[ravenwolf]

Matthew 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, ‘Lo, here is Christ,’ or ‘there;’ believe it not.

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7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

[Just mythoughts]

Why start at verse 7? Why not start at verse 4? I quoted Christ quoting Daniel, given this was the thread topic. The first tribulation according to Christ in verse 4 is d e c e p t i o n. Check out Amos 8:11 Behold the days come, saith the LORD GOD, that *I* will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, *BUT* of hearing the words of the LORD:

We are in that God sent famine.