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SIGNS—MATTHEW 24

SIGNS—MATTHEW 24. In Matthew 23:29-39, Jesus is speaking to The teachers of the law and the Pharisees He accuses them of decorating the graves of the prophets but they are about. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24. To kill Him, the greatest prophet and others He will send out.

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SIGNS—MATTHEW 24

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  1. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • In Matthew 23:29-39, Jesus is speaking to • The teachers of the law and the Pharisees • He accuses them of decorating the graves of the prophets but they are about

  2. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • To kill Him, the greatest prophet and others He will send out. • So He predicts that their house will be left desolate—their temple and city destroyed.

  3. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • He predicts that this will come “upon you”— • This generation • Those to whom He is speaking. • The temple will be totally destroyed.

  4. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • This destruction actually happened when • Titus, the Roman general, destroyed the temple and the city in 70 AD • The Arch of Titus, in the Roman Forum, records this

  5. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • Jesus disciples ask two questions: • Check also Luke 21:20. • When will this be? • By what signs can we tell it is coming?

  6. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • He has already said it would happen “to you.” • In verse 34 He emphasizes that point by saying that “This generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.”

  7. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • So the “when” question is answered—within the lifetimes of those to whom He is speaking. • Now to the “sign” question • He begins by saying, “Watch out that no one deceives you.”

  8. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • Then He gives a list of possibly misleading events. His message is, do not let these events, which will be happening, deceive you. • The real sign is in verse 15.

  9. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • The “abomination of desolation” spoken of by Daniel the prophet. • Luke 21:20—an army coming to surround the city

  10. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • This is the real sign by which you will know it is time to make your move. • When you see this sign— • Flee to the hills • As quickly as you can

  11. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • They should pray that this flight will not come when things would make it more difficult small children winter the Sabbath Day

  12. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • Is this good advice for the end of the world? • In verse 36, Jesus says that He now comes to describe an event the time for which He does not know. Obviously a different event.

  13. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • For this event there will be no warning— • As it was in the days of Noah • It will come upon them • Like a thief

  14. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • So the passage often used to suggest signs by which we can tell when the end of the world is near, does not teach that.

  15. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • Matthew 24:4-14 lists events that will happen between 30 and 70 AD but which are events that might mislead. • These are not even signs of the fall of Jerusalem.

  16. SIGNS—MATTHEW 24 • The most important message here is for us to • Watch—for we do not know when the Lord will come.

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