The Gentile Times were fulfilled

by opusdei1972 2 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  opusdei1972

  24 they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

  As I see, a natural reading of this prophecy says that if we see Jerusalem, the city, without being trodden down by the Gentiles, the times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled. However, many years ago, Jews returned to Jerusalem and this city is no more trodden down by the Gentiles.

  It seems that Luke added this verse after Jerusalem was destroyed by the roman armies, so he thought that Jews could not govern there until Jesus' second coming. Furthermore, "orthodox" church fathers of the second century believed that Jerusalem would be rebuilt by Christ and he would reign there for 1000 years.

  So, as I see, this prophecy was not fulfilled.
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  Doug Mason

  How did Luke arrive at his opinion?

  To whom was he writing?

  What was the ongoing opinion at the time this was written (about 80-100 CE) that he was countering?

  Doug
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  Doug Mason

  Was Luke looking at the state of Jerusalem and saying that the Jews would not get control of it until the Gentiles stopped controlling it?

  Not that a purely religious Jewish authority has control of it now, nor was the biblical Jerusalem ever capital of Israel. Consider the animal emblem of Jerusalem.

  Doug