RE: Recap - A moral question for theists
July 14, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2015 at 12:22 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(July 14, 2015 at 11:12 am)Crossless1 Wrote: There came a point some decades after the crucifixion when the unfulfilled return became an embarrassment that had to be dealt with.
What you need to understand is that many many prophecies refer to both immediate and future events. You also must remember that Jesus, the Prophets, and Apostles explicitly used parable and allegory (Mark 13:14 "let him that readeth understand.."). Mark 13 and parallels like Matthew 24 refer to both the end times and to the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. i.e. "the abomination of desolation" contained in Daniel 7. So you are completely wrong. That is the part of the prophecy was actually fulfilled "within this generation". You're just referring to the wrong part of the prophecy.