), inasmuch as He indicates, as the discourse advances, the things that are to precede His second coming, till, in Matthew 24:28, He reaches the point which … ἕως τοῦ νῦν] usque ad hoc tempus, Romans 8:22.

The Meaning of Matthew 24, Part 1 March 4, 2013 Posted by Sam Waldron Eschatology , New Testament , Systematic Theology In their presentations of preterism and futurism both Gary Demar and Jim Hamilton explained their views of Matthew 24. Those hindrances to flight are all the more to be deprecated that the troubles are to be unparalleled, and therefore a rapid flight will be a matter of the most urgent necessity.

But Jesus said to them, See you not all these things? The fig tree (Matthew 24: 32-35) I’ve always heard that the fig tree represented Israel and I have no reason to doubt that. Matthew 24:35(NASB) Verse Thoughts. Matthew 24:1 "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple." This evil servant, who was a faithful servant, began to travel down the road to failure when he says that Christ is delaying his return. The proper foundation for a life is Jesus’ words—not just the hearing of them, but the doing of them, too (see James 1:22). Matthew 24 . Matthew 24:4. Matthew’s account of the Olivet discourse records that portion of Christ’s answer that relates to His future kingdom and how it will be brought in, which is one of the major purposes of the gospel. The spiritual meaning of the parable is found in Matthew 7:24: “Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” We are each building a life. In this chapter, we have Jesus Himself giving very explicit details about events leading up to and during the time that He returns to earth. THE INTERNAL SENSE. Matthew 24 refers to the coming of Christ, and to the coming of Judgment. The generation Jesus meant cannot be the generation of the disciples, because they never saw Jesus return in glory as described in Matthew 24:30.

I have a question that's been nagging me, because I cannot figure out the answer: What exactly does it mean when it says in Matthew 24:20 "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.".

2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Buildings of the temple”: This temple was begun by Herod the Great in 20 B.C. This is given more in detail in Luke, while Matthew and Mark answer the second and third questions, which actually refer to Christ’s coming and the end of the age as one and the same event. Understanding the Meaning of The Signs of the Times . Chapter 24.