Revelation: Preface - Question 27 of 39

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Section 3C of Preface: The Second Coming of Christ

In addition to preparing the followers about where the souls of the dead go...they were also prepared as to the timing of Jesus' return.

In Matthew 24:1-2, Jesus tells his disciples that the temple in Jerusalem would be destroyed (Note:  The temple and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed about 40 years later by the Romans). 

Later on in Matthew 24:3, Jesus' disciples asked Jesus three questions:

  1. When will these things (the destruction of the temple) be.
  2. What will be the sign of Jesus' coming.
  3. What will be the sign of the end of the age.

"And as He (Jesus) was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" Matthew 24:3 (NAS)

In the chapter, Jesus answers their question about the sign of His second coming:

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38 "For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 "Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. 41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. 42 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 "For this reason you be ready too; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. 45 "Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47 "Truly I say to you, that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour which he does not know, 51 and shall cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; weeping shall be there and the gnashing of teeth." Matthew 24:36-51 (NAS)

Question:

According to Matthew 24:36 who knows when that day and hour will come?

Jesus Knows His Disciples Know Only God the Father


Other Translations - Matthew 24:36:

"No person knows when that day or time will be. The Son and the angels in heaven don't know when that day or time will be. Only the Father knows. (ERV)

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. (ASV)

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. (KJV)

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