435th Post Jesus Predictions Concerning Persection of His Followers Con't. - Matthew 10: 16 - 23 Cont'd.

Matthew 10: 16 - 23 Continued.
Jesus tells us that He will be there right with us when we are being persecuted, and will stay with us no matter what happens. God the Father will give us the words to say in our own defense. What could be better than that. The Father and Jesus helping us in our hour of need. This is a real promise. With all this good news, we can miss the part that says that you must endure to the end to be saved. This teaching is not dwelt on enough, I believe. The Bible tells us to endure to the end, or stay connected, or finish the race. All of these say the same thing. Once we make a commitment to follow Jesus, we must continue until death, or the Lord comes for you, which ever comes first.
Now the last part of this text, seems not to make sense. The part about not going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. Jesus spoke these words at two different times. The first time was 1.1/2 years into His earthly ministry. Jesus spoke these words before He sent His disciples out two by two. At that time, the disciples were only gone a short while, this is what Jesus meant when He said, "You will not have gone through all the cities of Israel before they see Jesus again. God's word is Truth and can not lie!