The Prophecy of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24 & 25 by Benjamin Wills Newton.
The importance of the prophecy of Matthew xxiv. and xxv. to all the students of prophecy is generally confessed. Lines from every part of the prophetic oracles centre here. The present series of tracts is intended to examine and expound this prophecy more minutely than has yet been done. And first it is assumed, that the prophecy does not, in its main scope, refer to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.
This is shown by the considerations, (1) that no miracles were wrought by the false Christs then ; (2) that if the Roman eagles be the abomination of desolation, they did not stand in the Holy place when opportunity for flight was given ; and when they did stand in the temple, flight was impossible. (3) It is evident too, that the Roman invasion did not require the headlong speed of flight urged by the Saviour; (4) nor was the whole world involved in the tribulation; (5) nor were the sun and moon darkened ; (6) nor did the Savior appear. Other proofs might be given, but these, and (7) its parallelism with the Revelation, which was written after the destruction of Jerusalem, will suffice.
