I went through Matthew 24 verses (and a bit into ch 25) and matched to Daniel where it seems logical. I may miss some ideas and maybe have weak pairings at times. I also include Luke 21 verses on the left column. Luke explains details that the gentiles would not recognize as well in Matthew 24.
| Luke 21 | Matthew 24:1–51 (ESV) | Daniel |
| [judgment of Jerusalem and temple] | |
| Jerusalem as rebellious and defiled | Dan 9:5 |
| 6,Temple Doomed | 1Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. | Temple doomed: Dan 9:26 |
| 7 | 3As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” | Dan 8:23; Dan 9:26 |
| 16-17 | 9“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. | Dan 7:21; Dan 7:25; Dan 8:24; Dan 11:33-35 |
| [saints protected for time, times, and half a time] | Dan 12:11,12; Dan 7:25 |
| 12And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. | Dan 12:2 (wicked) |
| 19 | 13But the one who endures to the end will be saved. | Dan 12:12 (blessed is he who waits … 1335 days) |
| 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. | Dan 12:7 |
| 20 | 15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), | Dan 9:27; Dan 12:11 (end of sacrifice); Luk 21:20 (Jerusalem surrounded) |
| 22 | [Luke 21:22 vengeance] | Dan 8:19 (Indignation) |
| 23-24 | 21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. | Dan 12:1; Luke 21:23-24 (great distress upon the land and wrath against this people) |
| 24 | [Jerusalem trampled underfoot by the Gentiles] | Dan 9:26 (destroy the city and sanctuary) |
| 22And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short | Dan 12:1 (book of life) |
| 24For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. | Lead astray—Dan 8:23 (riddles); Dan 8:25 (cunning); Dan 11:36 (astonishing) |
| 25-26 signs in sun and moon and stars | 29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken | Dan 12:1 (tribulation – but not signs) |
| 26 | [people fainting... foreboding what is coming] | Dan 7:28 (Daniel's terror) |
| [power is broken by Christ] | Dan 9:25 |
| 27 see Son of Man coming in a cloud | 30Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. |
Dan 7:13; Luke 21:27 |
| [kingdom of the world become the kingdom of God] | Dan 7:14; Dan 2:44 |
| 28 redemption is near | 31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other | Dan 12:2 |
| 37For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. | Dan 9:26 “. . . Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. . . .” |
| 38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, | Dan 9:26 “. . . Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. . . .” |
| 42Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Maybe Dan 12:11,12 (1290 to 1335 days) |
| 45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? | Dan 12:3 (the wise); Dan 11:35 |
| 46Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. | Dan 12:12 (1335 days); |
| 47Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. | Dan 7:27 (inherit the kingdom) |
| 25:1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. | Dan 7:13 |
| 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ | Dan 12:3 (the wise) |
| 25:13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. | Maybe Dan 12:11,12 (1290 to 1335 days) |
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Daniel then is a skeleton for Matt 24 and Luke 21 (likely Mark 13, but did not review that). There are other OT prophecies that fit into this pattern but my focus is only on the connection with Daniel in this post.
Don't add the nonexistent note for Matthew 24:24. It isn't there. Note the differences between Matthew 24 and Luke 21. In Matthew 24:
Matthew 24:
6 And you are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.
9 “
Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10 And at that time many will [c]fall away and will [d]betray one another and hate one another.
Luke 21:
"10 Then He continued saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, 11 and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be terrors and great [e]signs from heaven."
"12 “
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, [f]bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.
Note the disparity. Luke says that the tribulation of the church comes BEFORE Nation rising against nation, etc. Matthew says it comes AFTER. Two views, which makes sense. Matthew is writing to the Hebrew, to the Jews, while Luke is writing to a Gentile, who could care less about Jewish eschatology. Hence you will notice the eschatological questions are absent from Luke's book.
Luke 21: "7 So they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the [d]sign when these things are about to take place?”
This is solely speaking of: "5 And while some were talking about the temple, that it had been adorned with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said, 6 “As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.”
The questions here are specific to the temple being torn down. AD 70.
The other thing it says, which is in line with Daniel is:
"20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then
know that its desolation is at hand." And of this it says:
"22 because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled." It speaks of God's judgment against Jerusalem and Israel.
Now on to Matthew 24:
" And coming out from the temple, Jesus was going along, and His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2 And He answered and said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.” Similar start. However, when you get to the disciples questions:
3 Now as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen,
and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the [a]end of the age?”
There is a change here. You now have questions related to Jewish eschatology. The answer given seems to be about the Jewish eschatology, while with Luke it is the generalized AD 70, with just a touch of eschatology. In Luke, the real eschtological words of Jesus come prior to Luke's recording of the Olivet Discourse. External to it. I think it is so they don't mistaken what Luke is saying with eschatology.
"15 “Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains."
So basically the same, OK, it's different then what Luke recorded. In the first, the armies are surrounding the city. In Matthew 24, if we take Daniel's prophecies as a starting point, this is after armies have entered the city. So two different events again. The first, armies surrounding the city, the second, the enemy is already inside the gates. So why are they told to wait for the abomination of desolation? Could it be the peace that Daniel says presides over the start of the 70th week? It isn't until the middle of the week that we see the other time in Daniel's book about the abomination of desolation, where they come in, put an end to the sacrifice, and set up the abomination of desolation. (In that case, a pig sacrificed on the altar in the Holy of Holies.)
Now why does Jesus say they should run in Matthew 24? Is it because the desolation of Jerusalem is at hand? That isn't what Jesus says. He says:
"21 For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the [j]elect those days will be cut short."
He changes it up by speaking of tribulation that is measured in the scale of the WORLD, not Israel and Jerusalem. So God's judgment of the
world will begin in Jerusalem. In the Old Testament, the times of Jacob's trouble is not measured in the scale of the world, but solely in Israel. It will be the worst time Israel has faced since it's founding, not since the beginning of the world. The reason being is that it is dealing solely with Israel, and Israel did not exist before it was founded. Jesus uses a scale of world history, because it is an extensive tribulation that the whole world will face. However, its center will be in Jerusalem, where the antichrist will enthrone himself to spite God. You do not want to be in Jerusalem.
