Master’s Seminary Journal Volume 13

by Master's Seminary

Publisher:

Master’s Seminary

, 2002

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Master’s Seminary Journal, Volume 13.

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“The point of Matt 24:40–42 is not to teach the imminency of the rapture. These verses teach the division of humanity at the second coming of Christ to earth, with part of the world’s population being ‘taken’ into judgment. So, as described by Matthew, the person who is ‘taken’ is an unbeliever at the end of the tribulation who is ‘taken’ to be judged.” (Volume 13, Number 2, Page 187)

“Jesus is saying that no one has the faintest idea about when—in the broadest sense of the term ‘when’—the Son of Man will return. Here He indicates the complete unexpectedness of what will overtake the world at the time of His second advent.¹⁰ He changes the subject from the signs that indicate the nearness of His coming to establish the kingdom in 24:32–35 to speak of events which will have no signals to indicate that the advent is ‘at the door.” (Volume 13, Number 2, Page 194)

“J. Barton Payne. ‘If they represented the church in Matthew 26 on Thursday, no arbitrary exegesis can make them represent anything else in Matthew 24 on Tuesday.’¹¹ ‘No one doubts,’ writes Moo, ‘that the disciples in most contexts of the gospels stand for Christians of all ages—or else why do we take Jesus’ teaching as our own instruction? Only if the context clearly necessitates a restriction should any narrowing of the audience be suggested.’” (Volume 13, Number 2, Page 178)

“Posttribulationism attempts to find the church and the rapture in this passage of Scripture by insisting that the disciples must represent the church. But the correct interpretation of this passage is not settled by whom the disciples represent. It is settled by the disciples’ questions.” (Volume 13, Number 2, Page 189)

Product Details

• Title: Master’s Seminary Journal Volume 13
• Author: Master's Seminary
• Series: Master’s Seminary Journal
• Publisher: Master’s Seminary
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2009
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:gs_msj_13
• Resource Type: Journal
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