<p>13:13 <i>And you shall be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved</i>- Matthew: &quot;hated by all nations&quot;.&nbsp; But the Gospel will then be preached to &ldquo;all nations&rdquo; (Mk. 13:10). It seems that the persecution will result in preaching, perhaps through highly publicized legal cases. If the Gospel is taken to all nations, then this will not need to happen. &quot;For my Name&rsquo;s sake&quot; is a&nbsp;phrase which rarely occurs outside of the Olivet prophecy; one other time is in the upper room discourse, which is John&rsquo;s parallel with the Olivet prophecy as recorded in the synoptic Gospels. Here we read again that the believers will be &ldquo;hated&hellip; for My Name&rsquo;s sake&rdquo; (Jn. 15:18,21). But in John 15 the Lord seems to be angling His words not just to the twelve, but to all in Him; for His reasoning is that the world&rsquo;s attitude to Him will be their attitude to us, and all in Him will suffer as He did. Again we can conclude that John, the latest of the Gospels, was re-adjusting the emphasis of the Olivet prophecy, knowing that it had been rescheduled and would not fully come true in an early coming of Christ in the first century. Those who endure the tribulation to the end will be saved in that they will be part of that unique generation which shall never die, but shall be &quot;saved&quot; by being changed to immortality at the Lord's return.</p><p>The Olivet prophecy as recorded in Mark 13 has many allusions to the sufferings of our Lord, thereby suggesting that our sufferings during the coming tribulation will make us fellowship the cross as never before. The whole idea of darkness, earthquake, open graves, rocks shaking etc, which we read of in the Olivet and other last day prophecies is evidently the language of the crucifixion. The description of suffering before &quot;the end&quot; comes (Mk. 13:7,13; Mt. 24:14) invites connection with Christ's death also being described as &quot; the end&rdquo;, coming as it did after a period of suffering (Mt. 26:58; Lk. 22:37; Jn. 13:1). This connection is strengthened by the way in which each record of the Olivet prophecy leads straight on into the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. There is to be a &ldquo;little while&rdquo; between the death of those persecuted in the last days, and the coming of the Lord; using the very same word which John uses for the &ldquo;little while&rdquo; of the three days of the Lord&rsquo;s death (Rev. 6:11; Jn. 16:16-19). Rev. 12 speaks of how the dead bodies of the tribulation victims will rest for three and a half days, just as the Lord&rsquo;s body did. They will fully fellowship His death and therefore His resurrection. Similarly, the idea of all God's word being fulfilled by the Lord's death (Lk. 24:44; Jn. 19:28; Acts 3:18) follows on from the prophecy that all will be fulfilled at the time of suffering which heralds the second coming (Lk. 21:22). Mt. 24:13 commends those who endure to the end- of the great tribulation. The same word occurs in Heb. 12:2,3 about Christ enduring the cross- we fellowship the cross during the last day tribulation. The word in Mt. 24:29 for &ldquo;the tribulation&rdquo; is used in Col. 1:24 about the afflictions of Christ. And as the Lord&rsquo;s critics could not find a way to answer Him, so in our tribulation, all our adversaries will not be able to gainsay us (Lk. 21:15). The Lord in Jn. 16:2,4,32 used the term &ldquo;the hour&rdquo; to refer both to the &lsquo;hour&rsquo; of His own sufferings, and the &lsquo;hour&rsquo; of tribulation for His people. He clearly saw what He was about to endure as being repeated in the latter day tribulation of those for whom He was about to die.</p><p>The other tribulation prophecies, notably in Revelation, are also shot through with allusions to Christ's passion.</p><table border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0>    <tbody>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>&quot;They shall deliver you up to   the councils...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>As Christ to the Sanhedrin</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>beaten...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Christ buffeted</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>rulers and kings for a testimony...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Chief priests, Herod, Pilate</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>brother shall betray the brother...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Judas; Peter's denial?</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>turn back to take up his garment...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>John Mark's linen garment</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>false Christs...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Barabbas 'son of the father'</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>the sun shall be darkened...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>As at the crucifixion</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>watch and pray...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>&quot;Watch with me&quot;; Gethsemane</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>at even...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Last Supper</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>at midnight...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Gethsemane</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>at the cock crowing...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Peter's denials</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>in the morning...</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Trial and crucifixion</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>find you sleeping&quot;</p>            </td>            <td width=256 valign=top>            <p>Disciples in Gethsemane</p>            </td>        </tr>    </tbody></table>