Jesus and AD 70
I just finished reading a summary of the arguments for why the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 is not referring to some end of the world apocalyptic scenario in the fashion of Left Behind but rather the destruction of Jewish Temple and the end of the Jewish Age. The book is called The Last Days According to Jesus: When Did Jesus Say He Would Return? by R C Sproul. Over the next several posts I want to follow the arguments Sproul puts forward, based on James Stuart Russell’s work, for an AD 70 fulfillment of the mini-apocalypse in the Olivet Discourse. If you are interested in looking at a preterist position, this is a good read. Do come and read these posts as I think you will find them very interesting to say the least.
[cross posted at Think Wink]
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I am really looking forward to it. I used to be a Hal Lindseyist premil back in the early 90’s. I since let my readings lapse on this subject ’cause did not think it mattered in the grand scheme of saving souls. I really think now that the OD was talking about something very close at hand and not the “end times.”
This topic is of a renewed interest for me - reworking the supposed end times prophecies. I just don’t have the time or the energy to reacquaint myself with the subject.
I eagerly anticipate your post series.