Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten JourneyMuestra

Holy Tuesday, April 16

Luke 21:5–33

Jesus Gives the Olivet Discourse

The Olivet Discourse is Jesus predicting that Jerusalem will be destroyed within a generation. Jesus isn’t talking about the end of the world, but the end of the age — the end of the Temple age. In His discourse, Jesus describes the tumultuous events of the AD 60s and 70s, the persecution of Christians found in the book of Acts, the rise of false Messiahs, the Jewish war that began in the year 66, and finally, the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman general Titus that began in February of 70 and ended with the destruction of Jerusalem six months later on August 10. The destruction of the Temple officially marked the end of the Temple age and confirmed that the rule of the Son of Man had indeed begun with Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. And as Jesus predicted, all of this came to pass within a generation.