Julie
Jesus spends 23 telling the holy men that they have not been the Christ followers that they should be and that they have not been treating people well. He reprimands them for persecuting those that do not follow the laws of God when they are not following them either. 24 goes into the end of days. Reading this you have to wonder if we are in the begining of this. However, Jesus does say that we will not know when it comes and we are not meant to. Yes, there will be signs and the things that we should be the most careful of is false prophets and false christs. He gives an explanation as to what it will look like when he returns and that we should not believe anything that falls outside of that description.
The Lord is my refuge.
Michelle
This reading really caught my attention. When he talks about the end times and not knowing and that one will be taken and the other left behind. There are shows and movies about this very event. And yes, he is reprimanding them for not following as they should. Chapter 24 I feel like I should read again, even though I already got the picture in my head. He does say we won't know the hour or day, but some of the explanation does make you think, this is the beginning. We see so much of the types of behavior in times today, as our ancestors prob saw as well.
The writer is crying out to God asking for refuge.
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