—> t appears that happened in 66 AD, shortly before the Jews rebelled and the war began. Two historians, a Rabbi and a pagan, recorded eyewitness accounts of an army flying in the clouds over the cities of Israel at that time (I posted the references in a previous post.) Neither would have been influence by the prophecies of Christ.
Sounds wholly inadequate that less than a handful of people witnessed the Second Coming - one of the most important events in history.
“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.
>>>>It appears that happened in 66 AD, shortly before the Jews rebelled and the war began. Two historians, a Rabbi and a pagan, recorded eyewitness accounts of an army flying in the clouds over the cities of Israel at that time (I posted the references in a previous post.) Neither would have been influence by the prophecies of Christ.<<<<
>>Sounds wholly inadequate that less than a handful of people witnessed the Second Coming - one of the most important events in history.<<
I will agree that it was the most important event in history to the faithful of Israel, and the worst to the unfaithful Israelites.
>>“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.”<<
Another way to interpret the Greek is:
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the [land of Israel] mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” — Mat 24:30
Mr. Kalamata