_THE END OF THE AGE_ ‘Take heed that no man deceive you.’ Matthew 24:4 To understand the drift of this chapter we must carefully keep in view the question which gave rise to our Lord’s discourse—‘When shall these things be?’ The first fourteen verses apply with equal force to the close of both Je... [ Continue Reading ]
_HINDRANCES TO ENDURANCE_ ‘But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.’ Matthew 24:13 What are the causes which make endurance to the end difficult in so very many Christian lives? I. PERSECUTION BECAUSE OF THE WORD.—There is the ‘persecution that ariseth because of the word... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached.’ Matthew 24:14 Christianity was left with Christians to be transmitted. God has appointed that men should be instructed by their fellows, and Revelation lays us under the obligation of communicating its message to othe... [ Continue Reading ]
_ABIDING WORDS_ ‘Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.’ Matthew 24:34 We know how truly all the things mentioned in the earlier part of this chapter were fulfilled in the destr... [ Continue Reading ]