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"If, therefore, you don t watch, I will come
upon you as a thief, an you will not know
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2. End of the two-thousand-year-
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at the end of the 2,000-year New Testament Age, the
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"They will see the Son of Man coming on
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Mark 8:11-12 "The Pharisees came and
began to argue with him, seeking from him a
sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed
deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this
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generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you,
no sign shall be given to this generation."
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John 7:27 "Yet we know where this man
comes from; and when the Christ appears,
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persisted strongly after the death of Jesus, even among
some who denied that he had come in a body of flesh.
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Daniel's prophecy referred to what they believed was
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Of humble origins
No faith as in Jesus' day
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"Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name ••.'
'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers."
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say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your
name, and cast out demons in your name, and do
many mighty works in your name?' And then I will
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• Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name •. .'
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Luke 17:20 "The kingdom of God is
not coming with signs to be observed. " I
Luke 17:21 "Behold, the kingdom of
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Matthew 13:31-32 "The kingdom of
heaven is like a grain of mustard seed ... " I
Matthew 13:33 "The kingdom of
heaven is like leaven ... "
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Revelation 12:5 "And she brought
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nations with a rod of iron: and her child
was caught up unto God, and to this
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Revelation 2:17 "He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the
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churches. To him who conquers I will
give some of the hidden manna, and I
will give him a white stone, with a new
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one knows except him who receives
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Rom. 8:23 And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached unto you,
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Whom the heaven must receive until the
times of restitution of all things, which
God hath spoken by the mouth of all his
holy prophets since the world began . ."
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guarded through faith for a salvation
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"Therefore, since we are surrounded
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Matthew 3:9 " ... do not presume to
say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as
our father'; for I tell you, God is able
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Chosen people after crucifixion: Christians
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Revelation 7:2-4 Then I saw another
angel ascend from the rising of the
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and he called with a loud voice saying,
"Do not harm the earth or the sea or
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servants of our God upon their
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1. Messianic idea among the Korean people
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2. Revelations that religious founders
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• The Korean people have long believed in the
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1. Messianic idea among the Korean people
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2. Revelations that religious founders
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Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says
I to me, 'Lord Lord, ' will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but only he who does the will of
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