Well i see the events of 70AD as Gods vengeance on the unbelieving Jews of the day .... To me the Olivet discourse is clear on the subject... Just as God had warned the Hebrew Children of coming events I see the Olivet discourse as that same type of warning...
I read the Olivet discourse within Matt, Mark and Luke..The same story told a bit differently just as the Birth story is told.a bit differently with in the Gospels..
IMO The second coming of Christ is not the focus of the NT the Cross is..
The Cross:
The Sacrifice
The blood
The forgiveness
The atonement
The comforter
The removal of the vail
The grace
The opening of the Holy of Holies
The whole of the new covenant.
I am sure there ar more...
Ok.
Can you tell me when the reality of Salvation will come to pass?
so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him
He will appear a second time, apart from sin,
for salvation. Hebrews 9:28
The reality of Salvation will be seen at the redemption of our body.
Until then Salvation is not seen.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.
Until the redemption of our body takes place at the resurrection, we all have hope for salvation.
For we were saved in this hope,
but hope that is seen is not hope;
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
For the earnest
expectation of the creation eagerly waits
for the revealing of the sons of God
19 For the earnest
expectation of the creation eagerly waits
for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23
Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Romans 8:19-25
so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him
He will appear a second time, apart from sin,
for salvation.
We all will realize the reality of our hope of Salvation when Jesus Comes a second time FOR SALVATION.
Salvation starts at the Cross.
Salvation will be fulfilled at the Second Coming.
Salvation will be realized at His Coming.
Here are the words that ensures the reality of the Salvation that was paid for on the Cross.
31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25:31-34
This is the Olivet Discourse! Matthew 25;31-34 Preterism says this has already happened in 70 AD!
JLB
