Tag: New Testament Gospels

The third motive teaches us that the Lord has of set purpose kept from our knowledge the time when Christ shall come. Therefore all should watch and be ready, come when he will. Matthew 24:42 Meaning – Watch therefore The uncertainty of the day is an argument for watchfulness, not for indifference. Robertson, A.T. – Commentary…

This second motive of watchfulness teaches: Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:40-41 Meaning – Field, Mill That at the day of judgment they who have lived in near fellowship shall be shed one from another; as, for example, they who had been joined…

Matthew 24:39 Meaning – They knew not Whatsoever truth men do not believe when it is told them, that they do not rightly know, though they conceive the meaning of the Word told them; for it is said, They knew not. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to…

Matthew 24:38 Meaning – They were eating When men believe not things concerning the day of judgment and another life, no wonder they be given over unto and drowned in the matters of this life, for They were eating, &c., that is, This and the like was all their care. Dickson, David – A Brief…

Our Lord draws this doctrine into use to stir us up to watchfulness, and to this end he sets before us seven motives [Motive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7]. The first motive: there is no small hazard in case men be found secure and not watching when Christ comes, therefore watchfulness is…

Concerning the precise time of his second coming, he says that neither man nor angel knows, but only the Father, whereby he does not exclude the rest of the Persons of the Godhead, but only the creatures. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:36…

Matthew 24:35 Meaning – Heaven and earth shall pass And [Christ] forbids them to doubt hereof, because his words were more firm than heaven or earth (v 35). Whatsoever Christ says, shall be or shall not be. His word is more firm than the fabric of heaven and earth, for these shall be altered, but…