When Will These Things Be?: A Preterist Study of the Olivet Discourse

The book before you is about Jesus' Olivet Discourse. Jesus' ministry opened with a detailed explanation of how he wants his people to live in his kingdom in the Sermon on the Mount, chapters 5-7 in Matthew. In that sermon, he imparts his blessings on proper living as explained in the stipulations of that sermon. Then before Calvary, Jesus concluded his ministry with two things, 1) a detailed explanation of how disobedience to kingdom instructions results in covenant curses to Israel. And 2) instructions on how his future coming(s) will occur. And that is found in the Olivet Discourse.In the Old Testament, God entered a covenant with Moses and the people of Israel. There he spelled out the blessings of obedience to the covenant's stipulations as given to Moses in Deuteronomy 28:1-14. He also recorded the sanctions or curses for covenant disobedience in Deuteronomy in 28:15-68.God does so again in the Book of Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount is his blessings and instructions for covenant obedience, and the Olivet Discourse is his curses for covenant disobedience.The Book of Matthew is a history of the establishment of the New Covenant. The Olivet Discourse is a final prophetic statement on God's coming sanctions on Israel for breaking the old covenant, and his future coming(s). Read more