Are We Living Now in the “Last Days”?

Episodes 4-6 June 26th – July 10th, 2022 Neil Woodbury

Introduction

Refreshing of our minds in rereading Matt. 24: 13-14; Confirmed by the Apostle Paul in Col. 1: 6, 23

I. Now to Matt. 24: 15-37

a. V. 15; You shall see (2nd person, plural)

b. V. 16; Not just in Jerusalem, but in all Judea

c. V. 20; Your flight (2nd person, plural – Apostles)

d. V. 21; “Great Tribulation”

i. Read Dan. 12: 1 (also chapters 7 & 9)

ii. Read Rev. 20: 11-15, 21: 1

iii. Record of Josephus (eye witness of Jerusalem A.D. 68-70)

page 720, Chapter 10 Paragraph 5

e. V. 22; The elect (3rd Person, plural)

f. V. 23; To you (2nd person, plural –time frame of the lives of some of the Apostles of

Christ Jesus.

g. V. 25; Lo, I have foretold to you – time frame of the Day of The Lord – foretold in the

Indicative mood.

h. V. 26; To you (2nd Person) – they say (3rd person)

i. V. 27; The “parousia”, noun (the event), time of the end of the age (1st covenant)

Read Rom 16: 19-20

j. V. 28; The Eagles = Roman Signet?

k. V. 29; Figurative terms; sun, moon, stars, power of Heavens – all referring to the

political rule in Jerusalem – Read Matt. 5: 17-18, Gen. 37: 5-11

l. V. 30; “they shall see”, Indicative, future, middle voice

Future – not just to see, but to truly know who it is!

The Son of Man ‘coming’ (“erchomenon”; verb, singular, present tense, middle voice)

m. V. 31; The Day of The Lord

i. Read 1 Cor. 15: 20-28

ii. Read 1 Thess. 4: 14-18, 2 Thess. 2: 1-2

iii. Read 2 Thess. 1: 6-10

Is this not all the same event? All to be within the lifetime of that generation of Jews living in the first century A.D.

Did Jesus get it wrong? Perish the thought!

n. V. 32; The same point – the Apostles can recognize the nearness by the season they

are in!

o. V. 33; “thus also you” – near, it is at doors

p. V. 34; This passage is the clearest time statement of the Parousia in the Scriptures!

“This generation” (nominative, singular, feminine), thus men and women living in Jesus’ day (also stated in Mark 13: 29-30 & Luke 21: 31-32).

Also, note the double negative which is used to describe what Jesus has said to the Apostles concerning the people of that day!

q. V. 35;

i. The heaven and the earth – shall pass away (indicative, future, middle voice)

ii. But the words, my (not-not) shall pass away (subjunctive, aorist, active voice)

Read Matt. 5: 17-18 (what time is this?), Isa. 1: 1-2, 2: 1-2

Are We Living Now in the “Last Days”?

Episode 4 & 5 June 26th – July 3rd, 2022 Neil Woodbury

Introduction

Refreshing of our minds in rereading Matt. 24: 13-14; Confirmed by the Apostle Paul in Col. 1: 6, 23

I. Now to Matt. 24: 15-37

a. V. 15; You shall see (2nd person, plural)

b. V. 16; Not just in Jerusalem, but in all Judea

c. V. 20; Your flight (2nd person, plural – Apostles)

d. V. 21; “Great Tribulation”

i. Read Dan. 12: 1 (also chapters 7 & 9)

ii. Read Rev. 20: 11-15, 21: 1

iii. Record of Josephus (eye witness of Jerusalem A.D. 68-70)

page 720, Chapter 10 Paragraph 5

e. V. 22; The elect (3rd Person, plural)

f. V. 23; To you (2nd person, plural –time frame of the lives of some of the Apostles of

Christ Jesus.

g. V. 25; Lo, I have foretold to you – time frame of the Day of The Lord – foretold in the

Indicative mood.

h. V. 26; To you (2nd Person) – they say (3rd person)

i. V. 27; The “parousia”, noun (the event), time of the end of the age (1st covenant)

Read Rom 16: 19-20

j. V. 28; The Eagles = Roman Signet?

k. V. 29; Figurative terms; sun, moon, stars, power of Heavens – all referring to the

political rule in Jerusalem – Read Matt. 5: 17-18, Gen. 37: 5-11

l. V. 30; “they shall see”, Indicative, future, middle voice

Future – not just to see, but to truly know who it is!

The Son of Man ‘coming’ (“erchomenon”; verb, singular, present tense, middle voice)

m. V. 31; The Day of The Lord

i. Read 1 Cor. 15: 20-28

ii. Read 1 Thess. 4: 14-18, 2 Thess. 2: 1-2

iii. Read 2 Thess. 1: 6-10

Is this not all the same event? All to be within the lifetime of that generation of Jews living in the first century A.D.

Did Jesus get it wrong? Perish the thought!

n. V. 32; The same point – the Apostles can recognize the nearness by the season they

are in!

o. V. 33; “thus also you” – near, it is at doors

p. V. 34; This passage is the clearest time statement of the Parousia in the Scriptures!

“This generation” (nominative, singular, feminine), thus men and women living in Jesus’ day (also stated in Mark 13: 29-30 & Luke 21: 31-32).

Also, note the double negative which is used to describe what Jesus has said to the Apostles concerning the people of that day!

q. V. 35;

i. The heaven and the earth – shall pass away (indicative, future, middle voice)

ii. But the words, my (not-not) shall pass away (subjunctive, aorist, active voice)

Read Matt. 5: 17-18 (what time is this?), Isa. 1: 1-2, 2: 1-2

Are We Living Now in the “Last Days”?

Episode 4 June 26th, 2022 Neil Woodbury

The Question still persists – are these day the last days of mankind and the earth that the bible speaks of? I say no!

I. Reviewing Matt. 24: 1-3 “Speakers, hearers, time and place”

a. Of what age are the Apostles speaking of? The First Covenant Age

b. This is the age that ended – these last days were of the Jewish Covenant with Jehovah God. Read Dan. 12: 1

The word “coming” in verse 3 is the Greek word Parousia – a noun meaning the presence of Christ Jesus. Read II Thess. 1: 3-10, written A.D. 54-55

II. Moving on in Matt. 24: 4-14

a. Read Col. 1: 21, 29 (A.D. 63)

b. Jesus said, “See that no one misleads you (2nd Person, Plural)”

i. The Apostles were hearing this and would be alive (some of them) to see all the seasons and events Jesus would describe through verse 51.

c. Note verse 14. Jesus reveals the time of the end – an answer to the Apostles question.

d. Read Acts 1: 4-9