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AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / MATTHEW 24:44

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(KJV) Matthew 24:44

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / MATTHEW 24:44

Once again, Christ refers to His return for the faithful people in His churches at an unexpected and unknown time. 

  1. This warning is not for those who go through the tribulation). The only way to reconcile Christ’s teaching about His unexpected coming (Matthew 24:42; Matthew 24:44) with His statement about His expected coming (Matthew 24:33) is to assume that there will be two phases, or stages, to His “second coming.” 
  1.  The first stage involves Christ’s return at an unexpected time to take His true church from earth (1 Thessalonians 4:17; John 14:3; Revelation 3:10). This happens prior to the antichrist’s rise to power and God’s end-time judgments on the earth (Revelation 6 – 19). 
  2.  The second stage is Christ’s coming at the end of the tribulation, which will be at an expected time (after certain cosmic signs, Matthew 24:29; Matthew 24:30, and a certain time period, Daniel 9:25-27; Revelation 11:1-2; 12:6; 13:5-7). At that time, He will destroy the wicked and begin His reign on earth (Matthew 24:42; Revelation 19:11-21; 20:4).

        2.  This second coming of Christ – described as one event consisting of two phases – is similar to how the Old Testament predicted Christ’s first coming to earth as a human. The Old Testament prophets often spoke as if the Messiah’s (Christ’s) coming were a single event, but the fulfillment of those prophecies is seen in two phases:

  1. His coming by birth to eventually die for sin and 
  2. His coming to reign on earth at the end of time as we know it (Isaiah 9:2-7; 40:3-5; compare Isaiah 61:1-3 with Luke 4:18-19).

3.  Christ’s urgent warning to be always spiritually ready for His coming at the unknown time (the rapture) applies to all generations of Christians before the tribulation (Matthew 24:15-29). It should provide strong motivation for remaining true to our faith in Christ and our commitment to the standard of His Word.

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  1. THE THIEF / MATTHEW 24:43
  2. THEREFORE KEEP WATCH – YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT DAY / MATTHEW 24:42
  3. ONE … TAKEN … THE OTHER LEFT / MATTHEW 24:40
  4. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN / MATTHEW 24:37
  5. ONLY THE FATHER / MATTHEW 24:34
  6. THIS GENERATION / MATTHEW 24:34
  7. ALL THESE THINGS / MATTHEW 24:33
  8. THE FIG TREE / MATTHEW 24:32
  9. GATHER HIS ELECT / MATTHEW 24:31
  10. SON OF MAN COMING / MATTHEW 24:30
  11. THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED / MATTHEW 24:29
  12. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM … THE END – THEN THE END WILL COME / MATTHEW 24:14
  13. INCREASE OF WICKEDNESS / MATTHEW 24:12
  14. MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL APPEAR / MATTHEW 24:11
  15. YOU WILL BE HATED / MATTHEW 24:9
  16. MANY WILL DECEIVE MANY / MATTHEW 24:5
  17. SIGNS OF THE END OF THIS AGE / MATTHEW 24:4
  18. JESUS ANSWERED / MATTHEW 24:4-51
  19. PROPHETIC ADDRESS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES / MATTHEW 24:3 – 25:46
  20. YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39
  21. ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28
  22. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
  23. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  24. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  25. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  26. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  27. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  28. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  29. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  30. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  31. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  32. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  33. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  34. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  35. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  36. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  37. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  38. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  39. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  40. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  41. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  42. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  43. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  44. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  45. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  46. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  47. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  48. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  49. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  50. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  51. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  52. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  53. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  54. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  55. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  56. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  57. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  58. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  59. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  60. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  61. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  62. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  63. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  64. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  65. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  66. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  67. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  68. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  69. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  70. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  71. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  72. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  73. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  74. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  75. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  76. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  77. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  78. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  79. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  80. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  81. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  82. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  83. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  84. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  85. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  86. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  87. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  88. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  89. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  90. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  91. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  92. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  93. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  94. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  95. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  96. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  97. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  98. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  99. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  100. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  101. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  102. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  103. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  104. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  105. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  106. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  107. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  108. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  109. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  110. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  111. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  112. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  113. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  114. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  115. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  116. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  117. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  118. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  119. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  120. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  121. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  122. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  123. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  124. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  125. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  126. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  127. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  128. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  129. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  130. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  131. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  132. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  133. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  134. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  135. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  136. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  137. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  138. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  139. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  140. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  141. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  142. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  143. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  144. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  145. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  146. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  147. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  148. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  149. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  150. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  151. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  152. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  153. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  154. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  155. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  156. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  157. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  158. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  159. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
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