Matthew

Stay Prepared…we do not know the exact time when Jesus will come again! The signs are pointing to soon…very soon.

The Book of Matthew

One way to organize the Gospel of Matthew is by the five major blocks of Jesus’ teaching. Each block ends with a phrase noting what happened when Jesus was finished speaking. These five blocks are: the Sermon on the Mount (5:1–7:29); the missionary discourse (9:35–10:42); Jesus’ parables (13:1–52); Jesus’ teaching on discipleship (ch. 18); and Jesus’ teaching about His return and the day of judgment (23:1–25:46). This five-part division could serve as an echo of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament). Matthew is presenting Jesus as a new Moses. Like Moses, Jesus is leading God’s people in an exodus—this new exodus involves breaking the bonds of sin. And just as Moses delivered God’s law, Jesus fulfills it (5:17–20).

Another way to organize Matthew’s Gospel is to structure it around significant turning points in Jesus’ ministry. These turning points are marked by a transition in the aspect or location of Jesus’ ministry (4:17; 16:21). The first section describes the time before Jesus’ public ministry, including His family history and early childhood, His baptism, and His temptation by the devil (1:1–4:16). The second section, which details Jesus’ public ministry in Galilee, particularly focuses on His miracles, teachings, and conflicts with religious leaders (4:17–16:20). The last section tells of the rejection and suffering of Jesus in Jerusalem and concludes with His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension (16:21–28:20

Matthew 24:36–44 (NKJV)

³⁶ “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. ³⁷ 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. ⁴⁰ 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. ⁴² Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.