Matthew 24 – Part 8 – What is “the sign?”
What is “the sign?”
“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. 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.” Matthew 24:30-1.
So, what is that sign? Could it mean the sign that the Son of man is in heaven and not a vision of Him coming from heaven? The sign that the Son of man is in heaven refers to Jesus’s statement to His accusers in Matthew 26:64: “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.” In other words, Jesus knew that after He was executed, resurrected and ascended to heaven, He would have all power in heaven and on earth to destroy His enemies and His church’s enemies.
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Transformation by Beholding the Glory of the Lord
II Corinthians 3 – The Transformation of Your Soul
- 2 things:
- He defends his ministry &
- compares the law & the gospel
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Last What?
“Last” means Last, right?
We could talk about the fact that the Hebrew and Greek can mean “last,” as in “final.” Same for the word “end.” But is that the way to study scripture? Or does scripture interpreter scripture? Is the context more important? By the way, that last question is really important. Did I just use the word “last” in a different way than last? The last question I asked was not the last question of this post or this blog or in history. It was simply the most recent sequential question before I said it was really important.
Time Matters
The Greatest Event of All Time–Past, Present, & Future
You can rest in this: Jesus Christ has finished the work, & God’s Kingdom is now inevitable, not only because God is all-powerful but also because it legally/covenantally must succeed & conquer all, if for no other reason than the fact of Christ’s suffering, death, & resurrection. And the success of God’s kingdom is a glorious, a wonderful, a joyful thing for his covenantally faithful believers. It’s God’s promise of redemption for the earth, the heavens, all mankind. And it started with Christ’s coming to earth – the FIRST time!