THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL
• DAY 4 - NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH
• DAY 5 - WRATH vs. TRIBULATION
• DAY 6 - THE DAY OF THE LORD
• DAY 7 - THE LORD ALONE
• DAY 8 - THE EXALTATION OF THE ANTICHRIST
• DAY 9 - PROMISES
• DAY 10 - THE PRESUPPOSITION
• DAY 11 - 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-4
• DAY 12 - THE REVEALING OF THE ANTICHRIST
• DAY 13 - SAME DAY 1
• DAY 14 - SAME DAY 2
• DAY 15 - HAND IN HAND
• DAY 16 - OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF
• DAY 17 - ANOTHER THIEF?
• DAY 18 - NOT KNOWING THE DAY OR HOUR - 1
• DAY 19 - NOT KNOWING THE DAY OR HOUR - 2
• DAY 20 - NOT KNOWING THE DAY OR HOUR - 3
• DAY 21 - IGNORANCE
• DAY 22 - "OLIVET DISCOURSE" : ARMAGEDDON OR RAPTURE Part 1
• DAY 23 - "OLIVET DISCOURSE" : ARMAGEDDON OR RAPTURE Part 2
• DAY 24 - FOR MY NAME'S SAKE : Part 1
• DAY 25 - FOR MY NAME'S SAKE : Part 2
• DAY 26 - ENDURING TO THE END
• DAY 27 - THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
• DAY 28 - DARK SUN AND BLOOD MOON - Part 1
• DAY 29 - DARK SUN AND BLOOD MOON - Part 2
• DAY 30 - DARK SUN AND BLOOD MOON - Part 3
• DAY 31 - "SEAL JUDGMENTS"
• DAY 32 - THE FIFTH SEAL
• DAY 33 - TIMING : Part 1
• DAY 34 - TIMING : Part 2
• DAY 35 - TIMING : Part 3
• DAY 36 - TWO WITNESSES : Part 1
• DAY 37 - TWO WITNESSES : Part 2
• DAY 38 - TWO WITNESSES : Part 3
• DAY 39 - TWO WITNESSES : Part 4
• DAY 40 - TWO WITNESSES : Part 5
• DAY 41 - IMMINENT : Part 1
• DAY 42 - IMMINENT : Part 2
• DAY 43 - REASON WHY
• DAY 44 - THE CAUSE OF THE FALLING AWAY
• DAY 45 - THE FIRST WATCH
• DAY 46 - DRUNKENESS
• DAY 47 - THE END-TIME CALL TO SOBRIETY
• DAY 48 - SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Also - A special thanks to @allforthegood for helping design my cover image!

Until next time…

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