The Archives Devotional Magazine August 2015 | Page 4

Day 1
Matthew 24-26.

“You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ of which the prophet
Daniel spoke. It will be standing in the holy place.” (Note to the
reader: understand what this means!) “Then those who are in
Judea must run away to the hills. Someone who is on the roof of
a house must not take the time to go down and get any
belongings from the house. Someone who is in the field must not
go back to get a cloak. How terrible it will be in those days for
women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!
Pray to God that you will not have to run away during the winter
or on a Sabbath! For the trouble at that time will be far more
terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the
world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it
again. But God has already reduced the number of days; had he
not done so, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen
people, however, God will reduce the days.
“Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or
‘There he is!’—do not believe it. For false Messiahs and false
prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and
wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if
possible.

“WE MUST NOT FORSAKE THE GOOD ON ACCOUNT OF
THE BAD, BUT RATHER TOLERATE THE BAD FOR THE SAKE
OF THE GOOD.” —SAINT AUGUSTINE