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Category: Matthew

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies. It emphasizes His kingdom, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection, revealing Him as the King of kings. The book calls all nations to discipleship, pointing to Christ as the fulfillment of the law and the Savior who inaugurates God’s eternal kingdom.

  • Matthew 24:32 Meaning

    Is the parable about the destruction of Jerusalem, the second coming of Jesus, or both? The matter is not perfectly clear. Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew  in The Bible for Home & School  (1911) After he has given the signs of the destruction of Jerusalem and of his own second coming, he confirms them in the…

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  • Matthew 24:31 Meaning

    Matthew 24:31 Meaning – sound of a trumpet The fifth sign: there shall be a great sound of a trumpet, as it were summoning all to appear before the tribunal of Christ to judgment, which teaches us that the day of judgment shall be no less terrible than the day of the promulgation of the…

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  • Matthew 24:30 Meaning

    Matthew 24:30 Meaning – the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in heaven The second sign or evidence of Christ’s coming is the glorious shining of Christ’s person approaching, called the sign of the Son of Man, because as the light of the sun approaching is a sign of the present appearing or…

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  • Matthew 24:29 Meaning

    For further satisfaction of his disciples, our Lord gives six signs [Sign 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6] of his second coming. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:29 Meaning – immediately after the tribulation of those days All the time before the…

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  • Matthew 24:28 Meaning

    [Christ] meets with an objection: if he come in the east or in the west, how shall those elect persons come to him who shall be so far removed from that place as is the west from the east. He answers, and teaches that as the eagles from all quarters are shortly gathered to the…

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  • Matthew 24:27 Meaning

    He gives a reason why such imaginations of his being on the earth in his body is not to be believed. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:27 Meaning – As the lightning, so shall the coming of the Son of man be After…

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  • Matthew 24:26 Meaning

    As before in verse 23, so here again Christ bids them beware to believe his bodily local presence in the earth after his ascension until the day of judgment. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:26 Meaning – Behold The warning about false Christs…

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