Jul 17, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 26:1-5
The Plot to Kill Jesus 1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings [Jesus’ teaching is now over as Matthew inserts “all” into his...
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 25:31-46
The Final Judgment [The theme of judgment running through chapters 23-25 now reaches its climax. This is really a judgment scene and not...
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 25:14-30
The Parable of the Talents [The period of waiting for the return of Jesus is not to be an empty waiting period of meaningless delay but...
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 25:1-13
The Parable of the Ten Virgins [This is a parable of constant readiness for a time no one can predict with an emphasis on the division...
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:36-51
No One Knows That Day and Hour 36 “But concerning that day and hour [deliberate change of subject from the destruction of the temple to...
Jul 10, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:32-35
The Lesson of the Fig Tree 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know...
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:29-31
The Coming of the Son of Man 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its...
Jul 8, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:15-28
The Abomination of Desolation 15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation [see Daniel 11:31 and 12:11; in the OT an abomination...
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:3-14
Signs of the End of the Age [Note that Jesus leaves the temple for the Mount of Olives. In Ezekiel 11:23 the glory of the Lord leaves the...
Jul 6, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 24:1-2
This new chapter in Matthew begins the fifth and last of the great discourses of Jesus’ teaching. Its theme is the future repercussions...