Mark 13:20, 22, 27 God has decided to make that terrible time short. Otherwise, no one would go on living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen. False Christs and false prophets will come and perform great wonders and miracles. They will try to fool even the people God has chosen, if that is possible. Then he will send his angels all around the earth to gather his chosen people from every part of the earth and from every part of heaven. | New Century Version (NCV)