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Originally Posted by mfblume
A careful read of Matt 24:21 flatly prohibits a dual fulfillment.
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I see a significant gap. For example,
Matthew 24:15-22
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
From the event that transpires in verse 15 to verse 22 and beyond a significant amount of time may have passed (over 2,000 years). Take a look at Luke's account:
Luke 21:20-25
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Again, from the destruction of Jerusalem to the signs in verse 25 many many years may have passed. We see the Diaspora in verse 24 and how the Jews were spread throughout the world through the centuries. We see Jerusalem trodden under foot of the Gentile peoples... until their time is fulfilled. Then we see the signs begin to take place. Jerusalem's being trodden under foot could have began in AD 70... and have taken place all the way up through 1948.
While we look at the destruction of Jerusalem and the signs that follow heralding the end... I think we don't consider the significant amount of time that takes place between them.