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NASB | Matthew 24:14 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:14 "This good news of the kingdom [the gospel] will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end [of the age] will come. |
Bible Question: Matthew 24:14 is it before the Rapture or after? Or both? Or one more than the other? |
Bible Answer: "...and then the end will come." "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 24:14 NASB (Source: That Other Gospel by Rev. Charles Cooper) 'A literal and exegetical translation of Matthew 24:13-14 says, 'In contrast to the look-a-like Christians who fall away because of the persecution of Antichrist, he (the faithful followers) who endures to the end (of the age) shall be physically delivered and this good news of the reign of God -- when God's wrath is poured out on earth -- will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, then the end (of the age) will come. (...) 'Once the reader understands that the "great tribulation" is the wrath of Satan executed through the persecution of God's elect by the Beast, Antichrist, (Matt. 24:15, 21-22; Rev. 12:12-13:7), the end-times sequence is clear. First, Antichrist begins to execute Satan's three-and-a-half-year wrath campaign against God's people. Satan's persecution will cause a great falling away of look-a-like Christians, (Matt. 24:10-12). After some time, when circumstances are bleak for God's elect, (Matt. 24:22), an angel will proclaim the good news of God's imminent arrival to rescue the survivors and punish the wicked, (Matt. 24:14, Rev. 14:6-7, I Thess. 4:15,17). Then the sign in the sun, moon and stars will be given which signals the imminent arrival of the wrath of God, (Matt. 24:29, Rev. 6:12-17). The earth now wrapped in total darkness, receives the light of the sign of the Son of Man, (Matt. 24:30). Then Christ comes on the clouds and sends His angels to gather together the living survivors after resurrecting the righteous dead, (Matt. 24:31; I Thess. 4:16-17). Finally, at the end of the age, the wrath of God comes upon the wicked, (Rev. 6:17, 8:5), and the gospel of the kingdom of God becomes a present reality as God reigns over the earth.' ____________________ To read more go to: That Other Gospel by Rev. Charles Cooper at: www.solagroup.org/articles/ endtimes/et_0018.html |