Matthew 24:21

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For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again.

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  • Dan 12:1 : 1 At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of trouble such as has never occurred since nations first existed until that time. But at that time, your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.
  • Zech 14:2-3 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights in a day of battle.
  • Luke 21:24 : 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
  • Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For the Lord will execute judgment by fire and by His sword on all mankind, and many will be those slain by the Lord.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap. 24 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble. 25 Pour out your indignation on them, and let your fierce anger overtake them. 26 Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded. 28 Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.
  • Isa 65:12-16 : 12 I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in. 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, my servants will eat, but you will go hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.' 14 Behold, my servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the pain of your hearts and wail from a broken spirit. 15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will put you to death; but to his servants, he will give another name. 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
  • Zech 11:8-9 : 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds. My soul was impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me. 9 Then I said, 'I will not shepherd you any longer. Let the dying die, and let the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.'
  • Joel 1:2 : 2 Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'

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  • Mark 13:17-20
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    88%

    17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

    18Pray that this will not happen in winter.

    19For those days will be a time of tribulation unlike anything that has occurred from the beginning of creation, which God made, until now, and will never occur again.

    20If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them.

  • Matt 24:22-24
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    79%

    22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

    23At that time, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.

    24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

  • Matt 24:13-20
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    76%

    13'But the one who endures until the end will be saved.'

    14'And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.'

    15'So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),'

    16'then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.'

    17'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'

    18And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

    19Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

    20Pray that your escape may not happen in winter or on the Sabbath.

  • Matt 24:6-9
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    6'You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.'

    7'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.'

    8'All these are the beginning of birth pains.'

    9'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'

  • Matt 24:29-31
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    74%

    29Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    73%

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

    25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

  • Matt 24:37
    72%

    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:33-35
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    33In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

    34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Jer 30:7
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    7Alas! That day is great, so that there is none like it. It is a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified. These things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.

    10Then he said to them, 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.'

    11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, as well as terrifying events and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.

  • Luke 21:21-25
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    21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not enter it.

    22For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

    24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

  • Mark 13:8
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    8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

  • Dan 12:1
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    1At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of trouble such as has never occurred since nations first existed until that time. But at that time, your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

  • Matt 24:39
    69%

    39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Rev 16:18
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    18Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a massive earthquake—an earthquake so great that none like it has occurred since mankind has been on earth.

  • Luke 21:35
    68%

    35For it will come upon all who live on the face of the earth as a snare.

  • Luke 21:32-33
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    68%

    32Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

    33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Joel 2:2
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    2It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.

  • Mark 13:14
    67%

    14When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be, as spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

  • Luke 17:26
    67%

    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

  • Isa 24:19
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    19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.

  • Mark 13:31
    67%

    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.