by admin on Thursday December 11th, 2008
End Times Bible Prophecy.
End times & bible prophecy notes taken from the historical documents of Josephus (Wars), Tacitus, Esubius, and Yosippon. The phrase “End Times” is a mis-translation. It’s not wrong, it’s just not as correct is today’s English as it should be. The more appropriate wording for today’s English is “end of the era”. This makes a big difference in how the text reads. Read Matthew 24 again and see for yourself. Look at the different English translations.
End Times and bible prophecy
Yosippon lived through the war from inside the city. Josephus was a Roman Jew who at one time led the Jews against the Romans in the same war only to turn himself in and then try to convince the Jews to stop rebelling. He later wrote about the Roman wars with the Jews which he finished 8 years after the war was over in AD 78.
End Times notes
The events listed in the bible (PREDICTED EVENT column) were described in history books. Read the notes in the FULFILLMENT column to read exactly what was written about them.
Bible Prophecy Fulfilled Chart – Read the notes. References to other articles are posted to this site.
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FULFILLMENT
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| not one stone left upon another | Matt. 24:2 | Wars 7.1.1 (7.1-3) Wars 7.8.7 (7.376) Wars 7.5.2 (7.115)NOTES |
| sign of your coming and the end of the age | Matt. 24:3 | Wars 6.5.3; Tacitus Hist 5.13 Yosippon ch. 87 Revolving of the Times (end of the age) – see the Wars 6.4.5 (6.250)NOTES |
| many false Messiahs … showing great signs and wonders to mislead the elect |
Matt. 24:5, 24 | Wars 2.13.4-5 (2.258-263); Wars 4.9.3-4 (4.503-510); Antiq. 20.5.1 (20.97-98); cf. Acts 5:37; 21:38; Euseb. 2.11; 2.21 NOTES |
| wars and rumors of wars | Matt. 24:6; | Acts 18:2 Wars Preface (1.4); Wars 2.10.1 (2.185-187); Euseb. 2.5-6; Caligula tried to put altar in the Temple in AD 39; Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome in AD 49 NOTES |
| nations rise against other nations | Matt. 24:7 | Wars 7.4.2 (7.79-82) Wars 6.6.2 (6.341)NOTES |
| famines | Matt. 24:7; | Acts 11:28; during reign of Claudius (AD 44-48); Euseb. 2.8; Wars 6.9.3 (6.421); NOTES |
| great earthquakes | Matt. 24:7, Lk. 21:11 | Wars 4.4.5 (4.286); Earthquakes in Crete (AD 47), Rome (AD 51), Apamea (AD 53), Laodicea (AD 60) Seneca (AD 65) mentioned quakes in Turkey (incl. Smyrna). [Seneca Ad Lucilium Epist. Morales] NOTES |
| plagues | Lk. 21:11 | Plague in Rome (AD 60); Wars 6.9.3 (6.421); plagues in Jerusalem during siege. bible prophecy NOTES |
| terrors and great signs from heaven –on the earth is distress of nations with perplexity –men fainting from fear and expectation of things coming |
Lk. 21:11, 25-26 | Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-309); Wars 2.22.1 (2.650); Wars 4.4.5 (4.286-289); Euseb. 3.7.4-9 & 3.8.1-9 Tacitus Hist. 5.13; Bab. Talm. Yoma 39b; Yosippon ch. 87 NOTES |
| deliver you to tribulation -deliver you to the Sanhedrin… and prisons… and flogged in the synagogues… and stand before governors and kings as a testimony — arrest you and hand you over –persecute you |
Matt. 24:9, Mk. 13:9-11, Lk. 21:12 | The whole book of Acts and Paul’s epistles are full of the documentation for this. Plus John in the book of Revelations says he was arrested and in tribulation. NOTES |
| kill you | Matt. 24:9 | Euseb. 2.23 (James killed); Antiq. 20.9.1 (20.200) Acts and Paul’s epistles NOTES |
| hated by all nations | Matt. 24:9 | Acts and Paul’s epistles NOTES |
| many will fall away | Matt. 24:10 | 2 Thess. 2:1ff; Gal. 5:1ff; 2 Tim. 1:15; 4:10, 16 NOTES |
| betray one another –brothers, fathers, children will betray their brothers, parents, children, relatives and friends… and have them put to death |
Matt. 24:10, Mk. 13:12, Lk. 21:16 | Euseb. 2.9; 2.23; 2.25 NOTES |
| hate one another | Matt. 24:10 | Wars 6.9.4 (6.430) Wars 7.8.1 (7.262); NOTES |
| many false prophets … showing great signs and wonders to mislead the elect |
Matt. 24:11, 24 | cf. Acts 8:9f; 13:6; 21:38; Wars 2.13.4-5; Wars 6.5.2 (6.285-288); Euseb. 2.13; 2.21; 3.8.1 NOTES |
| lawlessness is increased | Matt. 24:12 | Josephus says Zealots and religious leaders kept laws only selectively (if at all). cf. Wars 7.8.1 (7.262); Wars 4.9.10 (4.562); Wars 6.9.4 (6.432); Wars 6.8.5 (6.408); Wars 2.18.2 (2.465); Wars 4.5.1 (4.310) Antiq. 20.9.3 (20.210) Wars 4.3.10 (4.184) NOTES |
| most people’s love will grow cold | Matt. 24:12 | Seven cities in Revelation had these characteristics already by the time it was written in AD 62-64 NOTES |
| those who endure… saved This is where the rapture would fit into the picture. |
Matt. 24:13 | Those who lived until the Parousia were rescued (raptured) out of the wrath poured out on the Jews.NOTES |
| gospel preached in whole world … then the end [of the age] will come |
Matt. 24:14 | cf. Rom. 1:8; 10:28; 15:18f; 16:26; Col. 1:6, 23; Euseb. 2.3; 3.8; Wars 6.10.1 (6.442) all the habitable earth NOTES |
| abomination of desolation … standing in the Holy Place - Jerusalem surrounded by armies |
Matt. 24:15, Lk. 21:20 | Wars 4.3.12 (4.201) Wars 5.10.5; Wars 6.6.1 (6:316); Wars 6.9.4 (6.428); Wars 4.3.10 (4.181-183) abomination used in reference to Priest Eleazar’s murder of Roman garrison on Sabbath -Wars 2.17.10 (2.455) Euseb. 3.5.4 and 3.7.4-9 NOTES |
| those in Judea will flee to the mountains | Matt. 24:16-20 | Wars 2.20.1 (2.556); Euseb. 3.5NOTES |
| woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days… your flight not be in winter or on a Sabbath | Matt. 24:19-20 | Euseb. 3.7.1-2 Wars 6.3.4 (6.201-213); Nursing mother who slew her infant son for food in the famine of the siege; Antiq. 13:8.4 (13.252) -no travel on Sabbath. NOTES |
| great tribulation … such as has never occurred in the past, nor ever will again in the future - |
Matt. 24:21 | Wars Preface 1, 4 (1:1, 1:1112); Wars 5.10.5; Euseb. 2.26; 3.6 NOTES |
| tribulation cut short for the sake of the elect | Matt. 24:22, Mk. 13:20 | Cestius left unexpectedly, allowing refugees to flee -Jews began war prep. Jews could no longer use Romans to kill Christians. Church fled to Agrippa and Roman cities where the church was protected (like Antioch). Wars 2.19.4 (2.531) Wars 2.19.6 (2.539-540) Wars 2.20.1 (2.556)NOTES |
| days of vengeance.. that all | Lk. 21:22-24 | Wars 2.22.1 (2.650); NOTES |
| things written will be fulfilled - | Wars 6.3.3-5 (6.193-219); NOTES | |
| great distress and wrath –fall | Wars 6.9.1-3 (6.413-421);NOTES | |
| by the sword … led captive into |
Wars 6.9-10 (6.428-442); NOTES | |
| all the nations… Jerusalem | Wars 7.1.1 (7.1-3) NOTES | |
| trampled under foot by Gentiles | Euseb. 3.7.4-9 NOTES | |
| coming of the Son of Man will not escape their notice, just like lightning which flashes from east to west | Matt. 24:27 | Wars 5.6.3 (5.266-274) plus footnotes –here comes the son Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 Yosippon ch. 87 NOTES |
| wherever the corpse is, there the eagles [Roman armies] will gather |
Matt. 24:28 | Wars 6.7.2 (6.369) Wars 3.6.2 (3.123); Wars 6.6.1 (6.316-317) NOTES |
| immediately after the tribulation… sun darkened, moon gives no light, stars fall from the sky -signs in sun and moon and stars | Matt. 24:29, Lk. 21:25 | Cities being burned caused smoke to darken the sun and moon. Astrological phenomenon were also seen above Jerusalem. Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 Yosippon ch. 87 NOTES |
| (demonic) powers of the heavens will be shaken (Satan thrown down -book of Rev.) | Matt. 24:29 | Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 NOTES |
| sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky | Matt. 24:30 | Yosippon ch. 87 Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 NOTES |
| all the tribes of the land will mourn | Matt. 24:30 | Wars 2.22.1 (2.649); Wars 2.17.10 (2.455) NOTES |
| see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory –Son of Man will be revealed |
Matt. 24:30, Lk. 17:30, Lk. 21:27 | Yosippon ch. 87 Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 NOTES |
| He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other |
Matt. 24:31, Mk. 13:27 | Wars 6.5.3 (6.288-300); Euseb. 3.8.5; Tacitus Hist. 5.13 Yosippon ch. 87 This was the rapture. NOTES |
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