The Great Tribulation
14 "When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it should not" (let the reader understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!
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A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.
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And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.
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Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
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Pray it won't happen in winter.
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For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn't been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!
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Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.
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"Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah! Look-there!' do not believe it!
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For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
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And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.