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February 15, 2021

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Reading along with us in Matthew? Here’s today’s reading:

Matthew 24 (NIV)

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2“Do you see all these things?”he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”...........Continue Reading

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  1. Jesus urges us to be prepared for the end times. While I know many will debate what time this is and just when the end times will happen God’s concern is that we always be ready any time. He loves us and wants us to follow Him and stay prepared and then the specific time will not matter because we will be ready regardless.

  2. Jesus answers the disciples questions. I think that we assume that all of those things will happen simultaneously, but they don’t. Jesus mentions several things to watch for, but then says that no one will know the day or the hour. He mentions the “abomination that causes desolation” mentioned in Daniel, and we know the time period in which he “reigns”. He says to some “flee to the mountains” but in other places He mentions one of two taken and one left. After listening to many teachings on this, I think it is clear that Jesus is talking about several events – 70 AD, the rapture, the tribulation, and the final Coming.

  3. It is important to recognize that Jesus is asked 3 questions and we can presume He answers all three. The disciples ask when will the temple be destroyed, what will be the sign of Jesus’ coming, and what will be the sign of the end of the age. So as Amy said, Jesus is pointing to three different events that happen in three different time periods, and it may be that Jesus shifts between them as well. The temple was destroyed in 70AD, so many of the references have to do with circumstances surrounding that. Certainly the tribulation period is mentioned with references to the work of antichrist and the deception and opposition that will happen at that time. And then there is a picture of Jesus coming in power, glory and victory which comes at the conclusion of the tribulation. There is certainly alot of speculation as to which events fit where as far as what Jesus describes, but I think the more general points are what are most significant.

    First Jesus warns about what will happen so we can be prepared. He doesn’t encourage us to figure out the day or hour but read the signs of the times. It is clear we need to be prepared for hard times. We need to need to be prepared to be rejected and persecuted. We need to be prepared for deception and people trying to lead us astray. We need to be prepared for evil to have its day and seem like it is winning. But in the end Jesus does and He will be shown to be right as well as all who follow Him. To me, those are the more important lessons. So we need to be in the Word to be established in the truth. We need to be in the Spirit to have God’s sustaining power to shine the light of Christ to an ever darkening world. And we need to be in the fellowship of God’s people…to be mutually encouraged by each others faith and be able to weather the storms that believers will have to face.

    To me those are far better things to apply ourselves to and internalize from this passage than to worry about when certain things will happen. One thing we can be sure of, whatever generation faces these things specifically will have a playbook written beforehand for them to follow.

  4. 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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