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NASB | Matthew 24:6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:6 "You will continually hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end [of the age]. |
Subject: see to let you know the end is near ? |
Bible Note: "Business as usual for the world..." 'For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be (Matthew 24:37-39). 'It will be business as usual for the world until the very moment God’s wrath suddenly and unexpectedly comes upon them.' (www.bible.org) Matthew 24:37 "as the days of Noah were." Jesus' emphasis here is not so much on the extreme wickedness of Noah's day, but on the people's preoccupation with mundane matters of everyday life ("eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage"--v.38), when judgment fell suddenly. They had received warnings in the form of Noah's preaching--and the ark istelf, which was a testimony to the judgment that was to come. But they were unconcerned about such matters and therefore were swept away unexpectedly in the midst of their daily activities.' (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) 'The Day of the Lord is a future day which will come upon an unsuspecting world “like a thief.” Life will be going on as usual with men going about their normal routines (see Matthew 24:37-39).' (www.bible.org) |