Matthew 24 – The Beginning of the End

“I don’t care if you’re pre-millennial, amillennial, post-millennial, a yard perennial, a bicentennial, a fan-of-Benny-Hill, a left behind or a right behind, you can’t recite these words without your pulse pumping.” 
– Beth Moore

The disciples ask about 3 things: 

  1. When will these things be?
  2. What will be the sign of Your coming?
  3. What will be the signs of the end of the age?

Matthew 24: The Beginning of the End

  1. Destruction of the Jewish Temple
  2. Spiritual deception
  3. Political unrest
  4. Natural disasters
  5. Persecution of Christians
  6. Lawlessness
  7. Apostasy
  8. Gospel preached to all nations

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Maldives, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Eschatology 101:

4 views on the interpretation of biblical prophecy

  1. Preterist view
  2. Futurist view
  3. Historical view
  4. Idealist view

“When it comes to the exact timing of Christ’s second coming, I’m on the welcoming committee, not the planning committee.” 
– Adrian Rogers

Eschatology 101:

4 major elements of most End Times sequences

  1. The return of Christ
  2. The nature and duration of the millennium
  3. The nature, timing and extent of the tribulation
  4. The role of national Israel

Eschatology 101:

Four major views of the overall sequence of the End Times

  1. Historic Premillennialism 
  2. Postmillennialism 
  3. Amillennialism
  4. Dispensationalism

If you want to study these things further, prayerfully read

  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Zechariah
  • Matthew 24
  • Mark 13
  • Luke 21
  • Acts 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 2
  • Revelation

Other books

  • Contemporary Options in Eschatology by Millard Erickson 
  • The Bible and the Future by Anthony Hoekema

What timeless truths are we reminded of here?

  1. God is sovereign over His creation including human history.
  2. God’s judgment is certain, imminent, righteous and ultimate.
  3. Whatever the precise sequence of the End Times events, Christ will return personally, visibly, gloriously and we should all stand fast, keep watchful, get busy and remain hopeful!
  4. Jesus is going to set all things right again, restoring truth, justice, order, and God’s shalom/peace to all of His creation.

“The Christian view of judgment means that history moves to a goal… Judgment means that evil will be disposed of authoritatively, decisively, finally. Judgment means that in the end God’s will will be perfectly done.” 
– Leon Morris, The Biblical Doctrine of Judgment

“History is not a random series of meaningless events.  It is rather a succession of periods and happenings which are under the sovereign rule of God, who is the God of history.” 
– John Stott

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