Matthew 24:3 As
he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him
privately, saying, “Tell us, when will
these things be, (previous discourse) and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?
So the Lord and the disciples are sitting on the Mount of Olives looking over a spectacular view of the city in the setting sun - snowy marble topped by golden spikes on the roof of the Holy Place.
Take perticualar notice of the word
"privately!"
If we look at Mark 13:3
3 And as
he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple (
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Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
So we have the Lord Jesus Christ sitting
opposite the temple just having rebuke the religous authourities for their hypocrisy and having given his judgements of the temple being destroyed.
The two sets of brothers come to Jesus with a very sensitive question, as this became a chief charge against the Lord later.
Matthew 26:61 - and said, “This man said, ‘
I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days
Acts 6:13-14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth
will destroy this place and will
change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”
So the question of the Disciples relates to this:
1. Distruction of the Temple
2. The end of the age (Mosiac age)
The connection between the discourse at the Temple and that on the Mount of Olives is one and the same. The private enquiry of the 4 related to what the Lord had been teaching previously.
The Word of God is very carefully written so we must be careful not to force the false teaching of futurist interprations on the Word.
(Just a note for those who respond; please talk to the content of the post you are contending with rather that running away to unrelated Scripture)
Thanks
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