1. 1 MATTHEW 13:THE END OF THE AGE "The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” "The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

2. 2 MATTHEW 13:37-40 AND THE PAROUSIA COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (V. 39F) COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (V. 39F) WITH THE ANGELS WITH THE ANGELS TIME OF THE GATHERING / HARVEST TIME OF THE GATHERING / HARVEST END OF THE AGE (SUNTELIEA TON AIONIOS) END OF THE AGE (SUNTELIEA TON AIONIOS)

3. 3 AGREEMENT: DISAGREEMENT VIRTUALLY ALL AGREE THAT MATTHEW 13 SPEAKS OF THE “FINAL” COMING OF CHRIST– IT IS NOT A VIRTUALLY ALL AGREE THAT MATTHEW 13 SPEAKS OF THE “FINAL” COMING OF CHRIST– IT IS NOT A SHADOW / TYPE IT SPEAKS OF THE “FINAL END OF THE AGE” IT SPEAKS OF THE “FINAL END OF THE AGE” IT SPEAKS OF THE RESURRECTION. IT SPEAKS OF THE RESURRECTION. QUESTION IS WHEN IT WAS/WILL BE FULFILLED AND THE NATURE OF ITS FULFILLMENT QUESTION IS WHEN IT WAS/WILL BE FULFILLED AND THE NATURE OF ITS FULFILLMENT

4. 4 MY TASK IT IS MY POSITION THAT MATTHEW 13 PREDICTED THE END OF THE OLD COVENANT AGE OF ISRAEL IN A.D. 70, DESCRIBED IN TYPICAL APOCALYPTIC, PROPHETIC LANGUAGE. IT IS MY POSITION THAT MATTHEW 13 PREDICTED THE END OF THE OLD COVENANT AGE OF ISRAEL IN A.D. 70, DESCRIBED IN TYPICAL APOCALYPTIC, PROPHETIC LANGUAGE. IF I CAN PROVE THAT MATTHEW 13 BELONGS TO A.D. 70 AND THE END OF THE OLD COVENANT AGE OF ISRAEL, ALL FUTURIST VIEWS OF ESCHATOLOGY WILL BE FALSIFIED. IF I CAN PROVE THAT MATTHEW 13 BELONGS TO A.D. 70 AND THE END OF THE OLD COVENANT AGE OF ISRAEL, ALL FUTURIST VIEWS OF ESCHATOLOGY WILL BE FALSIFIED. I TURN TO THAT TASK! I TURN TO THAT TASK!

5. 5 THE END OF THE AGE HARVEST (THE RESURRECTION), IS AT THE END OF “THIS AGE” (MT. 13: 39-40) HARVEST (THE RESURRECTION), IS AT THE END OF “THIS AGE” (MT. 13: 39-40) IN WHAT AGE WAS JESUS LIVING? IN WHAT AGE WAS JESUS LIVING? GALATIANS 4:4– BORN UNDER THE LAW GALATIANS 4:4– BORN UNDER THE LAW HEBREWS 9:26- AT THE END OF WHAT AGE DID JESUS APPEAR? JESUS WAS LIVING IN THE MOSAIC AGE!! JESUS WAS LIVING IN THE MOSAIC AGE!!

6. 6ARGUMENT JESUS SAID THAT THE RESURRECTION, (AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM), WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE AGE IN WHICH HE WAS LIVING (MT. 13:39-40) JESUS SAID THAT THE RESURRECTION, (AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM), WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE AGE IN WHICH HE WAS LIVING (MT. 13:39-40) JESUS WAS LIVING IN THE MOSAIC AGE WHEN HE SAID THAT HARVEST WOULD BE AT THE END OF “THIS AGE.” JESUS WAS LIVING IN THE MOSAIC AGE WHEN HE SAID THAT HARVEST WOULD BE AT THE END OF “THIS AGE.” THEREFORE, THE RESURRECTION, AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM, WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE MOSAIC AGE. THEREFORE, THE RESURRECTION, AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM, WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE MOSAIC AGE.

7. 7 THE END OF THE AGE? FUTURISTS AFFIRM THE END OF THE CURRENT CHRISTIAN AGE BIBLE: CHRISTIAN AGE HAS NO END! ISAIAH 9:6F– OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT – ISAIAH 9:6F– OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT – NO END! DANIEL 7:13F- NEVER DESTROYED EPH. 3:20-21- AGE WITHOUT END! END?? HOW CAN THE ENDLESS AGE- END??

8. 8 Understanding Jesus on “This Age.” It is critical to understand what the Jews and Jesus believed about “this age” and “the age to come.” It is critical to understand what the Jews and Jesus believed about “this age” and “the age to come.” Jews believed in only two ages: “this age” and “the age to come.” (Shurer, Reiser, Mishnah). Jews believed in only two ages: “this age” and “the age to come.” (Shurer, Reiser, Mishnah). “This age” was age of Torah, Temple. “The age to come” is the age of Messiah and New Covenant– the kingdom. “This age” was age of Torah, Temple. “The age to come” is the age of Messiah and New Covenant– the kingdom. This age– of Torah and Temple– was to end (cf. Mat. 24:2-3)– Age of Messiah and New Covenant would never end (cf. Mat. 24:35)! This age– of Torah and Temple– was to end (cf. Mat. 24:2-3)– Age of Messiah and New Covenant would never end (cf. Mat. 24:35)!

9. 9 This Age: Application In Matthew 13 Jesus was predicting the “end of the age.” In Matthew 13 Jesus was predicting the “end of the age.” But, if the Jews believed that it was the age of Torah and Temple that was to end, but, that the age of Messiah and the New Covenant kingdom would never end… But, if the Jews believed that it was the age of Torah and Temple that was to end, but, that the age of Messiah and the New Covenant kingdom would never end… Then it simply cannot be true that in Matthew 13, Jesus was predicting his coming at the end of the endless New Covenant age! Then it simply cannot be true that in Matthew 13, Jesus was predicting his coming at the end of the endless New Covenant age! He was predicting the end of the temporary age– the age of Torah and Temple! He was predicting the end of the temporary age– the age of Torah and Temple!

10. 10 THE PROPHETIC BACKGROUND OF MATTHEW 13 “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. 4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. 5 ¶ Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, ‘How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?’ 7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.” “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. 4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. 5 ¶ Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, ‘How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?’ 7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.”

11. 11 MATTHEW 13 / DANIEL 12 JESUS SAID THE END OF THE AGE WOULD BE WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD SHINE AS THE SUN (MT. 13:43). JESUS SAID THE END OF THE AGE WOULD BE WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD SHINE AS THE SUN (MT. 13:43). MATTHEW 13:43 IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF DANIEL 12:3, AND THE PREDICTION OF THE END OF THE AGE. MATTHEW 13:43 IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF DANIEL 12:3, AND THE PREDICTION OF THE END OF THE AGE. THEREFORE, THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD SHINE AS THE SUN AT THE END OF THE AGE PROPHESIED BY DANIEL 12. THEREFORE, THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD SHINE AS THE SUN AT THE END OF THE AGE PROPHESIED BY DANIEL 12.

12. 12 ARGUMENT THE END OF THE AGE OF MATTHEW 13- RESURRECTION-WOULD BE WHEN DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED. (MT. 13:43/ DN. 12:3) THE END OF THE AGE OF MATTHEW 13- RESURRECTION-WOULD BE WHEN DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED. (MT. 13:43/ DN. 12:3) BUT DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN O.T. ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED (DN. 12:7) BUT DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN O.T. ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED (DN. 12:7) THEREFORE, THE END OF THE AGE OF MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE WHEN O.T. ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THEREFORE, THE END OF THE AGE OF MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE WHEN O.T. ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

13. 13 MATTHEW 13: THE HOPE OF ISRAEL IT IS VITAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT MATTHEW 13 IS A STATEMENT OF THE HOPE OF ISRAEL (ROMANS 15:8)! IT IS VITAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT MATTHEW 13 IS A STATEMENT OF THE HOPE OF ISRAEL (ROMANS 15:8)! RESURRECTION WAS THE HOPE OF ISRAEL (ACTS 24:13F; 26:6F, 21F) RESURRECTION WAS THE HOPE OF ISRAEL (ACTS 24:13F; 26:6F, 21F) Question to ponder: “ARE YOUR ESCHATOLOGICAL HOPES BASED ON YET FUTURE FULFILLMENT OF O.T. PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL?” Question to ponder: “ARE YOUR ESCHATOLOGICAL HOPES BASED ON YET FUTURE FULFILLMENT OF O.T. PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL?” MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GRASP THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION! MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GRASP THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION! JESUS’ ESCHATOLOGY WAS O.T.!!! JESUS’ ESCHATOLOGY WAS O.T.!!!

14. 14 THE HOPE OF ISRAEL ALL GOD’S PROMISES TO ISRAEL FULFILLED BY A.D. 70-- The amillennial view. BUT RESURRECTION OF MATTHEW 13 WAS AN O.T. PROMISE TO ISRAEL (DANIEL 12:2; ISA. 25:8; HOS. 13:14). BUT RESURRECTION OF MATTHEW 13 WAS AN O.T. PROMISE TO ISRAEL (DANIEL 12:2; ISA. 25:8; HOS. 13:14). THEREFORE, THE PAROUSIA AND RESURRECTION OF MATTHEW 13 IN A.D. 70! THEREFORE, THE PAROUSIA AND RESURRECTION OF MATTHEW 13 IN A.D. 70!

15. 15 DANIEL 12 MATTHEW 13 TIME OF THE END (V. 4) TIME OF THE END RESURRECTION (V. 2) HARVEST WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS WOULD SHINE AS THE SUN WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SHATTERED, ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE FULFILLED! (DANIEL 12:7)

16. 16 MATTHEW 13 MATTHEW 16:27-28 COMING OF CHRIST IN JUDGMENT (ALL- GOOD V EVIL) TO REWARD EVERY MAN HARVEST= RESURRECTION JUDGMENT= RESURRECTION “KINGDOM IS LIKE” COMING IN KINGDOM WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS SHINE (V. 43) SOME STANDING HERE WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SHATTERED! (DANIEL 12:7)

17. 17 MATTHEW 13 MATTHEW 25:31F COMING OF CHRIST WITH THE ANGELS TIME OF THE KINGDOM TIME OF HARVEST TIME OF GATHERING END OF THE AGE

18. 18 ARGUMENT MATTHEW 13 AND MATTHEW 25:31F SPEAK OF THE “FINAL” COMING OF CHRIST AT THE END OF THE AGE AND RESURRECTION. MATTHEW 13 AND MATTHEW 25:31F SPEAK OF THE “FINAL” COMING OF CHRIST AT THE END OF THE AGE AND RESURRECTION. BUT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, I.E. A.D. 70. BUT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, I.E. A.D. 70. THEREFORE, MATTHEW 25:31 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, I.E. A.D. 70. THEREFORE, MATTHEW 25:31 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN ISRAEL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, I.E. A.D. 70.

19. 19 MATTHEW 13 1 CORINTHIANS 15 COMING OF CHRIST END OF THE AGE THEN COMES THE END TIME OF THE HARVEST ENTRANCE INTO KINGDOM FULFILLMENT OF ISRAEL’S PROMISES (DN. 12:2) FULFILLMENT OF ISRAEL’S PROMISES (V. 54F) FULFILLED WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOLE DESTROYED WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP

20. 20 MATTHEW 13- 1 COR. 15 MATTHEW 13 (THE HARVEST) IS THE TIME OF THE RESURRECTION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 15. MATTHEW 13 (THE HARVEST) IS THE TIME OF THE RESURRECTION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 15. BUT, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70. BUT, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70. THEREFORE, THE RESURRECTION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 15 WAS FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70. THEREFORE, THE RESURRECTION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 15 WAS FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70.

21. 21 MATTHEW 13 1 THESSALONIANS 4 COMING OF CHRIST WITH THE ANGELS TIME OF THE GATHERING (RESUR) END OF THE AGE FULFILLED IN A.D. 70 (DN. 12:3, 7) THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE COMING

22. 22 MATTHEW 13 & 1 THES. 4 MATTHEW 13 AND 1 THES. 4:13F– ARE “FINAL” COMING AND RESURRECTION. BUT, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE COMPLETELY DESTROYED (A.D. 70). BUT, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE COMPLETELY DESTROYED (A.D. 70). THEREFORE, 1 THESSALONIANS 4 FULFILLED IN A.D. 70 THEREFORE, 1 THESSALONIANS 4 FULFILLED IN A.D. 70

23. 23 MATTHEW 13 &THE MILLENNIUM MATTHEW 13 IS THE RESURRECTION AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM. MATTHEW 13 IS THE RESURRECTION AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM. HOWEVER, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE WHEN DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED. HOWEVER, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE WHEN DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED. DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED (A.D. 70) DANIEL 12:3 WOULD BE FULFILLED WHEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED (A.D. 70) THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED IN A.D. 70. THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED IN A.D. 70.

24. 24 MATTHEW 13 & MILLENNIUM MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED IN A.D. 70. MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED IN A.D. 70. BUT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM—the time of the resurrection. BUT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLED AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM—the time of the resurrection. THEREFORE, THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM WOULD BE IN A.D. 70 THEREFORE, THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM WOULD BE IN A.D. 70

25. 25 HOW TO REFUTE? PROVE THAT JESUS DID NOT MEAN THAT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLMENT OF DANIEL. PROVE THAT JESUS DID NOT MEAN THAT MATTHEW 13 WOULD BE FULFILLMENT OF DANIEL. PROVE THAT DANIEL FORETOLD ONE END, BUT MATTHEW 13 ANOTHER PROVE THAT DANIEL FORETOLD ONE END, BUT MATTHEW 13 ANOTHER PROVE THE CHRISTIAN AGE WILL END PROVE THE CHRISTIAN AGE WILL END PROVE THAT MATTHEW 13 IS NOT THE SAME AS MATTHEW 16:27 / MT. 25 OR OTHERS PROVE THAT MATTHEW 13 IS NOT THE SAME AS MATTHEW 16:27 / MT. 25 OR OTHERS PROVE RESURRECTION IS NOT O.T. PROMISE, AND PROMISE TO ISRAEL. PROVE RESURRECTION IS NOT O.T. PROMISE, AND PROMISE TO ISRAEL.

26. 26 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION MATTHEW 13- RESURRECTION TEXT MATTHEW 13- RESURRECTION TEXT MATTHEW 13= DANIEL 12 MATTHEW 13= DANIEL 12 DANIEL 12= A.D. 70 DANIEL 12= A.D. 70 THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13= A.D. 70 THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13= A.D. 70 CHRISTIAN AGE HAS NO END, THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 NOT THE END OF TIME OR CHRISTIAN AGE CHRISTIAN AGE HAS NO END, THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 NOT THE END OF TIME OR CHRISTIAN AGE CORRELATION WITH OTHER TEXTS=A.D. 70 CORRELATION WITH OTHER TEXTS=A.D. 70 NONE OF THE OBJECTIONS IS VALID– THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 REFERS TO THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70. NONE OF THE OBJECTIONS IS VALID– THEREFORE, MATTHEW 13 REFERS TO THE END OF THE AGE IN A.D. 70.