Saturday 7 November 2015

AD70 and the End of the World

He came on time and on location.

In Jesus' generation there was the inauguration of everything that had been prophesied.

It was already the last hour.

Christ was crucified in the end of the world.

They were already hastening unto the coming of the Lord.

The Temple was later destroyed and Jews scattered, as predicted. According to Daniel and all the Prophets, Messiah had to come before that. And He had come - JESUS!

But AD70 didn't fulfil every theme connected with the question of the Second Coming and the end of the world.

The final Judgment will be eternal, not measured in days which could be shortened for the elects' sake.

The fires will be unquenchable, unlike the fires lit by Roman armies which eventually burnt out.

The Second Coming will be accompanied by the bodily resurrection. At the last trumpet.

Only righteousness will inhabit the new earth. But for now, the tares are allowed to remain alongside the wheat.

Christ is reigning, but He's also waiting - waiting for the day when His enemies are made His footstool. But that won't be culminated without the instrumentality of His still-future Second Coming and Judgment.

God is delaying for sinners' sakes.

We only live once. Every generation must have a sense of urgency. With an inner rest and assurance.

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