Matthew 24: 1-7, The Establishment of the Identity of Christ and The Destruction of the Temple
Matthew 24: 1-7 says "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."
Christ did not answer the first question of his disciples, which was when would the temple be destroyed. But much of Matthew 24 is an answer to their second question, what will be the signs of his second appearing and of the end of the world.
Daniel 9: 26 also predicts the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.. "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
The Messiah is said to be cut off, which refers to his death on the Cross.and the implication is that Christ's death on the Cross comes before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. The people ol the prince that are said to come and destroy the city and the sanctuary are the Roman army under Titus.
Christ appeared, carried out his ministry, and was put to death on the Cross while the temple and the Old Covenant system was still in place in order to establish his identity as the Messiah in explicit or specific Old Testament prophecy, including Isaiah 53: 3-5. "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.",.
Isaiah 53: 3-5 was fulfilled in detail as well as other prophecies such as Micah 5: 2, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
The Genealogy given in Matthew 1: 1-16 is important in establishing that Jesus Christ in the physical was a descendant from Abraham and David.
Luke .3: 23-38 also gives us the genealogy of Jesus Christ, back to Adam. The existence of the Old Covenant at the time of Christ's birth, ministry and death on the Cross helped to establish the identity of the Messiah.
Then, in 70 A.D. the Old Covenant system, which had been in existence from the beginning of the Messianic era at the death of Christ on the Cross to 70 A.D was given a deadly wound, when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.
There may or may not have been genealogical records in the temple that were destroyed in 70 A.D.with the destruction of the temple.
The genealogy of Christ was not lost but is given in Matthew 24: 1-7 and in Luke 3: 23-38.
Genesis 49: 10 is fulfilled in the birth, ministry and death on the Cross of Christ. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah." Psalm 89: 3-4
The "seed" of David in Psalm 89: 4 is his spiritual seed, as is the promise of the seed from Abraham also being his spiritual seed,.
"Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." Galatians 3: 6-7
"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect" Galatians 3: 16-17
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3: 26-29
That which begins in the flesh becomes that which is spiritual in Christ with him in them in the Messianic era.
"Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?" Isaiah 29: 16
Isaiah 29: 16 points to the remaking of Old Covenant Israel in Jeremiah 18: 4-6, "And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6. O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel."
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." I Peter 2: 5
As Old Covenant Israel, in the flesh, becomes a spiritual house in the new Covenant of Jesus Christ, so individuals with Christ in them change from being in mortal physical bodies to being in immortal spiritual bodies.
"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." I Corinthians 15: 44
"And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." I Corinthians 15: 49-53.
Matthew 24: 1-7 says "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."
Christ did not answer the first question of his disciples, which was when would the temple be destroyed. But much of Matthew 24 is an answer to their second question, what will be the signs of his second appearing and of the end of the world.
Daniel 9: 26 also predicts the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.. "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
The Messiah is said to be cut off, which refers to his death on the Cross.and the implication is that Christ's death on the Cross comes before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. The people ol the prince that are said to come and destroy the city and the sanctuary are the Roman army under Titus.
Christ appeared, carried out his ministry, and was put to death on the Cross while the temple and the Old Covenant system was still in place in order to establish his identity as the Messiah in explicit or specific Old Testament prophecy, including Isaiah 53: 3-5. "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.",.
Isaiah 53: 3-5 was fulfilled in detail as well as other prophecies such as Micah 5: 2, "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
The Genealogy given in Matthew 1: 1-16 is important in establishing that Jesus Christ in the physical was a descendant from Abraham and David.
Luke .3: 23-38 also gives us the genealogy of Jesus Christ, back to Adam. The existence of the Old Covenant at the time of Christ's birth, ministry and death on the Cross helped to establish the identity of the Messiah.
Then, in 70 A.D. the Old Covenant system, which had been in existence from the beginning of the Messianic era at the death of Christ on the Cross to 70 A.D was given a deadly wound, when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.
There may or may not have been genealogical records in the temple that were destroyed in 70 A.D.with the destruction of the temple.
The genealogy of Christ was not lost but is given in Matthew 24: 1-7 and in Luke 3: 23-38.
Genesis 49: 10 is fulfilled in the birth, ministry and death on the Cross of Christ. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah." Psalm 89: 3-4
The "seed" of David in Psalm 89: 4 is his spiritual seed, as is the promise of the seed from Abraham also being his spiritual seed,.
"Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." Galatians 3: 6-7
"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect" Galatians 3: 16-17
"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3: 26-29
That which begins in the flesh becomes that which is spiritual in Christ with him in them in the Messianic era.
"Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?" Isaiah 29: 16
Isaiah 29: 16 points to the remaking of Old Covenant Israel in Jeremiah 18: 4-6, "And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6. O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel."
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." I Peter 2: 5
As Old Covenant Israel, in the flesh, becomes a spiritual house in the new Covenant of Jesus Christ, so individuals with Christ in them change from being in mortal physical bodies to being in immortal spiritual bodies.
"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." I Corinthians 15: 44
"And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." I Corinthians 15: 49-53.
