The Gentile Times ended

by opusdei1972 2 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  opusdei1972

  They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)
  
  This is vaticinium ex eventu. So it practically proves that the author wrote this Gospel after 70 AD. He wanted Jesus to proclaim a prophecy in which Jerusalem will be destroyed and then after some gentile domain over the city, it would be restored, occupied and administered again by the Jews. And of course, it tells us that early christians of the first century, after 70 AD, were preaching a messianic early kingdom centered in Jerusalem  rebuilt  (Acts 1:6-7). This expectation was still in force until the end of the  second century, because greek christians as justin and Irenaeus believed in it.
  
  Jerusalem is now mostly occupied by Israel again, and the nation does not believe in Jesus as the Messiah. So, we should recognize that the Gentile Times, as defined in Luke 21,   practically ended in 1948 (not in 1914), but the world continues as such.
  
  
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  Perry

  the nation does not believe in Jesus as the Messiah

  True. But they will one day. 

  So, we should recognize that the Gentile Times, as defined in Luke 21,   practically ended in 1948

  I would say that Jerusalem is still being "stepped on" disrespectfully by Gentiles. -  "Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."

  Moslems run the temple mount. A temple to a false God is on the temple mount now.

  
  
  

  it practically proves that the author wrote this Gospel after 70 AD.

  Where is the 1st and 2nd century historical outcry charging that this was written after the fact?

  
  

  
  

  Revelation 11:1-2 explains when the times of the Gentiles will come to an end:

  And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
  

  Remember, Jerusalem will be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. This passage tells us that the Gentiles will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two Jerusalem months. Forty-two months here refers to the (2nd half of the final week in Daniels 70 week prophecy) three and one half year period known as the great tribulation, which immediately precedes the battle of Armageddon.
  

  
  

  In Revelation 13:5, we are told that power was given to the beast (the Antichrist) to continue forty two months. This is the same forty two months that will conclude the times of the Gentiles.

  
  

  
  
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  Viviane

  True. But they will one day.

  Moslems run the temple mount. A temple to a false God is on the temple mount now.

  Remember, Jerusalem will be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. This passage tells us that the Gentiles will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two Jerusalem months. Forty-two months here refers to the (2nd half of the final week in Daniels 70 week prophecy) three and one half year period known as the great tribulation, which immediately precedes the battle of Armageddon.

  This is why we can't have nice things.