What saith the Scripture Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

What is happening in the narrative of Matthew 23? Do we not see Jesus Christ pronouncing the knell of doom on the apostate Jewish ‘Church?’ Time after time, in this passage, our Lord pronounces woe upon the Scribes and Pharisees, the religious leaders of Israel in that day. In them the whole development of the Jewish apostasy reaches its culmination [verses.Matthew 23: 34,35]. Jesus also made it clear that this doom that he was threatening would not be long in coming. “I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation” [Matthew 23:36].  “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem” cried our heart—broken Savior “how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate” [Matthew 23:37,38]. Up to this time the Temple in Jerusalem was still acknowledged to be the house of God. That is why our Lord cleansed the Temple. But he had also denounced the fact that they had made ...

An Air of Expectancy By Terry Siverd We do not see how anyone could objectively read the New Testament documents without sensing it. It seems so pervasive, so prevalent - it truly permeates the entire New Testament canon. There is about it a kind of unbiquitous quality - it is everywhere: in the Gospels...in the book of Acts...in Paul's epistles...in the writings of Peter...in the letters of John, James and Jude...and in the letter to the Hebrews (should you think someone besides Paul might be the author).  What we're alluding to is an air of expectancy that hovers over the whole of our New Testament. Whether we call it an "expectation of nearness", "the imminency factor" or give it some other descriptive title, there can be no doubt as to its preponderance. It is there. The New Testament is filled to overflowing with references that depict a first-century church eager with anticipation of end-time events. Now, before you tune us out and turn us off b...

We looked last week at the time statements in the Bible as to the coming of the Lord. We saw that he said he would come -- while some that were standing there were still living; in that generation; soon; quickly; at hand; he said his coming was near. Everywhere that the Bible talks about the Lord's coming it gives us a time statement. The NT saints fully expected the Lord to return in their lifetime.  How could we possibly miss this? Yet the majority of believers today, some two thousand years later are still saying that the Lord will return soon. Can the same event be imminent at two different periods of time separated by two thousand years? Someone said to me that they felt that the Lord said he was coming soon because he wanted every generation to be watching for Him.  Think about that. What that means is that when he told the first century believers that he was coming back soon, he really didn't mean it, he was giving them false information to keep them looking for Him. Ca...