Christ’s reply
Beginning with the predictions that are to follow. These begin to occur after the beginning. These event signal the soon return of Christ. It is when these become prevalent and obvious it is time to keep aware and plan for the soon return of the Messiah.
Section D – Persecution of Christians
The verse gives great detail as what to expect to see fulfillment of this prophecy:
“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.”
In the Middle East due to the rise of ISIS this is once again becoming a reality. In fact it was reported that last year the most persecuted religion was the Christian religion. It has happened in the past, but is once again on the rise. Once again it points to a rise in this treatment of the followers of Jesus Christ.
Section E – Apostasy and betrayal
“And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.”
Apostasy is defined as the act of giving up your religious or political beliefs and leaving a religion or a political party per Cambridge dictionary.
Now what many do not realize is that giving up on your religious beliefs doesn’t mean you outright deny your faith. You just stop desiring to follow the teaching of the Bible. Millions live this way daily. Millions go through their life thinking they are “religious” thinking they are “Christian” when this is the furthest thing from the truth. They are living an apostate life. This is something that has been occurring within the United States since God was removed the schools in the 1960s and has been increasing exponentially ever since.
In the 2016 election the betrayal began to be seen clearly. As friends and family deleted each other’s names from Facebook.
Again we see fulfillment of the words of Jesus Christ coming to be.