Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days. The first question,
"When shall these things be"? (Matthew 24:3) has now been answered. Here
begins the answer to the second, concerning the coming of the Lord. For
other passages on the second coming, see 1 Thessalonians 2:19 3:13 4:15 5:23
2 Thessalonians 2:1 1Co 15:23 Jas 5:7 2Pe 1:16 3:12 1Jo 2:28. "Immediately"
after the destruction of Jerusalem (the tribulation) the series of
events begins that leads to the coming of Christ.
Shall the sun be darkened. I take what follows to be symbolical,
as is usual for prophecy, rather than literal. Christ is "the Sun of
Righteousness" (Malachi 4:2). After the destruction of Jerusalem, the
causes began to work that led to the great apostasy of the church and
produced "the Dark Ages" of the church.
The moon shall not give her light. The moon shines by reflected
light of the sun and if it is darkened so will be the moon. So, too,
the church shines by the light of Christ. When Christ's light was
darkened by taking the Bible from the people the church give forth
little light during the long night of the Middle Ages.
The stars shall fall. Stars represent great teachers of the
church, apostles and evangelists. See Revelation 1:20. When the apostles
were dethroned by the Romish apostasy, "the stars fell from heaven",
figuratively. Other stars, great church lights who apostatized, fell
from heaven in another sense.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 24:29
Mark 13:1
Luke 21:7-33
Luke 21:25
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