Pattern in prophecy - Table of Contents

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My aim here is to highlight a pattern in prophecies that can be found in various passages in the Bible, and also historical events that can be related.

1. Matthew 24: fulfilled in the 1st century?

Materials:

Matthew 24 - Entire text for reading purposes (with context in Matthew 23):
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Matthew 24 - Parallel passages in Mark and Luke:
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Free 1st century historical sources to consider for Matthew 24 (Josephus, Tacitus...):
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Why consider historical accounts such as Josephus, etc.:
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1st century fulfillment?:

The parallel accounts and similar sayings to Matthew 24 in Mark and Luke will also be addressed if some details may be found in Mark and Luke that may not already appear in Matthew 24.

Matthew 24 & 1st century events in chronological order:
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Matthew 24:1-2 - Not a stone left on another (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:3 - When will these things be (1st century imminence?):
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Matthew 24:4-5 & Luke 21:8 - The time has drawn near (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:6 - Wars (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:6 & Mark 13:7 - The end... of what? (1st century understanding & imminence?):
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Matthew 24:7 - Famines and earthquakes (1st century biblical & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:8 - Birth-pains (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:9 - Affliction, killed, hated (1st century biblical & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:10 - Many will be caused to fall (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:11 - Many false prophets (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:12 - Love of the majority will grow cold (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:13 - Shall be saved? (1st century understanding & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:14 - Good-news proclaimed (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:15 - Abomination of desolation (1st century understanding & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:15 & Luke 21:20 - Jerusalem surrounded by armies (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:16 - Flee to the mountains (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:17-18 - The one in the field not turn back (1st century historical understanding?):
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Matthew 24:19 - Woe to the ones nursing (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:19 & Luke 21:23 - Wrath against this people (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:19 & Luke 21:24 - Taken captive (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:20 - Flight on a Sabbath (1st century historical understanding?):
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Matthew 24:21 - Great tribulation (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:22 - Days shortened (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:23-25 - False christs and false prophets (1st century biblical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:26 - In the wilderness (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:27 - Coming like the lightning (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:28 - Wherever the corpse may be (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:29 - Sun, moon, stars (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:30 - The sign of the Son of Man (1st century historical understanding & fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:30 - Tribes of the earth will mourn (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:30 - Coming on the clouds with angels (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:31 - Angels gather together His chosen ones (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:32-33 - Parable from the fig-tree (1st century biblical & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:34 - This generation will not pass away (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:35 - Heaven and earth will pass away (1st century imminence & fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:36 - No one knows about that day and hour (1st century understanding & imminence?):
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Matthew 24:36 & Mark 13:33 - When the time is (1st century imminence & historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:37-39 - Just as the days of Noah & the flood (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:37-39 & Luke 17:28-29 - Just as the days of Lot & Sodom it rained fire (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:40-42 - One is taken one is left (1st century historical understanding and imminence?):
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Matthew 24:43-44 - Coming like a thief (1st century historical fulfillment?):
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Matthew 24:45-51 - Faithful and wise slave (1st century imminence?):
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2. Similarities between Matthew 24 and other passages:

The parallel accounts and similar sayings in Mark and Luke to Matthew 24 will also be included in the column for Matthew 24 as some key details may be found in Mark and Luke that may not appear in Matthew 24.

Similarities between Matthew 24 and:

Daniel 9: Click here

Daniel 12: Click here

Matthew 3: Click here

Matthew 7: Click here

Matthew 10: Click here

Matthew 11: Click here

Matthew 12: Click here

Matthew 13: Click here

Matthew 16: Click here

Matthew 22: Click here

Matthew 23: Click here