1) Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and his disciples ask about the signs of his coming and of the end of the age. 2) Jesus describes signs that will happen, including wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution of Christians, and the "abomination of desolation." 3) The abomination of desolation refers to both the desecration of the temple by Antiochus IV in 168 BC and a future end-times event involving the Antichrist declaring himself God in the rebuilt Jewish temple.

1. The Coming of
the Son of Man
Matthew 24

2. Listen to Matthew 24

3. Jesus left the temple and was going away,
when his disciples came to point out to him
the buildings of the temple. 2 But he
answered them, “You see all these, do you
not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left
here one stone upon another that will not be
thrown down.”
-Matthew 24:1-2

4. And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed
one shall be cut off and shall have nothing.
And the people of the prince who is to come
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its
end shall come with a flood, and to the end
there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
-Daniel 9:26

6. 3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell
us, when will these things be, and what will
be the sign of your coming and of the end of
the age?”
-Matthew 24:3

7. Three Big Questions
When will this [the destruction of the 2nd temple]
happen?
What will be the sign of your coming?
[What will be the sign of] the end of the age?

8. Protestant
Reformation
Nicene Creed
Developed
Great
Schism
Resurrection
of Christ
Present
Rebirth
of Israel
Jerusalem
Sacked
 Jewish Diaspora 
0 A.D. 1000 A.D. 2000 A.D.
500 A.D. 1500 A.D.
= 50 years

9. 4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one
leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my
name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will
lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars
and rumors of wars. See that you are not
alarmed, for this must take place, but the end
is not yet.
-Matthew 24:4-6

10. Not Signs
of Christ’s
Coming
Wars and
rumors of wars
False Messiahs

11. And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed
one shall be cut off and shall have nothing.
And the people of the prince who is to come
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its
end shall come with a flood, and to the end
there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
-Daniel 9:26

13. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom, and there will be
famines and earthquakes in various places. 8
All these are but the beginning of the birth
pains.
-Matthew 24:7-8

15. References to Isaiah 13 in Matthew 24
Birth Pains
Darkening of the
Sun and Moon
Isaiah 13
Matthew 24

16. 6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt.
8 They will be dismayed:
pangs and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
-Isaiah 13:6-8

17. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and to destroy its sinners from it.
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
-Isaiah 13:9-10

18. 11 I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make people more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
in the day of his fierce anger.
-Isaiah 13:11-13

19. “The
Beginning of
the Birth
Pains”
World War Famines
Earthquakes

20. Frequency
Pain
Intensity
Full Blown
Labor

21. 3 When he opened the second seal, I heard
the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And
out came another horse, bright red. Its rider
was permitted to take peace from the earth,
so that people should slay one another, and
he was given a great sword.
-Revelation 6:3-4

22. 19 An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
-Isaiah 19:1-2

23. and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be
emptied out,
and I will confound their counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and the mediums and the necromancers;
4 and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
-Isaiah 19:3-4

24. At the time of the end, the king of the south
shall attack him, but the king of the north
shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with
chariots and horsemen, and with many ships.
And he shall come into countries and shall
overflow and pass through.
-Daniel 11:40

25. 41 He shall come into the glorious land. And
tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be
delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab
and the main part of the Ammonites. 42 He
shall stretch out his hand against the
countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
escape.
-Daniel 11:41-42

26. 5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third
living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and
behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of
scales in his hand. 6 And I heard what seemed to
be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures,
saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and
three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not
harm the oil and wine!”
-Revelation 6:5-6

27. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation
and put you to death, and you will be hated
by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And
then many will fall away and betray one
another and hate one another. 11 And many
false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
-Matthew 24:9-11

29. Labor Pains
Intensify…
Global Persecution
Many people fall away

30. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that
day will not come, unless the rebellion comes
first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed,
the son of destruction,
-2 Thessalonians 2:3

32. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased,
the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the
one who endures to the end will be saved. 14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be
proclaimed throughout the whole world as a
testimony to all nations, and then the end will
come.
-Matthew 24:12-14

33. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that
day will not come, unless the rebellion comes
first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed,
the son of destruction,
-2 Thessalonians 2:3

34. 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude
that no one could number, from every nation,
from all tribes and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their
hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice,
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb!”
-Revelation 7:9-10

35. 15 “So when you see the abomination of
desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel,
standing in the holy place (let the reader
understand), 16 then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains.
-Matthew 24:15-16

36. 27 When the seven days were almost completed,
the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple,
stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man
who is teaching everyone everywhere against the
people and the law and this place. Moreover, he
even brought Greeks into the temple and has
defiled this holy place.”
-Acts 21:27-28

37. Abomination of Desolation
Daniel
9:27
Daniel
11:31
Daniel
12:11

38. And the king defiled the high places that were east
of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of
corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had
built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the
Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of
Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the
Ammonites.
– 2 Kings 23:13

39. I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of
jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation, without inhabitant.”
– Jeremiah 9:11

40. Forces from him shall appear and profane the
temple and fortress, and shall take away the
regular burnt offering. And they shall set up
the abomination that makes desolate.
-Daniel 11:31

41. 168 B.C.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Israel

42. Set up an altar to Zeus or an altar and idol of
Zeus on the Jewish temple altar

43. After a successful Jewish revolt, the
temple was rededicated

44. Now celebrated as Hanukkah

45. Abomination of Desolation
Jewish Temple
Idol
inside

46. Book of Daniel
Predicts
Abomination of
Desolation
= 50 years
600 B.C. 200 B.C. 200 A.D.
400 B.C. 0 A.D.
Life of
Daniel
1800+
Years
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Does 1st Abomination of
Desolation
Jesus Says that
Daniel Predicts End-
Time Abomination
of Desolation
End-Time
Abomination of
Desolation

47. 666
End-times abomination of desolation is a person…

48. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with
many for one week, and for half of the week
he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall come
one who makes desolate, until the decreed
end is poured out on the desolator.”
-Daniel 9:27

49. 14 “But when you see the abomination of
desolation standing where he ought not to be
(let the reader understand), then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
-Mark 13:14

50. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day
will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and
the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of
destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself
against every so-called god or object of worship,
so that he takes his seat in the temple of God,
proclaiming himself to be God.
-2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

51. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with
many for one week, and for half of the week
he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall come
one who makes desolate, until the decreed
end is poured out on the desolator.”
-Daniel 9:27

52. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Abomination of
Desolation

53. 15 “So when you see the abomination of
desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel,
standing in the holy place (let the reader
understand), 16 then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains.
-Matthew 24:15-16

54. 17 Let the one who is on the housetop not go
down to take what is in his house, 18 and let
the one who is in the field not turn back to
take his cloak. 19 And alas for women who are
pregnant and for those who are nursing
infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight
may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
-Matthew 24:17-20

56. Map of West Bank
JUDEA
SAMARIA

57. 41 He shall come into the glorious land. And
tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be
delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab
and the main part of the Ammonites.
-Daniel 11:41

58. West
Jerusalem
East
Jerusalem

59. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem
to battle, and the city shall be taken and the
houses plundered and the women raped. Half of
the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the
people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then
the Lord will go out and fight against those nations
as when he fights on a day of battle.
-Zechariah 14:2-3

60. Listen to Revelation 12

61. Symbol Interpretation
Woman Israel
12 stars 12 tribes of Israel
Male child Jesus
Red dragon Satan
Flood from dragon Pursuing armies
Wings of an eagle Jews airlifted to safety?
Earth swallows flood Ground miraculously opens?

62. 21 For then there will be great tribulation,
such as has not been from the beginning of
the world until now, no, and never will be. 22
And if those days had not been cut short, no
human being would be saved. But for the sake
of the elect those days will be cut short.
-Matthew 24:21-22

63. Pasa sarx
Πᾶσα σάρξ
“any flesh”

66. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the
world, even things that are not, to bring to
nothing things that are, 29 so that no human
being [Greek: pasa sarx] might boast in the
presence of God.
-1 Corinthians 1:28-29

67. 12 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great
prince who has charge of your people. And there
shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been
since there was a nation till that time. But at that
time your people shall be delivered, everyone
whose name shall be found written in the book.
-Daniel 12:1

68. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt.
-Daniel 12:2

69. 7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its
rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him.
And they were given authority over a fourth of
the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and
with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
-Revelation 6:7-8

70. 23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is
the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.
24 For false christs and false prophets will
arise and perform great signs and wonders, so
as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25
See, I have told you beforehand.
-Matthew 24:23-25

71. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the
activity of Satan with all power and false
signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked
deception for those who are perishing,
because they refused to love the truth and so
be saved.
-2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

72. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the
wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is
in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as the
lightning comes from the east and shines as far as
the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will
gather.
-Matthew 24:26-28

73. 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the
altar the souls of those who had been slain for the
word of God and for the witness they had borne.
10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign
Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the
earth?”
-Revelation 6:9-10

74. 11 Then they were each given a white robe and
told to rest a little longer, until the number of their
fellow servants and their brothers should be
complete, who were to be killed as they
themselves had been.
-Revelation 6:11

75. 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those
days the sun will be darkened, and the moon
will not give its light, and the stars will fall
from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
will be shaken.
-Matthew 24:29

76. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and to destroy its sinners from it.
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
-Isaiah 13:9-10

77. And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars,
and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity
because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26
people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what
is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens
will be shaken.
-Luke 21:25-26

78. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the
Son of Man, 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.
-Matthew 24:30

79. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and
every eye will see him, even those who
pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will
wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
-Revelation 1:7

80. 13 “I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
-Daniel 7:13

81. 14 And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
-Daniel 7:14

82. And I will pour out on the house of David and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace
and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look
on me, on him whom they have pierced, they
shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an
only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one
weeps over a firstborn.
-Zechariah 12:10

83. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud
trumpet call, and they will gather his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
-Matthew 24:31

84. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from
heaven with a cry of command, with the voice
of an archangel, and with the sound of the
trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will
rise first.
-1 Thessalonians 4:16

85. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will
be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we
will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore
encourage one another with these words.
-1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

86. 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons,
brothers, you have no need to have anything
written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully
aware that the day of the Lord will come like
a thief in the night.
-1 Thessalonians 5:1-2

87. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace
and security,” then sudden destruction will
come upon them as labor pains come upon a
pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
-1 Thessalonians 5:3

88. 25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and
is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of
the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has
granted the Son also to have life in himself.
-John 5:25-26

89. 27 And he has given him authority to execute
judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do
not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all
who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and
come out, those who have done good to the
resurrection of life, and those who have done evil
to the resurrection of judgment.
-John 5:27-29

90. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone
who looks on the Son and believes in him
should have eternal life, and I will raise him up
on the last day.
-John 6:40

91. Matthew 24 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Time of great apostasy due to
persecution
The “rebellion” (Greek:
“apostasia”) occurs
An idol standing in the temple,
who is a man (cf. Mark 13)
The man of lawlessness is revealed
in the temple
Extremely deceptive counterfeit
miracles
Extremely deceptive counterfeit
miracles
Jesus comes in the sky to gather
his elect
Jesus comes in the sky to gather
his elect
Immediately precedes a time of
judgment and destruction (see
Noah’s flood object lesson)
Immediately precedes a time of
judgment and destruction (the
Day of the Lord)

92. Coming of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:3
Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24:30-44
Jesus comes in the sky Jesus comes in the sky
Trumpet blast Trumpet blast
Gathering of God’s people to
Jesus
Gathering of God’s people to
Jesus
Unexpected day and hour Unexpected day and hour
Compared to a thief at night Compared to a thief at night
Immediately precedes a time
of sudden destruction
Immediately precedes a time
of sudden destruction

93. References to the Day of the Lord
Matthew 24 1 Thessalonians Isaiah 13 Joel 2
Labor pains
  
Cosmic Signs
  
Mass Destruction
  
“Day of the Lord”
  

94. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days
before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were
unaware until the flood came and swept them all
away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
-Matthew 24:37-39

95. Day of the Lord
Removal
Destruction
For believers
For unbelievers

96. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the
moon to blood, before the great and
awesome day of the Lord comes.
-Joel 2:31

97. 12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and
behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun
became black as sackcloth, the full moon became
like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the
earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when
shaken by a gale.
-Revelation 6:12-13

98. 14 The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled
up, and every mountain and island was removed
from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and
the great ones and the generals and the rich and
the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid
themselves in the caves and among the rocks of
the mountains,
-Revelation 6:14-15

99. 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us
and hide us from the face of him who is seated on
the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for
the great day of their wrath has come, and who
can stand?”
-Revelation 6:16-17

100. 17 And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.
-Isaiah 2:17-18

101. And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.
-Isaiah 2:19

102. 28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of
Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for
yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold,
the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed
are the barren and the wombs that never bore and
the breasts that never nursed!’
-Luke 23:28-29

103. 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,
‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For if
they do these things when the wood is green,
what will happen when it is dry?”
-Luke 23:30-31

104. 19 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the fury has passed by.
-Isaiah 26:19-20

105. 21 For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.
-Isaiah 26:21

106. 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude
that no one could number, from every nation, from
all tribes and peoples and languages, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in
white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10
and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation
belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to
the Lamb!”
-Revelation 7:9-10

107. 11 And all the angels were standing around the
throne and around the elders and the four living
creatures, and they fell on their faces before the
throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen!
Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving
and honor and power and might be to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”
-Revelation 7:11-12

108. 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying,
“Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from
where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you
know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones
coming out of the great tribulation. They have
washed their robes and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb.
-Revelation 7:13-14

109. 15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with
his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
-Revelation 7:15-16

110. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their
shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
-Revelation 7:17

111. Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24
Opening of the 6th Seal
Revelation 6
Sun and moon darkened Sun darkened, moon to blood
Stars fall Stars fall
Surprise destruction similar to
Noah’s flood
Great earthquake that moves
every mountain and island
Distress at the globally visible
presence of God
Distress at the globally visible
presence of God
Brings time of judgment like
Noah’s flood
Inaugurates the “great day of
their wrath”
Christ gathers his elect to
himself
(Before 7th seal) Countless
multitude in heaven

112. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but
to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we
are awake or asleep we might live with him.
-1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

113. 9 For they themselves report concerning us
the kind of reception we had among you, and
how you turned to God from idols to serve
the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his
Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath
to come.
-1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

114. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were
not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a
place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again and will take you to myself,
that where I am you may be also.
-John 14:2-3

115. 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon
as its branch becomes tender and puts out its
leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So
also, when you see all these things, you know
that he is near, at the very gates.
-Matthew 24:32-33

116. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that
day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all
children of light, children of the day. We are not
of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not
sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be
sober.
-1 Thessalonians 5:4-6

117. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not
pass away until all these things take place. 35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away.
Matthew 24:34-35

118. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the
word of our God will stand forever.
-Isaiah 40:8

119. “This Generation”
The generation of
Jesus’
contemporaries
The generation
that sees the end-
time signs that
Jesus describes

120. 1st View: Partial Preterism
Matthew 24 refers to the generation of Jesus’
contemporaries
Everything in Matthew 24 refers to events leading
up to the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D.

121. Problems with
Preterism
In conflict with Matthew 25, which says Jesus
will be gone for a long time
Assumes Matthew 24 and Luke 21 are directly
parallel passages
Inconsistent interpretation of Matthew 24
Conflates the siege of the Jerusalem with the
coming of the Son of Man
Many unfulfilled events in Matthew 24

122. Protestant
Reformation
Nicene Creed
Developed
Great
Schism
Resurrection
of Christ
Present
Rebirth
of Israel
Jerusalem
Sacked
 Jewish Diaspora 
0 A.D. 1000 A.D. 2000 A.D.
500 A.D. 1500 A.D.
= 50 years

123. Partial Preterism
Wars, Famines and
Persecutions
Resurrection
of Christ
(30 A.D.)
Life of Christ on
Earth
Jerusalem
Sacked
(70 A.D.)
0 A.D. 50 A.D. 100 A.D.
Birth of
Christ
(6-4 B.C.)
2000+ Years
Abomination of Desolation
and the
Coming of the Son of Man
Second Coming
of Christ

124. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My
master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow
servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50
the master of that servant will come on a day
when he does not expect him and at an hour he
does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and
put him with the hypocrites.
-Matthew 24:48-51

125. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all
became drowsy and slept.
-Matthew 25:5

126. Now after a long time the master of those
servants came and settled accounts with
them.
-Matthew 25:19

127. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come,
you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me
food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a
stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked
and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.’
-Matthew 24:34-36

128. 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we
see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and
clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in
prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer
them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one
of the least of these my brothers, you did it to
me.’

129. Matthew 24 Events not in 1st Century
Universal gospel proclamation to every ethnic group
Persecution by every ethnic group and ensuing apostasy
“Abomination of Desolation”
Great Tribulation that threatens life of every human on earth
Globally visible return of Christ
Doom like Noah’s flood

130. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the
wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look,
he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27
For as the lightning comes from the east and
shines as far as the west, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man.
-Matthew 24:26-27

131. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the
Son of Man, 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.
-Matthew 24:30

132. 2nd View: Future Generation
Refers to the generation that sees the end-
time signs Jesus describes in Matthew 24
In Greek, the word used for “this” can refer
to something close in time, space or context

133. 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of
this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever
drinks of the water that I will give him will
never be thirsty again. The water that I will
give him will become in him a spring of water
welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said
to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will
not be thirsty or have to come here to draw
water.”
-John 4:13-15

134. 30 so will it be on the day when the Son of
Man is revealed. 31 On that day, let the one
who is on the housetop, with his goods in the
house, not come down to take them away,
and likewise let the one who is in the field not
turn back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
-Luke 17:31-32

135. 33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose
it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. 34 I
tell you, in that [Greek: this] night there will
be two in one bed. One will be taken and the
other left.
-Luke 17:33-34

136. 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
-Hebrews 3:7-9

137. Therefore I was provoked with that
[Greek: this] generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
they have not known my ways.’
11 As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’”
-Hebrews 3:10-11

138. 10 Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;
-Hebrews 3:10 (NASB)

139. “Trans-generational You”

140. 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are
you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men
and scribes, some of whom you will kill and
crucify, and some you will flog in your
synagogues and persecute from town to
town,
Matthew 23:33-34

141. 35 so that on you may come all the righteous
blood shed on earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the
son of Barachiah, whom you murdered
between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly,
I say to you, all these things will come upon
this generation.
-Matthew 23:35-36

142. 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills
the prophets and stones those who are sent
to it! How often would I have gathered your
children together as a hen gathers her brood
under her wings, and you were not willing!
-Matthew 23:37

143. 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39
For I tell you, you will not see me again, until
you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord.’”
-Matthew 23:38-39

144. “You” murdered
Zechariah
= 10 years
40 A.D.
0 A.D. 80 A.D.
“You” will kill and
crucify those
sent by Jesus
“Your” house is left
to you desolate
“You” Will Not
See Me Again
UNTIL “You” Say…
800+
Years
2000+
Years

145. 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon
as its branch becomes tender and puts out its
leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So
also, when you see all these things, you know
that he is near, at the very gates.
-Matthew 24:32-33

146. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not
pass away until all these things take place. 35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away.
Matthew 24:34-35

147. 36 “But concerning that [Greek: that] day and
hour no one knows, not even the angels of
heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
-Matthew 24:36

148. THIS or THAT?
Coming of the Son of Man
Parable of the Fig Tree
“This Generation”
No One Knows “That” Day or Hour
THIS THAT

149. What does
“generation” mean?

150. Context is key!

151. But concerning that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the
Son, but the Father only.
-Matthew 24:36

152. Tension Between Verses?
• So also, when you see all these things, you
know that he is near, at the very gates. -
Matthew 24:33
•But concerning that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but
the Father only. –Matthew 24:36

153. More Tension Between Verses?
•For you yourselves are fully aware that the day
of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. – 1
Thessalonians 5:2
•But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that
day to surprise you like a thief. – 1 Thessalonians
5:4

154. The Days of Noah

155. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days
before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were
unaware until the flood came and swept them all
away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
-Matthew 24:37-39

156. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be
taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding
at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on
what day your Lord is coming.
-Matthew 24:40-42

157. 20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the
kingdom of God would come, he answered them,
“The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that
can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it
is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in
the midst of you.”
-Luke 17:20-21

158. 22 And he said to the disciples, “The days are
coming when you will desire to see one of the days
of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And
they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’
Do not go out or follow them. 24 For as the
lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one
side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his
day. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be
rejected by this generation.
-Luke 17:22-25

159. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it
be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They
were eating and drinking and marrying and
being given in marriage, until the day when
Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and
destroyed them all.
-Luke 17:26-27

160. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—
they were eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building, 29 but on the
day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and
sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed
them all— 30 so will it be on the day when
the Son of Man is revealed.
-Luke 17:28-30

161. 31 On that day, let the one who is on the
housetop, with his goods in the house, not
come down to take them away, and likewise
let the one who is in the field not turn back.
32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whoever seeks to
preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses
his life will keep it.
-Luke 17:31-33

162. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one
bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 There
will be two women grinding together. One will be
taken and the other left.” 37 And they said to him,
“Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the
corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”
-Luke 17:34-37

163. 28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures
will gather.
-Matthew 24:28

164. Day of the Lord
Removal
Destruction
For believers
For unbelievers

165. 43 But know this, that if the master of the
house had known in what part of the night
the thief was coming, he would have stayed
awake and would not have let his house be
broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be
ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour
you do not expect.
-Matthew 24:43-44

166. More Tension Between Verses?
• But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father
only. (Matthew 24:36)
• Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what
day your Lord is coming. (Matthew 24:42)
• Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man
is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matthew
24:44)

167. More Tension Between Verses?
• the master of that servant will come on a day when he
does not expect him and at an hour he does not know
(Matthew 24:50)
• Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the
hour. (Matthew 25:13)
• Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep
it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like
a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come
against you. (Revelation 3:3)

168. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with
many for one week, and for half of the week
he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall come
one who makes desolate, until the decreed
end is poured out on the desolator.”
-Daniel 9:27

169. Abomination of
Desolation
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years

170. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years

171. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
Great
Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years

172. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
Great
Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
?

173. Immediately after the tribulation of those days
the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not
give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
-Matthew 24:29

174. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
Great
Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
?
“Coming of the Son of
Man”

175. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
Great Tribulation
(common assumption)
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
“Coming of the
Son of Man”

176. And if those days had not been cut short, no
human being would be saved. But for the sake
of the elect those days will be cut short.
-Matthew 24:22

177. But concerning that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor
the Son, but the Father only.
-Matthew 24:36

178. 34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be
weighed down with dissipation and
drunkenness and cares of this life, and that
day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the
face of the whole earth.
-Luke 21:34-35

179. Frequency
Pain
Intensity
Full Blown
Labor

180. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years

181. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Doom Like
Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years

182. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Doom Like
Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War,
Famines,
& Earthquakes
Persecution
& Apostasy

183. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Day of the Lord
“Sudden Destruction”
Doom Like Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War,
Famines,
& Earthquakes
Persecution
& Apostasy
Man of Lawlessness
Revealed in Temple
Rebellion (Apostasy)
Occurs
“Coming of the
Lord”

184. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Day of the Lord
“Sudden Destruction”
Doom Like Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War,
Famines,
& Earthquakes
Persecution
& Apostasy
6th Seal:
Signs in Sky
2nd Seal:
World War
3rd Seal:
Famine
4th Seal:
Mass Death
5th Seal:
Martyrs
1st Seal:
Antichrist

185. Frequency
Pain
Intensity
Great
Tribulation
World War,
Famines,
Earthquakes
Persecution,
Apostasy,
and False
Prophets
Coming of the
Son of Man

186. So [oun] when you see the abomination of
desolation… (Matt. 24:15a, ESV)
Therefore [oun] when you see the
abomination of desolation… (Matt. 24:15a,
NASB)

188. A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New
Testament

189. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Doom Like
Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War, Famines,
& Earthquakes

190. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Day of the Lord
“Sudden Destruction”
Doom Like Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Man of Lawlessness
Revealed in Temple
&
Apostasy Occurs
“Coming of the
Lord”
World War, Famines,
& Earthquakes

191. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Day of the Lord
“Sudden Destruction”
Doom Like Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War, Famines,
& Earthquakes
6th Seal:
Signs in Sky
2nd Seal:
World War
3rd Seal:
Famine
4th Seal:
Mass Death
5th Seal:
Martyrs
1st Seal:
Antichrist

192. 33 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a
house who planted a vineyard and put a fence
around it and dug a winepress in it and built a
tower and leased it to tenants, and went into
another country. 34 When the season for fruit
drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to
get his fruit.
-Matthew 21:33-34

193. 35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one,
killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he
sent other servants, more than the first. And they
did the same to them.
-Matthew 21:35-36

194. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They
will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw
the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir.
Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39
And they took him and threw him out of the
vineyard and killed him.
-Matthew 21:37-39

195. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They
said to him, “He will put those wretches to a
miserable death and let out the vineyard to other
tenants who will give him the fruits in their
seasons.”
-Matthew 21:40-41

196. Signs Preceding the
Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24
Signs Preceding the
Opening of the 6th Seal
Revelation 6
World War 2nd Seal: World War
Famines 3rd Seal: Famine
Global Persecution (see 5th Seal)
Great Tribulation
4th Seal: Mass Death
5th Seal: Hindsight view of great
martyrdom event
Signs in the Sky 6th Seal: Signs in the sky
Christ gathers his elect to himself (Before 7th seal) Countless multitude
in heaven from every ethnic group

197. Signs Preceding the
Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24
Signs Preceding the
Opening of the 6th Seal
Revelation 6
World War 2nd Seal: World War
Famines 3rd Seal: Famine
Great Tribulation
&
Global Persecution
4th Seal: Mass Death
5th Seal: Hindsight view of great
martyrdom event
Signs in the Sky 6th Seal: Signs in the sky
Christ gathers his elect to himself (Before 7th seal) Countless multitude
in heaven from every ethnic group

198. Pre-Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Mid-Trib Post-Trib
“the Tribulation”

199. Pre-Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Mid-Trib Post-Trib
“the 70th Week of Daniel”

200. Pre-Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Mid-Trib Post-Trib
“the Tribulation = God’s wrath?”

201. “the Coming of the Lord”
≠
“Coming of the Son of Man”

202. Coming of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:3
Coming of the Son of Man
Matthew 24:30-44
Jesus comes in the sky Jesus comes in the sky
Trumpet blast Trumpet blast
Gathering of God’s people to
Jesus
Gathering of God’s people to
Jesus
Unexpected day and hour Unexpected day and hour
Compared to a thief at night Compared to a thief at night
Immediately precedes a time
of sudden destruction
Immediately precedes a time
of sudden destruction

203. “the Coming of the Lord”
=
“Coming of the Son of Man”

204. Pre-Trib
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
Mid-Trib Post-Trib
“the 70th Week of Daniel”
Pre-Wrath
? ? ?

205. 15 “So when you see the abomination of
desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel,
standing in the holy place (let the reader
understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains. 17 Let the one who is on
the housetop not go down to take what is in his
house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not
turn back to take his cloak.
-Matthew 24:15-18

206. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—
they were eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building, 29 but on the
day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and
sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed
them all— 30 so will it be on the day when
the Son of Man is revealed.
-Luke 17:28-30

207. 31 On that day, let the one who is on the
housetop, with his goods in the house, not
come down to take them away, and likewise
let the one who is in the field not turn back.
32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whoever seeks to
preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses
his life will keep it.
-Luke 17:31-33

208. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Doom Like
Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War, Famines,
& Earthquakes

209. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Doom Like Noah’s
Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War,
Famines,
&
Earthquakes

210. 45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant,
whom his master has set over his household,
to give them their food at the proper time? 46
Blessed is that servant whom his master will
find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to
you, he will set him over all his possessions.
-Matthew 24:45-47

211. 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my
works until the end, to him I will give
authority over the nations, 27 and he will
rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen
pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself
have received authority from my Father.
-Revelation 2:26-27

212. 7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
-Psalm 2:7-9

213. if we endure, we will also reign with him; if
we deny him, he also will deny us;
-2 Timothy 2:12

214. 4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were
those to whom the authority to judge was
committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had
been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for
the word of God, and those who had not
worshiped the beast or its image and had not
received its mark on their foreheads or their
hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ
for a thousand years.
-Revelation 20:4

215. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life
until the thousand years were ended. This is
the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the
one who shares in the first resurrection! Over
such the second death has no power, but they
will be priests of God and of Christ, and they
will reign with him for a thousand years.
-Revelation 20:5-6

216. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My
master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his
fellow servants and eats and drinks with
drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come
on a day when he does not expect him and at an
hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in
pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that
place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew 24:48-51

217. 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and
wise manager, whom his master will set over his
household, to give them their portion of food at
the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom
his master will find so doing when he comes. 44
Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his
possessions.
-Luke 12:42-44

218. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is
delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male
and female servants, and to eat and drink and get
drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on
a day when he does not expect him and at an hour
he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and
put him with the unfaithful.
-Luke 12:45-46

219. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but
did not get ready or act according to his will, will
receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did
not know, and did what deserved a beating, will
receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much
was given, of him much will be required, and from
him to whom they entrusted much, they will
demand the more.
-Luke 12:47-48

220. Four Types of Servants
Type of
Servant/Manager
Consequence Type of Action Reference
Good and Faithful Given more
responsibilities
Good action of
Commission
Matthew 24
Luke 12
Wicked and
Unfaithful
Executed,
weeping and
gnashing of teeth
Sin of
Commission
Matthew 24
Luke 12
Aware yet
Unprepared
Severe
punishment
Sin of Omission Luke 12
Ignorant and
Unprepared
Mild punishment Sin of Omission Luke 12

221. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like
a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and
someone else is building upon it. Let each one take
care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a
foundation other than that which is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the
foundation with gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, straw—
-1 Corinthians 3:10-12

222. 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the
Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by
fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each
one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built
on the foundation survives, he will receive a
reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will
suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but
only as through fire.
-1 Corinthians 3:13-15

224. 10 Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am
against the shepherds, and I will require my
sheep at their hand and put a stop to their
feeding the sheep. No longer shall the
shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my
sheep from their mouths, that they may not
be food for them.
-Ezekiel 34:10

225. 2 But false prophets also arose among the
people, just as there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly bring in
destructive heresies, even denying the Master
who bought them, bringing upon themselves
swift destruction.
-2 Peter 2:1

226. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and
because of them the way of truth will be
blasphemed. 3 And in their greed they will
exploit you with false words. Their
condemnation from long ago is not idle, and
their destruction is not asleep.
-2 Peter 2:2-3

227. 12 These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as
they feast with you without fear, shepherds
feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along
by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice
dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting
up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars,
for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been
reserved forever.
-Jude 12-13

228. 4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for
that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you
are all children of light, children of the day.
We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6
So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let
us keep awake and be sober.
-1 Thessalonians 5:4-6

229. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and
those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8
But since we belong to the day, let us be
sober, having put on the breastplate of faith
and love, and for a helmet the hope of
salvation.
-2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

230. The end of all things is at hand; therefore be
self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake
of your prayers.
-1 Peter 4:7

231. 34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be
weighed down with dissipation and
drunkenness and cares of this life, and that
day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the
face of the whole earth.
-Luke 21:34-35

232. The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he gnashes his teeth and melts away;
the desire of the wicked will perish!
-Psalm 112:10

233. 12 The wicked plots against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming.
Psalm 37:12-13

234. Three Big Questions
When will this [the destruction of the 2nd temple]
happen?
What will be the sign of your coming?
[What will be the sign of] the end of the age?

235. Events that
are not
signs of the
end
False messiahs
Wars and
rumors of wars

236. “The
Beginning of
the Birth
Pains”
World War Famines
Earthquakes

237. Labor Pains
Intensify…
Global Persecution
Many people fall away

238. Completion of
the Great
Commission

239. Abomination of Desolation
Jewish Temple
Idol
inside

240. 666
End-times abomination of desolation is a person…

241. Map of West Bank
JUDEA
SAMARIA

242. Great
Tribulation
• Worst time in human history
• False christs and false prophets
• False signs and wonders

243. The Coming of
the Son of Man
• Cosmic signs
• Everyone sees Jesus
• Jesus gathers elect

244. The Days of Noah

245. Day of the Lord
Removal
Destruction
For believers
For unbelievers

246. Roman Prince
Confirms
Covenant
Abomination of
Desolation
“Coming of the Son of
Man”
(date unknown)
Great
Trib
Day of the Lord
“Sudden Destruction”
Doom Like Noah’s Flood
7 Years
3.5 Years 3.5 Years
World War,
Famines,
& Earthquakes
Persecution
& Apostasy
Man of Lawlessness
Revealed in Temple
Rebellion (Apostasy)
Occurs
“Coming of the
Lord”

247. Fig Tree

248. Thief at Night

249. Faithful and
Unfaithful
Servants