The fourfold parallel passages of Matthew 24

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	The Titus Arch in Rome that celebrates the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD by Titus as Matthew 24 prophesied.
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The four parallel passages of Matthew 24

Introduction:

1. Most people who believe in the Rapture are generally only familiar with a single passage, Matthew 24. They are completely surprised to learn that there are, in fact, three other parallel passages in the gospels that talk about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Romans.

2. By closely studying all four passages in context, we learn that these texts are discussing the destruction of the temple not the second coming and certainly not the rapture.

3. Here is a sequential parallel of Matthew 24.

Fourfold Parallel
EVENT	Matt 24	Mark 13	Luke 17	Luke 21
Jesus Sees Beautiful Temple	23:37-39	-	-	19:41-44
Disciples See Beautiful Temple	1	1	-	5
Temple Torn Down	2	2	-	6
Question Disciples Asked	3	3-4	-	7
Question Pharisees Asked	-	-	20	-
Be Not Misled- "I Am He"	4-5	5-6	-	8
Wars, Famines, Earth Quakes	6-8	7-8	-	9-11
Jesus Must Be Crucified First	-	-	25	-
Disciples Betrayed By Disciples	9-11	9-13	-	12-17
Pharisees, "You Will Deliver Up"	23:34-36	-	-	-
Endure To Be Saved	12-13	-	-	18-19
Gospel Preached-End Will Come	14	-	-	-
Abomination Of Desolation Jerusalem Surrounded By Army	15 -	14 -	- -	- 20
Flee The City To The Mountains	16-20	15-18	31-33	21
Days Of Tribulation & Vengeance	21	19	-	22-24
Days Cut Short	22	20	-	-
2nd Admonition: False Christ's	23-26	21-23	21-23	-
Coming Like Lighting	27	-	24-24	-
Vultures/Corpses	28	-	37	-
Sun Darkened/Moon Blood	29	24-25	-	25-26
Sign Of Son Coming With Clouds	30	26	-	27
Send Angels With Trumpet	31	27	-	-
Trumpet	31	-	-	-
Parable Of Fig Tree	32-33	28-29	-	29-31
Will Occur In This Generation	13:36; 24:34	30	-	32
Heaven & Earth Vs Jesus Words	35	31	-	33
No Man Knows Hour	36	32	-	-
Like Days Of Noah & Ark	37-39	-	26-27	-
Like Days Of Lot & Sodom	-	-	28-30	-
One Left-One Taken	40-41	-	34-36	-
Keep Alert	42	33	34-36	-
Like Thief	43-44	-	12:39-40	-
Like Master Returning To Slaves	45-51	34-37	12:41-48	-
The Ten Virgins	25:1-13	-	12:35-38	-
The Talents	25:14-30	-	19:11-27	-
Final Judgment	25:31-46	-	-	-

Steve Rudd

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