Jesus said:
Matthew 24:2 ~ Do you see all these things?" he asked. "Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."
Luke 19:44 ~ They will level you to the ground--you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
John recorded:
I agree that part of the Olivet Discourse was fulfilled by the destruction in 70 AD, but there awaits a total fulfillment in the future.
We have not seen the AD that was described in Daniel ( 9,11-12) and told to watch for by Jesus, and Paul (2nd Thess.2) and the great war of the beast empire and the man speaking great boasts against God just before Jesus comes again. This is all at the 3.5 year period before Jesus comes back or both Jesus and Daniel was wrong.
We have also not seen signs in the sun, moon, and stars, the heavens parting (rolling back like a scroll) and the resurrection at the coming (parousia) of Jesus, and His throne set up on mount Zion and nations learning war no more. So my money is on the pre-mill view point to be the correct one. And at least partial dispensation view that sees a separation of national Israel and future fulfillment of the land promises.
True the Church is a spiritual Israel=Paul makes that clear, but that does not negate the fact there remains a grafting back into the tree of national Israel-where Christ is, and has always been the root,- as Paul said in Romans 11.
This allows us to see both the spiritual Church age- under the new covenant, where we as gentiles mostly, are taking the torch of God, and also a future fulfillment where national Israel takes their rightful place after being disciplined-it was their tree to start with. Like usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle, not one school of thought has it all 100% correct. That's where I'm at.
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,
18do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant,
remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root
supports you.
19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
22Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
25For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—
that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
26and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
“THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION,
HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”
27“THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM,
WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”
11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.
12Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.
13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15The sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
16The LORD roars from Zion
And utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the heavens and the earth tremble.
But the LORD is a refuge for His people
And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be holy,
And strangers will pass through it no more.
Peaceful Latter Days
1And it will come about in the last days
That the mountain of the house of the LORD
Will be established as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the peoples will stream to it.
2Many nations will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they train for war.
4Each of them will sit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With no one to make
them afraid,
For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
5Though all the peoples walk
Each in the name of his god,
As for us, we will walk
In the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
6“In that day,” declares the LORD,
“I will assemble the lame
And gather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.
7“I will make the lame a remnant
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
Thanks! The other viewpoint on the video would solve some problems. Time will tell!
