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Were the Events of A.D. 70 Significant Enough to Confirm the Fulfillment of the Second Coming?

Were the Events of A.D. 70 Significant Enough to Confirm the Fulfillment of the Second Coming? Below is the 42nd of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. [In previous excerpts, posted at the Parousia blog (see link above), Russell has painstakingly shown that an imminent, 1st-century Second Coming was a belief central to Christ's own prophecies and to the teachings of the apostles in the New Testament's epistles and the Book of Revelation. [Russell deals with three key questions in this excerpt: (1) Were Christ and the apostles deluded about the timing of the Second Coming and did God permit this to keep Christians in a state of constant vigilance? (2) Was the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70 merely a preliminary "type" of coming of Christ, one that awaits an ultimate fulfillment at the end of history, resulting in a cosmic cataclysm? (3) Was the prophesied judgm
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The Second Coming's Imminence to the Disciples' Lifetime; the Uncertainty of the Event's Precise "Day and Hour"

THE SECOND COMING'S IMMINENCE TO THE DISCIPLES' LIFETIME; THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE EVENT'S PRECISE "DAY AND HOUR" Below is the 41st of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "Certainty of the consummation, yet uncertainty of its precise date. [Matt. 24:36: 'But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.' [Mark 13:32: 'But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.' ] "Although our Lord has defined the limits of the time within which the predicted consummation would take place [see verses below this excerpt] , yet a certain amount of indefiniteness remains respecting the moment of its arrival. He does not specify the exact date, the 'hour, or the day,' or even the month or the year. This does not mean that the whole question of time
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Will the World End in a Great Ball of Fire?

WILL THE WORLD END IN A GREAT BALL OF FIRE? Below is the 40th of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "ESCHATOLOGY [END TIMES DOCTRINE] OF ST. PETER. "2 Pet. iii. 7, 10-[13] [2 Pet. 3:7, 10-13].--- ‘But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men . . . . But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [Greek: stoicheia, meaning 'rudiments,' 'principles,' 'fundamental principles,' 'elementary forms,' see Gal. 4:3, 4:9; Col. 2:8, 2:20 ; Heb. 5:12 ] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation [conduct] and
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How Does God Measure Time?

How Does God Measure Time? Below is the 39th of multiple excerpts from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "THE CERTAINTY OF THE APPROACHING CONSUMMATION. "2 Pet. iii. 8, 9 [2 Peter 3:8-9].--- ‘But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.’ "Few passages have suffered more from misconstruction than this , which has been made to speak a language inconsistent with its obvious intention, and even incompatible with a strict regard to veracity. "There is probably an allusion here to the words of the psalmist, in which he contrasts the brevity of human life with the eternity of the divine existence,--- ‘A thousand years in thy sight are
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It Already Happened in A.D. 70

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FUTURISM NO, PRETERISM YES

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 FUTURISM NO, PRETERISM YES Matt 10:23 [to the disciples] “...truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.” Matt 16:28 [to the disciples] “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” (Parallels at Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27) Matt 24:34 [to the disciples] “Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Parallels at Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32) Matt 26:64 [to Caiaphas the high priest and the Sanhedrin] “... you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Parallels at Mark 14:62 and Luke 22:69) Rev 1:7 [John to the seven churches in Asia] “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him…” (English Standard Version)
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Brace Yourselves For More End-is-Near Prophecies

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