446th Post Jesus Predictions Con't. - Predictions Concerning End Times Con't. - Matthew 24: 2 - 14 Con't.

Jesus spoke these words to His disciples on the way from the Temple Mount to the Mount of Olives.  This passage is taken from a group of passages known as the Olivet Discourse.  The stones mentioned in the beginning of this text apply to the Temple.  This Temple was built by Ezra and Zerubbabel and remodeled by Herod the Great, it was still under construction at the time Jesus said these words.  (Many people look at this fact, to call into question the date of the writing of Revelation, because John did not mention the destruction of the Temple in Revelation.)  The disciples could not believe that this Temple could be destroyed so completely as Jesus had described.  This happened within 50 years after Jesus had mentioned this, and many of the people who heard Jesus say these words were still alive when it actually happened.  Jesus then reminds His disciples and us, that many will come in His name saying they are the "Christ"  and will deceive many.  This is still going on today, we even have whole churches that say "They are Christian, but they do not hold to all of His Teachings".  Jesus Christ is the measure, and to be a "Christian you hold to His Teachings".