Category: New Testament

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…

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…

[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…

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…

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…

The Lord commands to make use of the warning. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:25 Meaning – Behold, I have told you before The Lord’s forewarning of the danger from false prophets should stir up all to be the more watchful, and it…

Christ gives a reason why we should be wary from the certain danger which the multitude of deceivers should bring. It is possible that false deceivers pretending themselves to be Christ, and false prophets drawing men away from the true Christ, may make show of great signs and wonders, for so does Christ foretell. Dickson,…