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NASB | Matthew 24:34 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:34 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. |
Subject: Has the Great Tribulation taken place ? |
Bible Note: Greetings Ken John, Your post is far too extensive for me to answer at this late hour. If you like to read and you like eschatology there is a book out that is the best that I’ve read on the subject call, The Sign. Just for a quick comment on Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) This verse ties in with what Paul talked about in 2 Thes. 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel, wasn’t fulfilled by the Legions of Titus in AD 70, because they just flat tour the temple down, they didn’t desecrate it, like was done by Antiochus Epiphanies, who was a type of the one to come. The great tribulation that’s coming will make the holocaust by Hitler look like a Sunday school picnic. Rev. 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. These words were penned by John approximately 20 years after the destruction of Jerusalem and the great tribulation was still future when the Jews would make a seven year pact with the one we call the antichrist.The pact will be broken after 3 1/2 years and Satan's man will demonstrate an evil in this world that has never been seen before. Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: There was no such covenant made with Titus and no way that the people could have left Jerusalem because the city was surrounded. The destruction by Rome in AD 70 was only a type of what is coming in the future when the antichrist and the false prophet will be on the scene. Get a copy of The Sign you will enjoy it, CDBJ |