Consider:
Matthew 24:
29 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:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
What tribulation? What days?
(defined in Matthew 24:21-22)
What does the Bible tell us?
It tells us that a certain "collection of occurances" - described in verse 29 - "come to pass" - "immediately after" - the tribulation.
The words "And then" at the beginning of verse 30 tell us that what follows (in the verse) will occur after the "collection of occurances" from verse 29.
So then, we can establish with certainty the correct order of these three things:
1a - tribulation of those days
1b - [ends] (based on context)
2a - collection of occurances
2b - [ends] (based on context)
3a - events of verse 30
2b - (followed by)
3c - events of verse 31
To be continued...
Matthew 24:
29 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:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
What tribulation? What days?
(defined in Matthew 24:21-22)
What does the Bible tell us?
It tells us that a certain "collection of occurances" - described in verse 29 - "come to pass" - "immediately after" - the tribulation.
The words "And then" at the beginning of verse 30 tell us that what follows (in the verse) will occur after the "collection of occurances" from verse 29.
So then, we can establish with certainty the correct order of these three things:
1a - tribulation of those days
1b - [ends] (based on context)
2a - collection of occurances
2b - [ends] (based on context)
3a - events of verse 30
2b - (followed by)
3c - events of verse 31
To be continued...
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