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Intermediate Sunday School : Lesson 147

Text: Matthew 24:1-3
18 May 2025

INTERMEDIATE SUNDAY SCHOOL 23 FEBRUARY 2025
STUDIES IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

Text: Matthew 24

1Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
3 Now as He sat 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 24:1-3

THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

1. The first Temple was erected by King Solomon

2. It lasted from the 10th- 6th century BC

3. Words of warning were given to Solomon when the Temple was dedicated

6 But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
7 then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
8 And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this calamity on them.’ ”

1 Kings 9:6-9

a) The Lord warned against
i) Idolatry
ii) Departure from their faith
b) God would forsake the Temple
c) He would act against those who corrupted their religion

3. The Second Temple

a) This was supported by King Cyrus Isaiah 45
b) It was refurnished and expanded by king Herod
c) It was a magnificent Temple in the days of the Lord Jesus

THE DISCIPLES OF THE LORD JESUS

1. They admired the 2nd Temple

2. They wanted the Lord Jesus to enjoy looking at the Temple buildings

3. They were so caught up with the beauty of the 2nd Temple

4.They had failed to appreciate why the Lord had to cleanse the Temple after He wrote on the colt of a donkey (Matthew 21)

THE RESPONSE OF THE LORD JESUS

1. He gave strong words of warning to His disciples

2. He declared that the Temple would be razed to the ground

3. No stone would be left unturned

4. This was a prophetic warning not to be taken lightly

5. God sees things differently

a) He sees things deeply
b) He will judge with wisdom
c) He will recompense accordingly

THE DISCIPLES

1. They were alarmed at the word of the Lord Jesus

2. They sobered up

3. They knew that the Lord would never make spurious statements

4. They asked three important questions:

a) “Tell us, when will these things be?
b) And what will be the sign of Your coming
c) And of the end of the age?”