Matthew 24:1 and 2:
24:1And Jesus having gone-out from the temple used-to-journey and his learning-disciples came-towards (him) to point-upon the buildings of the temple to him. .2But the (one) having answered said to them, “You observe all these-things, don’t you? With-certainty I say to you, a stone may never be left here on a stone which will not be disunited.”
After Jesus had finished speaking (continuing from chapter 23) he went out from the temple and was journeying (passing on his way from there). Then his learning-disciples (students) came towards him to point upon the buildings of the temple to him (to exhibit or display, as pointing out with their fingers to him all the temple’s edifices, the individual buildings such as courts, halls, etc, making-up the whole temple area).
Jesus answered by saying to them, “You observe (you are looking and mentally-envisioning, being mentally-aware and contemplating, even though you may not physically see everything with your physical eyes) all these-things, don’t you?” From the Greek construction of this question the unspoken answer must be, “Yes, we observe all these things.” Jesus continues, “With-certainty (amen, truly, surely) I say to you, a stone may never be left here on a stone (a single stone may emphatically not be left on top of another stone, in the sense that one stone would not be let go, dismissed from concern as to its position on another stone here in this area) which will not be disunited (disintegrated, the parts loosened down one from another, dissolved or dismembered).”
Again Jesus confirms that the physical buildings of the temple in Jerusalem (including the interior-temple, see Matthew chapter 23) had come into the state of not being God’s house any longer.
[Reference: Mark 13:1 and 2; Luke 19:41-44, and 21:5 and 6; Ephesians 2:21.]
Verses 3-5:
.3But (during) his sitting-down on the Mount of Olives the learning-disciples came-towards him privately saying, “You must say to us when will these-things be, and what (will be) the sign of your presence and completing-together of the age?” .4And Jesus having answered said to them, “You must observe someone must not cause you to-wander, .5for many-people will come on my name saying, ‘I am the Christ’ and they will cause many-people to-wander.
As we continue reading here in Matthew chapter 24, we should realize that Jesus was addressing his learning disciples, and so when Jesus said “you” he was referring to the true descendants of Israel/Jacob who believed what God said to them, which was also what Jesus was saying to them.
Therefore, the “you” in Jesus’ response includes those Israelites/Judeans who believed what God said about Himself and the Christ up to Acts 2:1-4, and picks-up/resumes again with those Israelites/Judeans who will believe what God says about Himself and His son, the Lord Jesus Christ, after the gathering-together of all Christians. This excludes the people of the Israeli/Judean background who live today believing what God says about Himself and the Lord Jesus Christ thus becoming Christians. Christians are people who receive God’s gift of holy spirit by means of the Lord Jesus Christ today from both the Israeli and the Gentile backgrounds. Now is the resurrected Christ’s time of blessing, and therefore he will gather together all Christians, as recorded in First Corinthians 15:51-57 and First Thessalonians 4:13-17, before the day of the Lord (Christ’s time of judgment). Those who have refused, refuse today, and will refuse to believe what God says about Himself and the Lord Jesus Christ will NOT be included among God’s people whether of the Israeli/Judean background or of the Gentile/other-nation background.
During the current age the true remnant of Israel are the descendants of Israel who believe what God says today about Himself and His son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and who therefore become Christians (refer to Acts 3:26, Romans chapters 9-11, and Ephesians 1:3). If Jesus had known the details about the present time-period while speaking to his learning disciples in Matthew 24 then he would have had to tell eleven of them that they would become Christians on the day of Pentecost (Acts chapter 2) – but Jesus, and the other prophets of the old covenant times, did not know the details concerning this present interval before God raised Jesus from the dead and then told him (First Peter 1:10-12). Christ is now blessing those who believe God’s truth. The present time of blessing will end when he comes to be present to gather all Christians together with him in the air.
The moment when the Lord Jesus Christ will gather together all Christians away from the earth will begin the day of the Lord, the day of the wrath of God, the time of judgment. Therefore, the people who will be left remaining on earth will be viewed as either belonging to Israel or to other nations, Gentiles (there will not be any Christians left on earth at that time). That time of judgment will end when the Lord Jesus Christ will come to be present on earth to gather together all those who will believe among Israel during that future time, and the rest of the dead-people will be raised, and final judgments will be made (Revelation chapters 1-20).
We should also recognize that Christians today do live through many pressures, trials, tribulations, etc – but these are NOT the wrath of the only true God because the day of wrath has not begun yet and cannot begin until Christ will gather all Christians together with him away from the earth (refer to Second Thessalonians 2:1-3).
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