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NASB | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
Subject: Still not convinced preterism is false |
Bible Note: Rehi Coper You ask for a timeframe. Jesus gave a clear time frame in Luke 21 (Matthew 24/Mark 13). He spoke first of 'these things'. Then He spoke of what would follow 'these things'. Of 'these things' (what led up to the destruction of Jerusalem) He said that they would happen in their generation. They were the leaves on the fig tree (Luke 21.29-30). But of His glorious coming which would follow 'these things' He said that He did not know the time (Mark 13.32). If He did not know the time of it He could not possibly be saying when it would occur. He also said that it would come at the end of the times of the Gentiles, which themselves would follow the destruction of Jerusalem (Luke 21.20-24). How then can His words about His glorious coming refer to that destruction? See Luke 21.20, 24, 27. Matthew omits some of this simply describing it as 'great tribulation', a tribulation which lasted from the destruction of Jerusalem to the present day in accordance with Deuteronomy 28 and occurs during the times of the Gentiles. With regard to Matthew 16 he said that some in that generation would not die until He came on the clouds of Heaven to the throne of God to receive Kingly Rule as in Daniel 7.13-14. That coming was from earth to Heaven as Daniel makes quite clear. It has nothing to do with His glorious appearing on earth. |