Matthew Chapter 24 The Trouble in the End of the Gospel Age Matthew’s and Mark’s accounts are almost identical. Matthew says: “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field…
Matthew Chapter 24 The Trouble in the End of the Jewish Age As was stated in our previous post Luke’s account centers more on the trouble upon fleshly Israel which culminated A.D. 70 whereas Matthew’s account centers on the spiritual aspect and the trouble coming upon nominal spiritual Israel i.e. Christendom, so we will take a look at Luke’s account first. LUKE 21 Verse 20-22 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near….
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” “Here again our Lord clearly showed the disciples that the end of the age was much farther off than they had supposed; that the message of his Kingdom was to be good tidings, not to Israel only, but to all nations. But this did not imply that other nations…
Matthew Chapter 24 In Verses 4-8 our Lord briefly summarized the history of the past nineteen centuries not only foretelling of wars, earthquakes, famines and pestilences to come, but also of false Christ who would appear at various times deceiving and leading many astray. Our Lord then turning to the history of the true Church (during the same time) goes on to state the same with brevity, thus: VERSE 9-13 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 6-8 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” “Thus briefly did our Lord summarize SECULAR HISTORY, and teach the disciples not to expect very soon…
Revelation Chapter 4 VERSE 9, 10 and 11 “ Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 3 continued, “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” Before we proceed on to the next verse let us consider the first question asked by the disciples a bit more, recall our Lord had just stated that “not one stone (of the Temple) shall…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 1 and 2 “Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” “Our Lord uttered one of the most remarkable prophecies of Holy Writ respecting the “Time of the End“–the closing…
Revelation Chapter 4 VERSE 8 “The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” Similar to the vision we see here in Revelation, is that which is found in Ezekiel Chapter One in which there are likewise four living creatures depicted (beginning at Verse 5), however the major difference is that…
Revelation Chapter 4 VERSE 7 “The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.” It is important that these four are numbered. When the study of the first four Seals is undertaken, these are referred to only by number and can, thus, only be identified by referring back to this verse. While brethren differ…