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sabbath day; for then, in those days, shall be great tribulation on the Jews, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, such as was not before sent upon Israel or the world, since the beginning of their reign till this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon Israel. All these things are the beginning of sorrows; and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the Elect's sake, according to the covenant, those days shall be shortened.
Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the Jews; and then, immediately after the tribulation of those days which shall come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo! here is Christ, or there, believe him not; for in those days there shall also arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if possible, they shall deceive the very Elect, who are the elect according to the covenant. Behold, I speak these things unto you for the Elect's sake; and you also shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars; see that ye he not troubled, for all I have told you must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
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; for as the light of the morning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be: and now I shew unto you a parable. Behold, wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together; so likewise shall mine Elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth. And they shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars. Behold, I speak unto you for mine Elect's sake; for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be famine, and pestilence, and earthquakes, in divers places; and again, 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 again, this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction of the wicked; and again shall the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, be fulfilled. And immediately after the tribulations of those days, the Sun shall be darkened, and the Moon shall not give her light, and the Stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken; verily, I say unto you, this generation, in the which these things shall be shewn forth, shall not pass away till all I have told shall be fulfilled:—Although, the days will come, that heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled.
And as I said before, after the tribulations of those days, and the powers of the heaven shall he shaken; then, shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then, shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory; and whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for the
