aJesus bleft the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the magnificent and massive 1buildings of the temple. Mark 13; Luke 21:5-36The massive size and polished surfaces of the fitted stones that formed the temple structure created a magnificent sight (cf Luke 21:5). The refurbishing of the temple was begun by Herod the Great in 20 B.C. and was completed in A.D. 64 by Herod Agrippa II. The rabbis had a saying: “Whoever has not seen the temple of Herod has never seen a beautiful building” (as quoted from the Talmud). They also said that Herod built it of yellow, white, and perhaps blue marble; and that he intended to cover it with gold, but the rabbis advised him not to because it was beautiful just as it was, looking like the waves of the sea.Matt 24:1-51: <IT>Mark 13; Luke 21:5-36</IT>Matt 21:23 2 And He said to them, “Do you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anot one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down.”Luke 19:44
3 While Jesus was seated on athe Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, and said, “Tell us, when will this destruction of the temple take place, and what will be the sign of bYour coming, and of the end of the age?”Matt 21:1Matt 16:27f; 24:27, 37, 39
4 Jesus answered, “aBe careful that no one misleads you deceiving you and leading you into error.Jer 29:8 5 For amany will come in My name misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me, saying, ‘I am the Christ ,’ and they will mislead many.Matt 24:11, 24; Acts 5:36f; 1 John 2:18; 4:3 6 You will continually hear of awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end of the age.Rev 6:4 7 For anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be bfamines and earthquakes in various places.2 Chr 15:6; Is 19:2; Rev 6:8, 12Acts 11:28; Rev 6:5, 6 8 aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble.Matt 24:8-20: <IT>Luke 21:12-24</IT>
9 “aThen they will hand you over to endure tribulation, and will put you to death, and byou will be hated by all nations because of My name.Matt 10:17; John 16:2Matt 10:22; John 15:18ff 10 At that time many will abe offended and repelled by their association with Me and will fall away from the One whom they should trust and will betray one another handing over believers to their persecutors and will hate one another.Matt 11:6 11 Many afalse prophets will appear and mislead many.Matt 7:15; 24:24 12 Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold. 13 aBut the one who endures and bears up under suffering to the end will be saved.Matt 10:22 14 This agood news of the kingdom the gospel bwill be preached throughout the whole cworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end of the age will come.Matt 4:23Rom 10:18; Col 1:6, 23Luke 2:1; 4:5; Acts 11:28; 17:6, 31; 19:27; Rom 10:18; Heb 1:6; 2:5; Rev 3:10; 16:14
15 “So when you see the 1aABOMINATION OF DESOLATION the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in bthe Holy Place (clet the 2reader understand), Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11I.e. the Antichrist (2 Thess 2:4), “the prince who is to come” who will make a covenant with Israel, then break it in the middle of the tribulation (the seven-year period of Dan 9:27).I.e. the reader of the book of Daniel (cf 24:15). Jesus is indicating that the final fulfillment of this prophecy is yet to come.Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; John 11:48; Acts 6:13f; 21:28Mark 13:14; Rev 1:3 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains for refuge. 17 Whoever is on athe housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house because there will not be enough time.1 Sam 9:25; 2 Sam 11:2; Matt 10:27; Luke 5:19; 12:3; 17:31; Acts 10:9 18 Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. 19 And awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!Luke 23:29 20 Pray that your flight from persecution and suffering will not be in winter, or on a Sabbath when Jewish laws prohibit travel. 21 For 1at that time there will be a agreat tribulation , such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again. Dan 12:1; Joel 2:2The most obvious sign during the tribulation, prior to the second coming of Jesus, is when the abomination that causes desolation (the Antichrist) sets his image in the temple.Dan 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matt 24:29 22 And if those days of tribulation had not been cut short, no human life would be saved; but for athe sake of the elect those days will be shortened.Matt 22:14; 24:24, 31; Luke 18:7 23 aThen if anyone says to you during the great tribulation, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe it.Luke 17:23f 24 For false Christs and afalse prophets will appear and they will provide great bsigns and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even cthe elect .Matt 7:15; 24:11John 4:48; 2 Thess 2:9Matt 22:14; 24:22, 31; Luke 18:7 25 Listen carefully, I have told you in advance. 26 So if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out there, or, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms of a house,’ do not believe it. 27 aFor just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the bcoming in glory of the cSon of Man everyone will see Him clearly.Luke 17:24Matt 24:3, 37, 39Matt 8:20 28 aWherever the corpse is, there the 1vultures will flock together. Job 39:30The Greek for “vultures” can also be translated “eagles,” but the reference is most likely to the vulture, which the Greek word includes with eagles as a class. The meaning of this much discussed verse is either that the corpse represents the returning Christ, whose appearance will attract the attention of the entire world, that is, the vultures; or that the corrupt world is the corpse, about to be judged by the returning Christ (Rev 19:18).Job 39:30; Ezek 39:17; Hab 1:8; Luke 17:37
29 “Immediately after the atribulation of those days bTHE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT PROVIDE ITS LIGHT, AND cTHE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Is 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10, 11; Zeph 1:15Matt 24:21Is 13:10; 24:23; Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15f; Amos 5:20; 8:9; Zeph 1:15; Matt 24:29-35; Acts 2:20; Rev 6:12-17; 8:12Is 34:4; Rev 6:13 30 And at that time athe sign of the Son of Man coming in His glory will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth and especially Israel will mourn regretting their rebellion and rejection of the Messiah, and they will see bthe SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN with power and great glory in brilliance and splendor. Dan 7:13; Rev 1:7Matt 24:3; Rev 1:7Dan 7:13; Matt 16:27; 24:3, 37, 39 31 And aHe will send His angels with bA LOUD TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His celect from dthe four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Is 27:13; Zech 9:14Matt 13:41Ex 19:16; Deut 30:4; Is 27:13; Zech 9:14; 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16; Heb 12:19; Rev 8:2; 11:15Matt 24:22Dan 7:2; Zech 2:6; Rev 7:1
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its young shoots become tender and it puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near; Mark 13:28, 29; Luke 21:29-31 33 so you, too, when you see all 1these things taking place, know for certain that He is near, right 2aat the door.I.e. false christs, wars, famines, earthquakes.I.e. the return of the Christ is imminent.James 5:9; Rev 3:20 34 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, athis generation the people living when these signs and events begin will not pass away until all these things take place.Matt 10:23; 16:28; 23:36 35 aHeaven and earth as now known will pass away, but My words will not pass away.Matt 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
36 “But aof that exact day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son in His humanity, but the Father alone.Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7 37 aFor the bcoming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.Matt 16:27; 24:3, 30, 39Gen 6:5; 7:6-23; Luke 17:26f 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, amarrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when bNoah entered the ark,Matt 22:30Gen 7:7 39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the acoming of the Son of Man be unexpected judgment. Gen 6:5-8; 7:6-24Matt 16:27; 24:3, 30, 37 40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be 1taken for judgment and one will be left.This is not the removal of the church described in 1 Thess 4:13-18 and Rev 3:10. The one taken is taken for judgment just as the wicked were taken by the flood in Noah’s day. The one left is left to enter the kingdom that Christ will establish. 41 aTwo women will be grinding at the bmill; one will be taken for judgment and one will be left.Luke 17:35Ex 11:5; Deut 24:6; Is 47:2
42 “aSo be alert give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith, for you do not know which day whether near or far your Lord is coming.Matt 24:43, 44; 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39f; 21:36 43 But understand this: If the head of the house had aknown bwhat time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Luke 12:39, 40Matt 24:42, 44; 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39f; 21:36Matt 14:25; Mark 6:48; 13:35; Luke 12:38 44 aTherefore, you who follow Me must also be ready; because bthe Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.Matt 24:42, 43; 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39f; 21:36Matt 24:27
45 “aWho then is the bfaithful and cwise servant whom his master has dput in charge of his household to give the others in the house their food and supplies at the proper time? Luke 12:42-46Matt 24:45-51: <IT>Luke 12:42-46</IT>Matt 25:21, 23; Luke 16:10Matt 7:24; 10:16; 25:2ffMatt 25:21, 23 46 Blessed is that faithful servant when his master returns and finds him doing so. 47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you that ahe will put him in charge of all his possessions.Matt 25:21, 23 48 But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time he will not return for a long while,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware, 51 and will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites; in that place there will be aweeping over sorrow and pain and grinding of teeth over distress and anger.Matt 8:12