Rev. 9:10: Historical Facts vs. Futurist Fiction

I do not understanding a connection. There is something you are are understanding I am not getting.

 

Then, simply **PROVE** it.

Again, tell us when all life in the Mediterranean died.

And when did an earthquake split Jerusalem into 3 parts? the last major quake to hit J was in 1927, killing 130 people, and it was far from the biggest quake the world had ever seen.

 

The WHOLE eschatological set of Scriptures should be taken literally, except where it's obviously symbolic, such as the dragon pursuing the woman, etc. And the LITERAL meanings are easily seen.

If you knew eschatology that well, you'd know preterism is false, & there are plenty of events yet to come.

And the Roman army didn't commit the AOD. Remember, SCRIPTURE says that it'll be the antichrist, Paul's man of sin, & the false prophet that'll do it, and that the antichrist shall declare himself to be God. The Romans didn't do THAT, nor did they issue any marka the beast from the temple, nor set up a statue in it that was supernaturally made to talk, causing the world to marvel. You're 'WAY off the mark !

 

Would be the same though as say Infant regeneration!

 

Premil is still the most biblical position!

 

I believe the order of events is clearly laid out in Scripture: coming of the beast/antichrist, rapture, AOD & marka the beast, great trib, Jesus' return, millenium.

 

I see the Rapture as the Second Coming event, but either way, still premil fits the messianic Age much better!

 

Matthew 24:29-31

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet.


Revelation 6:12-13

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

The stars are the angels coming to earth. After this the 7 angels sound the Trumpet.

This is the Second Coming. The end of the church. The final harvest of Christ, Himself on earth. The 144k are His Second Coming disciples.

 

Either that or I am missing what you are saying. You see the Disciples asking different questions about different topics, and Jesus giving separate answers. I see them asking one question and Jesus answering only that question.

 

All life in the sea did not literally die. This was hyperbole.

 

A lot of eschatological passages are symbolic, especially in the Book of Revelation. There is no mention of "The Antichrist" anywhere in Scripture except in 1st and 2nd John.

The Futurist view simply doesn't make sense to me, and the Preterist view doesn't make sense to you.

 

I see your point, and I am tempted to agree. One of the key doctrines of our faith is looking for the return of Christ.

 

Siege of Jerusalem = 14 April – 8 September 70 CE
John wrote the book of Revelation = about 95-96 AD

Ice, Thomas D., "The Date of the Book of Revelation" (2009). Article Archives. 75.
The Date of the Book of Revelation

 

In the rapture, Jesus will call the saints to Him, rather than Him mcoming to them as He will do when He physically returns to earth & "touches down".

 

Yes, to a preterist who seeks to find an excuse to try to say it's already happened. That's all prets have-excuses, imagination, & guesswork.

 

The beast & the antichrist will be one & the same.

OF COURSE preterism doesn't make sense to me because history and reality prove it false.

 

The temples John wrote about are the heavenly one, which he calls just that, the millenial one he was told to measure, & the one the Jews will build in Jerusalem, where the AOD will occur.

Do a little research, & you'll see that the Jews have the construction materials & the instruments for use in a new temple ready. And also, they're breeding animals for use in temple rites, having bred several red heifers a few years back, among others. AND IN 2018, THEY BUILT & CONSECRATED AN ALTAR TO BE USED IN THAT TEMPLE WHEN BUILT ! !

Now, I'm not trying to be smart-aleck, but, as a Christian, I believe reality & history are shaped by Scripture, & reality is, the Jews will build a new temple in J when the time is right. They'll build it in just a few days with modern equipment, pre-fabbed parts, etc.