This is DAY TWENTY FOUR of the daily devotional.

I am releasing a 50 day daily devotional about the end-times as revealed in Scripture. Along with the text, I will be providing a video where I cover the text of the day, and @verbal-d will be providing an audio version of it. That way, whether you want to read, watch, or listen, you'll be able to enjoy this study as you wish.

The plan is to release this devotional over the next 50 consecutive days, but life may "get in the way." We will do our best, but please be patient with me if I fall behind.

The SoundCloud Audio from @verbal-d

The YouTube Video from @papa-pepper

The Text I Originally Shared on the @narrowminded Account

It is worth pointing out at this point that beliefs and understandings change over time. The actual writing of this devotional has been many years in the making. The original text has been somewhat updated to reflect my current beliefs, whereas the text from which @verbal-d read reflects a previous belief. The points are the same, but some parts have been edited, leading to a discrepancy between the video and the audio. Thanks!

DAY 24 - FOR MY NAME'S SAKE : Part 1

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:” (Mark 13:13-14)

“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)” (Matthew 24:9-15)

We see multiple things repeated in these passages, one of which is being killed and hated “for my name’s sake”. According to pretribulationists, the “Olivet Discourse” (beginning here in Matthew 24) has nothing to do with the rapture and only focuses on “The Tribulation.” They say that those being hated for Jesus’ name sake are the Jews of future Israel. However, if we are to “let him that readeth understand,” let’s see what Daniel has to tell us.

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week shall he cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” (Daniel 9:27)

If the church is already raptured prior to Matthew 24, then what are those doing who are being “hated of all nations for my name’s sake” (Matthew 24:9) six verses prior to the “Abomination of Desolation?” At the “Abomination of Desolation,” the Antichrist shall “cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease” (Daniel 9:27). Since Scripture tells us that the Antichrist removes the Temple sacrifice, it seems that the Jewish people will be in their rebuilt Temple attempting to worship God through the Old Testament Temple sacrifice system. If they were not still rejecting Christ, the Jews would already be Christian believers and being hated for the sake of Jesus’ name. It was Jesus who spoke this, and it is His name, not the name of God, that the people referred to are being hated for. Being hated for Jesus’ name sake is a uniquely Christian experience, reserved only for followers of Christ, not for the Jewish people.

Point #1: Prior to the “Abomination of Desolation”, people are still being hated and killed because of Jesus’ name.

Point #2: The Jewish people, as a nation, will still be rejecting Christ at this point.

Point #3: Someone, other than the Jews, will still need to be present upon the earth at this point being hated and killed for Jesus’ name sake.

CLOSER

If anyone is really interested, I did post the entire volume through an alt account over a year ago. I did so as an experiment to see how hard it would be for a new user to get noticed on steemit, so I didn't let anyone know that I was doing it. You can click here to a post that has links to the entire 50 days of this devotional if you really want to read ahead. That information has always been available there since I first posted it. It is not the purpose of this series to just copy all of my previous work, but instead to transform it into some new outlets by releasing it in an audio and video format, to broaden the reach that this work has.

Again, though I will certainly never claim to know it all, I do believe that many are being lead astray by some popular beliefs. I hope that this project will be able to help many others understand the end-times more accurately. Thanks!

Just in case you are new to this series and wanted to check out the previous audio or videos, here are links to the posts from each day of this series.

Also - A special thanks to @allforthegood for helping design my cover image!

Until next time…

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50 DAYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE END-TIMES MORE ACCURATELY - DAY 24 - FOR MY NAME'S SAKE : Part 1 - AUDIO & VIDEO