As Jesus is sitting on the Mount of Olives in Matthew 24, the disciples ask three questions, but good chance they thought they were all pointed to the same event. They had no way of knowing that there could be centuries if not thousands of years between fulfillment.
Like many of the young Jewish men of their times, the disciples understanding of the end times would have been influenced by the teachings of the Old Testament prophets concerning a future time when Jerusalem would be attacked, a remnant would go into hiding, and the Lord would return to earth. Prophets like Zechariah, Isaiah, Daniel, and more would have colored their lens through which they interpreted scripture in their own time. What did those prophets have to say?
Let's take a closer look at the prophecies of Zechariah this week knowing that the disciples had heard these stories in synogogue growing up and this formed a foundation of their prophetic puzzle. What does it look like when the Lord returns to Jerusalem? Come find out about earthquakes, living water, rotting corpses, and darkness during the day. These are crazy times.
We're continuing to walk through Matthew 24 and working towards the book of Revelation. We want to discover what Jesus is warning the disciples to be awake and looking for. Let's start tackling the three questions.
Next up... False teachers, false prophets, and apostasy. Why does Jesus warn us about these and what does that mean today?
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