There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

linking thoughts to the body, and is also the part of the mind that senses and discerns spiritual truths and spiritual knowledge. It is odd how a human using his or her mind can accept or learn truth and error, unrighteousness and righteousness, faith and unbelief, peace and confusion, and basically become a well of knowledge or a field for battle. Prophetic teachers often point to the Olivet Discourse to glean insight concerning signs and events to unfold at the time of the end. Often ministers mention wars, rumors of wars, famine, pestilences, earthquakes, and other negative signs (Matt. 24:4–7), but they omit one of the most significant personal signs that all believers must be warned of, and that is the sign of offense. In prophetic conferences I have heard detailed statistics on the increased number of earthquakes, plagues, and diseases, along with the increase in civil and national wars. At times the speaker concludes with Matthew 24:13: “But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” The speaker implies that “enduring to the end” refers to enduring the many disasters, diseases, and possibilities of death lurking in these global calamities. It would be like saying, “It is going to get rough out there, and if you can survive and endure these signs, you will be saved in the end.” However, if you will study Matthew 24:13 in the context of what was previously said, there is a different light of understanding that comes forth. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.