Matthew 24:1
DEPARTED Jesus leaves that which He abandons to judgment; (_ See Scofield) - (Mark 8:23) _ in light of (Matthew 11:21); (Matthew 11:22). Compare (Revelation 18:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
DEPARTED Jesus leaves that which He abandons to judgment; (_ See Scofield) - (Mark 8:23) _ in light of (Matthew 11:21); (Matthew 11:22). Compare (Revelation 18:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL US THE BEGINNING OF THE I OLIVET DISCOURSE. Comparing Matthew 24 with (Luke 21:20) answers the threefold question. The order is as follows: "when shall these things be?" -- that is, destruction of the temple and city. ANSWER: (Luke 21:20). Second and third questions: "And what shall be the s... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY That is, lawlessness, sin. (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _ WORLD Greek, "oikoumene" means "inhabited earth". (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 2:1). _... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN LET THEM WHICH Compare (Luke 21:20). The passage in Luke refers in express terms to a destruction of Jerusalem which was fulfilled by Titus, A.D. 70; the passage in Matthew to a future crisis in Jerusalem after the manifestation of the abomination. See "Beast"; (Daniel 7:8); (Revelation 19:2... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN Also (Matthew 24:37); (Matthew 24:39); (Matthew 24:44). (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS GENERATION (Greek, "genea", the primary definition of which is, "race, kind, family, stock, breed"). (So all lexicons.) That the word is used in this sense because none of "these things," that is, the world-wide preaching of the kingdom, the great tribulation, the return of the Lord in visible... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHFUL See (Luke 12:42); (1 Corinthians 4:2). It is faithfulness, not ability, in the Lord's service that is first approved by Him.... [ Continue Reading ]