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Do "Eating and drinking" and "Marrying and given in marriage" in Matthew 24:36-39 refer to evil end times or to normal times before the Second Coming?
Allow me to quote the passage concerned:
Matt 24 - 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah
entered the ark. 39 And ...
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Do "Eating and drinking" and "Marrying and given in marriage" in Matthew 24:36-39 refer to evil end times or to normal times before the Second Coming?
I will propose a different interpretation: Jesus is not saying there's anything wrong with eating or getting married; rather, He is pointing out that the ordinary activities of daily life--life as ...
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In the parable of the ten bridesmaids, why wouldn't those who had oil share with those who had none?
An important concept in biblical hermeneutics regarding parables is this: Do not make a parable say something it does not intend to say.
The central message of the parable in the beginning of Matthew ...
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Translation of "this generation will not pass away" in Matthew 24:34?
The short answer to this excellent question is: NO, it is not a good translation.
As a linguist who has worked in Bible translation for 40 years, I have had to study this phrase in detail many times.
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Did the 5 foolish virgins lose their salvation or were they never saved to begin with?
In answering this question, we MUST remember that it is a PARABLE!! It is not necessarily literally true but teaches an important spiritual lesson.
However, we observe several things about the ...
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How could there possibly be two "end of times" in the Scriptures, one in Ezekiel 7:6 and the other in Matthew 24:14?
The context is the key, which is explicitly listed for each text;
Ezekiel 7:6
Nebuchadnezzar conducted three sperate campaigns against Jerusalem:
The first in 605 BC when Daniel was taken captive ...
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Is Matthew 24:40 mistranslated in most English translations?
Let us examine the meanings of the pertinent words as nominated by the OP, according to BDAG.
παραλαμβάνω (paralambanó)
According to BDAG, this word has two basic meanings:
to take into close ...
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In Matthew 24:38
Just as "eating and drinking" are two parts of the one act of partaking of a meal, so "marrying and giving in marriage" are two parts of the one ceremony of marriage.
That is, to ...
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Can the elect in view in Matthew 24:24 be deceived or not?
A few things seem so solidly stated in scripture as to be safe to base an answer on.
(1) The text in question has "if possible", and there's no getting away from that.
(2) Other scripture ...
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By switching from "those days" to "that day," does Matthew 24:36 imply a transition into a separate topic?
This is rather uncomplicated: in Matt 24 "those days" refers to the time just prior to "that day". More specifically:
V29-22 describes "those days" of turbulation just ...
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Do the adjectives and vernacular of Jesus require the fulfilment of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:1-34) to be in the first century?
Yes, Jesus meant that generation in which He spoke the words. The disciples asked Him when that temple would be torn down (Matt. 24:3).
"`Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of ...
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Are the Clouds of Matthew 24:30 to be taken literally,or as a figurative Jewish idiom?
There are two approaches to this question about the literalness (or otherwise) of the "clouds" in Matt 24:30 -
The Passage itself
If "clouds" are taken metaphorically of God's ...
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THIS generation will not pass
Definition of Generation Confusion about "generation" comes from mixing two different Greek words. They are spelled similar. The one Greek word is defined as a "race" or ethnic ...
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In Matthew 25:8-9 what does the oil in the ten virgins parable represent?
Oil symbolises something without which it is impossible to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Moreover, this something is that which does not depend solely on the merit of God, for otherwise all virgins, i....
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In Matthew 25:8-9 what does the oil in the ten virgins parable represent?
In my opinion, one of the wonderful things about Jesus’ parables is that while they are immediately accessible, they can also yield new insights with each examination. Thus sometimes an element in a ...
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What is the Preterist view of the ‘Times of the Gentiles’?
The time of the gentiles were the years / times that God allowed them to trod down the city of Jerusalem for the time of its destruction. Time, times, and half a time; or 1260 days, or 42 months, or 3-...
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THIS generation will not pass
The pertinent word involved here (Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30, Luke 21:32) is αὕτη (haute) - the neuter form of the demonstrative pronoun, meaning a pointed "this" pointing to the then current ...
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Hermeneutics on "Not one stone left upon another"
Indeed, there are more places that use the phrase "stone upon another":
Matt 24:2 - And answering, He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, no not even a ...
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Hermeneutics on "Not one stone left upon another"
I believe the answer to this question is virtually the opposite of the suggestion made in the OP, i.e. in place of both prophecies being hyperbole, both are quite literal and focused on The Temple.
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In the parable of the 10 virgins (Matthew 25 vs 1 - 8), who is the groom coming to marry? In other words who is the bride?
Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took
their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. – Matthew 25:1 (NASB)
When we see the word, “Then,” we ask the question when? ...
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In Matthew 25:8-9 what does the oil in the ten virgins parable represent?
The foolish virgins did not have oil in their lamp. In Exodus 35:4-5,8 and Exodus 39, the Bible talks about the oil for lamp and spices for anointing oil, so two oils are discussed one for anointing ...
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In Matthew 25:8-9 what does the oil in the ten virgins parable represent?
First, the context. The parable of the 10 virgins is part of the "synoptic apocalypse" which consists of seven signs of Jesus' return (Matt 24:3-31) followed by seven warning parables as ...
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What does Jesus mean by "generation" when talking about the destruction of the temple and the end of the age?
The answer to the question of what “this generation” is referring to is, quite frankly, very simple. And many have made it, well, very complicated.
Everywhere Jesus uses the phrase “this generation,” ...
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What does Jesus mean by "generation" when talking about the destruction of the temple and the end of the age?
By saying 'this generation' Jesus was referring to his current generation. In Luke 21:31,32 the subject is the coming Kingdom of God. So Jesus is telling his followers that it is close to coming, and ...
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In Matthew 24:3 how should Συντέλεια be translated?
The Greek term used here (sunteleia [< sun + telos]) has a corresponding term in Latin language, e. g. conclusio (< cum + claudere). Both are formed by two elements, the first is a particle ...
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