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David Guzik commentary on Matthew 24, in which Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple , and what the disciples are to expect before His Second Coming.
Those who will not hear the messengers of peace, shall be made to hear the messengers of war. But where the heart is fixed, trusting in God, it is kept in peace, and is not afraid. It is against the mind of Christ, that his people should have troubled hearts, even in troublous times.
Verse 19. - Woe unto them that are with child! The Lord, while he counsels flight, has a word of compassion for those poor mothers who are forced to have recourse thereto. The circumstances mentioned would impede flight and greatly increase danger and distress.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom [in the Greek, this speaks of world wars and this is a sign]: there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places ( Matthew 24:7). These all constitute signs of His return, world wars. We've had two of them, beginning in 1914.
Matthew 24:14. This gospel of the kingdom — Namely, of the kingdom of God; shall be preached in all the world — Not universally; this is not yet done; but in general, through the several parts of the world, and not only in Judea.
What does Matthew 24:19 mean? Jesus has warned His disciples of a moment when Jerusalem and the temple will be destroyed. When the temple is desecrated by an abomination, Jesus has said, all in Jerusalem should run for their lives to the mountainous regions to hide.
They would have Christ look upon them, and be as much in love with them as they were; he would have them look upon them, and be as dead to them as he was. There is such a sight of these things as will do us good; so to see them as to see through them and see to the end of them.
