TEMPLE TORN DOWN?? (Matt 24)

At last... Matthew 24: the ‘Olivet Discourse’...              

Jesus the Messiah walks out of the temple for the very last time, telling his disciples:
                      

“There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down”

Roman soldiers parade the stolen menorah

The new temple will be torn down?? Again??  

Surely He’s joking!  

This is one of the wonders of the world and they haven’t even finished construction! 

Four disciples (Peter, James, John & Andrew) follow Jesus to the Mount of Olives, bursting with questions...

• When will this happen?
• What sign will show you’re coming back?
• ...or when time’s up?

Jesus doesn’t answer ‘when’, but warns: Don’t be deceived! and... Don’t be troubled!

Notice what else He says...                                        

“Ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.”  (That can’t be the Church)                                                  “He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”                                                    

Is He talking about losing eternal salvation? No, this is the Jewish Prophet-Messiah warning  privately that the faithful face persecution and death in End Times. 

Which gospel will be ‘preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations’?                           

The ‘gospel of the kingdom’ – not the gospel of grace.

By the way, here is what official Roman historian Flavius Josephus tells us:                                           

“Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and temple but should leave...so much of the wall as enclosed the city on the west side.” ~70 A.D.

Guess who?...at that same western wall!

So was Jesus correct in His prediction about the temple?

NEXT: Great Tribulation!