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Near And Far Futures In Matthew 24
- Matthew 24 mixes near-term judgment on Jerusalem with a far-term end-of-age judgment.
- Recognize the text addresses both AD 70 events and an ultimate final judgment.
Apocalyptic Imagery Signals Judgment
- Apocalyptic images (sun darkened, stars falling) signaled divine judgment to first-century Jewish readers.
- Those images echo Isaiah, Ezekiel, Amos and indicate God's wrath, not necessarily modern literal catastrophe.
Wrath As Just Response To Evil
- God's wrath is not capricious but a just response to objective moral evil.
- The Bible portrays divine anger as righteous retribution against oppression and atrocity.