Matthew 24:3
Tell us The beginning of the Olivet Discourse Mat 24 with Luke 21:20-24 answers the threefold question. The order is as follows: "when shall these things be?"--i.e. destruction of the temple and city. Answer: Luke 21:20-24. Second and third questions: "And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age?" Answer: Matthew 24:4-33. Verses 4 to 14 have a double interpretation: They give- (1) the character of the age--wars, international conflicts, famines, pestilences, persecutions, and false Christs (cf) Daniel 9:26.
- (2) But the same answer (Matthew 24:4-14) applies in a specific way to the end of the age, viz. Daniel's seventieth week. Daniel 9:24-27. (See Scofield "Daniel 9:24").
- (1) The abomination in the holy place (Matthew 24:15);
- (2) the warning (Matthew 24:16-20) to believing Jews who will then be in Jerusalem;
- (3) the great tribulation, with renewed warning as to false Christs (Matthew 24:21-26);
- (4) the sudden smiting of the Gentile world-power (Matthew 24:27,28);
- (5) the glorious appearing of the Lord, visible to all nations, and the regathering of Israel (Matthew 24:29-31);
- (6) the sign of the fig-tree (Matthew 24:32,33);
- (7) warnings, applicable to this present age over which these events are ever impending (Matthew 24:34-51). Philemon 4:5.
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