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Originally Posted by ChTatum
I've been trying to figure out when Matt. 24:29-41 occurred.....
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At the destruction of Jerusalem.
Mat 24:29-41
(29) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
This is symbolic language of the removal of a nations power. The same type of language is used in
Isaiah 13, 34, and
Eze. 32. In all of these events the literal sun, moon, and stars did not literally stop shinning. Also you can look at
Hebrews 12.
(30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Jesus said the sign of his coming and of himself being in Heaven would be the destruction of the Temple:
Matthew 24: 1-3.
Mat 26:63-66
(63) But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
(64) Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
(65) Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
(66) What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
The High Priest and the Elders of Israel knew what it meant for Jesus to come with Clouds. They understood that this meant that Jesus was God in the flesh. Therefore, he would come again just like he did in the past. See the verses I listed above.
(31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Look at
Matthew 23:29-39. Jesus tried to gather Israel together. They would not let him. This is seen also here:
John 1:10-13. Then look at
Luke 21:24. Natural Israel is scattered but the Church remains. Look at
Gal. 4:1-31.
(32) Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
(33) So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
(34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Jesus was telling that they should be alerted to the fact that the fig tree was budding before their very eyes. That generations was seeing the events unfold that he was speaking about. Jesus was fulfilling Daniels 70th Week at that moment.
The 70 Weeks would lead to the Desolation of the Temple and it's destruction as is seen in
Daniel 9:27.
(35) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
(36) But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
This is matched with
Matthew 5:18. Where Jesus stated he was fulfilling the Law and the prophets there so that Heaven and Earth could pass away. Hebrews shows this here:
Hebrews 1:10-12, coupled with
Hebrews 8:1-13, and
2 Peter 3:10-15 and
Gal. 4:1-5
(37) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
(39) And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Understand that is is not the righteous that were eating, drinking, marrying and giving their daughters in marriage until the flood came and took them away in death and destruction. It was the wicked. So that:
(40) Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(41) Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
The ones taken in the field and grinding at the mill were the ones that did not obey Jesus' words below:
Mat 24:16-20
(16) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
(17) Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
(18) Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
(19) And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
(20) But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
The Christians by seeing and understanding were able to be left on the earth but the unbelieving Jews did not understand and were destroyed in the Siege of AD 70.
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