POINTS TO PONDER - Pastor Finley Hunter

The Prophetic Questions

 When the Lord Jesus, on the Mount of Olives, answered the threefold prophetic question by His disciples in Matthew 24:3, some of the answers will involve the future 144,000.

 Matthew  24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

 The questions were: ]

 1. "When shall these things be?"

 2. "What shall be the sign of Thy coming?"

 3. "And of the end of the age"

 Certain phrases both in the narrative and in the prophecy itself pinpoint the time of fulfillment, e.g.:

 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (24:21).

 And, "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken" (24:29).

 This passage or its salient features appear in no less than seven Old Testament prophecies and identifys it with the Day of the LORD, i.e., the actual Second Coming of Christ (Joel 2:10,30,31).

 Since the Twelve Apostles have passed away, and Christ has not yet returned, it is the future 144,000 (i.e., 12,000 X 12) apostles or evangelists that will complete the great commission, preaching the "Gospel of the Kingdom" (24:14).

 Using Matthew 24:14 as a cross reference, the reader will be rewarded to notice Matthew 10:22:

 "And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. "
 Then, observe well verse 23:

 "But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye to another: for verily, I say unto you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of Man be come. "

 There is no doubt about this verse referring to the actual Second Coming of Christ. Therefore, it is the 144,000 Jewish Apostles about whom these verses are speaking (Revelation chapters 7 and 14).

 The Scofield Bible notes on this passage, "The scope of verses 16-23 reaches beyond the personal ministry of the twelve .....verse 23 has in view the preaching of the remnant ... in the tribulation.....    and immediately preceding the return of Christ in glory.

 The student must rightly divide the dispensations, the messages and the messengers to understand the passages cited.

 So ... in the Dispensation of the Tribulation (not the Apostolic Age), the 144,000 (not the 12 disciples) preach the Gospel of the Kingdom (not the Gospel of the Grace of God), just before the Second Coming of Christ (not the Rapture of the Church).

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