Category: Matthew

Sign 3. It should not be fit for any man in the field and out of town to return to the city to take with him any provision for the flight, but should do well to fly, as he might fly for his life (v 18). Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel…

Sign 2. He who was in the town should make him for death and not think to escape by flying (v 17). Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:17 Meaning – He That is on the Housetop Let Him Not Come Down If the…

That they might know how certain and sudden the overthrow of Jerusalem should be, our Lord gives advertisement that all the speed any man could make, should be little enough; for escaping whereof he gives seven signs [Sign 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7]. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of…

Christ gives his disciples some satisfaction to their question about the signs of the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, and of the temple; and to this end he leads them into the prophecy of Daniel 9:27, to let them know that after the Messiah should be slain, the city and temple should be destroyed.…

Our Lord comforts his disciples and shows that notwithstanding all these impediments, the gospel should be preached. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:14 Meaning – This Gospel of the Kingdom Shall Be Preaced In All The World Whatsoever persecution, heresies or offences shall…

After these temptations thus in order set before us, our Lord requires constancy in the faith notwithstanding of them all. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:13 Meaning – He That Endures to the End Shall Be Saved All these temptations must be striven…

The sixth temptation or sort of exercise is that the godly shall be coldrife [cold] in love one toward another, and not find respect and credit readily one of another, and that because they shall see iniquity and hypocrisy so abound in the visible church as one shall suspect another, and not dare to trust…