Contrafactual - added example

Finally an example of Contrafactual Conditional about a present situation.
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Susan Quigley 2018-10-26 18:21:20 +00:00
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@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Here in Matthew 11:21 Jesus said that if the people living in the ancient cities
Martha said this to express her wish that Jesus had come sooner. But Jesus had not come sooner, and her brother died.
>...if I did not honor the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you, or even look at you. (2 Kings 3:14 ULB)
Elisha said this to tell the king of Israel that he did not respect him. It was only because Elisha honored the king of Judah that he would pay attention to the king of Israel.
><u>Unless those days are shortened, no flesh would be saved;</u> but for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. (Matthew 24:22 ULB)
Jesus was talking about a future time when very bad things would happen. He told what would happen if those days of trouble were to last a long time. He did this to show how bad those days will be - so bad that if they lasted a long time, no one would be saved. But then he clarified that God will shorten those days of trouble, so that the elect (those he has chosen) will be saved.