This was that.

The predorist view is that all the Bible was fulfilled, if that’s the case, how do we explain our existence and purpose? It’s an easy viewpoint to see the fulfillment but leaves a huge void.

The Futurist viewpoint is a Christian escological  view that interprets the Bible as futuristic events being literal and physical. The only way to reconcile the differences is to reread the Bible with a timeframe in mind. 

Passages are misinterpreted by the futurist, they overlook scripture and apply it to something to come. I believe this happens because they don’t understand the Bible in it‘s context, also they’re not taught to do so.

When Joel prophesied about the end times with the darkening of the sun and moon and the pillar of smoke, we can’t take that literal! It’s hyperbole, let’s use scripture to prove it because it’s already been laid out in front of us. Peter, in Acts 2 is filled with the spirit and is preaching to the crowds. It was such an amazing event, a couple disciples, being uneducated, fisherman, speaking in people‘s native tongues. This is unheard of, It is so amazing, the spirit being poured out. It’s so out of this world, that it’s as if the sun darkened the moon turned to blood and there’s pillars of smoke. 

Peter even said that this is the fulfillment of the passage in Joel.

“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ 

This was that!, it cannot be anything else, it tells us so.

The decimation of Jerusalem at that time was a major historical event. This was the end for Jerusalem and the temple. There’s  passages about people fleeing to the mountains, woe to women having babies, babies needing their mother’s milk. The siege was the fulfillment of prophecy. This was the destruction of Israel. They killed their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The siege happened just before Passover, probably when people were coming to Jerusalem from abroad.

According to Josephus, an eye witness historian, the city was ravaged by murder, famine, and cannibalism. “Wars of the Jews” book 6

The days would be shortened for the sake of the elect. This happened, as the siege happen very quickly because the amount of people that came in for the Passover and not enough food to go around for the people they were starving eating their babies and they were conquered. Just as the Old Testament prophesied.

Can you start to see?  If the churches knew the scriptures, there wouldn’t be so many denominations. Read the scriptures know your history, understand what cognitive distance is. 

Open your heart and mind to God alone.