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Covenant
Eschatology
Introduction to Covenant Eschatology
The Generation Promise Time Statements
- The Generation Objection
Salvation a Reality
The Olivet Fulfillment
Timeline of Events
The Gospel Preached
Other Signs
- Interpreting Scripture
- Sun, Moon & Stars
- Heaven & Earth
- Did the Law Pass Away?
- The Tribulation
- Armageddon
- Antichrists
- The Last Days
The Generation Promise
**Matthew 24:34, "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass
away until all these things take place.”
“Truly I say to you, the generation that sees these things take
place will not pass away until all these things take place.”
This interpretation:
- is needlessly redundant
- adds things to the Word of God which are not there
The Generation Promise
Related Passage:
Matthew 16:28, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who
are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of
Man coming in His kingdom.”
Acts 16:26 - “Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and
everyone's chains were loosed.”
Tacitus, The Annals, 12:43
“Several prodigies occurred in that year. Birds of evil omen perched on the
Capitol; houses were thrown down by frequent shocks of earthquake, and as the
panic spread, all the weak were trodden down in the hurry and confusion of the
crowd.”
Tacitus, The Annals, 12:58
“Apamea, too, which had been shaken by an earthquake, had its tribute remitted
for five years.”
Tacitus, The Annals, 14:27
“One of the famous cities of Asia, Laodicea, was that same year overthrown by
an earthquake.”
The Olivet Fulfillment
Verse 7 (con’t):
Seneca, Epistulae Morales (65AD)
“How often have cities in Asia, how often in Achaia, been laid low by a single
shock of earthquake! How many towns in Syria, how many in Macedonia, have
been swallowed up! How often has this kind of devastation laid Cyprus in
ruins! How often has Paphos collapsed! Not infrequently are tidings brought to
us of the utter destruction of entire cities.”
History also records earthquakes arising in Rome, Apamea, Hieropolis, and
Colossae between 60-67AD.
Commentary on Philostratos, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana IV.34
“The earthquake mentioned by Philostratus as affecting the site of Lebena in his
account of the life of Apollonius of Tyana has been variously dated within the
course of the I cent. A.D. In recent times the most popular hypotheses set the
the available sources, that the visit of Apollonius to the Asclepieion of Lebena,
and the subsequent earthquake, are to be dated to 66 A.D.”
The Olivet Fulfillment
Verse 10: “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and
hate one another.”
Josephus – The Wars of the Jews – Book 6: Chapter 3: Section 3
”Now of those that perished by famine in the city, the number was prodigious,
and the miseries they underwent were unspeakable ; for if so much as the
shadow of any kind of food did anywhere appear, a war was commenced
presently; and the dearest friends fell a-fighting one with another about it,
snatching from each other the most miserable supports of life.”
Verse 11: “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.”
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see
whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the
world.
Josephus – The Wars of the Jews – Book 6: Chapter 5: Section 2
”A false prophet was the occasion of these people's destruction, who had made a
public proclamation in the city that very day, that God commanded them to get
upon the temple, and that there they should receive miraculous signs of their
deliverance.”
The Olivet Fulfillment
Verse 14: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a
testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
Romans 16:25-26 - “Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my
gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested,
and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the
eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of
faith;.”
Verse 15: “Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation which was
spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place let the reader
understand).”
Josephus – The Wars of the Jews – Book 6: Chapter 6: Section 1
“And now the Romans, upon the flight of the seditious into the city, and upon
the burning of the holy house itself, and of all the buildings round about it,
brought their ensigns to the temple and set them over against its eastern gate;
and there did they offer sacrifices to them, and there did they make Titus
imperator with the greatest acclamations of joy.”
The Olivet Fulfillment
Verse 15: (cont)
**Isaiah 13:1-17, “The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of
Amoz saw.. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The Lord of
hosts musters the army for battle. Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It
will come as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will be limp,
every man's heart will melt, and they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will
take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; they will be
amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames. Behold, the day of the
LORD comes, cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate;
and He will destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their
constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened in its
going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. I will punish
the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance
of the proud, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Behold, I will stir
up the Medes against them.”
Other Signs
SUN, MOON & STARS
Much like the celestial bodies, heaven and earth were also
used symbolically to describe a government-ship.
**Deuteronomy 29:19, 31:24-28, “These are the words of the covenant which
the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,
besides the covenant which He had made with them at Horeb. And Moses
summoned all Israel and said to them…
It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this law in a book
until they were complete that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, saying, ‘Take this book of the law and place it
beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may remain there as
a witness against you. For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness;
behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against
the Lord; how much more, then, after my death? Assemble to me all the elders of
your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and
call the heavens and the earth to witness against them’.”
Other Signs
HEAVEN & EARTH
The term heavens and earth represent more than just their
physical manifestations.
Next, let’s take some time to discuss some of the other signs
associated with Jesus’s return.
Other Signs
THE TRIBULATION
**1 John 2:17-19, “The world is passing away, and also its lusts;
but the one who does the will of God lives forever. Children, it is
the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even
now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is
the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of
us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us;
but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not
of us.”
1 John 2:22 ("He is antichrist who denies...")
1 John 4:3 ("this is the spirit of the antichrist...")
2 John 1:7 ("a deceiver and an antichrist.")
Conclusion: Antichrist/s was a 1st century movement.
Other Signs
THE LAST DAYS
**Acts 2:14-16, “But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice
and declared to them: ‘Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this
be known to you and give heed to my words. For these men are not drunk, as
you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; but this is what was spoken
of through the prophet Joel’.”
**Joel 2:28-32, “It will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on
all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will
dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female
servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. I will display wonders in the
sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned
into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and awesome day of the
Lord comes. And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
will be delivered.”
Conclusion: The disciples were living in the last days.
Other Signs
TIME STATEMENTS
Salvation Completed
Salvation can be a complicated word to interpret and
understand, but for the sake of our discussion we will use it’s
most commonly used definition - “eternal life”.