Jesus was speaking to Peter, James and John, yet, they have long since died and so the information could not have possibly been directed at them.
By the way, let's think about this amazingly illogical statement for a minute:
Ahwatukee is claiming that the words which Jesus directed at Peter, James and John...were NOT directed at Peter, James and John. That is an astoundingly irrational comment.
Jesus' words
WERE directed at Peter, James and John. Ahwatukee is therefore claiming that Peter, James and John went out from the Olivet Discourse...with erroneous beliefs.
According to Ahwatukee, Peter, James and John were under a mistaken impression. They held to erroneous beliefs.
They supposedly went out from the Olivet Discourse with beliefs that were, for them...false doctrine.
Therefore also, Jesus supposedly
taught false doctrine to Peter, James and John.
Even worse, we can and should assume...that Peter, James, John and Andrew proceeded to
teach these false doctrines.
They would have proceeded to teach others to live with an expectation of encountering the Abomination of Desolation...a teaching which directly contradicts and invalidates PreTrib doctrine.
And Peter, James and John would have proceeded to teach false doctrine
throughout their lives.
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Of course, the whole argument about the disciples eventually passing from this life...is disingenuous, dishonest nonsense. I have explained repeatedly to Ahwatukee...that the disciples were
fully aware they might not live to see these events because of Jesus' disclaimer
that He did not know "the day or hour" of these events. These events might very well happen thousands of years into the future...as indeed has turned out to be the case.
But if Peter, James and John knew they might not live that long...
they nevertheless would continue to pass along the Olivet Discourse teachings...which, according to PreTrib assertions, would mean they would have
continued to pass along false doctrine.
Of course, that is an utter absurdity...and therefore is PreTrib an utter absurdity.
If Peter, James and John were "under the impression" they should believe Jesus' words from the Olivet Discourse...and they then passed along these teachings...so should ALL believers be in agreement with Peter, James and John.