AD70 was bad, but we can try to squeeze a bit more significance into it than was intended, I think.
The resurrection didn't happen (Paul said the dead will rise, at Christ's coming).
Marriage didn't end (Jesus said marriage won't exist in the new age).
The time of the Gentiles didn't finish (there were at least two more wars with the Romans).
The Jews weren't fully dispersed (that happened more fully about 66 years later).
The Jews' problems didn't end.
Persecution of Christians didn't end - it was really only just starting.
Rome didn't stop causing problems. Rome itself wasn't destroyed. That came hundreds of years later.
The world's problems didn't end. Earthquakes, famines, wars, and pestilences all continued.
The Gospel still hadn't reached literally every tribe in the world. And it still hasn't, actually. (If anyone is willing to go and preach to an unreached tribe, inbox me for potential placement.)
But some predictions were fulfilled in AD70. And yes, it was bad.
The resurrection didn't happen (Paul said the dead will rise, at Christ's coming).
Marriage didn't end (Jesus said marriage won't exist in the new age).
The time of the Gentiles didn't finish (there were at least two more wars with the Romans).
The Jews weren't fully dispersed (that happened more fully about 66 years later).
The Jews' problems didn't end.
Persecution of Christians didn't end - it was really only just starting.
Rome didn't stop causing problems. Rome itself wasn't destroyed. That came hundreds of years later.
The world's problems didn't end. Earthquakes, famines, wars, and pestilences all continued.
The Gospel still hadn't reached literally every tribe in the world. And it still hasn't, actually. (If anyone is willing to go and preach to an unreached tribe, inbox me for potential placement.)
But some predictions were fulfilled in AD70. And yes, it was bad.
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