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Not only are we given the revelation of the “CRTWOHAHFRICIESTAIoGEHSElS.DTOL3…ED:1C…,1T2” “I…ESLRAIMsEANaCYE.DT4L…5:4”
promise of shortening the days of the tribulation,
but also Jesus tells us WHY He is going to do
so; it is “…for the elect’s sake…” Let us
understand that it is not only the church that is
called “the elect”, but also Israel.

It would greatly behoove the church to cultivate the

idea that Israel was God’s chosen elect long before this

title was given to the church. Paul clearly warns against

the church developing an elitist attitude at the

expense of Israel: At the appointed time of “the fullness of the

Gentiles”, the faithful remnant of God’s

““GGOODDHHAASSNNOOTTCCAASSTTAAWWAAYYHHIISSPPEEOOPPLLEE present elect, the church, will be raptured.
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TTIIMMEETTHHEERREEIISSAARREEMMNNAANNTTAACCCCOORRDDIINNGGTTOO original elect, Israel, will become the focus of

TTHHEEEELLEECCTTIIOONNOOFFGGRRAACCEE…… God’s salvation on the earth. That is a
WWHHAATTTTHHEENN??IISSRRAAEELLHHAASSNNOOTTOOBBTTAAIINNEEDDWWHHAATT paradigm shift of focus away from the present
salvation of the Gentiles unto the salvation of
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Israel, as God’s elect, that the days of the
WWIISSEEIINNYYOOUURROOWWNNOOPPIINNIIOONN,, tribulation are to be shortened. If Jesus does
HHAARRDDEENNIINNGGIINNPPAARRTTHHAASS not shorten the length of those days, “no flesh
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UUNNTTIILLTTHHEEFFUULLLLNNEESSSS will be saved”. Take the time to read the
context of these words in Matthew Chapter
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spoken directly to the Jewish people that see
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Desolation.

The Abomination of Desolation is the desecration of the Jewish Temple! The Jews will be the prime

target of Antichrist just as the Jews were the prime target of Hitler in Word War II. There is a significant

parallel between the behavior of Hitler and that of the coming Antichrist. Hitler eventually knew he would

lose the war. However, he dramatically increased his persecution of the Jews as the war was in the final

stages of being lost. He was obsessed with achieving what he called “the Final Solution” of the Jewish

problem. His goal was to eradicate the Jews before the end of the war. However, history will show that

he ran out of time to carry out his plan. Hitler’s attempt at a “final solution” to the Jewish problem may

well become a repeated attempt by his protégé, the Antichrist.

Like Hitler, Satan knows that he has been THAT IS WHY JESUS SAYS:
appointed a “short time” to persecute the Jews.
This may well be because Jesus will “shorten the “UNLESS BUT
days” in which Antichrist will seek to eradicate the THOSE DAYS
Jews: FOR
WERE THE
“WOE UNTO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND SHORTENED, ELECT’S
THE SEA! FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU, SAKE
NO
HAVING GREAT WRATH, BECAUSE HE KNOWS FLESH THOSE DAYS
THAT HE HAS A SHORT TIME.” WOULD WILL BE

Rev. 12:12 BE SHORTENED.”
SAVED;
“AND UNLESS THOSE DAYS WERE SHORTENED,
NO FLESH WOULD BE SAVED; (PROTOTYPE OF ANTICHRIST!)

BUT FOR THE ELECT’S SAKE THOSE DAYS
WILL BE SHORTENED.”

Matt.24:22