PREACHING MATTHEW'S GOSPEL
We have chosen to discuss two texts together in one chapter. We set the context for the relationship of these texts to each other in Chapter 34. In Matthew 24:3 the disciples asked Jesus about the signs and the when of his coming at the end of the age. The material in 24:4-35 is primarily directed to the question of the sign. Jesus begins to answer the when question in 24:36. As we noted in the previous chapter, Jesus proceeds to tell five stories in answer to the question: when? We discussed Jesus' first story in Chapter 34.