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May 8, 2024 · The people who will see those events will need to flee to the mountains of Judea in order to survive, but Jesus reminds His listeners to take heed because He has told them these things in advance (Mark 13:23). It is common for prophecies to be given far in advance for the benefit of the people of that present day.
Feb 27, 2021 · That’s why we read in Matthew 24 that Jesus told his people to run away as fast as they could in order to avoid the persecution and death. So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Roger Barrier
May 9, 2023 · LUKE 8:37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned. LUKE 8:39 “Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.”. So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what ...
- The Command to Flee
- Miraculous Provision
- Preterist Objections
- Conclusion
This passage is saying that the moment the Jewish Remnant (the elect in Matthew 24:22, 24, 31) sees the watershed event of the abomination of desolation then they are to flee to the Judean hills. Why are they to flee instantly? It is because with the instantaneous event of the Beast (antichrist) setting up the abomination of desolation in the rebui...
While Matthew 24:16-20 focuses upon the divinely suggested response to the abomination of desolation by the Jewish Remnant, other passages provide a more complete picture of this three and a half year wilderness sojourn. The parallel passage of Revelation 12 provides further details of this mid-tribulational escape. Revelation 12:6says, “And the wo...
Regular readers of this commentary will not be surprised to learn that preterists do not agree with this interpretation. Predictably, they believe Matthew 24:16-20 was fulfilled in the first century. Gary DeMar says, “Matthew 24:16-20 clearly presents first-century-Israel living conditions.” 1This presents no problem at all for a future fulfillment...
It is clear that the Jewish Remnant will be fleeing to the Judean wilderness where Old Testament passages teach (along with Revelation 12) that she will be miraculously protected for the later half of the tribulation. The place of her protection is said in the Old Testament to be Bozrah. “’For I have sworn by Myself,’ declares the LORD, ‘that Bozra...
- Thomas Ice
Aug 23, 2023 · Shaking the dust off one’s feet conveys the same idea as our modern phrase “I wash my hands of it.”. Shaking the dust off the feet is a symbolic indication that one has done all that can be done in a situation and therefore carries no further responsibility for it. In the scriptural examples, Jesus was telling His disciples that they were ...
In this study (Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6), Jesus revisits the city of Nazareth. The last time that He had visited the city (Luke 4:16-30), He had entered the synagogue, quoted Isaiah 61:1-2, declared that He was the Messiah, and then the people attempted to murder Him by throwing Him off a cliff. But Jesus escaped.
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Jan 23, 2020 · The answer to your question is: the people of the region beg Jesus to leave. Mark 5:17, And they began to implore Him to leave their region. So he instructed this man to tell his people and that of the region what had happened. This may have been because: Jesus was asked to leave the region and would not personally give them a witness.
