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To: Cronos
Matthew 24:37 clearly says Jesus will usher in the age of the church

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. ;)

241 posted on 07/24/2019 10:14:24 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous
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.

It isn't as Christ promised nothing would prevail against his people

286 posted on 07/25/2019 1:09:16 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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