The thing about the tribulation is that people will be thinking peace and safety before the day of the Lord (return of Christ) People will have bought into the fake peace that Satan/Antichrist brings. 70AD has nothing to do with that. Christ did not return. When he does return "all are changed" in an instant at the last trump. The destruction comes with God's wrath after the tribulation. But no one was thinking peace and safety in 70 AD.
Christ said the great tribulation would occur in his generation. I believe him.
The Jews believed they were safe, and the promises (as they interpreted them) were being fulfilled, when Vespasian and his armies departed.
"[T]he Jews considered this skirmish [with the Romans] a great triumph. Caesar as they called the son of Vespasian had been forced to fly! It was, in their eyes, the pledge and promise of their ultimate victory. Titus had not escaped unharmed; he was severely wounded."
"From the Far East, from Antioch and Egypt, Asia Minor and Cyprus, thousands of Jews, confiding in the inaction of Vespasian, had flocked to Jerusalem to celebrate this the last Passover. For the last time worshippers approached the Temple gates singing the usual Psalms of Degrees; for the last time they were welcomed by the greeting, "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord!" and answered the priests' welcome with the words, "We have wished you good luck ye who are of the House of the Lord!"
[Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer, "Judea from Cyrus to Titus 537 BC-70 AD." A. C. McClurg & Co., 1899, p.345]
Recall:
"Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." -- Mat 23:39 KJV
Daniel 8:23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and under standing dark sentences, shall stand up."
Daniel 8:24 "And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy People."
Daniel 8:25 "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand."
I am reasonably certain that Daniel 8:23-25 is referring to the Seleucid Kingdom of Antiochus IV that began in 175 BC and which came out of the four kingdoms that were formed after the great horn of Grecia, Alexander the Great, died.
Many people will believe he is the savior that's how he will deceive most of the world. Revelation states he has horns like a lamb (Christ) but spoke as a dragon (Satan) Paul states Satan is disguised as an angel light and that's going to be his MO. Only those that are prepared will see him for who he really is. That's also why Christ he stated he will come in an hour most are not expecting. Because many will have believed he's already returned. Peace and safety and then bam, destruction. People will be running for cover. That has not happened yet. No one has sat on the throne proclaiming to be God. No one has performed signs and miracles. We are talking real signs and wonders. And if people want to believe a lie God will let them.
The 2nd Beast had two horns like a lamb. Horns in the prophecy of Daniel referred to kingdoms or powers. I doubt if anyone alive today understands much of that section, but I am certain the servants in the seven churches that John sent the book to understood it.
Satan is a liar and great deceiver. His first sin, which is the first sin mentioned in the Bible, was to teach Eve to doubt the Word of God. It is reasonable to assume that is his modus operandi: teaching men to doubt the Word of God.
As aforementioned, the Jews believed there was peace and safety after Vespasian and his armies left.
There were some in the days of Paul who were teaching Christians that Christ had already returned, for example:
"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ [has come]." -- 2Th 2:1-2 KJV
The Thessalonians had been taught by Paul that Christ was returning soon to gather them. When they read that false letter, they believed that they had been left behind. To allay their fears and disappointments, Paul explained that Christ would not return until the Man of Sin (the lawless one) was revealed, and he explained that the Man of Sin was currently being restrained by someone:
"For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming." -- 2Th 2:7-8 ESV
There was a man named Eleazar (the son of the High Priest, and governor of the temple) who took over the temple near the beginning of the war and stopped the daily sacrifice for non-Jews. Josephus said that action "was the true beginning of our war with the Romans; for they rejected the sacrifice of Caesar on this account." See Josephus, "Wars of the Jews." Book II.17.2.
Everything that is easily interpreted points to the return of Christ in that generation. Everything that is not easily understood can be interpreted to mean anything, or as an old sage said, "You can "prove" anything in the Bible."
In Matthew 24, the disciples asks for signs at the end of this world age. That will not happen until he returns. So anything he describes will be about that time period and that generation.
They asked several questions, such as when that age would end and when the temple would be destroyed. Christ said, in all three synoptic Gospels, that they would be fulfilled during their generation.
He will arrive with a trump and his angels will gather his elect. That did not happen in 70 AD.
I have nothing but His Word and history, which I believe. What do you base your belief on?
There are only two advents.
Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin, unto salvation."
I agree that is exactly what happened. After Satan and his armies are destroyed, we will all stand before his judgment seat.
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