0:46 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [those living at that definite period of time preceding the second coming] will not pass away until everything* takes place." Luke 21:32 * I.e. the establishment of God’s kingdom.

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1:23 5 to 10 June 1967. Israel was attacked by an Arab coalition consisting of the United Arab Republic, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon. Israel was victorious and captured the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. Prior to the war and after the 1949 UN armistice agreements, Israel had only partial control of West Jerusalem, whilst Jordan fully controlled East Jerusalem.

2:39 "So I say, have they (Israelites) stumbled so as to fall [to spiritual ruin]? Certainly not! But by their transgression [their rejection of Jesus the Messiah] salvation has come to the Gentiles, (non-Jews) to make Israel jealous [when they realize what they have forfeited]. Romans 11:11
The "Times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled" (concludes) when Israel as a nation accepts Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Lord. (Luke 21:24) This will most likely happen around the time of the "Rapture of the Church."

3:44 The Rapture (catching away) of the Church is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and is open to debate as to when it will take place. The most popular is the pre-tribulation view, that it will take place 7-years before the Second Coming of Christ and only then will the anti-Christ be revealed. This indeed supports Jesus' words; "But of that [exact] day and hour no-one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone." "For the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him." Matthew 24:36; 44. With this view millions of Saints (who are "saved sinners," saved to be transformed into the image of Christ by the mercy and grace of God - Isaiah 64:6; Luke 5:32; Romans 3:10; 6:23; 2 Corinthians 3:18) will vanish from the face of the earth in the twinkling of an eye. (1 Corinthians 15:52) This would surely bring about utter chaos and devastation in the world with the likelihood of trains, planes, buses, trucks and myriads of cars crashing and hospitals in turmoil with fatalities galore! This view would suggest that death and misery in the world would immediately follow after the rapture, yet the Great Tribulation would still be 3.5 years away! FAITHneednotbeblind.org rejects this view and supports the mid-tribulation rapture view. That the Church will live through the first 3.5 years of tribulation during which the identity of the anti-Christ will be revealed. (2 Thessalonians 2:3) His revealing is when he ratifies a 7-year peace treaty between Israel and many Islamic ideology nations. In the middle of the 7-years he will commit the "abomination that causes desolation" (Daniel 9:27) which triggers the Great Tribulation period of 3.5 years. The Saints who are watchful will be gathering together (2 Thessalonians 2:1) all around the world worshipping God and Jesus and ready to meet their Bridegroom with "oil in their lamps.” (The ten virgins parable - Matthew 25:1-13) Hence, there will be whole families caught up, yet still not knowing [exactly] the day nor the hour but KNOWING that their Bridegroom is at the door! There will still be some that won't have the opportunity of "gathering together", but these watchful Saints will also be caught up. (Matthew 24:40,41) Immediately after the Rapture of the the Bride of Christ (Saints) even while the world is oblivious to the times they are living in, including the (lukewarm) foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) destruction will immediately follow. (Matthew 24: 36-39; 1 Thessalonians 5:3)

5:08 The future “Battle of Armageddon” is the final coalition assault of Israel’s enemies to annihilate Israel before Jesus returns to annihilate THEM. (Revelation 16:16; 19:11-21) Note that Israel survives the Great Tribulation, this in itself will be miraculous since how many of Israel’s enemies would dearly want to nuke Tel-Aviv! (But not Jerusalem, for they want to seize and plunder Jerusalem, even if it IS Satan's desire to nuke the Holy city of David.)

6:08 Ever since Jesus called out in a loud voice, "IT IS FINISHED", (John 19:30; Luke 23:46) we have been living in the "Age of Grace" also described as, “The Times of the Gentiles,” (Luke 21:24; Ephesians 2:4-9) Therefore, in this present "Age" or "Time", any man or woman past the age of innocence (consciously knowing right from wrong yet choosing to do wrong) can call on the name of the LORD and be saved (from their sins which if they die in their sins they will be eternally lost or damned)

What happens after Jesus separates the sheep from the goats? (Matthew 25:31-46) Read Zechariah 14 and Revelation 20. Amen!

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