What is your take on Jeremiah 30 8-9?
"by which they were kept in bondage, both with respect to civil and religious things; but now he that led into captivity shall go into captivity himself, ( Revelation 13:10 ) ; and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him;
this shows that this prophecy cannot be understood of deliverance from the Babylonish captivity; because, after this, strangers did serve themselves of the Jews, and they were servants unto them; as to the Persians, and Grecians, and especially the Romans"
This is part of John Gills explanation... Im wondering your opinion so I didn't include his conclusion.
Sorry for the delay in replying.
We need to understand prophecy in terms of the whole sweep of prophecy, which centres on the incarnation of the Son of God, Son of David, Seed of Abraham, Seed of the woman, our LORD & Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Covenant with Abraham, the Old Covenant (Sinai), the nation of Israel, the promised Land, the Davidic Kingdom, the tabernacle & temple with priesthood & sacrifices were all signs & pointers to God's purpose & plan of redemption. The great & enduring continuum is Christ himself & the restoration of all creation in the NH&NE.
Specific prophecies such as "the time of Jacob's trouble" show God dealing with his people in many different situations. Likewise the time in Egypt & the Passover deliverance. The whole Old Covenant situation shows God dealing with the people of Israel as they alternated between obedience & unbelief, with the faithful remnant living by faith through times of blessing & adversity. (Hab. 2)
The great prophecy is Gabriel's 70 weeks prophecy, which teaches us that the Messiah will appear after 69 weeks (of years) & finish the work of redemption of God's people in the midst of the 70th week. After that the city, the sanctuary with sacrifices & offerings have no significance. The OC will be obsolete & the NC will stand supreme. The AD 70 destruction will totally end the OC.
The 35 years from Pentecost to the destruction, & the 2,000 years so far of the Gospel "last days" (Acts 2) show God's longsuffering with sinful man while giving us time for repentance. (2 Peter 3) I believe Revelation reals with the period leading up the the destruction. The opening verses of the prophecy make it clear that the events are "at hand" rather than for a supposed fantastically complex "end of end times" scenario.
I haven't read John Gill, but as I understand what I have read of non-dispy writers, the general view of prophecy is of the events leading up to the return of Christ, & that Revelation is dealing with repeated events throughout the present "millennium." We should learn from them in living through the various events & tribulations - we have "ears to hear" - but we should not treat them as future "end times" prophecy. Prophecy effectively finished with the destruction.
We are now living in a "watch & pray" situation, not knowing when our Lord will return. See the closing verses of Mat. 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 & 2 Peter 3.