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For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
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Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
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Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
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For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, also the elect.
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But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
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But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,
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the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
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Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
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Then he will send forth his angels, and will gather together his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the eretz to the ends of the sky.
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"Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
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even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.