The Magnitude of the Divine Purpose Indicates the End of the World as Far Distant
J. A. Alexander, D. D. Matthew 24:6 And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass… The natural impression made, perhaps, on all unbiassed readers is, that in the Bible there are vast beginnings, which require proportionate conclusions, even in the present life. There are germs which were never meant to be developed in the stunted shrub, but in the spreading oak. There are springs, in tracing which we cannot stop short at the brook or even at the river, but are hurried on, as if against our will, to the lake, the estuary, and the ocean. Every such reader of the Bible feels that it conducts him to the threshold of a mighty pile, and opens many doors, through which he gets a distant glimpse of long-drawn aisles, vast halls, and endless passages; and how can he believe that this glimpse is the last that he shall see, and that the edifice itself is to be razed before he steps across the threshold? (J. A. Alexander, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. WEB: You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.