Well then, I am in good company, being in the same company as Paul and the rest of the first century church, which were looking for the blessed hope, the appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ:
"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ"
Tanakh, you change what Jesus said into being hyperbole only because it suits your position. However, Jesus in referring to the events of wrath that would take place leading up to when He returns to the earth to end the age, is literal in that, it would be the worst time in the history of the world from the beginning, until now and never to be equaled again. That was not hyperbole, but is the literal truth of what is coming upon this earth. As I said in previous posts, the destruction of the temple does not meet that criteria. It will be through the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments, that God is going to pour out His wrath. Anyone who thinks that the end of the age is in relation to the destruction of the temple, has not idea of the severity and magnitude of God's coming wrath.
Once the One restraining has been taken out of the way, and those He indwells with him, this earth will cease to be the same. During this time God will begin to decimate the population of the earth and dismantle all human government in preparation for His millennial kingdom. This is represented in Dan.2:31-46, when Jesus falls on the feet of the statue which represents all human government, smashing the statue to pieces like chaff on a threshing floor and the wind blowing it away without leaving a trace, ergo, the end of human government. Then, the Rock/Jesus, will become a huge mountain (kingdom) and will fill the whole earth, which represents His millennial kingdom.
The church is about to be gathered and following that, the wrath of God via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments, which will be the worst time the world has ever seen and will never see again and if those days were allowed to go on any longer, no one would be left alive on the earth. All one has to do is a thorough study of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments to understand what is coming. Regarding this time of wrath, I will leave you will the prophecy of Isaiah and Zephaniah:
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"Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the
sinners within it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened when it rises,
and the moon will not give its light. I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness
of the arrogant and humiliate the pride of tyrants. I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir." - Isaiah 13:9-12
"I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth," "When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth," declares the LORD. I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea-- and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble." "When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth," declares the LORD." - Zeph 1:1-3
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All of the above (the day of the Lord) is going to be accomplished via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments, as well as whatever plagues the two witnesses bring upon the earth.
By the way, we pre-tribbers shout the loudest because we have the truth and are trying to get you who have been deceived by false teachings, to understand the truth of God's word regarding end-time events.
