Matthew 24:21-22

for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

John 15:2-6

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

Romans 11:17

Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

Till ye

Bible References

Till ye

Matthew 24:21
for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

A beacon

John 15:2
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.
Romans 11:17
Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.