A small sampling...
Posted on 08/24/2020 2:36:53 PM PDT by SkyPilot
That thought crossed my mind.
Josephus writes that the Temple was set on fire by the Roman legions who disobeyed Titus’ orders.
The gold in the Temple melted down between the stones. So the soldiers were then ordered to dismantle everything stone by stone to recover the gold.
By the time they had finished recovering the gold, nothing was left but a field that was then plowed under.
What? Have you never read in the Book of Revelation where
- 1/4 of the earth is killed (chapt. 6:8)
- the remaining 1/3 of men are killed (chapt. 9:18) (= 1/2 of the earth in the first 3 1/2 years)
- the flesh of all [remaining men] men (chapt 19:18) were slain (vs. 21).
That didn’t happen in your destruction of 70 AD.
Get back to God’s Word and lose you pet doctrines.
That is a great summary of many salient points directly from the Bible (instead of some popular fiction author)
Thanks for sharing.
The creation of the 19th century belief system pre-Trib rapture — as the author points out — tries to deny Christ’s words and also distort’s Daniel who very clearly prophesises the time up to Christ — Christ is the rock uncut by human hands that shatters the iron-clay Roman Empire.
Daniel’s uncut rock becomes a mountain that covers the entire earth - Christianity.
Daniel’s prophecy very clearly, very, very clearly talks about the THEN coming destruction of Jerusalem after it was rebuilt.
The 70 odd years from Christ’s birth to the destruction of the 2nd Temple, the 40 years (one generation) from the time Jesus says “THIS generation “ will see the destruction of the temple.
Jesus’s apocalyptic prophesy was fulfilled.
If one trusts in Christ, one will reject the pre-Trib rap fantasy.
The question is...are you trusting in Christ and Christ alone or do you believe the non-Biblical, non-Christian Pre-Trib rap fantasy?
17:13-14 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, adn whence have they come?" I said to him "Sir, you know." And he said to me "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."The washing of the robes means those who have been delivered
The Great Tribulation talks of how NERO persecuted God's people - this sustained and vicious tribulation of the Church started when Nero, the little horn, needed a scapegoat for the great fire of Rome. This state-sponsored persecution continued for about three years, until Nero diverted attention tot he Jewish-Roman war
Jesus clearly told the Sanhedrin that they would see evidence of the coming of the Son of man as predicted in Daniel 7:13 - for you to say this will happen after 2019 is FALSE. Jesus on the eve of His crucifixion made a promise to the Sanhedrin that THEY would see evidence of the coming of the Son of Man - he wasn't wrong by 2000 years!!!
Daniel clearly talks of the destruction of the Temple as the time of the Great Tribulation.Hebrews 9:24-25 christ has entered into Heaven itself, not to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer Himself repeatedly, as the High priest enters the Holy place yearly with blood not his own; for then He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, He has appeared once and for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself
Daniel states that the purpose of the time is to bestow 6 blessings. These blessings were bestowed as a result of the first Advent The seventy weeks are decreed 'to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy."
The day when Christ was born, eternal righteousness was revealed, and the Saint of saints was anointed, namely Christ, and the vision and prophecy were sealed and those sins were remitted... It was because the prophecy was fulfilled by His advent that the vision was confirmed by a seal; and it was called a prophecy becuase Christ himself is the seal of all the prophets
Thank you. The entire Rapture 19th century pre-Trib idea is destructive to Christian thought.
You do not understand Torah or torah law.
I've not seen any evidence of this.
Now THIS makes more sense.
A small sampling...
The Temple Institute is a kind of ‘living history’ and reenactment organization for the purpose of attracting tourists. No Jewish religious authorities take it seriously.
Kooks or not, taken in the eye of Biblical prophecy, the Third Temple will be built...strange that it already has the Sanhedrin to man it, the clothing, the golden instruments ( the Vatican returned to Israel a few years back a few instruments they had in possession from the second Temple), the Red Heifers , ...every thing needed except for the real estate! Temple Institue and others supporting the massive project state when the Temple is rebuilt, it can be up and running in less than a year. That of course means nothing to those that do not read Biblical prophecy.
I have little time to discuss the flawed Preterist theory.
Noone can predict the political changes, border changes, balance of power changes between now and then. Israel has become energy independent ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/business/energy-environment/israel-natural-gas-offshore.html
...and today maintains a naval base in Cyprus ( biblical Chittum) to protect their Med gas fields....close reading of the Bible mentions a great naval force emerges to challenge the final anti- Christ....coincidence? All the puzzle pieces are here, some being quietly assembled...
The cornerstone has been built, and dedicated...along with ( many say) most of the huge stone pieces enabling the Temple to be assembled in less than a year...
It is quietly being funded with huge capital, they and “their’s” have made everything to insure when the Temple is built, “ moving in” will only require calling up the moving vans....
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