Matthew 22 shows a theological battle between Jesus and the apostate Jewish leaders of his day. The skirmishes comprise four rounds of Q&A. They occurred on Tuesday of Passion Week in AD 30. We have seen two in previous posts. We will review these before looking at the other two. Question 1…
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Book Of MatthewProphecy
Meditations in Matthew Twenty-two: Marriage in the New Age
by Mike Rogersby Mike RogersWe reject Ralph Waldo Emerson’s dictum that “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” He claimed Moses and other great thinkers “set at naught books and traditions” by speaking “what they thought.” Emerson said they gave no heed to consistency. This is a falsehood. Moses spoke what God revealed to him.…
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Book Of MatthewProphecy
Meditations in Matthew Twenty-two: A Resurrection Challenge
by Mike Rogersby Mike RogersOn Tuesday of Passion Week, the Sadducees challenged Jesus regarding his doctrine of the resurrection (Matt 22:23–33). Their belief “that there is no resurrection” (Matt 22:23) is well known. Jesus’s response to the Sadducees is of vital importance to our prophetic model. Inmillennialism is a preteristic view of prophecy. “Preterism”…