I somewhat disagree with your wording of John 5:24 in the word "Resurrection" when a believer is saved, and is translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. The words "quickened" "living" etc is a better fit?.There are clearly 2 different questions found in Matthew's Gospel account.
1. When will the temple be destroyed?
2. What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age.
The timeline seems much clearer in Luke's version and we can verify people being beaten in synagogues during Paul's persecution of the Church.
We also have Christ warning the women about nursing mothers, while He was being led to the Cross. Luke 23:27-31
We also have Christ weeping over the city and talking about the temple and the city being surrounded in Luke's Gospel. Luke 19:41-44.
Another thing that many people overlook is the fact that some aspects of the kingdom occurred before Christ ascended to heaven.
Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luk 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
(Mat_12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.)
Some aspects of the kingdom came into being during His earthly ministry, based on Matthew 12:28, because He did cast out devils before Calvary.
Luk 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Did some aspects of the kingdom come in during His earthly ministry, and His sacrifice, and His resurrection from the dead?
(Luk_16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.)
People were being pressed into the kingdom of God, since the time of John the Baptist.
Once a person becomes "born again" through the Spirit of God, which is the resurrection from the dead found in John 5:24, they have already passed into the kingdom of God.
Therefore, there is a present and a future aspect to the kingdom for those who are in Christ.
We may never figure it all out completely and so sometimes we may have to agree to disagree on some topics.
I appreciate the kind conversation.
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The word resurrection is reserved for the bodily, not spiritual?
John 5:24 is a prelude into the bodily resurrection as seen in John 5:28-29.
I did a check on "Resurrection" in the New Testament KJV, with 40 results, looks like they all refer to the bodily resurrection?
When discussing biblical views, resurrection is almost entirely refers to the bodily?
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