whenever Jesus spoke of 'this generation' He ALWAYS pointed at His own generation. Why should He then deceive us by changing His use?
If you actually... read what He said in Matt.24:33-34, the generation He was pointing to is the one that will see ALL those things He gave, i.e, the signs of the end, the last sign being that of His coming and gathering of His saints. If you fail to listen to Him on that, then you deceive yourself, or you allow other men to deceive you saying it means something else.
This is a sad evidence of how loosely you interpret Scripture. THESE THINGS specifically referred to the destruction of the Temple that Jesus had described. It did not refer to His second coming. Compare Matt, Mark and Luke.
It's exactly how the words are in English. The generation that sees "all these things" will not pass until all be fulfilled. It's very simple to read as it is written. As for destruction of the temple, He did not say just the temple. He said there will not be one stone standing atop another in that area, which is different, because like it or not, the Wailing Wall (western wall of the old temple complex built by Herod) is still standing today.
Furthermore, the other signs He gave in that chapter are also part of "all these things", and must occur in that final generation also. No "abomination of desolation" was setup by the Romans in the temple in the 70 A.D. destruction. The temple burned before they could get control of it. And for that "abomination of desolation" prophecy to be fulfilled from the Book of Daniel which Jesus quoted, it means a standing temple in Jerusalem is... required.
Nonsense. The seals were opened one by one through history in accordance with the beginning of sorrows in Mtt 24. False Messiahs, war, famine, wholesale death, persecution of the saints and then in the sixth seal the second coming. The trumpets and vials are parallel with the seals showing more specific judgments on parts of the earth.
The doctrine of men you're keeping is what is not allowing you to understand our Lord Jesus' Olivet Discourse there. Jesus gave only seven signs in His Olivet Discourse, and those are the seven seals, trumpets, and vials. His coming is on the seventh trumpet and seventh vial. So yes, there is a parallel timing between the seals, trumpets, and vials. But those seven signs did not begin until this final generation we are in today.
I'm glad you admit YOU said it. The Holy Spirit shows them in chronological order. The rider on the white horse symbolised the advance of false religion including false Messiahs, false prophets and many antichrists.
Actually no, The Holy Spirit did not give John all the seal events in order. Like I've said before, whether one believes the rider on the white horse is the coming Antichrist, or our Lord Jesus, that is NOT the FIRST EVENT to occur. That automatically means not all events of the seals are in order.
Likewise with Jesus' coming on the 6th seal, 7th trumpet, 7th vial, that shows we must pay attention to the actual events given, and not allow sequential numbering to confuse us. We can know that the last 3 trumpets are definitely in chronological order though, and that is part of the key of understanding where the events given in the seals and vials fit.
There are none as blind as those who won't see. Jesus specifically pointed to Herod's temple and answered the question 'when will these things (that you have been describing) be?' Thus it is quite clear that the abomination of desolation occurred in 70 AD. This was then followed by great tribulation on the Jews through the centuries, lading up to the second coming.
In Matt.24:3, Jesus' disciples understood Him to be speaking of that event at the time of His second coming and end of this world. What your doctrine does is try to change that to past history. It means to either strike out that part of Scripture or to believe that His second coming already happened back in the Apostle's days, which is what men's doctrine of Full Preterism actually believes.
When Jesus returns, there literally... won't be one stone standing atop of another anywhere on that temple mount complex of structures, meaning even today's Wailing Wall will no longer be standing (not one stone on top of another there, literally). Until that happens, then the 70 A.D. destruction only serves as a blueprint for the future and final fulfillment at His coming on the "day of the Lord".
They are not the walls of the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary was wholly torn down.
That's where men's doctrines you follow has you fooled, by their only stressing the destruction of the temple building and city in 70 A.D. by the Romans, instead of recognizing what not one stone on top of another in that whole area means linked with the day of His second coming on the "day of the Lord".
You do talk such nonsense, 2 Thess 2 only refers to a 'temple of god'. It does not refer to the Jerusalem temple. Rev 11.1-2 is patently symbolic. Open your eyes
Those who say the "temple of God" that false one of 2 Thess.2:4 is shown sitting in is something else other than a literal temple in Jerusalem are deceived. Those often say it is the spiritual temple of Ephesians 2, which is impossible, since Christ's spiritual temple made up of the Apostles, prophets, and Himself as its foundation Stone cannot be corrupted by the Antichrist. No one can corrupt His spiritual temple. Even a believer that falls away is cut off from His spiritual temple.
Thus the temple Apostle Paul was speaking of in 2 Thess.2:4 is... the temple in Jerusalem, another one built for the end. The orthodox Jews are expecting it to be built by Messiah per Zech.6:12-13. Problem with that is, they aren't aware of the pseudo-messiah God is sending them first, and that is that false one of 2 Thess.2.
