LESSON #1 - SEVEN GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT MATTHEW 24 

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles.”
Matthew 24:9, 10: Matthew refers to betrayal but does not mention who does the betraying:
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.”
Mark 13:11-13: Mark explains that family members and friends will betray one another:
“But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 13 And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”
Each of the three Synoptic gospels adds its own touch to the abomination of desolation:
Matthew 24:15
Abomination of desolation stands in the holy place:
"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand)”
Mark 13:14
The abomination of desolations stands where it ought not:
"So when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not" (let the reader understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”