Matthew 24:15–28
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Newspaper headlines and blockbuster movies are filled with apocalyptic scenarios. And in the church, a great deal of ink has been spilled and hot air expended trying to map out the final days, usually by treating the Bible like a collection of inscrutable prophecies that can only be decoded by matching them with current events. This has led to a great deal of sensationalism, date-setting, and ultimately, embarrassment when the predictions inevitably fail. The root of this confusion is a fundamental misreading of passages like the one before us today. They had pointed out the magnificent temple stones, and Jesus had told them that not one stone would be left upon another. In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus patiently disentangles these questions. What we have in our text is not a prophecy about a future Antichrist in a rebuilt temple in the 21st century.