These ancient teachers called these terrible events the "birthpangs of the Messiah."

     Even though they longed for the deliverance of the chosen people of Israel; this fear led some Jewish rabbis to say, "Let the Messiah come, but let Him come at a time when I will not see Him."

All through the Talmud teachers interpreted the Bible's prophecies about the last days and the time of the coming of the Messiah.

    It lists the prophetic signs that will point to His coming:
an increase in oppression,
rampant inflation,
pride,
irresponsible government,
wars,
widespread poverty,
despising of wisdom,
lack of respect for elders,
the breakup of families, and
hatred of Christianity.

Thanksgiving 2015

The Talmund is a group of writings written by rabbis during the exile from Jerusalem.

     The rabbis mixed Jewish beliefs and interpretations of the Law.

         The Jews believed that Moses gave these instructions verbally through a series of some receivers who faithfully preserved them.

During the leadership of one rabbi this oral tradition was finally recorded in writing known as the Talmud.

In the New Testament, Jesus describes the prophetic events just before He returns as "the beginning of sorrows."

     The old Jewish teachers called this time of trouble "the time before the Messiah."