Mat 24:29 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Matt 24:29-31: 24:29-31 These sayings form the climax of the discourse and answer the second of the disciples’ initial questions (see 24:3 ). Some take 24:29-31 to refer to God’s judgment on the Jewish people in AD 70, using apocalyptic images and metaphors to describe it. Others see a reference to the second coming of Christ at the end of history. 24:29 the sun will be darkened ... will be shaken: This phenomenon can be taken literally, as befitting the climactic self-disclosure of God’s Son, or metaphorically, as for a cosmically significant event (see Acts 2:17-21 ; Heb 12:26-27 ; 2 Pet 3:10 ; Rev 6:12-13 ). Similar apocalyptic language is used frequently in the Old Testament for describing political disasters and the collapse of a government as cosmic judgments from God (e.g., Isa 13:9-16 ; Ezek 32:1-10 ; Joel 2:1-17 ; Amos 8:7-10 ).

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‏ Matthew 24:29

Summary for Matt 24:29-31: 24:29-31 ^a These sayings form the climax of the discourse and answer the second of the disciples’ initial questions (see 24:3 ^b). Some take 24:29-31 ^c to refer to God’s judgment on the Jewish people in AD 70, using apocalyptic images and metaphors to describe it. Others see a reference to the second coming of Christ at the end of history. 24:29 ^d the sun will be darkened ... will be shaken: This phenomenon can be taken literally, as befitting the climactic self-disclosure of God’s Son, or metaphorically, as for a cosmically significant event (see Acts 2:17-21 ^e; Heb 12:26-27 ^f; 2 Pet 3:10 ^g; Rev 6:12-13 ^h). Similar apocalyptic language is used frequently in the Old Testament for describing political disasters and the collapse of a government as cosmic judgments from God (e.g., Isa 13:9-16 ⁱ; Ezek 32:1-10 ^j; Joel 2:1-17 ^k; Amos 8:7-10 ^l).