Regarding "the end of the world", in Matthew 24:3, the original Greek word (aion: G0165) translated as "world" can be translated as "age" (Ephesians 2:7, Colossians 1:26).
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The only thing is, I wasn't talking about Matthew 24:3. I was talking about Matthew 24:14 being the 1260th day of Daniel 12 which is the same span of time as the 1260 days from Revelation 11.
24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The "end" that Jesus is talking about is not the end of the world but it will be for some, it's the end of salvation.
It's the Two Witnesses and 144,000 that preach this Gospel to all the world and then God's plan of salvation will come to an end on the 1260th day at the seventh (not the last) trumpet. There will still be 75 days remaining after this for the 7 bowls which will bring us to The Last Day of Our End Time Tribulation. (1335 - 1260 = 75) I know this sounds strange.
Our End Time Tribulation is going to begin at Revelation 8, this is what Jesus is telling us in verse 7.
And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
This is the first earthquake during the tribulation mentioned in Revelation 8 just before the 1st trumpet..
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
The sorrows or birth pains are the first four trumpets, the "first" plagues.
"and there shall be pestillence, and famine, and earthquake in everyplace" - duTillet
"and these are but the beginning of the plagues" - duTillet
"seven angels having the seven last plagues,
for in them the wrath of God is complete"
Seven "last" plagues means there's got to be seven "first" plagues right?
The Book of Matthew is different than any other book in the New Testament. Matthew 24 is like a condensed version of Revelation. Matthew 24 from verse 7 to 31, Jesus is talking about Our End Time Tribulation, in a fast pace chronological order.
Luke 21 started out the same but for some reason Jesus stopped at verse 12 But before all this" and started talking about His Disciples immediate future.
http://www.christianforums.com/t7859904/#post66895139
http://www.christianforums.com/t7859904/#post66895219 (page 16 of the PDF)
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If you read page 16 to 18 starting at The Genealogy, it should be clear that the duTillet is the most original and accurate version of Matthew. It has the missing name of Jesus' Grandfather. Could the original Greek word (aion: G0165), actually not be the original word from Matthew. Unlike the other books of the New Testament that were translated from Greek to English, Matthew was originally written in Hebrew and then translated to Greek and then translated to English.
אבית , Abiud.
אביור , Abiur.
Now the name Abner is sometimes written as אבינר , Abiner (cf. 1 Sam. 14:50, 51). Supposing the scribe to have had before him אביוד הוליד את אבינר , Abiud begat Abiner, he might easily omit the second name as a dittograph.
- Hugh Schonfield 1927
Learn ye the parable from the fig tree; When its branch is tender, and the leaves sprout, ye know that the ripe fruit is nigh - du Tillet
Notice:
"the ripe fruit is nigh" does it kind of remind you of
"the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale"
Matthew 24 (duTillet MS)
1 And Jesus went out; and as he was departing from the Temple his disciples drew nigh in order to shew him the buildings of the Temple.
2 But he answered them, saying, Regard ye all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here stone upon stone, that shall not be overthrown.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples approached him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what sign shall there be at thy coming, and the end of the world?
4 Then Jesus answered and saith unto them, Let there be no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Messiah; and shall deceive many.
6 For ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not dismayed: it needs must be that such things be done, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be pestilence, and famine, and earthquake, in every place.
8 And these are but the beginning of the plagues.
9 Then shall they give you over to the tribulation, and shall slay you: and all nations shall hate you on account of my name.
10 And then shall many be offended, and a man shall betray his neighbour, yea, a man shall hate his brother.
11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
12 And because apostasy shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But whoso endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this tidings of the kingdom shall be preached throughout the world for a witness unto all the Gentiles; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, he who said that it should stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)
16 then let them which be in Judah flee unto the mountains:
17and he that is upon the roof, let him not descend to take ought out of his house:
18 and he that is in the field, let him not return to take his clothes.
19 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that are about to bear, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath:
21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as there has never been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be after it.
22 And if those days had not been shortened, there should no flesh be saved: only on account of the elect those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man saith unto you, Behold, here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not.
24 Because there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders; that so they may bring about, if that were possible, the going astray of the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth:behold, he is in the 27 apartments; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning goeth forth from the east, and appeareth even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken:
30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven:and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory .
31 And he shall send his angels with a trumpet, and a great voice, that they may gather together his elect from the four winds, from the heights of heaven to the extremities thereof.
32 Learn ye the parable from the fig tree; When its branch is tender, and the leaves sprout, ye know that the ripe fruit is nigh:
33 so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till the whole be accomplished.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 Until that day, and concerning that hour there shall be no man that knoweth, not even the angels in heaven, but my Father only.
37 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For as they were in the days that were before the flood eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Then shall two be in the field; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
41 Two [women] shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
41a Two shall be in one bed; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
42 Be ye alert therefore:for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.
43 But know this, if the householder had known at what hour the thief would come, in truth, he would have been alert, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for ye know not at what hour the Son of Man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and prudent servant, whom the lord hath set over his household, that he may give them bread in due season?
46 Happy is that servant, whom at his lord's coming unto his house he shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That, in truth, he shall set him over all his substance.
48 But if such a servant shall say evilly in his heart, that his lord delayeth to come;
49 and beginneth to smite the servants which are with him, and eateth and drinketh with the drunken;
50 the lord of that servant shall come on a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall surprise him suddenly,
51 and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there, shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.