Has the second coming occurred already?

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eternally-gratefull

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The only holy place that I can think of is where the blood of the Lamb was shed. What do you think all of those Old Testament shadows of the blood of the Lamb were pointing to? What was the fulfillment of the alter in the most holy place? Or maybe you think that is not yet fulfilled.
Jesus called the place that the high priest sacrificed animals on the day he was crucified the holy place

he also called the temple where the unbelieving jews who would crucify Christ practiced their idolatry and religion which apposed hm a house of prayer and his fathers house.

Sorry bro But this argument your making is just nonsensical. And defies Logic
 
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I dunno about that K16, we need to be careful how we understand the "desolation" and or the "abomination of desolation" - Jesus did declare while he was alive that the Jews' house was left to them desolate:

(Mat 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate)
An abomination of desolation is a term it comes as a whole. We should interpret it as they interpreted it in the time of Daniel. NT make up our own interpretation
 

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Some of the mysteries of God seem strange but true.Its how he hid truth from those who literalize the signified understanding.
Who would those be? Name some of them.

Without them Christ spoke not.
Wrong, as I've explained many times. Why do you ignore the plain text explaining that Jesus did NOT say "everything" in parables?

His outward temporal life was a parable revealing the unseen things of the father. Called faith.
No, His life was not a parable called faith. If you think it was, then show the Scripture that clearly defines it as such.
 
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Jesus called the place that the high priest sacrificed animals on the day he was crucified the holy place

he also called the temple where the unbelieving jews who would crucify Christ practiced their idolatry and religion which apposed hm a house of prayer and his fathers house.

Sorry bro But this argument your making is just nonsensical. And defies Logic
The holy place is mentioned several places in the bible but the question is what do all of those holy places point to.
 
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I know we disagree on this. :)
There was no abomination done in AD 70 that I'm aware of. Especially one as bad as killing your own God.
Disagreeing is fine K16.

In my view the "desolation thereof" in Luke is another way of saying the "abomination of desolation". The motif is the same and the time frame is the same at the destruction of the temple in which Jesus used the "not one stone" motif.

I don't know what logic can be used to say Matt, Luke are not speaking of the same events.

(Luke 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.)

(Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.)
 
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Ok then who is it an abomination to?
Its not a who. It is a what

why is that so hard for you to understand?

And abomination which makes desolate could be applied to any holy place from any religion.
 
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The holy place is mentioned several places in the bible but the question is what do all of those holy places point to.
That has no bearing on where the abomination of desolation will take place. As spoken of in prophecy.
 
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Disagreeing is fine K16.

In my view the "desolation thereof" in Luke is another way of saying the "abomination of desolation". The motif is the same and the time frame is the same at the destruction of the temple in which Jesus used the "not one stone" motif.

I don't know what logic can be used to say Matt, Luke are not speaking of the same events.

(Luke 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.)

(Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.)
Matthew and Luke aren't speaking of different events.

Jesus was an abomination to the Jews according to Psalm 88:8, he is the abomination that made Jerusalem desolate. It's right there in black and white, I can't add anything to it.... This is where the term "abomination of desolation" comes from.

Psa 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Check out the rest of Psalm 88. Verse 9 is Christ on the cross, verses 10 and 11 are about Christ in Hell.

Psa 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psa 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psa 88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
 
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Matthew and Luke aren't speaking of different events.
Good.

Jesus was an abomination to the Jews according to Psalm 88:8, he is the abomination that made Jerusalem desolate. It's right there in black and white, I can't add anything to it.... This is where the term "abomination of desolation" comes from.

Psa 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Check out the rest of Psalm 88. Verse 9 is Christ on the cross, verses 10 and 11 are about Christ in Hell.

Psa 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psa 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psa 88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Too much of a stretch for me K16. I just think you are mixing and mismatching scripture - later friend.
 
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Good.



Too much of a stretch for me K16. I just think you are mixing and mismatching scripture - later friend.
Just curious, what is the stretch? The Pslam isn't about Jesus?
 
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Ok then what is it?
According to the Hebrew and historical records.

Its an unclean thing, an or a pagan idol (abomination or literally an abominable thing) which s placed in a holy place. which makes a holy place unclean (desolate)
 
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According to the Hebrew and historical records.

Its an unclean thing, an or a pagan idol (abomination or literally an abominable thing) which s placed in a holy place. which makes a holy place unclean (desolate)
Were did they get that from, the bible?
 
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Some sects of Christianity believe that Christ’s second coming had already occurred. This is in conjunction with the Olivet Discourse and specifically with chapter 24 from Matthew’s Gospel(Christ returned around 70 AD prior to the destruction of Jerusalem). Is there validation to any of this? Is there any historical evidence to support such? Has the revelation of Christs second coming being a future event based on tradition and misinterpretation? Is Preterism correct?

Thoughts?
Is Preterism correct?

nope
 

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Abomination in revelation or matt follow by second coming, It doesn't mean every abomination follow by second coming.

Abomination may happen thausand time but there Will be abomination that follow by second coming
 

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First off, we don't have to guess what the abomination that causes desolation is. We know it happened in history already, when Antiochus Epiphanes sacrificed a pig on the altar, and erected a statue of Zeus. Jesus points to this event in the Olivet discourse. This HAS NOT happened since Antiochus Epiphanes. It ALMOST happened in A.D. 68 I think it was, but it didn't.

And. Who says this temple is going to be God ordained? Israel has been planning for a long time to rebuild the temple.
Of course, for almost 2000 yrs preterists of every stripe said "See! Told you this temple, and Israel, and antichrist, 1000 yr reign stuff was bunk! The nation doesn't exist, and the Jews aren't in the land"..

You would of thought all preterists would have evaporated and admitted they were wrong after May 14th 1948, when David ben Gurion, cited Ezekiel, in declaring the Nation of Israel! But nope. There are just as many now, if not more, than there were then.
Bravo. Somebody had to speak the patenty obvious to the preterist crowd. Im quite frankly sick and tired of saying the same clear and obvious facts over and over and over again. Presterism is dead and should be kept that way.
 
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Just curious, what is the stretch? The Pslam isn't about Jesus?
There could be an allusion to Christ as David being a type K16. That said I don't think that the prophet Daniel would call Christ the abomination. Or that the people of His generation (i.e. his followers) would understand He is speaking of himself.

(Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.)
 
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The holy place is mentioned several places in the bible but the question is what do all of those holy places point to.
Jesus could mean Jerusalem or the temple, not necessarily the Holy of Holies.