His presence (Parousia) returned. Indeed it did and it was recorded by Josephus. To understand this, one must first understand the nature of when the presence of the Almighty is on the scene which it indeed was in 70 AD. The key to this understanding it to study the OT events where God the Father's presence came to destroy other bad nations. The "Day of the Lord" was not, and is not, a singular future event. We have at least 5 of them recorded in the Bible (against Egypt Jer 46, against Edom, Isa 34, against Babylon Jer 51), and twice against Israel both times leading to their destruction and desolation.
Christ's presence return was exactly as God's presence when He came several times in the OT. The Divine came behind a very dark "glory cloud." Nobody in the physical realm can glaze upon the brightness of the Almighty God (or Christ). Christ said repeatedly that He was going to return to THAT "faithless and perverse" generation to punish them. They were punished the way God always punished wicked nations (Egypt, Edom, Babylon and Israel) and that was by using a foreign power to obliterate them. This is exactly what He did to Israel in 70 AD using Roman forces to do it.
Every single item Jesus lists in the "beginning of sorrows" Josephus records leading up to the "great tribulation" and "abomination of desolation" in Mt 24. The GT was the Roman siege of Jerusalem. The Christians there indeed were given divine instructions to flee over the mountains. Google, "Christian flight to Pella" and read about it. Conditions inside Jerusalem were the worst ever recorded in human history, the worst ever to befall a nation.
It's all done folks. Sorry.
Brother PW,
What comes after 70 ad? You keep forgetting that there is prophecy to be fulfilled.
I agree with most of your assessments, but you have fallen into the "everything fulfilled by 70 ad" illusion, which is EASILY proven false.
Gen 1:28, For one example, the earth was not subdued by 70 ad..
Gen 8:22, "While the earth remaineth", The earth still remains and the things mentioned are still present, after 70 ad.
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While the AoD positively did happen, and Jesus came in His presence at the fall of Jerusalem,
There was NO resurrection at that time. Christians in those times were recorded as looking for the resurrection still after 70 ad.. As the scriptures were silenced and the letters were not assembled yet, the souls at that time had little information about the resurrection like we do today. Only since the printing press has the information begun to become available to the common soul.
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Jesus did not leave us without the information that we need at this present time. There is NO gap in the prophetic time line. (The iron legs/toes of the statue show NO gap Daniel 2)
The 70 ad time line end theory, also hides the fact that the RCC is the present Caesar/Antichrist, and so does pre-trib.
You see, pre-trib is so excited about the Antichrist being revealed, but at the same time they say that the Vatican is the Antichrist. They agree that the RCC is the Antichrist, but can't admit it, because that would mean that the pre-trib 7 year time line cannot be true, if the Antichrist is the RCC and been here all along (iron legs/toes).
The preterist theory also does the same thing, ending the time line at 70 ad. But the legs/toes don't end in 70 ad either.
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The truth is that the time line continues without a gap long past 70 ad.
Being able to understand the difference between the scriptures about the destruction of Jerusalem coming and the resurrection coming is the key to the understanding.
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Most interpretation theories were acceptable 100's of years ago when they were first developed. But now we are blessed with the light of easy access to the scriptures, for a better understanding.
(No Gaps)