- Pictured: Enrique Simonet – Flevit super illam 1892
In Matthew 24 Jesus answers His disciples’ questions of: 1. When will the destruction of the temple be?, 2. What will be the sign of His coming?, and 3. What will be the sign of the end of the age? Jesus answers in three stages: 1.Twelve signs describing the beginning of sorrows or birth pains, 2. Five signs after the birth pains have begun, 3. Five signs describing the Great Tribulation, and 4. the events and trends surrounding the Great Tribulation before the Second Coming. The abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel is most significant to knowing that the Great Tribulation has begun (Mt. 24:15; Dan. 9). The chapter ends with pastoral parables: 1. The parable of the fig tree that commands believers to recognize the generation of the Lord’s return though the day and hour cannot be known, 2. The parable of the thief that exhorts believers to watch and pray for Jesus’ Second Coming with diligence, and 3. The parable of the faithful and wise servant describing the different responses of Christian leaders as His Second Coming approaches.
When was this fulfiled?
2And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things [the buildings of the temple]? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” (Mt. 24:2)
Correct Answer: B
When will these verses be fulfilled?
29Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Mt. 24:29-31)
- Correct answer: At the end of H
When will this verse be fulfilled?
15“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand) …” (Mt. 24:15)
- Correct answer: Between G & H
When will these verses be fulfilled?
6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (Mt. 24:6-7)
- Correct asnwer: F
...and in his temple all cry, “Glory!” 