St. Matthew records for us an extended conversation Jesus had with His disciples about “the coming of the Son of Man.” We know this prophecy had two levels of meaning. Jesus was preparing His followers for the day of judgment that was to come on Jerusalem, when God would judge her rejection of the Messiah. The catastrophic sack of the city in 70 A.D. by the Romans, in which the Temple of the Old Covenant was destroyed (never to be rebuilt), was the first fulfillment of His warning. How was that a “coming of the Son of Man”?
The First Week of Advent: Stay Awake!
The First Week of Advent: Stay Awake!
