“On account of this, the Lord, foreseeing these things, says, "Pray that your flight does not happen in winter or on the Sabbath, you ought not to rest from righteousness nor engage in the matters of this life, as in winter, lest that day unknowingly fall upon you as a trap." [Matthew 24:20; Luke 21:34] "For if," he sa…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Commentary on Daniel 4.52.1-2
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22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
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20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
— Matthew 24:22 —
23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.