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– If A=B=C then A=C –
The
Olivet discourse cannot be
divided,
as futurists do, to insert some far distant future 3rd or
more Comings of Christ. Luke's account confirms the unity of the Olivet
discourse. Lk 21:20-22 was the time when the
Son of Man was revealed.
This of course should already be abundantly clear because these were "…the
Days of Vengeance that all things which are written may
be fulfilled." [Lk 21:22].
Compare this:
[A] Lk
21:20-21
But
when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its
desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not
those who are in the country enter her.
[mid 66-70AD]
To This:
[B]
Mt 24:16-18 then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take
anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field
not go back to get his clothes. [parallels Lk 21:20-21]
With
This:
[C]
Lk 17:30-31 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man
is revealed. In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are
in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the
one who is in the field, let him not turn back. [parallels Mt
24:16-18]
Conclusion:
If
–
[A] Lk 21:20-21 = [B] Mt 24:16-18
And
–
[B] Mt 24:16-18 = [C] Lk 17:30-31
Then
–
[A]
Lk 21:20-21 = [C] Lk 17:30-31
The
rules of logic demand that if A=B and if B=C,
then 'A' must
= 'C.'
This beyond doubt proves that Lk 21:20-22 was the
"The Day in which
the Son of Man was revealed" i.e.,
His 2nd Coming,
precisely as Luke 17:30-31 indicates. The time when the
Judean Christians fled city and countryside, departing from roofs and
fields, not stopping nor turning back, was indeed
the
Day when the Son of Man was revealed. We have
this unequivocal fact according to Lk 17:30-31, which
parallels Mt 24:16-18, which again parallels Lk 21:20-21.
With Scripture interpreting Scripture, we find the mid 66-70AD time
frame to be the time when the
'Son of Man' was revealed in judgment
against Old Covenant apostate Judaism i.e., the Law, Sin
and Death.
2Tim
4:1
I
charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will
judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
Christ's
appearing
or manifestation – being
"revealed," is
an event
concurrent
with
the
"judgment"
of the living and the dead i.e.,
"resurrection"
and His
"kingdom" and
are all Biblically coupled to Christ's
end-time
Parousia.
[DISCUSS
HERE]
David
G. Embury
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