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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 24:11 Meaning

    The fifth temptation or sort of exercise is the arising of many false teachers within the Church who shall brangle [dispute] the faith of the godly and deceive many. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:11 Meaning – Many False Prophets Shall Arise Christians…

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  • Matthew 24:10 Meaning

    The fourth temptation or fourth sort of exercise of Christ’s disciples is the apostasy of professors when persecution arises for the gospel. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:10 Meaning – Then Shall Many Be Offended This is a narrow trial when many who…

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  • Matthew 24:9 Meaning

    The third sort of the exercise of Christ’s disciples is persecution, imprisonment and slaughter. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:9 Meaning – They Shall Deliver You Up to Be Afflicted, and Shall Kill You Christians must resolve, for the gospel to lose their…

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  • Matthew 24:8 Meaning

    Matthew 24:8 Meaning – Beginning of Sorrows When such evils befall nations in God’s displeasure for their sins, and specially for abusing the gospel, it is but a beginning of the sorrows which God will bring at length upon this wicked world; for all these are the beginning of sorrows. Dickson, David – A Brief…

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  • Matthew 24:7 Meaning

    Matthew 24:7 Meaning – Nation Shall Rise Against Nation It is decreed in heaven to punish the wickedness of the world and specially the contempt of the gospel by yoking of kingdoms and nations one against another, and to plague all by famine and pestilence and earthquakes in divers places; for it is foretold That…

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  • Matthew 24:6 Meaning

    Another sort of the temptations of the church is the terror of wars. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:6 Meaning – Ye Shall Hear of Wars If wars fall out about religion and the gospel, it is no small trial; therefore he tell…

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  • Matthew 24:5 Meaning

    To the end that his disciples, not only then living but in all ages following, should guard themselves against all sorts of temptations to the end of the world, he warns them of five or six sorts of temptations or exercises abiding them. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ…

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