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Luke
Chapter
21
{Jesus'
Temple Discourse}
21:1~~He
{Jesus} looked up {anablepo}
and
saw the 'rich men' {plousios}
tossing
their gifts into the offering box {gazophulakion}.
{Note: Theses were ostentatious acts. They gave but under the motivation of being SEEN giving large amounts - sin of approbation lust.}
21:2~~But,
He also saw a poor widow
tossing
in two 'copper coins' {lepton - 2/10 of one cent}.
{Note: This time the amount of the offering is small, but her motivation must have been from a pure heart.}
21:3~~And,
He said,
"
'Point of doctrine'/'I tell you the truth' {alethes},
this
poor widow has tossed in
more
than all {of them}."
21:4~~For
they all . . . {contributed} out from
their
'abundant wealth' {perisseuo}
tossed
into the offerings belonging to God;
but,
in contrast, she out of her poverty {husterema}
tossed
in everything 'she had to live on'
{idiom: bios - life - literally 'all her living'}."
{The
Signs of the Coming of the 5th Cycle of Discipline for the Jews in 70AD}
21:5-6~~Now
while some were speaking about the temple,
how
it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings,
He
{Jesus} said, 6~~
"As
for these things that you are gazing at,
the
days will come
{prophecy of the 5th cycle of discipline in 70 AD}
when
not one stone will be left on another;
they
will be thrown down."
{Note: This prophecy would be fulfilled in about 40 years. The Romans would destroy the temple in 70AD.}
21:7~~So
they intensively interrogated {eperotao} Him {Jesus}
{Jews were proud of their buildings - the disciples are upset here},
"Master/Teacher
{didaskalos},
when
will these things happen,
and
what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"
21:8~~He
{Jesus} said,
"Watch
out {blepo}
that
you are not led astray {planao}.
For
many will come {erchomai}
in
My Name, saying,
'I
keep on being he!' and,
'The
time is near/approaching {eggizo}!'
Do not follow {poreuomai} them!"
21:9~~But
when you hear {akouo}
of
wars {polemos}
and
'unstable conditions' {akatastasia},
do
not be terrified {ptoeo}.
For
these things must take place first,
but,
in contrast {alla},
the
end absolutely will not come
immediately/'at
once'."
{Note: From 30 to 70AD there will be a great period of war and unstable conditions in the Jerusalem area.}
21:10~~Then
He said to them,
"'Gentile
Nations will rise up {in arms}
against
gentile nations {ethnos},
and
kingdom against kingdom {basileia}."
21:11~~"There
will be great earthquakes {seismos}
in
various places,
and
famines {limos}
and
plagues {loimos}
and
there will be 'terrifying sights' {phobetron}
and
great signs {semeion} from heaven
{includes the gift of languages on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem
when God the Holy Spirit indwelled the believers there}."
21:12~~"But
before all this
they
will 'seize violently' {epiballo} you
and
persecute {dioko} you,
handing/betraying
{paradidomi} you
over
to the synagogues and prisons.
You
will be brought before kings
and
rulers/governors {hegemon}
because
of My {Jesus'} Name."
21:13~~"
'This will be a time for you' {apobaino}
{idiom: literally 'it shall turn to you' - the result will be}
to
serve as witnesses {marturion}."
21:14~~"Therefore
'make up your mind/right lobe'
{idiom: tithemi literally 'Setting it in your heart'}
not
to rehearse ahead of time {promeletao}
how
to make your defense {apologeomai}."
21:15~~"For
I {Jesus}
will
give you 'the words'
{stoma - literally 'a mouth' means He will put the 'Words in their
mouths'}
along
with the wisdom {sophia}
that
all of your adversaries
will
absolutely not {ouk}
be
able to contradict/'speak against' {antepo}
or
withstand {anthistemi}."
21:16~~"But
you {His disciples}
will
be betrayed {paradidomi}
even
by parents,
brothers
{adelphos},
relatives
{suggenes},
and
friends {philos},
and
{some} of you
they
will put to death {thanatoo}."
{Note: In the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem, the 'survivors' resorted to murder and cannibalism even of their own relatives to survive.}
21:17~~"And,
you will keep on being hated {miseo}
by
all {people}
because
of My name."
{Jesus'
Promise to believers in the 70AD Destruction}
21:18~~"Yet
absolutely not {ouk}
a
hair of your head will perish {apollumi}."
21:19~~"By
your 'patient endurance' {hupomone}
{this is the Practice of the Faith Rest Technique}
you
will 'gain your lives'
{idiom: literally 'take to yourselves your souls'}.
{Note: This Luke 21 deals with the 70 AD siege of Jerusalem. The Matthew Chapter 24 passage is a millennial passage.}
{Note:
Matthew Chapter 24:3 First question is answered -
"When will the Stones of the Temple be torn down?"}
{Jesus
Prophecy of 70AD when the 5th Cycle of Discipline would hit Israel}
20~~"And
when you shall see Jerusalem
surrounded
{kukloo} with armies,
then
know {ginosko - knowledge is always the key}
that
the desolation {eremosis}
{5th cycle of discipline}
thereof
is near - in the past with the result
that
you are there {eggizo - perfect tense}."
21~~"Then
let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
and
let them who are in the middle of it get out.
And
let not them that are in the counties enter there into."
{Note: In 70 AD the city of Jerusalem was going to go down under the Roman Army. Jesus tells the inhabitants to flee out of the city to the mountains.}
22~~"For
these be the days of vengeance
{5th Cycle of discipline administered},
that
all things which are written may be fulfilled {pleroo}
{Leviticus 26:27 and following - 5th cycle of disciple was
prophesized and Joel Chapter 3}."
23~~"But
woe unto them who are with child,
and
to them who give suck, in those days!
{very difficult for a woman with small children to flee danger}
For
there shall be great distress in the land,
and
wrath upon this people."
24~~"And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword
{nearly 1.9 million Jews were killed in 70 AD},
and
shall be led away captive into all nations
{97,000 Jews were taken away}.
And
Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles,
until
the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled
{end of the 5th cycle of discipline and 2nd Advent of Christ}. "
21:25~~"And
there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars,
and
on the earth distress of nations
in
great anxiety at the roaring of the sea and the surging waves."
21:26~~"People
will 'be fainting'/
'have
instability of the soul' from fear
{lack of doctrine = lack of courage from doctrine = fear usually}
and
from the expectation of what is coming on the world;
for
the powers of the heavens will be shaken."
21:27``"Then
they will see {optanomai}
the
Son of Man {Jesus Christ in Hypostatic Union}
coming
in a cloud
with
power and great glory."
21:28``Now
when these things begin to happen,
stand
up and raise your heads,
because
your redemption/
'deliverance
by the paying of a random' {apolutrosis}
is
drawing near."
{Note: One of the results of Christ's work on the cross was the redemption of all believers from the slave market of sin. This refers not only to the physical deliverance of the remnant in the Tribulation from physical death, but also alludes to their salvation via the work of Christ on the cross.}
{The
Parable of the Fig Tree}
21:29~~Then
He told them a parable {parabole},
"Look
at the fig tree {suke}
and
all the trees."
21:30~~"When
they sprout {proballo} leaves,
you
see for yourselves
and
know
{ginosko - knowledge from doctrine is always the key}
that
the summer is now near."
21:31``"So
also you
{believers at the time these signs are seen - Tribulational
believers},
when
you see these things happening,
know
that the kingdom of God is near."
21:32``"'Point
of Doctrine/'I tell you the truth',
this
age/generation {genea}
{Jesus
said this in the Jewish Age - which would be interrupted by
the Church Age and then the Jewish Age would continue for 7 years
and then end - He is referring to the end of the age they were
then in}
will
not pass away
until
all these things have happened."
21:33~~"Heaven
and earth will pass away
{in Revelation we see the earth and universe (most likely the 2nd
heaven) will be destroyed in a nuclear event and He will re-create
the heaven and earth in Revelation 21:1},
but
My Words {logos} will never pass away
{the Word of God is alive and powerful sharper than any two-edged
sword - it will live and abide forever and ever - Amen}.
{Be
Ready!}
21:34~~"But
watch out for yourselves
so
that your hearts/'right lobes'
are
not weighed down {baruno}
with
dissipation/surfeiting/'lightheadedness' {kraipale}
and
drunkenness
and
the worries of this life
{bogged down with the details of life and neglecting doctrine},
and
that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap."
21:35~~"For
like a trap/snare
it
will overtake all who live
on
the face of the whole earth."
21:36~~"
Be alert at all times,
praying
that you may 'be judged worthy'/
to
escape
{only believers will because it - the righteousness of God -
was credited/imputed to their account}
all
these things that must happen,
and
to stand before the Son of Man."
21:37~~So
every day He {Jesus}
was
teaching in the temple courts,
but
at night He went and stayed {aulizomai }
on
the Mount called Olives {Mount of Olives}.
21:38~~And
all the people
came
to Him early in the morning
to
listen to Him in the temple courts.
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