The End 2000 Years Ago Part 2

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  maccauk11

  SIGN 2

  The Beginning of birth pangs will be; false messiahs, wars famine,earthquakes, terrors and signs from heaven

  AD 40-46 A scorceror in Samaria called the great power of God acts8:9-11

  AD 46-48 False prophet and magician bar jesus Acts 13: 6-10

  AD 50 False brothers among them

  AD57 Many disguised themselves as Apostles of Christ

  AD 60 Many False prophets in the world

  AD 61 Philosophy and empty deception according to the world was the elemntaryprociple of the world

  AD 66 False prophets were among them

  AD 44-70 Great numbers of false prophets and decievers were in the world

  AD 41-54 Famines during the reign of CLaudius

  AD63 Signs of activity of mt.Vesuvious was a sever earthquake on Feb 5 AD 63 earthquake continued for the next 16 years culminating with the eruption of Vesuvious in AD 79

  AD 65 Terrors and signs from the heavens. A comet was seen for a year. Chariots and troops of soldiers were seen runningamong the clouds and surrounding the cities

  AD 67 Famine in Gamala

  AD 65-73 Wars and rumours of wars.Peace wa sended when the Romans excited the Jews to go to war. Many inJeruslame were killed tortured and raped appx 1.2 million

  and the upper market palce plundered. WOman at etheir children out of hunger. The Jewish wars began in AD 66 when rebellious Jews captured Masada and put the ROmans to death

  AD 66 The Roman army marched to Jeruslame to beseige it. Inside the city he attempted to break into the temple. The first rank of ROmans rested their shields against the wall of the temple at which time many became fearful and ran out the city strangly Cestius recalled his army and left without reason. This fulfils Messiahs words 36 years earlier when they saw the armies surround Jeruslame and when they saw the abomination that causes desolation at the Holy place they were to flee.

  AD 70 Prior to the siege of Jerusalem many died of famine when the roman army surrounded the city for months.
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  Crazyguy

  These end time events Jesus talked about are called the Olivet, but how then does Revelation ty in to this since many other things happen in that book?
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  kaik

  You should know that 1st century with some exception was rather century of relative prosperity and peace. It was actually the most prosperous century for entire history of the Roman Empire. The 1st century BC was a major crisis for the Roman world as it was experiencing social crisis that ended Roman Republic and paved a way for Imperium. Augustus consolidated the Roman Empire and provided check of balances that were known as Pax Romana. Some places in Roman empire experienced unprecedented prosperity and population exploded from 50 milion to 85 milions by 100 AD. Peace between Persian and Roman empire ensured stability in Levant. There were some political crisis like during Calligula, or Nero that followed the year of Four Emperors. There was uprising in Judea and Britain, but for Roman world, these were unimportant provinces of the vast empire. The largest and most important province for Rome was Egypt.

  Earthquakes happens all the time, so did famines. Roman empire had experienced all of them through its entire existence. The largest earthquakes happened in the 4th century AD that was accompanied by tsunamy. However, this was not unusual. Explosion of volcano of Thera in 1600 BC was probably the most devastating eruption in the past 4000 years and much stronger than eruption of Krakatoa. If anything, Roman Empire experienced significant crisis after the murder of the emperor Caracalla, which paved the system toward barracks emperors and quick succession of various military leaders who destroyed the economic base in the empire. It is hard to point that 1st century was anything extraordinary for human race in empire that survived for another 500 years.

  During the 1st century there were not known epidemics. However, 150 years after the death of Jesus, came major epidemics known as Antonious plague that even claimed the life of one the best emperor, Marcus Aurelisu. 100 year later, another plague of Cyprian devastated Roman Empire again, killing millions. Anything apocalyptic from John does not indicate any major crisis for the Roman world in 1st. century.
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  maccauk11

  Revelation is the spiritual testimony of all that had taken place rather like an epilogue. SOme language used to describeeventsto the seven churches is symbolic, metaphoric , hyperbole language much of which is taken from the old testament prophets like Ezekiel
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  Doug Mason

  When Jesus warned his disciples about "wars" he said nothing about the size, frequency, number of casualties, many nations or few. Neither did he say whether there would be many earthquakes or few, if there would be large earthquakes or small, if there would be many casualties or none.

  But he did warn them: he said "beware of deceivers". These would say that Jesus had already returned secretly or that he was in the desert. He told them that these people would say that they were The Anointed (the "Christ").

  Doug