I. Vss. 1-2: Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple:
Ezra 6:15: and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Matthew 23:16: “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Acts 6:13: and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
Matthew 12:6: I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
Revelation 3:17-22: For you say, “I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing,” not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
II. Vss. 3-4: Two Questions From The Disciples:
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, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
G. E. Ladd says, “There can be little doubt but that the disciples thought of the destruction of the temple as one of the events accompanying the end of the age and the coming of the eschatological Kingdom of God”
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