What question did the disciples ask Jesus that opened up prophecy?
The disciples asked Jesus, while seated on the Mount of Olives with the crowd gone, what would be the sign of His coming and of the end of the age. That question opened up prophecy, which focuses on what is coming in the future.
Les explains that this scene occurs on the Mount of Olives, where the disciples came to Jesus privately and the crowd was no longer with them—likely just Jesus and the twelve alone. The twelve ask what will be the sign of His coming and of the end of the age, the question that opens prophecy, because prophecy looks ahead to what is coming. Les also notes that Old Testament rabbis and those involved in studying the prophets understood two aspects of a coming Messiah; some even thought there would be two Messiahs—one to be King and set up the Kingdom, and one a suffering Savior. The word Savior is Jehoshua, from which we get the name Jesus, because He shall save the people from their sin.
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What question opens up prophecy in Matthew 24?
The question that opens up prophecy is the twelve's question about the sign of Jesus' coming and the end of the age.