Hearing these words, what questions did the disciples ask?
Answer
"Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the
world?" Matt. 24: 3.
NOTE - Christ's answers to these questions are worthy of the most careful study. The destruction
of Jerusalem and the overthrow of the Jewish nation attending it are a type of the final destruction of all the
cities of the world, and the overthrow of all nations. To some extent, therefore, the descriptions of the two
great events seem to be blended. When Christ referred to the destruction of Jerusalem, His prophetic words
reached beyond that event to the final conflagration when the Lord shall rise out of His place "to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and when the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain." Isa. 26: 21. Thus the entire discourse was given not for the early disciples only, but for
those who were to live during the closing scenes of the world's history. During the discourse Christ did,
however, give definite signs, both of the destruction of Jerusalem and of His second coming.
To what extent has God magnified His Word?
How fully are we thus united with Christ in His experience of death and resurrection?
What was one principal object in calling this council?
8. After the fall of Western Rome, what power in the East arose to harass and overrun the Roman world, East and West?
Before whom are we said to speak?
What was the character of Christ's work among men?
What was shown the Apostle John in vision?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle