The Mount Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 and Revelation

When you compare the Mount Olivet Discourse of Jesus and Revelation in Matthew 24, you find that both of them contain much similar information. However, the Mount Olivet Discourse was spoken by Jesus, Himself.

The Mount Olivet Discourse of Jesus in Matthew 24 bridges the gap between Old Testament writers and Revelation. Jesus’ discussion with His disciples on the Mount of Olives about end times, makes the same topics of the Old Testament complete. Until Jesus gave His version of end times, for instance, you didn’t know exactly which times the prophets of old meant.

When Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 24 what to expect as the end of the world time drew near, He filled in several bits of information about expectations concerning the rapture of the church and the tribulation period. In other words Jesus gave us two separate times from which to view end time prophesies.

His discourse on Mount Olivet gave some enlightening information about the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem in AD 70 by Rome. Jesus had touched on this destruction in a couple other places, too. In Luke 21:20, 21, “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it.”

Why was Jerusalem being destroyed? Jesus explains this. He cries over the city (Matthew 23, and then He tells them that the city will be destroyed because they did not recognize the time of their visitation (Luke 21). In other words Jesus tells them that he brought the kingdom of God to them, and they rejected it.

Jesus warned them, too, that  “your enemies will build an embankment against you…” (Luke 20). The Mount Olivet discourse gave them other information about this destruction. Together with the book of Hebrews, the believing Jews—those who had accepted Jesus as Lord—were able to escape the destruction of the city in AD 79.

One thing we know from historians of that day, the city was surrounded and an embankment build against it, but the Roman general heard a rumor that Egypt was coming to the aid of Jerusalem. He pulled back his troops to meet the fictitious army. Therefore, those who knew the words of Luke and Matthew, fled. When the city fell, not a single believing Jew was killed in the destruction.

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