Not once as the parable of the fig tree generation, even at the door. Matthew 24:15-30 is end times. Mt. of Olives has not been split in half - in Zechariah 14:4 - by Jesus at his second coming. Just admit it and we will be done with this argument, so you can become a futurist again.
Mt of Olives - Bing images
Amen. We know he is coming.
They say the mention of SUN MOON and STARS in Matthew 24 isnt literal, yet notice NO OTHER verses there are an idiom or allegory!
. False prophets will arise (no idiom)
. Nation against nation (no idiom)
. Deliver you to prison (no idiom)
. Betrayal (no idiom)
. Abomination of desolation (no idiom)
. Flee (no idiom)
. Great tribulation (no idiom)
Suddenly the next few verses are only idioms regarding sun moon stars and his return? No way because.......NONE were idioms there......
This same gentleman posted in another forum he didnt believe the Garden of Eden account was real, rather he believes it was MYTHOLOGY.
Paul and Peter both taught there will be a LITERAL second coming. If anyone understood the OT scriptures, they did. They say......
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at THAT DAY: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love
HIS APPEARING. 2 Tim 4.8
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts saying,
WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 2 Peter 3.3
That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the
APPEARING of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1 Tim 6.14
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
AT HIS APPEARING and his kingdom; 2 Tim 4.1
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his APPEARING. 2 Tim 4.8
Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious APPEARING of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Titus 2.13
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the
APPEARING of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 1.7
Thats why I love the Word, its very clear.