Mocking and derision but you did not address my post. I know that the temple was destroyed, ca. 70 AD, but when did all these things happen?
1. The Son of Man coming like lightning comes out of the east, and shining even unto the west.
2. Tribulation which precedes the sun not giving its light.
3. The stars falling from heaven.
4. The powers of the heavens shaken.
5. The sign of the Son of man in heaven:
6. All the tribes of the earth mourning,
7. All the tribes of the earth seeing the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
8. The Son of Man sending his angels with a great sound of a trumpet.
9. The angels gathering together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Der Alter,
The following is a consistent application of your logic regarding the literal fulfillment of the destruction of Jerusalem.
You asked:
"The destruction of Jerusalem was a literal historical event. When did these events literally happen?"
Question:
The destruction of Babylon was a literal historical event. When did these events literally happen?
1. When did all the hands in Babylon fall limp?
2. When did every heart in Babylon melt?
3. When did the Babylonians writhe like a woman in labor?
4. When were their faces aflame?
5. When did the Day of The Lord come, cruel, with fury and burning anger, to make Babylon a desolation?
6. When were the Babylonians exterminated from the land?
7. When did the stars of heaven and their constellations not flash forth their light as associated with Babylon?
8. When was the sun dark when it rose as associated with Babylon?
9. When did the moon not shed it's light as associated with Babylon?
Answer: when God sent the Medes to remove the kingdom from Babylon!
Isaiah 13 is the prophecy of the imminent Day of The Lord when Babylon would be judged.
Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt. They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame. Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light. (Isaiah 13:6-10 NASB)
The answer to your previous series of nine questions: When God sent the Romans to remove the kingdom from Old Covenant Israel.
Matthew 24 is a prophecy of the imminent Day of The Lord when Israel would be judged.
"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that HE IS NEAR, RIGHT AT THE DOOR. Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. (Matthew 24:29-34 NASB)
Confirmation from an inspired apostle that the coming of The Lord in that generation, as prophesied by Jesus, had drawn near:
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for THE COMING OF THE LORD IS NEAR. Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, THE JUDGE IS STANDING RIGHT AT THE DOOR. (James 5:7-9 NASB)