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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 24
Jesus foretells the doom of Jerusalem and the destruction of the
temple—Great calamities shall precede his Second Comming—He gives
the parable of the fig tree.
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A better translation is given in the Pearl of Great Price as Joseph
Smith's Matthew 24. See that side by side comparison and additional
commentary and scriptural references here. Also
included is the fact that the Savior's dissertation does not end at the end
of chapter 24 but continues with three parables of the kingdom in chapter 25.
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1 AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and
his disciples came to him for to ashew him the
buildings of the btemple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, aSee ye
not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here
one bstone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
TG
Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the
disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the asign of thy coming, and
of the end of the bworld?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed
that no man adeceive you.
5 For many shall come in my aname,
saying, I am bChrist; and shall cdeceive
many.
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
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Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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6 And ye shall hear of awars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not btroubled: for all
these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For anation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
bfamines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places.
8 All these are the beginning of
asorrows.
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
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Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and
shall akill you: and ye shall be bhated
of all nations cfor my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be aoffended,
and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many afalse prophets shall
rise, and shall deceive many.
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12 And because ainiquity shall
abound, the love of many shall wax bcold.
13 But he that shall aendure unto
the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this agospel of the
bkingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
unto all nations; and then shall the cend come.
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15 When ye therefore shall see the
aabomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the bholy place, (whoso readeth, let him
cunderstand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea
aflee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
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19 And awoe unto them that are with
child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great
atribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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22 And except those days should be shortened, there
should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those
adays shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here
is Christ, or there; abelieve it not.
24 For there shall arise afalse
bChrists, and cfalse prophets, and shall
shew great dsigns and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were possible, they shall edeceive the very
felect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
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26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he
is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the
asecret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the alightning cometh out of
the beast, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the
eagles be agathered together.
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29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those
adays shall the bsun be
cdarkened, 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 asign
of the Son of man in bheaven: and then shall all the tribes
of the earth cmourn, and they shall see the
dSon of man coming in the clouds of heaven with
epower and great fglory.
31 And he shall send his aangels
with a great sound of a btrumpet, and they shall gather
together his celect from the four winds, from one end of
dheaven to the other.
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Parable of the Fig Tree
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32 Now learn a parable of the afig
tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that
summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these
things, know that ait is near, even at the
bdoors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This
ageneration shall not pass, till all these
bthings be
cfulfilleda.
35 Heaven and earth shall apass
away, but my bwords shall not cpass
away.
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34a This generation shall not pass, till
all these things be fulfilled Now there are two points to consider
in respect to this statement. First Joseph Smith given great treatment to
this chapter in the inspired version and divides more precisely that which
would come upon Jerusalem and its destruction during that time as well as the
events of the last days and the Second Coming. Thus in terms of the 'current
generation' there would be those who would see the destructions of Jerusalem
in 70 A.D. But in terms of the events of the Second Coming, only John is
known to live until then. But there is a second consideration to ponder, and
that is the greater scope of who is of the 'generation of Christ'. In the
greater scope, those from the birth of Jesus on, who were of the first estate,
are in a greater sense spirits who are of his generation. All we who do
pertain unto this second estate, particularly who are of this earth are of
that same generation of spirit children of God. Thus in this sense, certainly
the Second Coming of Christ will be within the scope of this Second Estate of
those spirit children who are of 'his generation' and do claim him as their
elder brother and anointed God of this Second Estate. We all are of his
generation and 'this generation' of the second estate will not pass away
without seeing the full fulfillment of all the works of our Redeemer and
Savior, the Messiah, even Jesus Christ who is the same as Jehovah our elder
brother in the spirit, on from among us; and our Lord and God of this estate,
even our King and delivering way out of this estate and in to the eternities
of God.
completions
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36 ¶ But of that aday and
bhour knoweth no man, no, not the
cangels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of aNoe
were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the
aflood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
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42 ¶ aWatch therefore: for ye
know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house
had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and
would not have suffered his house to be abroken up.
44 Therefore be ye also aready: for
in such an bhour cas ye think not the Son
of man cometh.
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45 Who then is a afaithful and
bwise cservant, whom his lord hath made
ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that aservant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
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48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his
heart, My lord adelayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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