The seas will roar, and sounds will come from heaven that men can never comprehend, and these will bring distress of nations with perplexity.Ģ6. And signs that men have never seen will appear in heaven and earth in sun, and moon, and stars.Ģ5. The very air will seem surcharged with smoke of death and pestilence will follow close upon the sword.Ģ4. And men will reason not they will not see, nor care to see a cause for carnage, desolation, thefts for they will war with friend or foe.Ģ3. But when the people have been punished for their crimes, the tribulation days will end but lo, the time will come when all the world will rise, like gladiators in a ring, and fight just for the sake of shedding blood.Ģ2. The conqueror will carry many of the sons of Abraham away as captives into foreign lands, and they who know not Israel's God will tread the highways of Jerusalem until the anti-Jewish times have been fulfilled.Ģ1. The tribulation of these days cannot be told in words, for such has never been since God created man upon the earth.Ģ0. And woe to mothers with their little children in that day none shall escape the sword.ġ9. And he who labours in the field must not return, but leave his all to save his life.ġ8. Let him who is upon his house wait not to enter in the house to gather up his wealth, but let him flee.ġ7. When you shall hear the Roman eagle screaming in the air, and see his legions streaming o'er the plain, then know the desolation of Jerusalem is near.ġ6. And brothers will be false to brothers fathers will stand forth and testify against their own, and children will drive parents to the funeral pile.ġ5. And men will stir up evil thought among your kin, and they will hate you and will give you up to die.ġ4. But then the carnage will go on, and men will think that they are pleasing God by killing you, and nations far and near will hate you for the sake of Christ.ġ3. For, lo, the Holy Breath will overshadow you and give you words to say.ġ2. And in these hours be anxious not about your speech you need not think of what to say ġ1. But you will falter not, and you will testify for truth and righteousness.ġ0. Without a cause you will be haled into courts you will be stoned you will be beaten in the synagogues will stand condemned before the rulers of this world, and governors and kings will sentence you to death.ĩ. Before they come, lo, you shall be maltreated by the scribes and Pharisees, the high priests and the doctors of the law.Ĩ. And all the precious furnishings of temple, court and palaces will be destroyed, or carried off to deck the palaces and courts of kings.ħ.
HISS AND A BYWORD FULL
And Jesus said, This round of human life will not be full until the armies of the conqueror will thunder at her gates, and they will enter in, and blood will flow like water through the streets.Ħ. And the disciples asked, When will this desolation come?ĥ. And Jesus said, The city is the glory of my people, Israel, but, lo, the time will come when every stone will be cast down, and it will be a hiss and byword for the nations of the earth.Ĥ. And his disciples said, Behold the wondrous city of Jerusalem! its homes are all so beautiful! its temples and its shrines are clothed in such magnificence!ģ. When Jesus with the twelve went forth and sat upon Mount Olives, just beyond the city's gate.Ģ. He exhorts his disciples to faithfulness.ġ. Jesus prophesys the destruction of Jerusalem, and of terrible disasters that will mark the conclusion of the age. The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ, by Levi H. Sacred Texts Christianity Index Previous Next
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