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To: amorphous
As for the Second Temple, which as razed by the Romans under Titus, that is historical and seems to fulfill most of the prophecy in the Gospels, but not all ...

However, as regards the preterist position, Polycarp (Polycarpus; AD 69 – 155), bishop at Smyrna, wrote to the Church of God at Philippi. I do not find any reference to the Second Coming as having happened with the destruction of that temple. Indeed there is a firm expectation that the "coming" is still to "come" as is testified in every solemn assembly among the holy catholic and apostolic Church. He comes as the Judge of the living and the dead.

Polycarp 2:1
Wherefore gird up your loins and serve God in fear and truth, forsaking the vain and empty talking and the error of the many, for that ye have believed on Him that raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and gave unto him glory and a throne on His right hand; unto whom all things were made subject that are in heaven and that are on the earth; to whom every creature that hath breath doeth service; who cometh as judge of quick and dead; whose blood God will require of them that are disobedient unto Him.

Polycarp 12:1
For I am persuaded that ye are well trained in the sacred writings, and nothing is hidden from you.

And further, Iranaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) ties Polycarp firmly to the Apostle John, so that if there were any doubt as to the destruction of Jerusalem being the LORD "coming on clouds" the Church then would surely have known and taught it for all these centuries (which it has not).
... so that I can speak even of the place in which the blessed Polycarp sat and disputed, how he came in and went out, the character of his life, the appearance of his body, the discourses which he made to people, how he reported his intercourse with John and with the others who had seen the Lord, how he remembered their words, and what were the things concerning the Lord which he had heard from them, and about their miracles, and about their teaching, and how Polycarp had received them from the eyewitnesses of the word of life, and reported all things in agreement with the Scriptures.

I do not, however, expect a Third Temple made of human hands in Jerusalem with a resumption of animal sacrifices. What exactly will precede the Second Coming is a mystery with the previous historical events.
45 posted on 02/21/2021 9:46:33 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: af_vet_1981
I do not, however, expect a Third Temple made of human hands in Jerusalem with a resumption of animal sacrifices. What exactly will precede the Second Coming is a mystery with the previous historical events.

I don't know. Some in Israel are determined to rebuild the temple, even now. The worldwide kingdom capital will be Jerusalem. There will be a need for facilities for the administration of world affairs, if not an actual throne inside a final temple, eventually.

I don't share the preterist's view of where we are in the timeline of events by any stretch. I think we've entered the final years of this age, and the boomer generation is THE generation referred to in many prophecies. All hell is about to break loose in this world, I'm afraid.

46 posted on 02/21/2021 10:34:26 AM PST by amorphous
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