Category: New Testament

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…

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…

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…