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Little Apocalypse
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| 23:1-12 |
(1) Warning
against Pharisaism |
| 13-36 |
7 Woes on
the scribes and Pharisees |
| 37-39 |
(2) Lament over
Jerusalem |
| 24:1-2 |
(3) Prophecy
of destruction of Temple |
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| 3 |
Sign of
Christ's coming and close of the age: |
| 4-8 |
(4) Beginning
of sufferings: |
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False Christs--lead
many astray |
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Wars and rumors
of wars |
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Nation against
nation, kingdom against kingdom |
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Famines and
earthquakes |
| 9-14 |
(5) Tribulation: |
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Persecution
and death by all nations |
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Apostasy |
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False prophets--lead
many astray |
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Gospel preached
to the whole world |
| 15-28 |
(6) Great Tribulation: |
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Desolating sacrilege--flee
to mountains |
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Those days will
be shortened |
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False Christs
and prophets--lead astray? |
| 29-31 |
(7) Disorder
in the heavens, Christ's coming |
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| 32-35 |
The nearness
of Christ's coming--this generation: |
| 36-44 |
Readiness: as
in Noah's day, 2 men, 2 women |
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(see also Luke
17:35-37, Revelation 19:17-18) |
| 45-51 |
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Parable of faithful
and wicked servant |
| 25:1-13 |
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Parable of ten virgins, wise/foolish |
| 14-30 |
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Parable of talents,
faithful/unfaithful |
| 31-46 |
Blessed and
Cursed, unto the least of these |
| Comparison of Beatitudes
with the Seven Woes |
| Seven Woes (chapter 23) |
Beatitudes (chapter 5) |
| 1. Shutting men out of kingdom |
8. Persecuted--theirs is kingdom |
| 2. Proselytize--children of hell |
7. Peace--sons of God |
| 3. Oaths--blind guides |
6. Pure--see God |
| 4. Weighty and Light--mercy |
5. Merciful |
| 5. Outside and Inside--cup/plate |
4. Hunger and Thirst |
| 6. Outward and Inward--tombs |
3. Mourn |
| 7. Past and Present--sentenced to
hell |
2. Meek--inherit the earth |
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1. Poor--theirs is kingdom |
