There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

are three possibilities Christ is referring to according to three different interpretations given by scholars. The first is enduring till the end of the destruction of Jerusalem—which occurred in AD 70. History recounts that the community of Christians living in Jerusalem immediately prior to 70 evacuated Jerusalem when the attack began and settled in Pella in Jordan, as prophesied in Matthew 24:15–16. They built a thriving community there while Jerusalem burned to the ground. Thus they endured until the end of the destruction of the city. The second interpretation by some is that if you, as a believer, can remain faithful through the bad things occurring during your lifetime, then you can make it till the end and be saved—or enter the eternal kingdom of God by enduring the persecutions and pressures of life, thus having lived an overcoming life. The third interpretation, as stated above, is surviving the negative circumstances sweeping the earth prior to the return of Christ. Many will fall, suffer, and give up, but others will endure until the “end.” There is, however, a fourth possibility that is more plausible in light of the context of Christ’s statement. Christ was warning that “many will be offended” (v. 10). The Greek word for “offense” is skandalon, which originally referred to the bait on a trap that attracts the animal. The root word means, “to jump up, snap shut,” and the skandalethron was the arm of the stick where the bait was set. We derive our English words scandal and scandalize from this word. When a trap is set for an animal, there must be some form of camouflage to hide it from the sight of the unsuspecting creature. However, the smell of