Jesus recalls the attention of His disciples to His own death. He reminds them that He must die as a sin-offering before He reigns as a king, that He must make atonement on the cross, before he takes the crown.Christ loves to honour those who honour Him. This prophecy of His about this woman is receiving a fulfilment every day

Jesus Christ shall Himself judge the world, when He comes in His glory. Let believers think of this, and take comfort. He that sits upon the throne in that great and dreadful day will be their Saviour, their Shepherd, their High Priest, their elder Brother, their Friend. When they see Him, they will have no cause to be alarmed. Let

All professing Christians have received something from God. We are all God's "servants." We have "talents" entrusted to us. Anything whereby we may glorify God is a talent. Our gifts, our influence, our money, our knowledge, our health, our strength, our time, our senses, our reason, our intellect, our memory, our affections, our privileges as members of Christ's Church, our

The second coming of Christ will find His Church a mixed body, containing evil as well as good. The Church is compared to ten virgins. Only five have oil in their lamps to feed the flame. The visible Church of Christ is in the same condition. All its members are baptised in the name of Christ, but not all really

The godly and the ungodly, at present, are all mingled together. In the church, in the city, at home, at work, at school, the children of God and the children of the world are all side by side. But it won’t always be like this. When Christ returns, there shall be a complete division. In a moment, in the twinkling

There is debate over whether these verses refer to the second advent of Christ or whether they refer to the judgement on Jerusalem. Whichever they refer to, there are some underlying things this prophecy tells us about our Lord Jesus Christ.First, when the Lord Jesus returns to this world, He shall come with glory and majesty. The second personal coming

In these verses Christ refers to the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans. That event takes place about forty years after these words. A full account of it is to be found in the writings of the historian Josephus. Those writings are the best comment on our Lord's words. They are a striking proof of the accuracy of all of

The disciples call Jesus’ attention to the buildings of the temple. To their surprise and amazement, He tells them that it is about to be destroyed. They come to Him and ask Him, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?'' - In these words we see

God often takes great pains with ungodly men. He sends the Jews repeated warnings. They can never say that they are not told when they do wrong. This is the way in which God generally deals with the unconverted. He does not cut them off without a call to repentance. He knocks at the door of their hearts by sicknesses

Standing in the midst of the temple, with a listening crowd around Him, Jesus publicly denounces the main errors of the Scribes and Pharisees in unsparing terms. Seven times He calls them "hypocrites." Twice He speaks of them as "blind guides" - twice as "fools and blind" - once to "serpents and a brood of vipers." This shows how utterly