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Originally Posted by Lafon
Mike, if you will but carefully examine an outline of the city limits of Jerusalem at the time of Christ, you'll find that the place "where also our Lord was crucified" was NOT within its boundaries, rather the site of Calvary was northeast of the city.
Moreover, the phrase "street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt," should be recognized as speaking of the "whole world," for it will be there, scattered in every place imaginable, that the slain saints of the coming Anti-Christ and his deceived followers, will be found when God allows him to "make war with the saints and overcome them" during the last days.
Now I know that you, as an advocate of preterist doctrine do not accept this as truth, but I write and post this for the sake of those of us who do believe in the prophecy which tells of the coming of this "man of sin" and of his "war" with the saints.
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The scripture refers to Jerusalem when it mentioned where our Lord was crucified. Everyone agrees with that. It does not have to be within the confines of the city walls.
Hebrews 13 says it was outside Jerusalem. But it was close enough to be considered that city. It was just outside the walls. So it it's too weak an argument to say the city Jerusalem was not in view.
What other great city was where Jesus was crucified if not Jerusalem? The world? So the great city we read of later on in the book that is the harlot is the world?
Read the bible and see the bible calls Jerusalem a Harlot many times as I've shown.
Jesus said Jerusalem was guilty of all blood. Jesus said that. The same we read in revelation 18:24. You really have to reach to avoid that connection.