“5) [All tribes of the earth] shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
“(Didn’t happen)”
Yes it did. But again, the language in Matthew 24:30 & Revelation 1:7 comes straight out of the Old Testament:
“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. Revelation 1:7
Now, here’s the OT context for understanding these verses:
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, and all the rest of the clans and their wives. Zechariah 12:10-14
The prophecies of Matthew 24:30 and Revelation 1:7 refer to Jerusalem and Judea. They have nothing to do with anyone living today.
Yes it did.
No it didn’t. Your quote from Zechariah 12 has not happened yet either. The Old Testament and the New Testament are in 100% agreement here, which is one of the agreements that vexes atheists so much. Thank God for that! :-)
The Preterist view is very unattractive to me. It pretty much says that Jerusalem is finished, that the founding of Israel in 1948 meant nothing in a historical sense, and that the persecution of Jews in the past 2 centuries means nothing now since the proper Kingdom of God has finally come.
That’s repugnant to me. There is more to be done before we can declare our work as Christians completed.
There is to be a new heaven and a new earth and the old one are to pass away (Revelation 21:21). There is no need for this if the current state of affairs is now all right with the Lord.
There is going to be a horrible global tribulation where Christians are persecuted for refusing to do what the atheists tell them - us - to do. Israel has nuclear bombs, and soon, many of the Middle Eastern countries will have them as well, and they don’t have the inhibitions the West has had in using them.
If Israel gets hit with nukes, they’re going to return fire. The Book of Isaiah leads me to believe that Israel’s target will be Syria - Damascus.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.