Matthew: Thy Kingdom Come
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Overview
Walvoord provides a verse-by-verse commentary on Matthew, broken down into nine parts: the origin of Jesus Christ, the early ministry of Jesus, the principles of the kingdom, the credentials of the King, the rejection of the King and the kingdom, the period between the two advents, the continued ministry of the rejected King, the Olivet Discourse on the end of the age, and the death and resurrection of the rejected King.
Pastors, Bible teachers, small group leaders, and students of the Word will appreciate this clear exposition and commentary of the first gospel.
Top Highlights
“The number of children thus slain has been estimated to be from six to as many as thirty.14” (Page 24)
“The Olivet discourse, accordingly, is in some sense a summary of the same period described in Revelation 6–19.” (Page 182)
“parables were intended to reveal the truth only to believers and required explanation in order to understand them” (Page 96)
“The sad fulfillment was to come in a.d. 70, only six years after the temple was completed” (Page 180)
“So disciples, without true moral character and spiritual commitment to the King, are useless in the kingdom of heaven.” (Page 47)
- Title: Matthew: Thy Kingdom Come
- Author: John F. Walvoord
- Publisher: Kregel
- Publication Date: 1998
- Pages: 244
John Flipse Walvoord was born on May 1, 1910, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 1928 Walvoord entered Wheaton College, majoring in Greek and minoring in Latin. With additional course work one summer at the University of Colorado, he was able to complete his undergraduate degree in 1931 with honors. Upon entering the Evangelical Theological College (today, Dallas Theological Seminary), Walvoord pursued a regular curriculum of seminary studies, graduating with both a Th.B. and a Th.M. degree in 1934. By 1936 he completed a Th.D. degree.
Along with the presidency of Dallas Theological Seminary, Walvoord was editor of Bibliotheca Sacra for thirty-three years and contributed a total of 127 articles between 1937 and 1990. Furthermore, he authored thirty books including, The Prophecy Knowledge Handbook available from Logos Bible Software. He is also the editor of several works such as The Bible Knowledge Commentary and Systematic Theology, and served on the committee that produced the New Scofield Reference Bible.