Mark 13 -- When Is The Big Day?

1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Every time the gospels take up this burden they put it into this context that not one stone of the temple will be left upon another. The age of grace began with Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. This includes a judgement on the Jews that rejected him and the Jewish religion which is embodied in the temple. Daniel talks about this, Jesus is cut off and then you have the “times of the Gentiles”. The 70th week refers to the last seven years of Daniel’s prophecy. It is called “Jacob’s trouble” by the Jews, we call it the tribulation. During that time the Jews will make a peace treaty so they can rebuild the temple and Antichrist will be revealed. There is a lot of debate over pre tribulation rapture, post tribulation, etc. The church age ends when the 70th week begins. Once that peace treaty is made it is no longer the age of the Gentiles. Christ will be crowned at the coronation and as a result there will be no more room for Satan who will be cast down to the Earth. The reason it is the “great tribulation” is because Satan has been cast down to earth. Therefore the coronation has to happen at the beginning of the tribulation, and the Lord is going to have His bride and His faithful followers by His side at that time. Solomon’s coronation is a type of this event. You can see faithful followers, Bathsheba who is a type of the Church in Philadelphia, and a celebratory procession signifying the rapture of the believers. You can also see at that time that many in Israel had been following the wrong man and were ashamed when Solomon was crowned king.