| Matthew 24 | Luke 17 |
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SECTION ONE Verses 1-35 1. Matthew 24:17-18 (NKJV)Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 "And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. |
2. Luke 17:23-24 (NKJV)
"And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them. 24 "For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. |
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2. Matthew 24:26-27 (NKJV)
"Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it. 27 "For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
4. Luke 17:26-27 (NKJV)
"And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 "They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. |
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3. Matthew 24:28 (NKJV)
"For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together. |
1. Luke 17:31 (NKJV)
"In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. |
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SECTION TWO Verses 36-51 4. Matthew 24:37-39 (NKJV)"But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 "For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 "and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
5. Luke 17:35-36 (NKJV)
"Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. 36 "Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left." |
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5. Matthew 24:40-41 (NKJV)
"Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. |
3. Luke 17:37 (NKJV)
And they answered and said to Him, "Where, Lord?" So He said to them, "Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together." |
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Those who attempt to divide Matthew 24 say that SECTION ONE refers to the events of AD 70. But they say SECTION TWO refers to events yet future to us. If the five prophetic events of Matthew 24 that are found in Luke 17 are numbered 1-2-3-4-5, Luke's numbering of the same events would be 2-4-1-5-3. Luke has an event from section 1 followed by one from section 2, then another from section 1 followed by section 2, and finally one from section 1. This shows the impossibility of dividing Matthew 24 with a 2,000 year gap. |
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