Mat 24:15-28, Luk 21:20-24 | ISV | STEP | “So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note),

Matthew 24:15-28

15 “So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note), ^{▼▼Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11}Dan 9:23, 25, 27; 12:11; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 The person who is on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house, 18 and the person who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

19 “How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!Luke 23:29 20 Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee. 21 For at that time there will be great suffering, ^{▼▼Or tribulation} the kind that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly will never happen again.Dan 9:26; 12:1; Joel 2:2 22 If those days had not been limited, no life would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be limited.Isa 65:8-9; Zech 14:2-3

23 “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} or ‘There he is!’, don't believe it.Mark 13:21; Luke 17:23; 21:8 24 For false christs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.Deut 13:1; Matt 13:5, 11; John 6:37; 10:28-29; Rom 8:28-30; 2Thes 2:9-11; 2Tim 2:19; Rev 13:13 25 Remember, I have told you this beforehand. 26 So if they say to you, ‘Look! He's in the wilderness,’ don't go out looking for him. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks looking for him} And if they say, ‘Look! He's in the storeroom,’ don't believe it. 27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.Luke 17:24 28 Wherever there's a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”Job 39:30; Luke 17:37

The Coming of the Son of Man Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28

Luke 21:20-24

20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is near.Matt 24:15; Mark 13:14 21 Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it. 22 For these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.Dan 9:26-27; Zech 11:1

23 “How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land ^{▼▼Or on earth} and wrath on this people.Matt 24:19 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”Dan 9:27; 12:7; Rom 11:25

The Coming of the Son of Man Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27