We have seen that a sign is a distinguishing mark, often miraculous in nature, given as evidence that something is true. From Mat 24:24, is it necessarily the case that such signs guarantee that something is true? Cf. 2Th 2:9, Rev 19:20. As true signs and wonders are a manifestation of the power of the…
Recall that in response to His disciples’ question for when the temple would be destroyed and their request for the sign of His coming and the end of the age, the first thing Jesus warned about was being misled by false Christs (Mat 24:4). These would appeal to the worldly desires of people for a…
What is the significance that those who are false will point people to the wilderness or inner rooms for where to find Christ and the salvation from the worldly struggles for which they are seeking deliverance? Notice that the KJV translates inner rooms here as secret chambers and think: What does an inner, private room…
In response to His disciples’ request for when the destruction of the temple would take place and a sign that would precede His coming in judgment and the end of the age, Jesus has foretold in the Olivet Discourse the rise of false Christs and false prophets who would mislead the masses by appealing to…
Recall that in response to His disciples’ request for a sign of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem Jesus foretold “a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will”. He continues that “unless those days had been cut short, no (physical) life would have…
Jesus has foretold in His Olivet Discourse “a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will”. As we have seen, while such words certainly describe a time of unprecedented distress, such as happened when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman army in 70 AD, they…
In His Olivet Discourse, Jesus has warned His disciples of the urgency of fleeing whenever they should see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, and the woe that will befall those who cannot make haste. And yet, while the forthcoming day of the Lord is certain, still He bids them to pray…
Recall that Jesus has warned about the importance of making all haste to escape in that day when His disciples should see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, and the woe to those who cannot make haste; see Mat 24:15-21. In what way would the winter make it difficult to flee and…
On the Mount of Olives after forsaking the temple mount and leaving it desolate of His Spirit, Christ is answering His disciples’ request for a sign of His coming that will also result in that house’s physical desolation and mark the end of that age of the Jews (Mat 24:1-3). Lest they too be swept…
Recall that Jesus has warned His disciples that when they see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place they must not delay but make their escape with all urgency lest they too be swept away in the coming judgment. “Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things that…