Michael Bennett
December 7th 2004, 03:46 PM
The Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70 = The Second Coming
Matthew 22
1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son <= Wedding language = Revelation 19 – 22. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. <= Teachers of the law and Pharisees. 4"Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.' <= Wedding language = Revelation 19 – 22 fulfilled.
5"But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business. 6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. <= Wedding takes place at destruction of Jerusalem AD 70: Therefore Revelation 19 - 22 is fulfilled.
Matthew 23
29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! <= Same event as spoken of in Matthew 22 above. You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? <= Condemned to hell at this judgment = The Great White Throne Judgment. 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. <= Revelation 17–18 fulfilled. Babylon in Revelation = Jerusalem: blood of prophets and saints on it’s hands. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation. <= The judgment would come upon the generation Jesus was speaking with at that time.
37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. <= The destruction of Jerusalem AD 70 = wedding took place (See Matthew 22 above) = Revelation 19 - 22 fulfilled.
Matthew 24
2"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
15"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other <= The second coming, rapture, resurrection.
34I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. <= Destruction Of Jerusalem AD 70, in the generation Jesus was speaking with at that time.
Luke 19
43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you." <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70 is when God was coming to them.
Luke 21
20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. <= All which was written was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem. This includes the second coming, rapture, resurrection.
Hebrews 9
8The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, <= Second coming is the destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Daniel 12
1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. <= See Matthew 24:21. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. <= Resurrection. 4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge." 5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?" <= The astonishing things mentioned in verses 1 through 3. 7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, "It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed." <= Resurrection completed at the destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
Coming On Clouds = The Use Of Armies
Isaiah 19
1 An oracle concerning Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
Isaiah 20
1 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it- 2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared-to Egypt's shame. 5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame. 6 In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?' "
Ezekiel 30 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near - a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
Ezekiel 30 17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity. 18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity. 19 So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD .' "
Compare the above ALREADY FULFILLED prophecies above with the scriptures below. Is it any surprise that when Jesus said he was COMING ON CLOUDS that he would use an ARMY to destroy a nation just as God did in the Old Testament? Jerusalem was destroyed AD 70. In the exact GENERATION that Jesus said it would be. AMEN !!!
Mark 14
61But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
62"I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
63The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked.
Luke 21
20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
32"I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
Matthew 22
1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son <= Wedding language = Revelation 19 – 22. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. <= Teachers of the law and Pharisees. 4"Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.' <= Wedding language = Revelation 19 – 22 fulfilled.
5"But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business. 6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. <= Wedding takes place at destruction of Jerusalem AD 70: Therefore Revelation 19 - 22 is fulfilled.
Matthew 23
29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! <= Same event as spoken of in Matthew 22 above. You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? <= Condemned to hell at this judgment = The Great White Throne Judgment. 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. <= Revelation 17–18 fulfilled. Babylon in Revelation = Jerusalem: blood of prophets and saints on it’s hands. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation. <= The judgment would come upon the generation Jesus was speaking with at that time.
37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. <= The destruction of Jerusalem AD 70 = wedding took place (See Matthew 22 above) = Revelation 19 - 22 fulfilled.
Matthew 24
2"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
15"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other <= The second coming, rapture, resurrection.
34I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. <= Destruction Of Jerusalem AD 70, in the generation Jesus was speaking with at that time.
Luke 19
43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you." <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70 is when God was coming to them.
Luke 21
20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. <= All which was written was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem. This includes the second coming, rapture, resurrection.
Hebrews 9
8The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. <= Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, <= Second coming is the destruction of Jerusalem AD 70. not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Daniel 12
1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. <= See Matthew 24:21. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. <= Resurrection. 4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge." 5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?" <= The astonishing things mentioned in verses 1 through 3. 7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, "It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed." <= Resurrection completed at the destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.
Coming On Clouds = The Use Of Armies
Isaiah 19
1 An oracle concerning Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
Isaiah 20
1 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it- 2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared-to Egypt's shame. 5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame. 6 In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?' "
Ezekiel 30 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near - a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
Ezekiel 30 17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity. 18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity. 19 So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD .' "
Compare the above ALREADY FULFILLED prophecies above with the scriptures below. Is it any surprise that when Jesus said he was COMING ON CLOUDS that he would use an ARMY to destroy a nation just as God did in the Old Testament? Jerusalem was destroyed AD 70. In the exact GENERATION that Jesus said it would be. AMEN !!!
Mark 14
61But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"
62"I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
63The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked.
Luke 21
20"When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
32"I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.