Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 30 continued, “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” “In Heaven:” The sign or proof of our Lord’s Parousia will be given in heaven. Not in the actual heaven of the Father’s presence and before the holy angels, but in the symbolic…
Matthew Chapter 24 Before we take a look at Verse 30 we should like first to summarize what we have thus far. In Verse 29 we were informed that “immediately after the tribulation of THOSE DAYS,” four particular events (signs) would take place which we believe would have both a literal and a symbolic fulfilment, they are as follows, 1) The Sun would be darkened 2) the Moon would not give its light 3) the stars would fall from heaven,…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 29 continued, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” “Immediately after the tribulation of THOSE DAYS…” What “tribulation” is being referred to? There is of course one more view on this which we have not mentioned yet and although similar to that which our futurist friends put forth…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 29 continued, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” In our Lord’s prophecy these true star-lights (mentioned in our previews post) are reckoned in as part of the Gospel Sunlight, darkened, withdrawn from shining; while the false stars, the worldly-wise, man-ordained lights of the present heavens are represented…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 29 continued, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” Having taken a look at some of the literal fulfillment of this verse let us now examine, The (ongoing) Symbolic Fulfillment “While the literal signs served their designed purpose in drawing general attention to the Time of the End,…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 29 continued, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” The Falling Stars “Half a century passed before the next sign appeared the falling of the stars from heaven, as when a fig tree casts her unripe fruit when shaken of a mighty wind. (Bear in mind those 50…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 29 continued, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” Here we would like to provide some more evidence of the literal fulfillment of the darkening of the sun and the moon which took place immediately following the tribulation of those days, viz. the days in which the true…
Matthew Chapter 24 Here we will skip ahead to Verse 29 and will come back to Verse 28 later when we reach Verse 41. The reason for this is to make Matthew’s account correspond with that of Mark and Luke. Verse 29 is actually the conclusion of Verse 41. VERSE 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 25-27 continued, “See, I have told you beforehand. Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. For as the bright-shiner [the Sun] cometh out of the East, but shines even unto the West, so shall the presence of the Son of Man be.” “Some time back in Detroit a vision of Mary appeared on the side…
Matthew Chapter 24 VERSE 25-27 continued, “Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (AV) “The thought here, in the Greek is “For as the sun-light rises out of the…