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Issue 70. Hypothetical - example added

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@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ Jesus asked the religious leaders what they would do on the Sabbath if one of th
##### Contrafactual situation in the future
> Therefore, see, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish her carved idols, and the wounded people will groan in all of her land. For <u>even if Babylon went up to the heavens or fortified her highest fortresses, destroyers would come from me to her</u>—this is Yahweh's declaration. (Jeremiah 51:52-53 ULB)
God was talking about a future time when he would destroy Babylon. It did not matter what Babylon might do in the future. God would certainly send people to destroy Babylon.
><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 about 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.
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.
##### Expressing emotion about a contrafactual situation