Jesus Predicts 2021 (Matthew 10)

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• A WARNING TO TRUE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE NOW TARGETS OF THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE FALSE CHRISTIANS WHO WILL BETRAY THEM:
  “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake…” (Matt. 10:16-18)

• JESUS ASSURES HIS TRUE FOLLOWERS OF WHAT TO SAY:
  “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.” (v. 19-20)

• THE BETRAYAL THAT WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS:
  “Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.” (v. 21)

• A WARNING OF THE HATE THAT WILL COME FROM THIS ANTI-CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY:
  “…you will be HATED BY ALL for My name’s sake.” (v. 22)

• THE REWARD FOR TRUE CHRISTIANS WHO ENDURE TO THE END:
  “…But he who endures to the end will be saved.”, “Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known…”, “…the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” (v.22, v.25-26, v.30-32)

• A WARNING TO FALSE CHRISTIANS AND EVERYONE WHO WILL DENY CHRIST:
  “But whoever denies Me before men, him I WILL ALSO DENY BEFORE MY FATHER who is in heaven.” (v.32)

• A WARNING TO THE FALSE “PEACE AND UNITY” OF THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION AND HOW IT WILL TURN FAMILY MEMBERS AGAINST EACH OTHER:
  “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.” (v. 34-36)

• A WARNING TO FALSE CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE “FAMILY” IS PRIORITY OVER JESUS AND HIS WORDS:
  “He who loves father or mother more than Me IS NOT WORTHY OF ME. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.” (v. 37-39)

• THE REWARD FOR THOSE WHO EMBRACE JESUS’ WORDS AND THOSE WHO SPEAK IT:
  “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.” (v. 40-42)

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An apparent Christian asked me who is considered “true Christians?” My response to her was simple, “If you cannot discern between true and false, or good and evil then you can’t be a true Christian.” You do not have to be a biblical scholar to discern true from false Christians because as scripture teaches us, we can identify them by their fruit (Matt. 7:15-20).

Those who profess themselves to be Christian yet believe and support anything contrary from scripture are obviously false, but Jesus also identifies other ways a Christian can be false here in Matthew 10: A false Christian will betray other Christians; a false Christian will betray their own family members, a false Christian will place “peace and unity” before scripture truths; a false Christian will not receive those who preach His word and a false Christian will ultimately deny Him in the end.

We have witness the persecution of Christians in many countries for centuries. However, the anti-Christian government that will take place after January 20, 2021 will be the beginning of the persecution of Christians in the United States and it will only get worse. We are already seeing the silencing of Christian conservatives in the media and the internet; the cancelling of Christian politicians and prominent leaders; Christians are now being identified as evil regimes and terrorist groups and the encouragement of violence against Christians are growing daily.

Although retaliation is a human reaction to persecution, retaliation is not the direction of a true Christian as it is written: “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” (Romans 12:19) Jesus proclaims here in Matthew 10 that our only duties as Christians is to ‘spread His truths‘ and ‘endure to the end‘ and knowing His vengeance will come should be enough for us to do just that. In these times, pray diligently for endurance and His swift return.

In Him,
Marc