Both of you make me feel blessed I am a preterist. The Jews of today would also be of that view,
IF they would read Revelation. They have no conception of a 2nd coming of Jesus, as they are still waiting for their own Messiah to appear the first time. [Christians however that Jesus did come a 2nd time, but for vengeance and wrath on 1st century Jerusalem.
Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus
Messiah's Qualifications
Messiah is a prophet, a scholar and a pious king. Jesus made a prediction that "The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is
at hand." (
Mark 1:15)
That was 2000 years ago, has the kingdom of God come? Do you call the holocaust, Pol Pot and Stalin a world in which the kingdom of God has come? Jesus was not a great scholar - one of the requirements of the Messiah. Was Jesus a king? He was not anointed as king by a prophet (as was the rule in Jewish kings), he was not appointed by any judicial body as a leader and he did not rule over the Jewish people nor was he accepted by them. He was arrested, tortured and killed by the Romans like a common criminal. He had no army or government. The answer to my question is an obvious, "no..........................
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According to
Luke 21:31 the KoG would appear
AFTER the destruction of the Jew's carnal kingdom, the OC Temple and Priesthood 70AD
Luke 21:31 Kingdom of God comes
Luke 19:11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was
near Jerusalem and because
they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.
"DAYS OF VENGEANCE" Isaiah 61:2 and Luke 21:22 Revelation
"DAYS OF VENGEANCE" Isaiah 61:2 and Luke 21:22 Revelation
Isaiah 61:2
To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Yahweh,
And the day of vengeance<5359> of our 'Elohiym, To comfort all mourners.
Luke 4:
17 the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
21 and He began by saying,
“Today this Scripture is fulfilled<4137> in your hearing.”
Luke 21:
22 That days of vengeance<1557> these are, of the to be fulfilled<4130> all the having been written
23 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
For there will be great Distress in the land and Wrath<3709> upon this people.
Revelation 19:2 “For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication;
and
He has avenged <1556> on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”