The tribulation in Mat 24 happen exactly when Jesus said it would, I believe He said "Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
That was after describing all the following-
The Abomination of Desolation
15“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house,
18and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.
19And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
22And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
23Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.
24For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
25See, I have told you beforehand.
26So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
27For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
32“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
33So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
34Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
So Jesus said all these things would happen before the generation He was speaking to passed away.....and it did.
This judgement was a specific judgement against a very specific people, the covenant breaking Jews that told God to His face "We have no king but Caesar, your blood be on us and on our children". Then 40 years later the temple was destroyed brick off of brick and the end of that age came upon them EXACTLY as Jesus said it would.
Now we know this happen and I think that most of us would agree that scripture is closed, that Jesus fulfilled everything we need for salvation and God has given us His word. So like Paul said "Even if we come to you with something different than what you've been given then let us be dammed to hell".
So if the temple is gone, already served it's purpose and is gone, and God hasn't told us in His word to rebuild His temple, then just based on this alone how can anyone be expecting a third temple? Besides the fact another temple would be spitting in the face of Jesus, how on earth can God's Holy Temple be His if He hasn't commanded it be built. The idea that these things are future to us is a gross misreading of SO much of Gods word. I know many disagree, but I've never heard the "3rd temple dilemma", as I call it, answered with scripture, only "God can do what He wants". That's unacceptable to me.
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