Matthew 24:37 clearly says Jesus will usher in the age of the church - Jesus does not mention any hint of a tribulation or a millenium after His coming
“Matthew 24:37 clearly says Jesus will usher in the age of the church”
Huh?
“37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Where does Jesus say anything like that in this verse?? Noah is most notable for being the harbinger of a great, worldwide calamity...
“Jesus does not mention any hint of a tribulation or a millenium after His coming”
Well, the tribulation happens BEFORE His second coming, of course, and Jesus mentions its just a few verses before, in Matthew 24:21. There is no mention of the millenial reign in this discourse, that is true, but it is mentioned in prophesies that clearly parallel this one in their sequence of specific events. Jesus doesn’t mention the resurrection of the dead here, or the last judgement either, but we know both of those follow the second coming as well. Just because they are not mentioned every time the second coming is mentioned doesn’t mean they aren’t going to happen.
However, none of that really addresses the point I made; you are just sidestepping it. You assert that this prophecy Jesus makes in chapter 24 of Matthew was fulfilled in 70 AD, or at the least, fulfilled in the lifetimes of the generation he was speaking to. That prophecy, in verse 37, includes the second coming of Jesus. So, in order for your thesis to work, you must believe Jesus has already returned.
How did every Christian on the planet, and everyone else for that matter, miss what is supposed to be an event that is witnessed by every tribe and nation?
In Matt. 24, He predicts the destruction of the second temple, true, but then, "the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Yeshua's first appearance ushered in the age of the "gentiles" - this age, before the "Millennial Reign", before the entire world will be ruled from Jerusalem, as foretold in Daniel chp. 2:
44“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Reading your posts, I conclude we both share similar ideas that much has already been fulfilled. I completely agree nothing prevents the second coming to happen any day/night now.
Something you're not taking into consideration is that the destruction of second temple Israel may actually be a shadow of the end of the gentiles/church period, much like the Exodus was a shadow of the Crucifixion. I have no doubt that we've not yet reached the terminus of this age, but are very close.
End time events, transfiguration/rapture/whatever, are mysteries for a reason. They are complex, multilayered, in play, and no one can assume they know for certain how it all plays out. Anyone who makes such claims doesn't know how much they don't know. Interesting discussion nevertheless, as long as we keep the above in mind. ;)