The generation that sees the sun, moon and stars event will see the Son of Man Coming in power and great Glory.
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
This part busted it for me. A whole lot of things had to have happened in 70ad that I can't find recorded in history anywhere. Taking one focal point of a temple found in history that gets knocked over, yet not wondering where the other things are just don't make much sense to me. We have a horse rider spreading disease, with what technology in 70ad? Why this horse rider not mentioned anywhere in History text?
That is just one of many things. Why can't we just as easy interpret this scripture with a different context and have it make sense? It makes more sense than missing all these other historical events that should have been recorded.
Luk 21:5 And as some spake of the temple,
how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
There comment was about the nice precious stones, and the gifts. Now Jesus picks things up spiritually, He heard their comment about a brick building that was going to get knocked down anyway at some point in History. It would have crumbled to the ground if not destroyed by some army. So, Jesus does not care what happens to this temple, it's coming down no matter what.
However it's a temple with precious stones and gifts...............
Act 11:17 Forasmuch then as
God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
Holy Spirit in the Temple of man.
Eph_4:11 And
he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ministers as gifts.............
1Pe 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
We are lively stones.........................
Temple, Gifts, Stones..................... Jesus the chief corner stone.
1Pe 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Jesus Said.............
Luk 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Not one stone upon another, they shall be thrown down. That is stone by stone, you don't crash a temple stone by stone. Jesus is singling out each separate precious stone. Jesus never mentioned the Temple building as a whole, but the precious stones that each get thrown down.
What Jesus say next.
Luk 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Jesus tells them about how the stones are going to thrown down. Nation against nation is not some little army knocking over some temple in the Middle East. This is a world wide event, where the Gospel had been preached all over the World.
Luk 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Here is your Temple area, as described in Danial. It's not about a temple, it's about the desolation. Jesus did not mention the same temple twice, in fact He did not mention a temple at all concerning the armies coming around Jerusalem.
Mat 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
You don't see a temple here either............ Holy place is a land area.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
The whole holy land, the city and any temples.
This has not happened yet!!!! We have a whole lot of other events not accounted for in History.
Mike.