Format: | Paperback |
Page Count: | 104 |
Size: | 6.0 in x 9.0 in |
Weight: | 5.0 ounces |
ISBN-10: | 1-4335-9502-8 |
ISBN-13: | 978-1-4335-9502-8 |
ISBN-UPC: | 9781433595028 |
Published: | November 18, 2025 |
Jesus' Speech on the Mount of Olives: A 12-Week Study
By Murray Smith, Series edited by Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Jesus' Speech on the Mount of Olives: A 12-Week Study
By Murray Smith, Series edited by Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Engaging 12-Week Study from Jesus’ Speech on the Mount of Olives Offers Practical Teaching on Christian Living in Light of Jesus’ Return
The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God’s Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through parts of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) “Gospel Glimpses” highlight the gospel of grace throughout the Bible; (3) “Whole-Bible Connections” show how any given passage connects to the Bible’s overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) “Theological Soundings” identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture.
In Jesus’ Speech on the Mount of Olives, Murray J. Smith guides readers through Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21 to study Jesus’ pivotal speech from the Mount of Olives. Examining themes of gospel witness, judgment, and salvation, this study teaches believers how they are to live as they await Christ’s return.
- Helpful Bible Study Resource: Features date and historical background, theological context for the Bible passage, “Whole-Bible Connections,” compelling reflection questions, and more
- In-Depth: Ties the biblical text in with the whole story of Scripture, shows how each passage unveils the gospel, and illuminates the doctrines taught in each passage
- Part of the Knowing the Bible Series: With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies help Christians see and cherish the message of God’s grace on every page of the Bible
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Table of Contents
Week 1: Overview: Jesus’ Final Speech
Week 2: The Timeline of History: “All These Things” before “The End” (Matthew 24:3–14)
Week 3: The Abomination of Desolation: The Judgment of Jerusalem and Beyond (Matthew 24:15–28)
Week 4: The Coming of the Son of Man: Final Judgment and Salvation (Matthew 24:29–36)
Week 5: The Day and Hour Are Unknown (Matthew 24:36–44)
Week 6: Prepare for His Return: Wise and Wicked Servants (Matthew 24:45–51)
Week 7: Be Always Ready: Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matthew 25:1–13)
Week 8: Invest for Eternity: Faithful and Slothful Stewards (Matthew 25:14–30)
Week 9: Love the King’s Family: Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31–46)
Week 10: Jesus’ Promise according to Mark (Mark 13:1–37)
Week 11: Jesus’ Promise according to Luke (Luke 21:5–38)
Week 12: Come, Lord Jesus! (1 Thessalonians 4–5, 2 Peter 3, and Revelation 22)
Endorsements
“This Knowing the Bible series is a tremendous resource for those wanting to study and teach the Bible with an understanding of how the gospel is woven throughout Scripture. Here are gospel-minded pastors and scholars doing gospel business from all the Scriptures—this is a biblical and theological feast preparing God’s people to apply the entire Bible to all of life with heart and mind wholly committed to Christ’s priorities.”
Bryan Chapell, Pastor Emeritus, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois
“Mark Twain may have smiled when he wrote to a friend, ‘I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long letter.’ But the truth of Twain’s remark remains serious and universal, because well-reasoned, compact writing requires extra time and extra hard work. And this is what we have in the Crossway Bible study series Knowing the Bible—as the skilled authors and notable editors provide the contours of each book of the Bible as well as the grand theological themes that bind them together as one book. Here, in a 12-week format, are carefully wrought studies that will ignite the mind and the heart.”
R. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois
“Knowing the Bible brings together a gifted team of Bible teachers to produce a high quality series of study guides. The coordinated focus of these materials is unique: biblical content, provocative questions, systematic theology, practical application, and the gospel story of God’s grace presented all the way through Scripture.”
Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College
“These Knowing the Bible volumes introduce a significant and very welcome variation on the general run of inductive Bible studies. Such series often provide questions with little guidance, leaving students to their own devices. They thus tend to overlook the role of teaching in the church. By contrast, Knowing the Bible avoids the problem by providing substantial instruction with the questions. Knowing the Bible then goes even further by showing how any given passage connects with the gospel, the whole Bible, and Christian theology. I heartily endorse this orientation of individual books to the whole Bible and the gospel, and I applaud the demonstration that sound theology was not something invented later by Christians but is right there in the pages of Scripture.”
Graeme Goldsworthy, Former Lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and Hermeneutics, Moore Theological College
“What a gift to earnest, Bible-loving, Bible-searching believers! The organization and structure of the Bible study format presented through the Knowing the Bible series is so well conceived. Students of the Word are led to understand the content of passages through perceptive, guided questions, and they are given rich insights and application along the way in the brief but illuminating sections that conclude each study. What potential growth in depth and breadth of understanding these studies offer. One can only pray that vast numbers of believers will discover more of God and the beauty of his Word through these rich studies.”
Bruce A. Ware, T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary