Thanks I missed your post.
Hello UnderGrace,
Consider this, KJV1611 would have you and others believe that the scripture that he quoted as being proof that Christ returned in 70 AD. For that to be true, and I'm just using one example from the Olivet Discourse, the following would have had to happen:
* The abomination that causes desolation would have been set up in the Holy Place
* The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken
* the Son of Man would have appeared in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn.
* The inhabitants of the earth would have seen the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
* He would have sent out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they would have gathered His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Now according to the disciples question, all of the above is to happen when Jesus returns to the earth to the end the age. And since we are talking about the end of the age, we can jump over to Revelation and include all of the events listed there regarding the end of the age, such as the following:
"Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of all men slave and free, small and great.”
So according to the scripture above which takes place as Jesus is returning to the earth, an angel is going to call all of the birds of the air and gather them together to eat the flesh of all those that Jesus is going to kill with that double-edged sword.
In addition to that, the beast and the false prophet would have had to have been captured and thrown into the lake of fire alive.
Now, I've just mentioned a couple of the major events that accompany the Lord's return to the earth to end the age and many more, such as the events of God's wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments which much take place prior to the end of the age.
Taking into consideration Just the few events that I have listed which must take place when Jesus returns to the earth to end the age, it should be ridiculously obvious that the Lord did not return in 70 AD and that because none of those events have taken place, not to mention that Jesus said that the time leading up to His return would be a time of great tribulation such as the world has never seen from the beginning, until now and never to be equaled again. Regarding this, though the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem was a terrible event, it does not meet the conditions previously mentioned.
In addition to this, if Jesus would have returned in 70 AD, the majority of the church would have been left out of His promise to come and gather us. The blessed hope would have only been for those who became believers in Christ from Pentecost up to 70 AD and the rest of the church throughout 1900 centuries would be left out of the promise.
Preterist should be ashamed of themselves for believing and teaching this trash, as well fearing for their eternal lives.
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