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Matthew wrote what is the first Gospel of the Bible. It is one of the three synoptic gospels, and relates how the Messiah, Jesus, rejected by Israel, sent out his disciples to preach the gospel to the whole world. It was probably written after 70AD.
Here, we have the Olivet Discourse which introduces many issues. The parable of the budding fig tree contrasts with the barren fig tree. We are presented with an apocalypse, but is it one, has it already happened? Is it yet to come? The Word is the rock upon which the faithful live.
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