I Will Praise Yahweh Throughout My Life

The Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation

¹⁴ “But ^(A)when you see the ^(B)abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ^15 (C)And the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; ¹⁶ and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. ¹⁷ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ But pray that it may not happen in the winter. ¹⁹ For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^(D)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. ²⁰ And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ^[a]life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ^[b]elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. ²¹ And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ^[c]Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; ²² for false christs and ^(E)false prophets will arise, and will show ^[d](F)signs and ^(G)wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. ²³ But as for you, see! I have told you everything in advance.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ “But in those days, after that tribulation, ^(H)the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, ^25 (I)and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in ^[e]the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ And then they will see ^(J)the Son of Man ^(K)coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(L)will gather together His ^[f]elect from the four winds, ^(M)from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

^32 (A)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³ “See to it, ^(B)keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time ^[a]will come.

^13 (A)All these died in faith, ^(B)without receiving the promises, but ^(C)having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and ^(D)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ And indeed if they had been remembering that country from which they went out, ^(E)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now, they aspire to a better country, that is, a ^(F)heavenly one. Therefore ^(G)God is not ^[a]ashamed to be ^(H)called their God, for ^(I)He prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith ^(J)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had ^(K)received the promises was offering up his only son, ¹⁸ to whom it was said, “^(L)In Isaac your seed shall be called.” ^19 [b]He considered that ^(M)God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which, ^[c](N)figuratively speaking, he also received him back. ²⁰ By faith ^(O)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. ²¹ By faith ^(P)Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and ^(Q)worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. ²² By faith ^(R)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave commands concerning his bones.