Context: Mat 24:32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mat 24:33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
Mat 24:34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Mat 24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Mat 24:37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Mat 24:38 For 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,
Mat 24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Mat 24:40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.
Mat 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
Mat 24:42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
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What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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