Sun Be Darkened, Moon Shall Not Give Her Light, The Stars Shall Fall From Heaven and The Powers From Heaven Shall Be Shaken, But one will say, yeah, how did all of this happen in the Apostolic generation prior to A.D.70?! Once again, please allow the Scripture to interpret itself. God’s coming on the clouds and stars falling from heaven, as used elsewhere in the Bible, are metaphors referring to the judgment of nations, not the destruction of the physical planet. This can be seen in such O.T. passages referring to the fall of Babylon, Egypt, Edom, and Israel (Isa. 13:9-10, Ezk. 32:7-8, Isa. 34:4-5, Amos 5:21-22). In Matthew 24, the context is the fall of Jerusalem. The sun, moon, and stars represented the universe of Israel. Jewish writers understood the light to mean the law; the moon, the Sanhedrin; and the stars, the Rabbis. (Bray, ibid. p.125) Reformed and Puritan theologian John Owen had this to say of this text, And hence it is, that when mention is made of the destruction of a state and government, it is in that language that seems to set forth the end of the world. So Isa. 34:4; which is yet but the destruction of the state of Edom. And our Saviour Christs prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, Matthew 24, he sets it out by expressions of the same importance. It is evident then, that, in the prophetical idiom and manner of speech, by heavens and earth, the civil and religious state and combination of men in the world, and the men of them, are often understood [emphasis MJS] (ibid. John Owen, works p. 134). The Bible describe the destruction of BABYLON in the symbolic language Isaiah 13:9–10 9 Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. 10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light The Bible describe the destruction of EGYPT in the symbolic language Ezekiel 32:7–8 7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God. The Bible describe the destruction of EDOM in the symbolic language Isaiah 34:4–5 4 All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree. 5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. Source : treeoflifeministries.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125:mike-sullivan-&catid=35:preterist-eschatology-all-prophecy-fulfilled-by-ad-70&Itemid=77
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