Learning Activity 83 – Check Answer Sheet

NOTE: As stated previously on this website the answers contained on this sheet are the answers the author of the web site thinks are his best answers. Those answers, if they do not agree with yours does not necessarily make your answers incorrect so consider both your responses and mine and since you have the spiritual Godhead living within you you will be able to determine which answer is the best for you to believe at this time in your Christian walk. Enjoy, and grow in your knowledge of our Lord!

1. The “end” being referred to was the end of the Old Covenant.

2. This statement is being made to the Lord’s disciples so it would logically be expected that the events would take place during the lifetime of at least some of the disciples.

3. Jesus stated that His second return would take place during the lifetime of at least some of His disciples.

4. The historical records of the Jewish historian Josephus state that during the period of time of 66 to 70 AD, the Roman Army attacked the City of Jerusalem leveling it to the ground taking into captivity 1.1 million Jews while massive numbers of others were put to death. See Learning Activity #32 for additional details. This event was the “…avenging…” upon the generation that Jesus was speaking to in this passage.

5. The end of the Old Covenant.

6. There are most likely multiple reasons why people today are trying to fulfill prophecies that were made back in the first century and which the Scriptures themselves tell us have already been fulfilled. Here are just a few that come to mind:

a. They are not aware that when Jesus came to Earth as Jesus of Nazareth, one part of His mission was to fulfill ALL prophecy.

b. They have never made the connection between the original “command” to the disciples and the large number of passages as have been quoted in the Learning Activity.

c. In their fellowship with other Christians their mind has been inundated with a “works program” of evangelism.

d. There are some Christian groups that actually believe that there is such a thing as a “last man” theory. This unbiblical belief professes that there are a certain number of people who need to come to the Lord in belief and then Jesus is going to come back to Earth physically. I see NO biblical basis for this understanding!

e. There is a prevalent motivation in believer mankind to do something to please God thus they try to help Him to achieve evangelistic goals. It is my understanding that New Covenant believers please God ONLY by having Christ living within them – that is what counts in New Covenant Christianity – not good works!

I realize this could be a very extensive list of possible reasons, but I think the above gives a representative cross section of what the list might consist of.

7. The completion of all the things that Jesus spoke about passed away by AD 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem and Christ’s spiritual return to set up His spiritual kingdom on Earth.

8. AD 70.

9. Some Christians are still waiting today for the kingdom to come because they believe that Christ must come back physically when He actually came back spiritually. Jesus was being honest in His statement and it was fulfilled. A reason for them praying “thy kingdom come” is because they are not rightly dividing the word of God. The Lord’s prayer was an Old Covenant practice that existed during the transition time between the two covenants when they both coexisted for a period of about forty years. See Learning Activity 65A for additional information on the Lord’s Prayer.

10. AD 70.

11. Joseph of Arimathea was relatively high up in the Old Covenant hierarchy and would have been exposed to a large amount of training and education in the Jewish religion and the scrolls that existed at that time. He had a spiritual awareness of the expectation of a coming appearance of a Messiah and that it was an event that was imminent to his lifetime. That is why he was looking for the coming of the kingdom.

12. AD 70.

13. This answer is quite similar to Item #6 above.

14. Yes it is reasonable that the wrath spoken of would come upon those to whom He was speaking. Why would the inspired word of God make a statement to a particular group of people telling them that something would happen to them when it did not actually apply to them?

15. John the Baptist was speaking of the tribulation and destruction that was soon to come upon the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants.

16. AD 66-70 AD.

17. Jesus was obviously speaking about the change that was beginning to come into being of the New Covenant replacing the Old Covenant.

18. The Luke 9:27 indicates that the kingdom would come during the lifetime of the disciples of Jesus.

19. The verse specifically uses the pronoun “you” which is a reference to the disciples of Jesus. It makes no sense at all to tell them they should be ready if it was going to take place some 2,000 years plus into the future!

20. Jesus had been with His disciples for a period of time that was adequate for Him to be able to teach them about what was going on in the spiritual realm and the world of prophecy. So when He made that statement He was in effect saying that they were not in tune with what was happening insofar as the coming destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple, the Jewish system of religion (the Old Covenant) and the kingdom which was now close at hand!

21. Up until this time Israel was the chosen nation of God through which God was to use Israel to bring salvation to the world. Jesus, by this statement is saying that that special use of Israel was about to come to a close and that the gospel would now be taken to the Gentiles and the entire world because of Israels failure.

22. To begin with, Jesus was referring to John the Baptist and He said that the law ended with him. That would mean that the law was at the point of extinction as Jesus and John were contemporaries to each other. The heaven and earth Jesus referred to was not the physical heaven and earth but was a reference to the Old Covenant religious set up of the Jewish religion which included the Temple, priesthood, sacrifices, rituals and laws of that era of time which He is saying could be easier to pass away than it would be for the law to be void. When you study these statements it becomes obvious He was saying that since the law had passed away with John, so it was for the Jewish Old Covenant way of life that was in the process of disappearing from reality and which would soon end in 70 AD when the last vestiges of that religious system (the city of Jerusalem and the Temple itself) would be reduced to history!

23. A very perceptive statement by Jesus. Jesus Himself represented the coming kingdom and the Pharisees did not recognize Him as the anticipated coming Messiah, even though He was right there in their midst! Insofar as them not seeing the kingdom, that was because the Jews were looking for an earthly physical king in their Messiah who would set up a physical kingdom, but there is no way they would see that happen because Christ’s kingdom was and is today a spiritual kingdom that cannot be seen or validated by use of the five physical senses.

24. Those living in the physical city of Jerusalem at that time were under terrible oppresion by the ruling Romans. It was a situation for both believers and non believers alike. There was also in-fighting taking place within the city by different factions. The Jewish people were crying out for the Messiah to come and set up His kingdom and bring an end to all of this turmoil. The passage goes on to say that He will not delay long over their condition and also that He would vindicate them “speedily,” which indicates that the answer to their prayers was shortly in the future!

25. Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem because He knew the devastation that was about to take place to the city, the Temple, and the non-believing people.

26. Jesus was referring to the Roman attack on the city that was to take place just a few years later in time.

27. When Jesus referred to “you did not know the time of your visitation” I believe He was making reference to the fact that He had come to Earth physically to show God’s love to the people as their expected Messiah and yet, for the most part, He was rejected.

28. In Chapter 20 verse 45, it is stated that Jesus was speaking to the people who were gathered around Him and specifically to the disciples. This does not absolutely answer the question because there is an apparent change in the scene as we go into Chapter 21. The absolute point here is the pronoun “you” being used throughout the passage which is used to address those standing before Him as He is speaking these things and those statements that followed. This is known as “audience relevancy” in Bible circles and its meaning is that the words He spoke are directly applicable to the people who heard His communication. In this particular case it would border on absurdity to think Jesus was giving a message to people that were 2,000 or more years into the future!

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The use of ye, you, and them in the above passage was spoken to a

specific audience. The passage was spoken for us but not to us!

29. Heaven and Earth is referring to the Old Covenant and its Law, ceremonies, and physical trappings that were all a part of the Jewish religious way of life. All those things did pass away in AD 70 and were replaced by the New Covenant.

30. Satan was judged and defeated at the Cross and was cast into the Lake of Fire in AD 70 when Christ returned.

31. Paul was aware of the catastrophic happenings and judgment that was about to take place which included the believers having to flee Jerusalem and take up residence in Pella and its environs. The times ahead would be filled with much turmoil and Paul was issuing a warning in saying what he said.

32. The distress Paul spoke of was the invasion by the Roman Army, the slaughtering of huge numbers of Jerusalem citizens, the burning and pillage of the city, and the Temple. We obtain these historical facts from the history written by Josephus the Jewish historian.

33. These events took place in AD 70 at the Parousia, return presence, of Christ spiritually.

34. In AD 70.

35. In AD 70.

36. All references to the Day of the Lord in the New Testament refers to the AD 67-70 attack on Jerusalem by Rome. See Learning Activity #37.

37. Paul received his crown of righteousness in AD 70 when Christ came back to Earth spiritually and performed the General Judgment.

38. The award of various “crowns” was associated with Old Covenant believers and those who believed during the transition period of the two covenants. Crowns are not associated with New Covenant believers.

39. Christ “appeared” in AD 70.

40. When Peter wrote that the end of all things was at hand he was referring to the complete passing away of the Old Covenant and everything physical that was associated with it. That was followed by the New Covenant where everything referred to is spiritual in nature.

41. AD 70.

42. AD 70.

43. Some people are still waiting for an antichrist to appear because they are theologically stuck in a physical understanding. This belief is caused by a lack of Bible knowledge.

44. AD 70.

45. This answer is the same as #43 above.

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