See Poole on “Mat 24:23<\/span>“, and following verses to Mat 24:25<\/span>. The history of Josephus, and those Roman historians who wrote the history of those times that went immediately before the destruction of Jerusalem, and give us account of the taking of that city, are the best commentary on these verses. It hath been often said, that the Jews were in expectation of a Messias, and are so still. But by him they understood not a person who should be God man, and save his people from their sins, and set up a spiritual kingdom in the world, but a secular prince, who should come of the house of David, and restore them to their civil liberties. So that the name of Christ was a fair name to patronize any rebellious faction, where the leader would arrogate it to herself, especially if he could pretend to the house of David. Near the destruction of Jerusalem, several persons used these arts to draw people after them to defend themselves, and to stand up for their liberties. Our Saviour having discerned his disciples tinctured with this common error of the nation, and knowing what would come to pass, gives his disciples warning to avoid these delusions, and not to run after such pretenders, to their ruin and destruction. <\/P> <\/p>\n 21. And then, if any man shall sayto you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo he is there; believe him not<\/B>SoLu 17:23<\/span>. <\/P> 22. For false Christs andfalse prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders.<\/B> Noone can read JOSEPHUS’account of what took place before the destruction of Jerusalemwithout seeing how strikingly this was fulfilled. <\/P> to seduce, if it werepossible, even the elect<\/B>implying that this, though all but<\/I>done, will prove impossible. What a precious assurance! (Compare 2Th2:9-12<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And then if any man shall say to you<\/strong>,…. During those days of tribulation and affliction, or when shortened and at an end:<\/p>\n lo! [here is] Christ, or lo! [he is] there<\/strong>; the Messiah has appeared in such or in such a place, to deliver you from your national distresses and calamities, and from the Roman yoke and bondage:<\/p>\n believe him not<\/strong>; give no credit to such a report, for the reason following; [See comments on Mt 24:23]<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “And then if any man shall say to you,” <\/strong>(kai tote ean tis humin lipe) “And at that time if anyone should tell you,” report to you.<\/p>\n 2) “Lo, here is Christ;-<\/strong> (ide hode ho Christos) “Behold here is (exists) the Christ,” for many shall arise in the Gentile age, making the claim, Mat 24:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3) “Or, lo, he is there;-<\/strong> (ide ekei) “Or behold he is there (out there),” that is the Christ, that is Him, the Messiah who is or was to come, Mat 24:23<\/span>.<\/p>\n 4) “Believe him not:”<\/strong> (me pisteuete) “Do not believe him,” him who reports it, or don’t be persuaded, convinced or believe it at all. 1Jn 2:18-19<\/span>, indicates that these apostate christs, “false christs” shall go out from or arise from <\/strong>among professing people of God, from the church, or the outer circle of her influence,<\/p>\n God’s Concern For The Elect During and Following The Destruction of Jerusalem (13:21-23).<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Jesus now reveals God’s concern for His ‘elect’ over this period, for some of them will be involved in the siege, and many will have to resist the machinations of false Messiahs, prophets and teachers. But they need not fear because for their sake He will shorten the days, and will keep them from being deceived.<\/p>\n Analysis.<\/p>\n a <\/strong> And unless the Lord had shortened the days no flesh would have been saved (Mar 13:20<\/span> a).<\/p>\n b <\/strong> “But for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days” (Mar 13:20<\/span> b).<\/p>\n c <\/strong> “And then if any man will say to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah’, or ‘Look, there’, do not believe it” (Mar 13:21<\/span>).<\/p>\n b <\/strong> “For there will arise false Messiahs and false prophets and they will show signs and wonders so that they may lead astray, if possible, even the elect” (Mar 13:22<\/span>).<\/p>\n a <\/strong> “But beware, see, I have told you all things beforehand” (Mar 13:23<\/span>).<\/p>\n Note that in ‘a’ things will be so bad that if the Lord had not shortened the days no flesh would be saved, and in the parallel they are therefore to beware, because He has told them beforehand. In ‘b’ the days have been shortened for the elect’s sake, and in the parallel there will be false Messiahs and prophets demonstrating such wonders that if it were possible even the elect might be deceived. The assumption is, of course, that it is not possible. Centrally in ‘c’ they are not to believe anyone who suggests that the Messiah is on earth.<\/p>\n “And then if any man will say to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah’, or ‘Look, there’, do not believe it. For there will arise false Messiahs and false prophets and they will show signs and wonders so that they may lead astray, if possible, even the elect. But beware, see, I have told you all things beforehand.”<\/p>\n The warning now was that during and after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple there would arise false claimants to religious status, whether as Messiahs or prophets. It must be seen as quite possible that some of the fanatical leaders in Jerusalem at the time of the siege, or their followers, did indicate their Messianic status. They certainly feigned ‘kingship’, And history has later been full of such. This was inevitable. The vacuum left by the end of the Temple and the aspirations of the Jews, once they were over the first disaster, could be expected to result in such activity, while the world is always looking for some superman to fulfil its own aspirations.<\/p>\n The most obvious from the Jewish point of view was Barcochba who raised a rebellion against the Romans and specifically claimed to be the Messiah in 132 AD. Others did not raise the same public interest, but there would no doubt have been many. (We must remember that we actually know very little of the detailed general history of that time, and indeed of much of the time since, for the sources are few and limited. History is written by the few books and monuments that survive as well as by the victors). And they had to be warned against, for they would lead many astray. History reveals how false prophets did continually disturb the Christian church right from the beginning and John had to warn against many antichrists (1Jn 2:18-23<\/span>).<\/p>\n ‘They will show signs and wonders.’ Just as the Egyptian magicians did in the time of Moses (Exo 7:11<\/span>; Exo 7:22<\/span>). Magic and trickery have ever been a source of signs and wonders and by them many have been deceived. Compare Rev 13:13-14<\/span> of the activities of Roman priests on behalf of the Emperor. And some do at times seem to have mysterious gifts of healing which can be wisely used or can be exploited. By this means the false Messiahs reveal their falsehood, and they will be the sign of Antichrist (2Th 2:9<\/span>) whoever he may be. The word means someone who sets himself up as a rival to Christ. The true Messiah did not use such means to vindicate His claims. It is interesting that John did not consider that Antichrist need be just one person but was an idea that could be fulfilled by the many. Antichrist was a symbolic representation rather than one person (1Jn 2:18<\/span>).<\/p>\n ‘Deceive — the elect.’ They would be so deceptive that if it had been possible they might even have deceived God’s chosen. But fortunately that is not permanently possible.<\/p>\n ‘The elect.’ The defining verses for this description are Luk 18:7<\/span>; Joh 6:37<\/span>; Joh 6:39<\/span>; Joh 10:26<\/span>; Joh 10:29<\/span>; Joh 17:6<\/span>; Joh 17:9<\/span>; Joh 17:24<\/span>. It is those who cry to God constantly, those whose prayer and action reveal their love and trust in Him, and those who are given to Him by the Father and therefore believe in Him.<\/p>\n ‘But beware, see, I have told you all things beforehand.’ The ‘you’ is emphasised. The disciples are to be the guides of the new movement.<\/p>\n The false Christs:<\/p>\n v. 21<\/strong>. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, Lo, He is there; believe him not;<\/strong><\/p>\n v. 22<\/strong>. for false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.<\/strong><\/p>\n v. 23<\/strong>. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.<\/p>\n <\/strong> A second warning against the insidiousness and impertinence of the false teachers. They came in those days, in increasing numbers, political Messiahs that promised deliverance from the yoke of the Romans. Their apparent sincerity, the power of their oratory, the mere influence of their personality induced many a person foolishly to cast his lot with them and be carried along with them to his destruction. And they are coming in our days, without the Church and within the Church, political Messiahs, social reformers, millennial dreamers that place the kingdom of Christ here upon earth, that glibly prate of the emancipation of the masses and of a final glorious state where all men will be equal and all men will be happy. They even do signs and wonders, both false and apparently real, by the help of Satan. The object always is to seduce, if possible, the believers, God’s own elect. But there will be a deliverance at the last hour. Therefore the believers will, in the meantime, be on their guard. Christ has come, He has left us His infallible Word; we need no further word, or revelation, no key, no new light; all these are signs of the false Christs. The Word is nigh unto us, the Word of the Gospel; that will save our souls, all other words and books of new sects are dangerous, deceiving, destroying. Christ’s warning was given in advance on their account.<\/p>\n if any man, &c. The condition of probable contingency. App-118. Not the same word as in Mar 13:22. <\/p>\n Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n Christ = the Messiah. App-98. <\/p>\n Mar 13:21-23<\/p>\n 5. OTHER WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE CHRISTS<\/p>\n Mar 13:21-23<\/p>\n (Mat 24:23-28)<\/p>\n 21 And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there;–The Jews expected the Messiah to deliver them from Roman oppression. During these great calamities they would anxiously look for him. Many would claim to be the Messiah. Many would follow them.<\/p>\n believe it not:–Believe not the message for both it and the messenger are false. Besides you have evidence that the Messiah has come, and you are not to be deceived by the plausible pretensions of others.<\/p>\n 22 for there shall arise false Christs–Not one, but many persons claiming to be the Messiah.<\/p>\n and false prophets,–Persons claiming to be the prophets spoken of by Moses (Deu 18:15); or persons pretending to declare the way of deliverance from the Romans, and asking the people to follow them as their Messiah.<\/p>\n and shall show signs and wonders,–That is, shall pretend to work miracles.<\/p>\n that they may lead astray,–This was their motive. None except Christians could be led astray. All others were already astray.<\/p>\n if possible, the elect.–God’s chosen people.<\/p>\n 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.–As I have exercised caution to foretell you these dangers, so do you exercise a like caution in guarding against them. To be forewarned was to be forearmed.<\/p>\n Deu 13:1-3, Mat 24:5, Mat 24:23-25, Luk 17:23, Luk 17:24, Luk 21:8, Joh 5:43 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Luk 17:21 – Lo here 1Jo 2:18 – ye have 1Jo 4:1 – many<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n The scene is changed here and Jesus is talking about his second coming. The disturbances of the Jewish war about Jerusalem would give a pretext for the false prophets to say it was the end of the world, and would announce some certain person to be the Christ who was predicted by the prophets.<\/p>\n Mar 13:21-23. See on Mat 24:23-25, also Mar 13:26-28, which have no parallel here. In Mar 13:23 we find again: But take ye heed. Ye is emphatic.<\/p>\n All things is peculiar to Marks account.<\/p>\n The Jews had all along cherished in themselves a vain expectation, that the promised Messias should be a temporal deliverer; and set them at liberty from the power and slavery of the Romans; and accordingly, our Saviour declares to his discples here, That, immediately before Jerusalem’s destruction, several persons, taking the advantage of this expectation, would make themselves heads of parties; and pretend that they were the true Messiah, who should save and deliver them from their enemies, if they would follow them. Hereupon our Saviour cautions his disciples against such false Christs, and false prophets, and bids them not believe them, though they did ever so many great signs and wonders, and promise them ever such glorious deliverances. <\/p>\n From hence note, 1. That the church’s great danger is from seducers, that come in Christ’s name and pretend to work signs and wonders by his authority.<\/p>\n Note, 2. That such is the power of seduction and delusion, that, many, in all ages of the church, have been carried away with seducers and false teachers.<\/p>\n 3. That the elect themselves, if left to themselves might be seduced; but being guarded by divine power against seduction and delusion, they shall be preserved from that fatal mischief; They shall seduce, if possible, even the elect.<\/p>\n Mar 13:21-23. If any shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ See on Mat 24:23-28. For there shall arise false Christs Grotius, and some others, think our Lord had Barchochebas in view here, because he expressly called himself Messiah, and pretended to work great miracles. But as the passage describes what was to happen about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, it cannot be applied to Barchochebas, who arose in the reign of Adrian, about sixty years after. Josephus (Antiq., 20:6) tells us, that under the government of Felix, the whole country was full of magicians who deceived the people. In the same chapter, he says, The magicians and deceivers persuaded the common people to follow them into the wilderness, promising to show them evident signs and miracles. It seems these impostors pretended that the miracles they were going to perform, were those which God had predicted the Messiah would perform; perhaps they assumed the title directly, though Josephus, after the destruction of his nation, was ashamed to make any mention of the Messiah at all, or of the prophecies relating to him. After the example of Moses, these false Christs appealed to the miracles which they promised to perform, in proof of their being sent to deliver the nation from slavery. This appears evidently from a passage of his Jewish War, (ii. 12,) where, speaking of the affairs under Felix, he says, Impostors and deceivers, under pretence of inspiration, attempting innovations and changes, made the common people mad, and led them into the wilderness, promising that God would there show them, , signs of liberty; that is, miracles in proof that they should be delivered from the Roman yoke, and obtain their liberty. This was the benefit the nation expected from the Messiah; and those deceivers who promised it to them were readily believed: for the common people daily expected that the Messiah would put them in possession of universal empire. Every impostor, therefore, who assumed that character, and promised them deliverance, was quickly followed and obeyed. Hence the propriety of Josephuss observation. The same historian, Antiq., 20:6, mentions an Egyptian Jew, calling himself a prophet, who persuaded the people to go with him to the mount of Olives, promising to show them from that place the walls of Jerusalem falling down, and giving them an entrance into the city. He speaks of this deceiver likewise, Bell. Jud., 2:12, as gathering together thirty thousand men on the mount of Olives, proposing to go thence and take Jerusalem by force, to drive out the Roman garrison, and rule over the people. Here this impostor plainly acted the Messiah. But Felix, getting notice of his designs, came out and routed him. And shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if possible, even the elect This relates especially to those impostors who appeared during the time of the siege, of which see Josephus, Bell. Jud., 6:5; and Eusebius, Hist. Ecclesiastes, 4:6. As for the objection which is urged from this text against admitting miracles as a proof of doctrines, two things may be here transiently observed: 1st, That it cannot certainly be proved that the works here referred to were true miracles: they might be like the lying powers, signs, and wonders, mentioned 2Th 2:9. Or, 2d, That if we should, for arguments sake, grant them to be real miracles, yet they are supposed to be wrought at a time when there were in the Christian Church teachers endued with superior miraculous powers. But it can never be inferred from such a supposition in that case, that God will suffer miracles to be wrought in proof of falsehood, when there are none of his servants to perform greater miracles on the side of truth. And when such superior miracles on the side of truth do exist, the opposite miracles, at most, can only prove that some invisible beings of great power, who are the abetters of falsehood, are strongly engaged to support the contrary doctrine; the consideration of which must excite all wise and good men to receive a truth so opposed with greater readiness, and to endeavour to promote it with greater zeal; as they may be sure the excellence and importance of it is proportionable to the solicitude of these malignant spirits to prevent its progress. Doddridge. But take ye heed Be cautiously upon your guard against so dangerous an imposition: Behold, I have foretold you all these things That, comparing the event with the prediction, your faith may be established by those very circumstances which, in another view, might have a tendency to shake it.<\/p>\n Jesus repeated His warning about people who will claim to be the Messiah (cf. Mar 13:5-6) so His disciples would not believe them. "If possible" (Mar 13:22) does not imply that the elect will inevitably continue to believe in Jesus and follow Him faithfully. If that were so, Jesus’ repeated warnings would be meaningless. It means that the false Messiahs will do miracles with the intent of leading the elect into error if they, the false Messiahs, can (cf. 2Ti 3:1-15). In view of this possibility, Jesus’ disciples need to be discerning (Gr. blepete<\/span>, Mar 13:23).<\/p>\n And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here [is] Christ; or, lo, [he is] there; believe [him] not: See Poole on “Mat 24:23“, and following verses to Mat 24:25. 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