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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – Judgment on the Temple and the World (24:1-31)
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IVP New Testament Commentary Series
Matthew
THE FUTURE AND THE KINGDOM (23:1-25:46)
Judgment on the Temple and the World (24:1-31)
Judgment on the Temple and the World (24:1-31)
- The Temple's Destruction (24:1-3)
- Jesus Is Not Impressed with Splendid Monuments (24:1-2)
- Swift Judgment to Come Against the Temple Establishment (24:2)
- The End of Both the Temple and the Age (24:3)
- Not Yet the End (24:4-14)
- Christians Must Be Ready for False Messiahs (24:4-5)
- Be Ready for Both Human and Natural Disasters (24:6-8)
- Be Ready for Persecution; Some Professing Christians Will Fall Away (24:9-13)
- True Christians Will Spread the Gospel Among All Nations (24:14)
- The Tribulation in History (24:15-28)
- No Religious Symbol Provides Refuge from Divinely Decreed Judgment (24:15)
- Believers Must Flee Impending Judgment with Haste (24:16-20)
- God Cares About His Servants in Distress (24:21-28)
- Jesus' Return (24:29-31)
Jesus pronounces woes against religious leaders of his day (23:13-32) and then hints about judgment against the temple, the ultimate symbol of the religious establishment's power (23:38; compare 21:13). As in many Old Testament prophets, nearer judgments foreshadow the final judgment; Matthew recognizes in the temple's destruction in A.D. 70 a vindication of Jesus' prophecy and an assurance that his other prophecies will also come to pass.
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