The destruction of Jerusalem. 159 MTM. 23.“ and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build A. D. 33. "the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the 30❝ sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had "been in the days of our fathers, we would not "have been partakers with them in the blood 31" of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses "unto yourselves, that ye are the children of Acts 7. 32" them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up 1 Thess. 2. 66 66 2 51, 52. r Gen. 15. 33 then the measure of your fathers. Ye ser- 15. 66 66 t 16. & 7.58, 59. " and scribes and some of them ye shall kill Acts 5.40. "and crucify; and some of them shall ye & 22.19. scourge in your synagogues, and persecute 35" them from city to city: "that upon you may " Rev. 18. "come all the righteous blood shed upon the 24. 66 t 2 Cor.11. 24, 25. earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto Gen. 4. 8. "the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom 12 66 1 John 3. 3 ye slew between the temple and the altar. 2 Chron. 36" Verily I say unto you, All these things shall 24. 20, 21. 37" come upon this generation. this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and 32 Chron. "stonest them which are sent unto thee, how 66 66 a Z 24. 21. a 11, 12. “often would I have gathered thy children a Deut. 32. together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens 38" bunder her wings, and ye would not! Behold, Ps. 17. 8. 39" your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, "till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh Ps. 118. "in the name of the Lord." 2 offspring. C. 3 sanctuary. C. 26. A. D. 33. 12.9. 117. The poor widow's two mites. a Mk. 12. 41 AND Jesus sat over against the treasury, and a 2 Kings beheld how the people cast money into the treasury and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she 42 threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And 43 he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto 2 Cor. 8. them, "Verily I say unto you, That this poor "widow hath cast more in, than all they which "have cast into the treasury: for all they did 44 "cast in of their abundance; but she of her Deut. 24. want did cast in all that she had, even all "her living." 12. 6. 1 John 3. 17. b C Mk. 13. 1 118. Jesus foretelleth the destruction of the tem- 66 "down." And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over M*. 13. against the temple, Peter and James and John 3 and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when 4 shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, "Take 5 "heed lest any man deceive you for many M". 24. shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; 5 b " and shall deceive many: and the time draw- L. 21.8 The destruction of the temple. 161 L. 21.11 "dom: and great earthquakes shall be in divers A. D. 33. places, and famines, and pestilences; and fear 66 "ful sights and great signs shall there be from Mk.13.8" heaven. These are the beginnings of sorrows. 66 13" 15 M". 24. 10 Mk. 13. 12 13 66 66 66 66 66 h m k 2 L. 21. "But before all these, they shall lay their Rev.2.10. 12" hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, & Acts 4.3. "being brought before kings and rulers for & 5. 18. my name's sake. And it shall turn to you & 16. 24. 14" for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall 1 Pet. 2. answer: for I will give you a mouth and wis- 13, dom, which all your adversaries shall not be 28. able to gainsay nor resist and then shall 2 many i be offended. Now the brother shall 10. betray the brother to death, and the father 2 Tim. 1. "the son; and children shall rise up against "their parents, and shall cause them to be put "to death. And ye shall be hated of all men L. 21.18" for my name's sake. But there shall not an M". 24. "hair of your head perish. And 'many false 'Acts 20. 11" prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 12" And because iniquity shall abound, the 13“ of many shall wax cold. "endure unto the end, the 14" And this gospel of the kingdom shall be Rom. 10. preached in all the world for a witness unto 18. Col. 1. "all nations; and then shall the end come. 15" When ye therefore shall see the abomination "of desolation, spoken of by P Daniel the pro- P Dan. 9. phet, stand in the holy place, (whoso read-11. 16"eth, let him understand:) then let them which & Dan. 9. “be in Judæa flee into the mountains: let him 23, 25. "which is on the housetop not come down to 18" take any thing out of his house: neither let "him which is in the field return back to take L. 21.22" his clothes. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may Dan. 9. "be fulfilled. And woe unto them that are with 66 A. D. 33. child, and to them that give suck in those M. 24. days! But pray ye that your flight be not in 20 "the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 'for M*. 13. 26. & 12.1. « in those days shall be affliction, such as was 19 "not from the beginning of the creation which $ Dan. 9. Joel 2.2. t Dan. 9. 27.& 12.7. 9. Zech. "God created unto this time, neither shall be. "and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the t "Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be Ro. 11. 25. "fulfilled. And except those days should be MTM. 24. "shortened, there should no flesh be saved: 22 Is. 65. 8, but for the elect's sake those days shall be "shortened. Then if any man shall say unto 23 you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it * Deut. 13. not. For there shall arise false Christs, and 24 1.2 Thes." false prophets, and shall shew great signs and Rev. 13.13." wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, 14.2, 3. 2. 9, 10, 11. 66 y Rom. 8. 66 X y 28, 29, 30. they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I 25 2 Tim. 2. "have told you before. Wherefore if they shall 26 say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go 19. z Job 39. 30. 66 "not forth behold, he is in the secret cham"bers; believe it not. For as the lightning 27 "cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto "the west; so shall also the coming of the Son "of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, 28 "there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those 29 Is. 13.10." days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. And there shall be L. 21. upon the earth distress of nations, with per- 25 Acts 2.20." plexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's 26 Rev. 6. 12. "hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after "those things which are coming on the earth: "for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. b Ezek.32.7. 66 Joel 2.10, .. 31. & 3.15. Amos 5. 66 20. & 8. 9. c © Dan.7.13. “And then shall appear the sign of the Son MTM. 24. d a Zech. 12. "of man in heaven: and then shall all the 30 "tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall 66 see the Son of man coming in the clouds of 66 Christ's second coming. f 52. 163 M". 24. "heaven with power and great glory. And he A. D. 33. 31" shall send his angels with a great sound of a £1 Cor. 15. trumpet, and they shall gather together his Thess. 4. "elect from the four winds, from one end of 16. "heaven to the other. L. 21. 66 "And when these things begin to come to 28 pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; "for your redemption draweth nigh. M". 24. h i 8 Rom. 8. i 19, 23. 26. Is. 51. "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When 32" his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth 33" leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so like"wise ye, when ye shall see all these things, L. 21.31"know that the kingdom of God is near, even 1Jam. 5. 9. M. 24." at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This 34" generation shall not pass, till all these things 35" be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass Ps. 102. M*. 13." away, but my words shall not pass away. But 6. Jer. 31. 32" of that day and that hour knoweth no man, 35, 36. "no, not the angels which are in heaven, neiM". 24. "ther the Son, but the Father. But as the 37" days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of 38" the Son of man be. For as in the days that Gen. 6.3, "were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, "until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39" and knew not until the flood came, and took 66 k Heb. 1.11. k 4, 5. & 7.5. 1Pet.3.20. 1 Thes.5.6. "them all away; so shall also the coming of 40" the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the "field; the one shall be taken, and the other 41" left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; "the one shall be taken, and the other left. L. 21." And 'take heed to yourselves, lest at any 'Ro.13.13. 34" time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit- 1 Pet. 4.7. ing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, m 1 Thes. "and so that day come upon you unawares. 2 Pet.3.10. "For as a snare shall it come on all them Rev. 3. 3. "that dwell on the face of the whole earth. M". 24. "Watch therefore for ye know not what 5.2. 42, 43" hour your Lord doth come. " But know this, "that if the goodman of the house had known & 16. 15. |