Berean Bible Church

Second Advent Events

Lesson III

Matthew 24 - The Tribulation

August 30, 2009

Review

Matthew 24:1-2 Jesus left the Temple and foretold its total destruction.

This was after Peter, James and John had witnessed the Transfiguration, Matthew17:1-6,

Matthew 24:3 they asked three questions:

1. When will the Temple be destroyed?

2. What shall be the sign of Thy Coming?

3. And the end of the world?

I Matthew 24:4 Jesus begins to answer them

Three times in the opening verses, He speaks of “the end”, but not once does He

speak of the “end of the world”

Matthew 24: 6 the end is not yet

Matthew 24: 13 he that shall endure unto the end…

Matthew 24:14 then shall the end come

So we ask: the end of what was He speaking?

II Matthew 24:15 He introduces the subject of the abomination spoken of by Daniel

stand in the holy place. Read Daniel 9:27

To understand Matthew 24 you need to understand that Daniel 9:27 has to do with the last week of Daniel’s 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-27) It is a specific period of time.

III Matthew 24:21-22 For then shall be great tribulation such as was not

Cf. Jeremiah 30:6-7 “none like it…Jacob’s trouble”

Daniel 12:1 “ time of trouble such as never was

Revelation 16:1,17-18 such as was not

Here, Jesus segregates this period from all time before and all time afterward

VI Matthew 24:29-30 immediately after the tribulation of those days..

They shall see the Son of man Coming in the clouds of Heaven with power

and great glory.

Matthew 25:31 He comes with all the holy angels

Zechariah 14:5 He comes with all the Saints

Revelation 19:14 are not these the “armies” that will follow Him ?

V Conclude

When Jesus spoke of the “end” in Matthew 24:6,13,14, we believe He was talking about the end of the great tribulation

With this information, we will go back and consider the details in Matthew 24