Jesus has warned His disciples that because they do not know the day or hour their Lord is coming they need to be on the alert. In a spiritual sense this means to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God in order to be of sober spirit for the purpose of prayer, rather than…
Jesus has just warned His disciples that while His coming and the end of the age that will follow the signs He has given in the Olivet discourse are as certain as the summer that follows the signs of spring, the exact day and hour when these things shall happen is unknown to any except…
What was Noah himself doing “in the days of Noah” that preceded the flood? See Gen 6:14. What is the significance that the word used for cover in Gen 6:14 (kaphar) is the same as that used for make atonement in order to find forgiveness (cf. Lev 4:20,26,31,35, 5:6,10,13,16,18, 16:16, Psa 65:3, 79:9, etc…), that…
Recall from our previous study that Jesus’ coming is much more than just His arrival at some future time when God’s enemies will be destroyed and His people suddenly desire to serve Him in ways they never did before. Rather, it is His parousia or the manifestation of His presence as the creative power of…
Recall that while Jesus has said that the signs He has given will indicate that His coming is as near and certain as is summer following the signs of spring, still, the exact day or hour is unknown except to the Father. What exactly is meant by His coming? Notice that the Greek word translated…
In contrast to the signs Jesus has provided His disciples that would indicate the establishment of His kingdom and judgment upon His enemies was near and as certain as summer following the signs of spring, Jesus has also warned that of that specific day or hour no one knows, not even He Himself, but only…
On the Mount of Olives after leaving the temple mount for the last time and hearing Jesus speak of its destruction, His disciples have asked when those things would happen, and what would be the sign of His coming in judgment that would mark the end of that age of the Jews. After giving the…
Recall that in response to Jesus’ prediction that the temple would be utterly destroyed, His disciples had asked “when will these things happen?” (Mat 24:3). What does Jesus say in Mat 24:34 in answer to this question? What event whose significance cannot be overstated happened within a generation of 40 years that can be understood…
After predicting the destruction of Jerusalem and its magnificent temple Jesus has been responding to His disciples’ request for a sign for when such things would take place, which they associated with the end of that age and His coming to establish His kingdom of righteousness (Mat 24:1-3). In answer, He has warned first and…
In response to His disciples’ request for a sign of His coming and the end of the age, Jesus has spoken of tribulation, both to His disciples for not warring after the world along with its false messiahs, and to the world itself for following after its false messiahs who cannot really save in spite…