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@cv5 , I gather that Cameron143 believes the following verse was fulfilled in the first century--perhaps in the events surrounding 70ad, since he did say he believed Jesus "returned" for that purpose / at that time--where in Dan2:34 it says this:
"As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue
on its feet of iron and clay [which he takes to be Rome of the first century, I think],
and crushed them."
The next verse continues on to say, "Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away,
and not a trace of them could be found.
But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." [which he takes to be meaning, "since the first century... in ever-increasing measure"]
It kind of reminds me of the way people often mistake the SEQUENCE ISSUES in the Olivet Discourse (we're always talking about)...
... where there are events that take place "BEFORE ALL" the beginning of birth pangs (including ONE "SEE-then-FLEE" circumstance--the one in the 70ad events [Lk21:23,20,12]), and then there are events which
FOLLOW ON from "the beginning of birth pangs"... coming AFTER those (which includes a WHOLLY DISTINCT "SEE-then-FLEE" from the one which occurred in the 70ad events--indeed,
far furture to that [in the yrs immediately preceding and LEADING UP TO Christ's [
commonly-called] Second Coming
to the earth in Rev19; i.e. His "RETURN"
to the earth... "when he will
RETURN FROM the wedding" Lk12:36-37,38,40,42-44 [and parallel]...
THEN "the meal [G347]" i.e. the
earthly MK age, yet "future"--when the "FEET and TOES [iron AND clay]" kingdom will be existing/operating in its role--it hasn't yet)