*[[Mat 23:35-36/WMTH-JM]]* 35. that all the innocent blood
shed upon earth may come on you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood
of Zechariah the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and
the altar. 36. I tell you in solemn truth that all these things will come upon
the present generation.
I have said in many of my posts that you can never
understand scripture when you divorce it
from its original audience. If you look carefully enough, you will see the
intended audience. But a simple thumb rule to help you is this, "The Bible
was not written to us, but for us".
A lot have been said about the Great Tribulation. There are those who are looking
forward to a future of horror and an anti-christ. But if you've been following
my posts, I say all these horrors are in our past because the book of revelation
was not written to us. So this series is intended to awaken a desire in you to
make you want to study your Bible for yourself and not to accept just anything
presented to you.
From our opening scripture, Jesus mentioned some key things
that should help us know the event, the audience and the timing.
1. He mentioned that there is going to be a time of
vengeance.
2. The vengeance is for those who have been killed by the
Jews (Abel and Zacharia and all the prophets in between)
3. Some of these people were killed between the temple and
the altar.
4. This vengeance is going to come on the "present
generation" (i.e. those Jesus was talking to at that time not us who are
living over 2000 years after Jesus).
Watch out for the next in this series. Shalom!!!
LIVE_LOVE_SHINE
Glory, a clear picture on who this was written to and for, very clear picture 🙏🏾 thank you.
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