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Sorry, but I completely disagree with you on this. Just read Luke 21:20-24, which is a parallel passage to Matthew 24:15-22 and Mark 13:14-19. You do know that Jerusalem was indeed surrounded by the Roman armies around 70 AD and the city and the temple buildings were destroyed back then, don't you? And you do understand that Jesus said the temple buildings standing at that time would be destroyed, right? And the disciples asked Him about when that would happen. So, where do you think He answered that particular question?He sat ? Who did?
From a number of sources actually, I aggregated it myself and was trying to be kind with the 3%. Among well off households the rate could be as high as 15% but in the poorest towns/villages there might have only been 1 person in the synagogue who could read.
Jesus used "he who has ears, let him hear" on several occasions for those who would "hear" rather than "read" His words, He deliberately chose "let the reader understand" here, indicating that He is talking to those people who would one day read the Word themselves, i.e. all those post printing press Christians and more specifically to those who would experience the period He refers to in Matthew 24. (Imho)
For some reason, most people think that Matthew 24 has to have all been fulfilled in the past or all in the future. That is simply not true. Jesus talked both about the time when the temple buildings would be destroyed, which happened around 70 AD and also when His second coming and the end of the age would occur, which has not yet happened.
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