The End Is Past: Prophecy Fulfilled in A.D. 70
The core of prophetic understanding has been obscured by modern sensationalism, distracting believers from a monumental truth: the prophecies concerning the “last days,” the “Great Tribulation,” and the “coming of the Son of Man” were fulfilled historically in the first century A.D. This event—the catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in A.D. 70—did not signal the end of the physical world, but rather the definitive end of the Old Covenant era and the beginning of a new spiritual reality. The popular modern idea of a sudden, dramatic ending preceded by a “rapture” is a recent theological invention, entirely absent from church history prior to the 19th century. A far older and more consistent view understands the Kingdom of God as unfolding progressively through history. This perspective aligns with the testimony of spiritual maturity and stands in stark contrast to the materialist fixations of futurism. The strongest pillar supporting this historical interpretation ...