Second
Advent Events
Lesson
IV
Key
verses of Matthew 24
September 6,
2009
Introduction
- When Jesus
Christ came to earth the first time:
Matthew2:1
He
was born in
Matthew 15:24 He
said He was sent to the lost sheep of the house of
Matthew 4:23
Jesus, in Jewish synagogues,
preached the gospel of the kingdom
Matthew 24 was the last sermon Jesus preached to His people, the Jews, before
He ascended to Heaven.
I Matthew
24:29-30 contain the key message of the chapter
1.
Verse 29 tells
us plainly when the event will take place..
2 Verse 30 tells us plainly what
that event will be.. “the
Son of Man coming in the clouds with power and great glory”
3
Acts 1:9-11 at the Ascension, the
fact of His return was declared by Heavenly Messengers.
4
Zechariah14:4
tells us that Jesus will come back to
the
5
The reason He is coming
back to the same land is because He
is Coming back to fulfill the promises made to the same people He had left, the
people of
6
It is my opinion, the enemy had blinded the mind of Peter as to
the truth of Jesus coming back from the tomb, and he has blinded the minds of
many believers who believe that
Matthew 24:29,30 was fulfilled by the events of A.D.
70, and therefore, not the Second Coming of Christ.
7
So, read Matthew 24:29,30
and don’t let anyone deceive you as to its meaning
II Accepting Matthew
24:29,30 as predicting the Second Coming,
then the chapter may be divided into two sections.
1
Matthew 24:4-26 some
major events before Christ returns
2
Matthew 24:27-51 some
major events after Christ returns.
Remember, if Jesus
Christ is not coming back to this earth, there is no Second Coming, for at the
Rapture He only comes to the air, and we go to meet Him there
III The events in Matthew 24:4-26 must
belong to the great tribulation
1. Matthew 24:21 a time of trouble such as was not nor ever shall be
again
Revelation
16:1 God pours out his wrath on the earth.
Note Revelation 16:18
1 Thessalonians 1:10
Jesus- delivered us from the
wrath to come
1
Thessalonians 5:8-11 we will obtain salvation from wrath by Rapture
Romans 14:11 this is the aspect of
our salvation that is nearer than when we
believed.
2. Whatever problems presented
in Matthew 24:4-26, none are Church
problems
These all belong to
2 Timothy 3:1-13 outline last-day Church problems
IV Having laid a foundation, we now proceed to
give more reasons for believing that Matthew 24 does not pertain to the Church.
Matthew
24:4,5 many shall come saying
“I am Christ”
John 1:41 “Christ” is the New Testament word for the Old Testament word
“Messiah”
So we ask:
1
Who had been promised a Messiah?
2 Who had
been looking for a Messiah?
3.
Who is
still looking for their
Messiah?
4 Romans 9:4 the promises were made to
5. Ephesians
2:11-12 we who are not Jews by natural
birth, “are strangers from the covenants of promise, without Christ, without
hope”
6.
Titus 2:13 The
Church is living ,looking for the Promiser!