“Then will they deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.”

Meanwhile what of His own followers? They will face tribulation, they will be killed, they will be hated by all, and all for His Name's sake, that is because they are His and testify to His Name. These are the inevitable consequences of serving Him (see John 15:18; John 16:2; John 16:33; Acts 14:22). But even these experiences are not to be seen as signs of the end, for they will occur both prior to the destruction of Jerusalem, and will continue on after it, even during the period when the Jews are experiencing their own great tribulation (Matthew 24:23). Compare for His disciples continuing tribulation Matthew 10:16; Matthew 10:22. The same experiences will continue to the end.

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