@anthonypassalacqua3330

1 year ago

In order for a theology to be correct it has to agree wth the whole Bible not just one particular passage. There is a principle in the bible called the principle of the first and second fulfillment for example Peter says on the day of Pentecost concerning the pouring out of the Spirit "this is that" but this was not the complete fulfillment as Joel 2:28-31 points out. It is true that the destruction of Jerusalem was partially fulfilled in 70 AD but Zechariah 14:1-4 tells us that this is going to happen again and it wont be just Rome but "all nations" that will attack Jerusalem and this is in conjunction with the second coming as the context shows In order to understand what Jesus meant by the Abomination of desolation we must go back to Daniel 11. In Daniel 11 we are able to identify in the past what Jesus said would be accomplished again in the future. In Daniel 11:31, we see the Syrian king of the Selucid Dynasty forcing idol worship on the Jews. His name is Antiocus Epiphinies. With the help of some apostate Jew's he caused the sacrifice to cease and sacrifices a pig on the alter and dedicates the temple to the idol Zeus. What Jesus was saying is that this is going to happen again in the future. In other words Jesus was saying that in the future there will be another man who does precisely the same thing as Antiocus did? He forced idol worship on the Jew's and if they refused they were put to death. The horrible things he did to the Jew's is recorded in the Maccabees and other historical writers of the time. Now when we consider what happened in 70 AD it was quite a different situation. The Roman's were quite content to let the Jew's do their religious thing just as long as they didn't stir up any trouble. Remember this is the problem they had with Jesus They were afraid Jesus would cause an uprising and then the Roman's would come and "take away their place" The reason for the crushing of Jerusalem is because for many years prior to this event there were hostile, militant groups who thought to through off the Roman yoke once for all. Josephus was actually the head of the Jewish force at this time. This revolt started around 66 AD and for ten years these hostile Jew's tried to force Rome out of Jerusalem and to regain their independent rule back. The truth is that the Roman's were sick and tired of these Jewish insurrections against Rome, and so after ten years of fighting thy finally put it down for good. Brother what happened in 70 AD is not the Abomination of Desolation of which Jesus spoke of. The Abomination of which Jesus spoke of as recorded in Daniel will again involve a man forcing idolatry on the world. This will happen as Saint Paul says in !! Thessalonians when "the man of sin is revealed who 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 showing himself that he is God". This same truth is repeated in Rev. 13:15 "And he {ie antichrist} had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak; and cause that as many that would not worship the image of the beast should be killed". Brother these things have not happened yet and there is no amount of symbolism that can be legitimately attached to these verses to rob them of there literal meaning. You may try to comfort yourself by explaining these texts away as historical, but soon and very soon you will see your eschatology come crashing down in front of you. If we are going to be true to scripture we must not attach symbolism to a text unless it is perfectly obvious the the context demands it, and trying to justify these plain scriptural pronouncements of fact by Paul and John in comparing them with hyperbole is simply improper Biblical hermeneutics. Biblical texts like "the land of milk and honey" should never be used as justification for symbolizing plain statements of fact. If we are doing this we are making the scriptures of none effect. This is why Jesus condemned the Pharisees because they sought to stretch and bend the divine pronouncements of God to suit their own fancies. When a person plays a piece of music and adds to the original piece we call this improvising, this may be all well and good when it comes to music but it is absolutely forbidden when it comes to scripture Deut 12:32. My name is Tony if you wish to respond back. . .

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