“The ruin of Jerusalem was a symbol of the final ruin that shall overwhelm the

world. The prophecies that received a partial fulfillment in the overthrow of

Jerusalem have a more direct application to the last days. We are now standing
on the threshold of great and solemn events. A crisis is before us, such as the world
has never witnessed.” Ellen G. White, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, pp.
120, 12
“The warnings that Christ gave to Jerusalem were not to end with them. The
judgments upon Jerusalem were a symbol of the events of Christ's coming to
judgment in the last day, when before Him shall be gathered all nations. "He shall
send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together
His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Ellen G. White,
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 232
Fact #5: The Events of Matthew 24 are in strict chronological order as we
can see by the continued use of “temporal” expressions.
 Verse 6 [‘the end is not yet’]
 Verse 8 [‘the beginning of sorrows’]
 Verse 9 [‘then’]
 Verse 10 [‘then’]
 Verse 14 [‘then’]
 Verse 16 [‘then’]
 Verse 19 [‘those days of the flight]’
 Verse 21 [‘then’]
 Verse 22 [‘those days of the tribulation cut short’ 2 times]
 Verse 23 [‘then’]
 Verse 29 [‘immediately after the tribulation of those days’]
 Verse 30 [‘then’ 2 times]
The Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament explains the meaning of the
Greek word tote, ‘then’:
“In the sense of thereafter introduces that which (immediately) follows
temporally.”

STUDIES ON MATTHEW 24 – Expanded Edition by Pastor Stephen Bohr

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