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Matthew 24 Fulfilled
And Dr. John Broadus, one-time president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said: We cannot say that v. 15–22 does not at all refer to the times just preceding our Lord’s final coming; but no such reference shows itself (John Broadus, 488). Dr. Richard L. Mayhue, assistant professor of Greek and New Testament at Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, in a 16-page book defending the pre-tribulation Rapture belief, said, “Neither a pre-tribulation rapture nor a post-tribulation rapture has found full acceptance with Bible scholars” (Richard L. Mayhue, 15). So perhaps the Bible scholars should investigate an alternative and consider the possibility that one does not need to accept either pre or post-tribulation viewpoint, for THE NEW TESTAMENT DOES SPEAK OTHERWISE. As previously pointed out, Eusebius, the early church historian, taught that these things happened back in the generation of the disciples (Eusebius, The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, 138, 141). They were not things to happen in our future either before or after the Rapture.
All Prophecy Relative to Israel Fulfilled by A.D. 70 In the events of the great tribulation which Jesus Christ predicted for the nation of Israel, would be the summed up fulfillment of all prophecies remaining to be fulfilled concerning the Jewish people. In Luke 21:22 Jesus said, “For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.” Notice that He said “ALL”—not “some.” Everything concerning the Jewish people which had been prophesied and not yet been fulfilled, would be fulfilled in those closing days of the history of their nation. Out of twenty-nine different translations of the New Testament in my library, I am taking just several of the versions for this one verse from Luke 21:22, to indicate exactly what this verse does mean, as viewed by more than just one translator or group of translators: Greek Interlinear: for days of avenging these are, that may be accomplished all things that have been written. Today’s English Version: