What were the disciples asking when they inquired about “what will be the sign of your coming”?

[Marty fox]

That's meaningless. Does that change the fact that the old covenant was made obsolete by the death of Christ? No.

Of course but Jesus was talking about the destruction of the temple in the Olivet discourse.

It ended at the cross but they still went on participating in the old covenant age practices so God but a physical end to it.

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

Of course but Jesus was talking about the destruction of the temple in the Olivet discourse.

So? What is your point?

It ended at the cross but they still went on participating in the old covenant age practices so God but a physical end to it.

Again, that is meaningless as it relates to when the old covenant actually ended and was made obsolete, which was at the cross. By trying to make 70 AD the end of the old covenant age, you are promoting something not taught anywhere in scripture. If there was such thing as an old covenant age, then it ended when Jesus died on the cross.

When Jesus comes in the future it will mark the end of this temporal age during which people get married and they die, which is how Jesus described "this age" (Luke 20:34-36). So, the end of the age in the Olivet Discourse is the end of this temporal age that we're still living in.

 

[Marty fox]

To clarify my position Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ as in who He is and what He did. Jesus is God and He ushered in the New Covenant. That is what Revelation is it also is about the events of 70AD and the end of our World.

 

[claninja]

No, that is not likely.

Agreed

Their perspective at that time means nothing. Jesus's perspective is what matters.

While Jesus’ teaching does matter, I disagree that trying to understanding the disciples perspective in these accounts means nothing.

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

While Jesus’ teaching does matter, I disagree that trying to understanding the disciples perspective in these accounts means nothing.

Why is that? Are you somehow not aware that the disciples were mistaken about a number of things at that time? Should we go by their understanding at the time or by what Jesus understood instead? For example, the disciples at that time probably would have assumed the gathering of the elect would only involve the gathering of Jews, but they would later come to understand that the elect include Gentile believers.