Those who don't believe it don't know any history.
The destruction of the temple if prophesied by Jesus in Matt. 24:1-2.
Correct, after which the Apostles asked Him "When?" it would happen.
Do you believe He answered that question anywhere?
jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem in Luke 21:20.
Also correct - yet isn't Luke 21:20 completely parallel to Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14?
COMPARE THIS:
Mark 13:14 “So
when you see the ‘abomination of
desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. 16 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 17
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
TO THIS:
Luke 21:20 “But
when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its
desolation is near. 21
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
AND TO THIS:
Matthew 24:15“Therefore
when you see the ‘abomination of
desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16
“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes
. 19
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
In all three of these parallel, synoptic passages from the very same discourse given by Jesus, we find:
1) the SAME "When"
2) the SAME "Desolation"
3) the SAME "Then"
4) The SAME time to "Flee"
5) The SAME "Woe" to Pregnant and nursing mothers
6) The SAME "Those Days"
Do we not?
Parallel, Synoptic passages can not be interpreted to have polar opposite meanings from one another, can they?
If your claim is that Luke 21:20 prophesies the time of Jerusalem's 66-70 AD destruction, How can you claim Mark 13:14 and Matthew 24:15 do not, when they are clearly PARALLEL passages from the exact SAME discourse given By Jesus speaking of the same event?
Just-as-respectfully, it actually IS taught, from Daniel thru Revelation. He is first mentioned in Daniel 9:27, then in daniel 11:21-45, Matt. 24:15, and in Rev. 13, where his deputy, the miracle-working false prophet, is introduced.
By studying these Scriptures, we see what the "abomination of desolation" is...the false prophet will command that a statue of his boss be made, which the FP will have set up in the temple which'll be built in Jerusalem, where the FP will supernaturally cause the statue to speak. Then, he & his boss will enter the temple where the AC will commit the AOD by declaring himself to be God, and the FP will command all to worship his boss & his statue.
And again I will point out that Daniel, Matthew and Revelation say noting about antichrist. Not one thing.
There is, however, actual specific teaching on what antichrist is, which can be found clearly taught in 1 & 2 John, and nowhere in that specific, actual teaching on antichrist are any of the descriptions you apply to The Beast, Man of Sin, False Profit, etc....
The teaching that the Beast, man of sin, false profit are one singular human being correctly, biblically identified as "antichrist" is found ONLY in the traditions of men, and can be found nowhere in scripture.
OOPS! Read the wrong chapter!
No, He has NOT yet returned.
So the Kingdom has not yet been taken away from the Saducees and Pharisees?
They were not destroyed miserably and their kingdom given to another nation who would bear its fruits, as Jesus said they would be in that passage, where the Pharisees understood He was speaking
about them??
