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In this series of messages we are mainly focused on The One ‘Who’ really knows the end from the beginning. We need to trust that One to lead us by His Spirit into all truth - especially with what Yeshua (Jesus) said to His disciples in the Olivet prophecy (Matthew Chapters 24 and 25).

Why prophecy? Approx. one third of Scripture is prophecy. God is calling disciples to reign and rule with Him and He wants us to know. The saints (called out ones) are to be His representatives now; they are His ambassadors to the nations. Not only are the saints to proclaim the good news of salvation (which is in Christ alone) but also to proclaim the coming rule of our King Yeshua on this earth. Amen

Isa 46:10 (NKJV unless indicated) Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand…' (See also Isa 48:3-5)

Isa 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Matt 24:4 … "Take heed that no one deceives you.

Matt 24:15 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

Matt 25:1 CJB "The Kingdom of Heaven at that time will be like …

Matt 25:1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 "but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' 12 But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'

Matt 25:13 "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Often this saying is divorced from the Olivet prophecy when there is no indication of concluding it until Chapter 26 (Matt 26:1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings…). We may conclude that this is not a parable but given as a warning to watch and be prepared at all times V-13.

It is this writers understanding the five wise virgins are the bride of Messiah V-10. The five foolish had to go out to purchase the oil and were left outside being unable to be part of the bride V-11, in all probability they did not have a relationship with the bridegroom for He said "…I do not know you." V-12. Note Yeshua said in His ‘Sermon on the mount’…

Matt 7:22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

Matt 25:14 " For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.' 21 His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.' 23 His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 24 Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' 26 But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 'So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

Matt 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Matt 24:46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

Matt 25: 30 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matt 25:31 " When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

Matt 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40 "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'

Matt 25:41 "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' 44 "Then they also will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?'

Ezekiel 34:17

Matthew 13:49

This saying of Yeshua (Jesus) should be clear. In the King James Version verse 32 may not be clear; is the King separating nations or the people of the nations? The English Standard Version may help - Matt 25:32 ESV all the nations will be gathered and he will separate people one from another as He separates the sheep from the goats.

Matt 25:45 "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

• Chapter One - Know The One that knows the end from the beginning - Latter Days
• Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,'
• Isa 55:11 So shall My word …; It shall not return to Me void…
• 1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the LORD endures forever." …
• Latter Days - Last Days - End Times - Day of Judgment - At [or in] that time
• Dan 10:14 "Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come."
• Matt 13:39 "The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age…
• 2 Peter 2:9 …and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
• Jeremiah 50:4-5 " In those days and in that time," says the LORD…

• Chapter Two - The Great Prophet Yeshua - Hear Him
• Deut 18:15 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, (prophesying of Yeshua)
• John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
• John 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me
• Matt 10:27 " Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
• Matt 13:43 "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

• Chapter Three Matthew 24 Prophecy Part I - What will be the sign of the end?
• Matt 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,

• Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
• Matt 24:5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
• Matt 24:11 "Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
• Matt 24:6 "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
• Matt 24:12 "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
• Matt 24:13 "But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

• Matt 24:15 " Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand)…
• Matt 24:20 "And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
• Matt 24:25 "See, I have told you beforehand.

• Chapter Five Matthew 24 Part III - Now after the tribulation the Son of Man will appear in heaven to the end time generation
• Matt 24:29 " Immediately after the tribulation of those days … 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 "And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Matt 24:34 "Assuredly, I say to you, this (end time) generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
• Matt 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and (they) did not know until the flood came and took them all away (could this mean Noah and his family were left behind? Not taken?), so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• Because of this we are admonished to "Watch"
• Matt 24:42 "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. … 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

• The Ten Virgins Matt 25:1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins …2 …five of them were wise, and five were foolish. …5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. … 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' 12 But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.'
• The point is to be prepared: Matt 25:13 "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

• Yeshua’s saying about His servants and The Talents
• Matt 25:14 " For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 …to each according to his own ability…19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. … 21 His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. … 25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' …28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given…
• The parable of the sower in Matthew 13 might be a hint as Yeshua also said Matt 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

• The Judgment of sheep and the goats
• Matt 25:31 " When the Son of Man comes in His glory… 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another… 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
• Matt 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? … 40 "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
• The main point is there will be a judgement after He returns - There will be a judging to see how these have treated their neighbor. Matt 25:45 "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Thus ends the Olivet Prophecy: which all began with the disciples asking "tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

Proverbs 1:6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

Proverbs 21:20 There is desirable treasure, and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man squanders it.

Proverbs 10:14 Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 15:14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools’ feeds on foolishness.

Psalm 78:52 But He made His own people go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

Psalm 79:13 So we, your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Psalm 100:3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.

Matt 18:12 "What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?

"Life is what we are alive to. It is not length, but breath. Be alive to goodness, kindness, purity, love, history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hope." Maltbie D. Babcock

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