Preterists Cannot Prove Their Assertions !

When ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE, along with other signs in the sky, it's VERY unusual, & that's why Jesus mentions them.

But you CANNOT PROVE yours, while I can point to other parts of the Olivet Discourse that have cometa pass EXACTLY, TO-THE-LETTER. All you can do is try to bury the yet-to-be-fulfilled events in "symbolism". There are no "proofs" you can point out.

As I said, the birth of modern Israel in 1948 smadgered lotsa pret guesswork & led many of them to drop that false doctrine. I reckon it'll take the Jews' building a new temple, or the beast's coming to power to head you outta darkness.

 

The OD DID refer to J's then-coming destruction in Luke 21:20. In Matt. 24:29-30, Jesus describes some events that'll herald His return.

 

You're assuming that cuz it HASN'T yet happened, that it WON'T. Again, lemme point out the founding of modern Israel against ALL human odds! Just ask any elderly Christian if a reborn Israel seemed possible in 1945! With the birth of that nation, a whole lotta pret hooey went "POOF!" in their faces!

 

ON THE CONTRARY - Jeremiah 31:23 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes, 'The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!'


“‘And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, “Will you not show us what you mean by these?”—say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.’” … Then say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again’”’” (Ezekiel 37:16-19, 21-22).

I don't see what convinces you besides the writings of the quack pret authors. There's NO Scriptural nor historical evidence supporting a thing prets say. I showed you that nero couldn'ta been the beast, & JESUS showed you He will return just after the great trib. It's simple logic & common sense that if the trib has already occurred, then Matt. 24:29-30 is incorrect. I choose to believe JESUS at His word, while you apparently choose to believe a gang of men writing a load of hooey that has no proof of truth.

 

Most Scripture is literal. As I said earlier, God has made it His absolutes.

Desolation involves destruction. "Made desolate" means "destroyed".

No, it means exactly what Jesus said. Joel spoke of it also.

Easy enough!

Daniel 9:26“And after the sixty-two weeksMessiah shall ]be cut off, but not for Himself;And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.The end of it shall be with a flood,And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

When I tell ya something is in Scripture, I'm not making it up. I study scripture a lot. I have eleven different English Bible translations, & I read'em all. Besides , it's a sin to lie, so when I say it's in Scripture, it's true.

 

Again, it's the principle of PROBABILITY. As I said, if I hurl a baseball at a glass window, the PROBABILITY is about certain, before the baseball reaches the window, that the ball's gonna break the window. Thus, as those parts of the Olivet Discourse that have cometa pass have done so literally, it's VERY PROBABLE that the rest will be fulfilled JUST-AS-LITERALLY, especially since there's no sign they have otherwise been fulfilled!

 

Again, JUST ASK! Very few anticipated the founding of modern israel in 1945.