Matthew 24:31

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best apprehended by taking all the records of it together, see the notes at Mark 13:1....

_And he shall send his angels. _He describes the effect of his power, that _he will send his angels to gather his elect _from the most distant parts of the world; for by _the extremity of heaven _is meant the most distant region. But Christ speaks hyperbolically, in order to show that _the elect, _even though they were carried away from the earth and scattered in the air, will again be gathered, so to be united in the enjoyment of eternal life under Him as their head, and enjoy the expected inheritance; for Christ intended to console his disciples, that they might not be altogether discouraged by the lamentable dispersion of the Church. Whenever, therefore, we perceive the Church scattered by the wiles of Satan, or torn in pieces by the cruelty of the ungodly, or disturbed by false doctrines, or tossed about by storms, let us learn to turn our eyes to this _gathering of the elect. _And i...

29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at his second coming, a sign that should be admired. Sooner or later, all sinners will be mourners; but repenting sinners look to Christ, and mourn after a godly sort; and those who sow in those tears shall shortly reap in joy. Impenitent sinners shall see Him whom they have pierced, and, though they laugh now, shall mourn and weep in endless horror and despair. The elect of God are scattered abroad; there are some in all places, and all nations; but when that great gatherin...

Verse 31. _HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS_] τους αγγελους, _his_ _messengers_, the _apostles_, and their successors in the Christian ministry. _WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET_] Or, _a loud-sounding_ _trumpet _- the earnest affectionate call of the Gospel of peace, life, and salvation. _SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT_] The _Gentiles_, who were now _chosen_ or _elected_, in place of the rebellious, obstinate _Jews_, according to Our Lord's prediction, Matthew 8:11, and Luke 13:28. _For the children of the kingdom_, (the _Jews_ who were _born_ with a _legal right_ to it, but had now finally _forfeited_ that right by their iniquities) _should be thrust out_. It is worth ser

AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS - “Angels” signify, literally, “messengers,” Luke 7:24; Luke 9:52. The word is often applied to inanimate objects, or to anything that God employs to rescue his people from danger Psalms 104:4; but it most commonly refers to the race of intelligent beings more exalted than man, who are employed often in the work of man’s rescue from ruin, and aiding his salvation, Hebrews 1:14. In either of these senses it might here refer to deliverance granted to his people in the calamities of Jerusalem. It is said that there is reason to believe that not one Christian perished in the destruction of that city

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 24:1 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END. (Mark 13:1; Luke 21:5.) There is no reason to think, with Olshauson, that St. Matthew or his editor has considerably amplified the original discourse of our Lord by introducing details and expressions from other quarters. The discourse, as we now have it (Matthew 24:1. and 25.), forms a

AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS,.... Not the angels, i.e. ministering spirits, so called, not from their nature, but their office, as being sent forth by God and Christ; but men angels, or messengers, the ministers and preachers of the Gospel, whom Christ would call, qualify, and send forth into all the world of the Gentiles, to preach his Gospel, and plant churches there still more, when that at Jerusalem was broken up and dissolved. These are called "angels", because of their mission, and commission from Christ, to preach the Gospel; and because of their knowledge and understanding in spiritual things; and because of their zeal, diligence, and watchfulness. WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, meaning the Gospel; see Isaiah 27:13 so called in allusion either to the silver trumpets which Moses was ordered to make of one piece, and use them for the calling of the assembly, the j

ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

MATTHEW 24:31 sa,lpiggoj {B} Although it is possible that copyists may have omitted fwnh/j as unnecessary, it is much more probable that they would have made the expression more explicit by adding fwnh/j or kai. fwnh/j (being influenced perhaps by the account of the theophany in Exodus 19:16). It should be observed that, though the expression fwnh. mega,lh occurs many times in the New Testament, sa,lpigx mega,lh occurs only here....

12. THE OLIVET DISCOURSE; THE KING REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE KINGDOM. Chapter s 24-25. CHAPTER 24 1. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. (Matthew 24:1 .) 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Matthew 24:3 .) 3. The End of the Age; Events Preceding His Coming.(Matthew 24:4 .) 4. The Great Tribulation and what will Happen. (Matthew 24:15 .) 5. The Visible and Glorious Return of the King.(Matthew 24:27 .) 6. The Exhortations of the King. ...