Luke 21:5-38
Luke 21:5-38
The Olivet Discourse
5Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 6"As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down." 7"Teacher," they asked,
Luke
"when will these things happen?
And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"
Mark
"Tell us, when will these things happen?
And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?"
Matthew
"Tell us," they said, "when will this happen,
and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
What signs did Jesus predict would precede the destruction?
*They were asking when the temple would be destroyed, not when the world would end
Signs Preceding the temple's destruction
1. Many will claim to be the Christ
Menahem (grand)son of Judas the Galilean, John of Gischala son of Levi
Simon bar Giora of Gerasa, The Anonymous Samaritan
Theudas (mentioned in Acts 5.36), The Anonymous Egyptian (Jew)
An Anonymous "Imposter", Jonathan the refugee
2. There will be wars and rumors of wars
Mesopotamia 50,000+
Jerusalem 10,000+
Caesarea 40,000+
Alexandria 50,000+
Scythopolis 13,000+
Damascus 10,000+ in 1 hour
“"Disturbances in Germany; commotions in Africa; commotions in Thrace; insurrections in Gaul; intrigues among the Parthians; the war in Britian; the war in Armenia.” (Roman Historian Tacitus)
3. Famines & earthquakes
"At Rome, a plague devastated the entire population.... The houses were full of corpses, and the streets of funerals." (Tacitus)
“Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine; and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the marketplaces like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead whosesoever their misery seized them” (Josephus)
Crucifixion (Matthew 27:54)
Resurrection (Matthew 28:2)
Paul/Silas in Prison (Acts 16:26)
Crete (AD 46)
Rome (AD 51)
Laodicea (AD 60)
Pompei (AD 63)
“Perhaps no period in the world's history has ever been so marked by these convulsions as that which intervenes between the crucifixion and the destruction of Jerusalem” (Plumptre)
4. Disciples persecuted and hated
“A vast multitude of Christians was put to death in the most shocking manner. Some were crucified, probably in mockery of the punishment of Christ, some sewed up in the skins of wild beasts and exposed to the voracity of mad dogs in the arena… Christian men and women, covered with pitch or oil or resin, and nailed to posts of pine, were lighted and burned as torches for the amusement of the mob” (Tacitus)
5. Many will turn away from faith (provoked by false prophets)
Galatians 1:6-7, 2 Timothy 2:17-18, Etc
6. Gospel will be preached to all nations
Acts 2:5, Romans 6:25-26, Colossians 1:5-6 + 23
7. Family relationships will break down
8. Jerusalem will be surrounded by the Romans
And now the Romans upon the flight of the seditious into the city, and upon the burning of the holy house itself, and of all the buildings lying round about it, brought their ensigns to the temple, and set them over against its eastern gate (Josephus)
9. Believers will flee to the mountains
But before the war, the people of the Church of Jerusalem were bidden in an oracle given by revelation to men worthy of it to depart from the city and to dwell in a city of Perea called Pella. To it those who believed in Christ migrated from Jerusalem. Once the holy men had completely left the Jews and all Judea, the justice of God at last overtook them, since they had committed such transgressions against Christ and his apostles. Divine justice completely blotted out that impious generation from among men.
Jesus discusses the event itself…
1. Jerusalem will be destroyed by the Romans
2. It will be obvious that a drastic change is taking place
3. Un-believers will see the mistake they made in rejecting Christ
4. Believers will be protected by Christ during this transition
When did Jesus predict this event would take place?
1. After all the previously stated signs
2. During that generation
The Olivet Discourse
5Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 6"As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down." 7"Teacher," they asked,
Luke
"when will these things happen?
And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"
Mark
"Tell us, when will these things happen?
And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?"
Matthew
"Tell us," they said, "when will this happen,
and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
What signs did Jesus predict would precede the destruction?
*They were asking when the temple would be destroyed, not when the world would end
Signs Preceding the temple's destruction
1. Many will claim to be the Christ
Menahem (grand)son of Judas the Galilean, John of Gischala son of Levi
Simon bar Giora of Gerasa, The Anonymous Samaritan
Theudas (mentioned in Acts 5.36), The Anonymous Egyptian (Jew)
An Anonymous "Imposter", Jonathan the refugee
2. There will be wars and rumors of wars
Mesopotamia 50,000+
Jerusalem 10,000+
Caesarea 40,000+
Alexandria 50,000+
Scythopolis 13,000+
Damascus 10,000+ in 1 hour
“"Disturbances in Germany; commotions in Africa; commotions in Thrace; insurrections in Gaul; intrigues among the Parthians; the war in Britian; the war in Armenia.” (Roman Historian Tacitus)
3. Famines & earthquakes
"At Rome, a plague devastated the entire population.... The houses were full of corpses, and the streets of funerals." (Tacitus)
“Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine; and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the marketplaces like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead whosesoever their misery seized them” (Josephus)
Crucifixion (Matthew 27:54)
Resurrection (Matthew 28:2)
Paul/Silas in Prison (Acts 16:26)
Crete (AD 46)
Rome (AD 51)
Laodicea (AD 60)
Pompei (AD 63)
“Perhaps no period in the world's history has ever been so marked by these convulsions as that which intervenes between the crucifixion and the destruction of Jerusalem” (Plumptre)
4. Disciples persecuted and hated
“A vast multitude of Christians was put to death in the most shocking manner. Some were crucified, probably in mockery of the punishment of Christ, some sewed up in the skins of wild beasts and exposed to the voracity of mad dogs in the arena… Christian men and women, covered with pitch or oil or resin, and nailed to posts of pine, were lighted and burned as torches for the amusement of the mob” (Tacitus)
5. Many will turn away from faith (provoked by false prophets)
Galatians 1:6-7, 2 Timothy 2:17-18, Etc
6. Gospel will be preached to all nations
Acts 2:5, Romans 6:25-26, Colossians 1:5-6 + 23
7. Family relationships will break down
8. Jerusalem will be surrounded by the Romans
And now the Romans upon the flight of the seditious into the city, and upon the burning of the holy house itself, and of all the buildings lying round about it, brought their ensigns to the temple, and set them over against its eastern gate (Josephus)
9. Believers will flee to the mountains
But before the war, the people of the Church of Jerusalem were bidden in an oracle given by revelation to men worthy of it to depart from the city and to dwell in a city of Perea called Pella. To it those who believed in Christ migrated from Jerusalem. Once the holy men had completely left the Jews and all Judea, the justice of God at last overtook them, since they had committed such transgressions against Christ and his apostles. Divine justice completely blotted out that impious generation from among men.
Jesus discusses the event itself…
1. Jerusalem will be destroyed by the Romans
2. It will be obvious that a drastic change is taking place
3. Un-believers will see the mistake they made in rejecting Christ
4. Believers will be protected by Christ during this transition
When did Jesus predict this event would take place?
1. After all the previously stated signs
2. During that generation
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