Bibliographic information:
Matthew 24–25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic: Structure, Function, and Eschatology (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2024).
Description:
Despite centuries of scholarly and popular engagement, much confusion still hangs over our Lord’s arguably most important Discourse. There is no consensus on the nature and meaning of the disciples’ question in Matt 24:3. How is the temple’s fate related to the Parousia or Second Coming of Jesus? Is the Great Tribulation past, present, or future? Will Christians be raptured to heaven? Should you rather prefer to be left behind?
Combining inductive and discourse grammar approaches as bases for literary structure and analysis, this study is a holistic and compelling fresh interpretation of the Olivet Discourse that provides answers to these questions. It offers a new proposal for the expression, “abomination of desolation” and new insights on the identity of “the least of my brothers” in 25:31–46 and Israel’s eschatological status relative to other nations.
Kennedy Ekeocha shows that extant interpretive frameworks such as preterism, partial preterism, futurism, etc., fail to adequately account for the biblical data. Moreover, and unlike the available treatments, the study sheds light on the Discourse’s structural and theological function within Matthew’s Gospel as a whole. The eschatological outlook of Matt 24–25 is shown to cohere with New Testament teaching in general.
Publisher:
Pickwick (website: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666783858/matthew-2425-as-prophetic-apocalyptic/)