Matthew 24 expanded
Intro
Matthew CHAP. XXIV.
1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 what, and how great calamities shall be before it: 29 the signes of his comming to iudgement. 36 And because that day and houre is vnknowen, 42 we ought to watch like good seruants expecting euery moment our masters comming.
It looks like in the chapter summery above as if 3-29 is what will happen before the temple is destroyed.
If that is the case then all talk about the beginning of sorrows is yet to come is wrong. Also all talk about that the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel is yet to come is then also wrong. Since both of these events must have happened in the 1st century AD before the destruction of the temple that happened in 70 AD.
So in the expansion below I assume that 3-29 are not referring to things that happened in the first century but is rather talking about things that is going to happen before Jesus second coming to judgement.
Matthew 24
1 And Iesus went out, and departed from the temple, and his Disciples came to him, for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Iesus said vnto them, See yee not all these things? Uerily I say vnto you, there shall not be left heere one stone vpon another, that shall not be throwen downe.
Notice here above Jesus is talking about the destruction of the temple that happened in 70 AD.
3 ¶ And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, the Disciples came vnto him priuately, saying, Tell vs, when shall these things be? And what shall be the signe of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Take heed that no man deceiue you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and shall deceiue many.
The above could both mean that many come claiming to be Jesus Christ and that many come in Jesus name deceiving many.
6 And yee shall heare of warres, and rumors of warres: See that yee be not troubled: for all these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diuers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrowes.
The above is what is called birth pangs or birth pains or pains of childbirth in the modern versions. This could be what we are seeing now with rumors of war between NATO and Russia and pestilences with Covid19 and deceive many with the Covid vaccine. Famines could be what is coming in winter of 2023. Food prices have already risen.
9 Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and yee shall bee hated of all nations for my names sake.
The above could be what happens in the book of Revelation regarding the 7 churches. They experience tribulation and persecution.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false Prophets shall rise, and shall deceiue many.
12 And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.
The love of many shall wax cold in the end times and they will betray one another. I think this is already happening among brethren.
13 But he that shall endure vnto the end, the same shall be saued.
The above I think is mentioned in one of the letters to the 7 churches so this could be corresponding to that.
14 And this Gospell of the kingdome shall be preached in all the world, for a witnesse vnto al nations, and then shall the end come.
The above seems to indicate also that this could not have happened before 70 AD. The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom unto all nations might be something that is fullfilled now.
15 When yee therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in the holy place, (who so readeth, let him vnderstand.)
16 Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.
17 Let him which is on the house top, not come downe, to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field, returne backe to take his clothes.
19 And woe vnto them that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
20 But pray yee that your flight bee not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor euer shall be.
22 And except those dayes should be shortned, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake, those dayes shall be shortned.
23 Then if any man shall say vnto you, Loe, heere is Christ, or there: beleeue it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shal shew great signes and wonders: insomuch that (if it were possible,) they shall deceiue the very elect.
25 Behold, I haue told you before.
26 Wherefore, if they shall say vnto you, Behold, he is in the desert, goe not foorth: Behold, he is in the secret chambers, beleeue it not.
This above is talking about some tribulation coming on Israel before Zechariah 12. Mt 24:15 is something that is mentioned in the book of Daniel.
In verse 21 above it says that its great tribulation that has never been before and shall never be after. This could be the false prophet, the mark of the beast in the book of Revelation that they are talking about.
The tribulation on Israel ends with the Zechariah 12 battle which is also the second coming of Christ.
27 For as the lightening commeth out of the East, and shineth euen vnto the West: so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be.
28 For wheresoeuer the carkeise is, there will the Eagles bee gathered together.
The above could be talking about the battle at the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ which also is Zechariah 12. Rev 19:17-18 could correspond to the carcasses and birds eating flesh in Mt 24:28.
29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.
The tribulation of those days above is the tribulation with the false prophet and the mark of the beast that is in the book of Revelation.
30 And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the Tribes of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man coming in the clouds of heauen, with power and great glory.
Then is Jesus second coming. This is Zechariah 12.
Then starts the Millenium. Then the nations will mourne and go up to Israel to make offerings at the feast of tabernacle to make it rain in their nation. Israel will probably be Greater Israel. This is the millenium.
31 And hee shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the foure windes, from one end of heauen to the other.
This seems to be a post tribulation rapture.
32 Now learne a parable of the figtree: when his branch is yet tender, and putteth foorth leaues, yee know that Summer is nigh:
33 So likewise yee, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is neere, euen at the doores.
34 Uerely I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, till all these things be fulfilled.
The above seems to say that from the beginning of signs of the end to the second coming of the lord Jesus Christ is going to be within one generation. So at most 70 years.
35 Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.
36 ¶ But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels of heauen, but my Father onely.
37 But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
38 For as in the dayes that were before the Flood, they were eating, and drinking, marrying, and giuing in mariage, vntill the day that Noe entred into the Arke,
39 And knew not vntill the Flood came, and tooke them all away: so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
The above seems to be talking about that the general public will go on as normal. They will not recognize that Jesus soon is coming back.
40 Then shall two be in the field, the one shalbe taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 ¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp.
The above seems to talk about a post tribulation rapture. The one taken is one of the elect and the one left is a lost person.
44 Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man commeth.
45 Who then is a faithfull and wise seruant, whom his Lord hath made ruler ouer his houshold, to giue them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, shall finde so doing.
47 Uerely I say vnto you, that hee shal make him ruler ouer all his goods.
48 But and if that euill seruant shal say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming,
49 And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken:
50 The Lord of that seruant shall come in a day when hee looketh not for him, and in an houre that hee is not ware of:
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The above seems to talk about that we should watch for Jesus coming and not drink with the drunken.