Matthew 24:22

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And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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  • Mark 13:20 : 20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
  • Isa 65:8-9 : 8 This is what the LORD says:“When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says,‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ So I will do for the sake of my servants– I will not destroy everyone. 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
  • Zech 13:8 : 8 It will happen in all the land, says the LORD, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad(so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)–
  • Rom 11:25-31 : 25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:“The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” 28 In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. 30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:17-24
    8 verses
    93%

    17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

    18Pray that it may not be in winter.

    19For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

    20And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

    21Then if anyone says to you,‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.

    22For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

    23Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

    24The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

  • Matt 24:18-21
    4 verses
    79%

    18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

    19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

    20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

    21For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

  • Matt 24:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

    23Then if anyone says to you,‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘There he is!’ do not believe him.

    24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

    25Remember, I have told you ahead of time.

  • Matt 24:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

    14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

    15The Abomination of Desolation“So when you see the abomination of desolation– spoken about by Daniel the prophet– standing in the holy place”(let the reader understand),

    16“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

  • Matt 24:28-31
    4 verses
    70%

    28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

    29The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  • Rom 9:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel,“Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

    28for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly.”

  • Mark 13:27
    70%

    27Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

  • Luke 21:21-23
    3 verses
    69%

    21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,

    22because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

  • Matt 24:33-37
    5 verses
    68%

    33So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

    34I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

    36Be Ready!“But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.

    37For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Jer 30:7
    68%

    7Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.

  • Matt 10:22
    68%

    22And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!

  • Mark 13:13-14
    2 verses
    67%

    13You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

    14The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    67%

    10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

  • Matt 22:14
    66%

    14For many are called, but few are chosen.”

  • Matt 24:39-40
    2 verses
    66%

    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

    40Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

  • Matt 24:44
    65%

    44Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Lev 23:29
    65%

    29Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.

  • Luke 21:32
    65%

    32I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Dan 12:1
    64%

    1“At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

  • Luke 17:30
    64%

    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Mark 13:31
    64%

    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Luke 21:18
    64%

    18Yet not a hair of your head will perish.