Troubles~ Mark 13:8 June 29,2020
We are in the book of Mark, chapter 13:8 at our church, should we start next Sunday. So, I decided to read and study it. I get to Mark 13:8 and I read, "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in divers [various] places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows." I have read this verse many times; mostly out of Matthew 24:7. I don't remember the word troubles. So, I went back to the book of Matthew 24:7. Matthew has the word pestilence instead of troubles. I then went to the book of Luke 21:11, this is where it gets interesting; start with verse 10. "Then said He [Jesus] unto them [disciples], Nation (#1484 & #1486 meaning ethnic, race, that is a tribe, specifically a foreign (non-Jewish one), Gentile heathen nation people) shall rise against nation (same as #1484 & 1486), and kingdom against kingdom; A...