Jesus foretold the Temple’s fall. The disciples asked two questions: when would “these things” happen and what sign would there be (Mark 13:1–4). Jesus answered the sign question first (Mark 13:5–27). He listed Israel’s birth pains (Mark 13:8), the preaching of the gospel to all nations (Mark 13:10), the abomination…
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John the Baptist was a metaphorical civil engineer. Isaiah had predicted his construction of a divinely ordained highway. He would cry out “in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God” (Isa. 40:3; Matt. 3:3). The Baptist prepared the…
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We have started construction of our prophetic model in the Scripture passage known as Jesus’s Olivet Discourse. This discourse is a dialog between the Lord and his disciples. It occurred (probably) on Tuesday of the week of Jesus’ crucifixion. Jesus began this exchange with a prophecy regarding the Temple’s destruction.…
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“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” — Stephen Covey In our last post, we identified the Olivet Discourse as the starting point for constructing our prophetic model. Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; and Luke 21:5–35 record this exchange between Jesus and his disciples. We will…