The End Time Discussion - Assignment Example

The discussion of the hidden meaning of the destruction of the temple and the scattering of the Jewish people towards the end of time by Jesus has a special connection to Mathew’s description of the rapture. This is because the description of the end of the world by Mathew came after the destruction of the temple by the Romans, something that served to indicate that the rapture was close, according to how Jesus had narrated it would occur (New International Version, Mat. 24.1-41).

In this description, Mathew wanted to remind the Christians who were living at that age that the end of the world was essentially not far, since the events that were identified to indicate the end time, among them the destruction of the temple, had already occurred. This was meant to remind the generations that were to follow that there is nothing else that is to be awaited, and the rapture can happen anytime, in that the events preceding its occurrence had already taken place (Mat. 24.33).