Two sections of Luke 21 describe the signs which will precede the second coming of Christ (Luke 21:8-11 and 25-27). The verses in between these two sections begin and end with chronological markers, showing that Luke is returning to discuss the events preceding and following the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70. The intervening verses begin with “But before all these things” (21:12) and end with the “the times of the Gentiles” which last from the destruction of the temple until the second coming of Christ (21:24). Evidence that Luke 21:8-11 and 21:25-27 are to be considered together is the fact that these two sections form a chiasm:
The Two Sections of Luke 21 Describing the Events Preceding the Second Coming Form a Chiasm
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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