Name: Matthew 24 Questions
Uploaded: 2019-11-22T19:00:00+00:00
Duration: 14 min 1 s
Description: Jesus and his disciples camped out on the Mount of Olives to learn from Jesus. This night, however, the disciples were especially anxious to hear what Jesus had to say since earlier that day Jesus dro

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Jesus and his disciples camped out on the Mount of Olives to learn from Jesus. This night, however, the disciples were especially anxious to hear what Jesus had to say since earlier that day Jesus dropped an unexpected and paradigm shattering bombshell. We examine the scriptures with a curious mind, gathering evidence and facts along the way.

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By Robert Lawton - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=734558

Punishment of Antiochus By Gustave Doré - Doré's English Bible, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10050463

January Suchodolski, Bitwa pod Somosierrą
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Napoleon's return from Elba, by Karl Stenben.
By Charles de Steuben - http://www.firstempire.0catch.com/Campaigns/Hundred_Days/Phase_I/Rally_at_Grenoble/rally_at_grenoble.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50862200

Interpretive Questions:
1. When will these things happen?
2a. What will be the sign of Your coming,
2b. and of the end of the age?
3. Will the destruction of the temple prove God's promises to be wrong or false?
4. Will the destruction of the temple stand as a sign of the coming of Jesus? 5. Does the destruction of the temple mark the end of the age?
6. Is the coming of Jesus also the end of the age or are these two different things?
7. Why did Jesus warn his disciples about being misled?
8. What do birth pangs represent?
9. What is the significance of kingdoms rising against kingdoms?
10. Jesus' usage of time indicators? "when" or "at that time" etc.
11. Jesus' usage of the second person plural "you".
12. What is the abomination of desolation?
13. What Daniel passage talks about this?
14. Why does Matthew say, "Let the reader understand?"
15. Why Judea? Why Sabbath?
16. What does it mean that the days were cut short?
17. Is Jesus talking about all of human life on earth?
18. Who are the elect and why is this relevant?
19. Are these different false christs and false prophets than those in verse 5 above?
20. Jesus tells us in advance. Why is this relevant?
21. What does the lightning metaphor represent?
22. What does the corpse metaphor represent?
23. What does Jesus mean by "immediately" in this context?
24. Is Jesus speaking literally or metaphorically about the celestial events?
25. What is the sign of the son of man?
26. Who are the tribes?
27. Who are the elect in this context?