Transcript AD 70 view: every coming of NT refers to destruction

I. Proves Deity Of Christ
God would not endorse
claims of an imposter
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Dt.18:18-22
Mt.24:24 (Dt.13)
Skeptics: prophecy came from church
(after A.D.70), not from Jesus Himself
 Why would someone not mention...
Burning
of Temple
Cannibalism
Inner
conflicts
I. Proves Deity Of Christ
II. Illustrates His “Comings”
Mt.24:27
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Sixty-four men in Israelite history have
claimed to be Messiah –Charles Feinberg
David
Koresh
Jim
Jones
Sun M.
Moon
Schneerson
Disagreements over His
“comings”
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Hb.9:28, second time…
AD 70 view: every coming of NT refers
to destruction of Jerusalem
Not every reference to His coming
denotes final coming; context
determines it
“Comings” of Christ
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Jn.1:11, 14, to live among men
Mt.16:28, on Pentecost (Ac.2)
Rv.2:16; 3:20, to judge churches
Hb.9:28, final coming
Mt.24:30 (26:64), to judge Jerusalem
I. Proves Deity Of Christ
II. Illustrates His “Comings”
III. Sin Invites Judgment
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Mt.3:7-10, ax
How?
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When?
Mt.24
Mt.8:10-12
Mt.21, Monday of last week
Fig tree
Two sons
(17-19)
(28-32)
Mt.22, Tuesday of last week
Wicked
farmers
(33-44)
Mt.23: Condemnation
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32, guilt: Gn.15:16
33, eternal consequence: hell
34, how: persecuted God’s messengers
35, sentence: blood-stained hands
36, when: that generation
37, why: rejected Messiah
38, national consequence: desolate
Mt.23:38
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See! Your house is left to you desolate
 House (10:6; 15:24, Israel as a whole)
 House here: temple (24:2; Ac.6:13f)
 It is their house . . . in spite of
Sacrifices
Beauty,
cost
Large
stones
Mt.23: Condemnation
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32, guilt
33, eternal consequence: hell
34, how: persecuted God’s messengers
35, sentence: blood-stained hands.
36, when: that generation
37, why: rejected Messiah
38, national consequence: desolate
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39, reaction: deep regret
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“Accordingly, it appears to me, that the
misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to
these of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were” – Josephus, Jewish Wars,
Preface, 4
God’s Judgment Against Jerusalem
1. Ended biblical Judaism
Modern “Israel” is not God’s nation
Ga.3:28-29; Hb.13:10
2. Ended Jewish worship
No temple, high priest, Sanhedrin, tribes
3. Ended widespread Jewish persecution
of Christians
I. Proves Deity Of Christ
II. Illustrates His “Comings”
III. Sin Invites Judgment
IV. Nothing In This
World Is Permanent
Get a good look!
24:35 . . . 1-3
 Buildings looked permanent
 Titus: “God, indeed, has been with us
in the war. God it was who brought
down the Jews from these strongholds;
for what power have human hands or
engines against these towers?”
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– Josephus, 6. 411
The only protection
The reader must
understand
(15)
The reader must
respond
(16-21)