Wrong. Matthew 23:38 is a reference to the physical city of Jerusalem.
Matthew 23:38
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οἶκος
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"the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile: οἶκος ὑμῶν,
of the city of Jerusalem, Matthew 23:38;
Luke 13:35."
The physical city was desolated in 70 AD, confirmed and corroborated by.
You don't get it.
Daniel 9:26
"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
Verse 26 is
NOT about Rome. This is about
Michael (Christ) and His messengers warring against the forces of darkness — and tragically, His
own people destroyed the city and the sanctuary when they
rejected and killed their own Messiah. The destruction didn’t come from outside enemies first —
it came from within. It came from those who
claimed to be God’s people but were, in truth, part of a corrupt and apostate family.
Christ pinpoints this exact guilt and lays it squarely on the ones responsible! And if you think He was talking about literal bricks and Roman legions, then please — actually read what He says here:
Matthew 23:33-38
"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate."
Let’s make this painfully obvious:
Was Christ rebuking limestone walls and city gates? Did He call stone structures "serpents" and "vipers"? Of course not. He was talking to the
people — to the apostate religious leaders and their followers who had filled up the measure of their fathers' guilt. Get it?!
Jerusalem, in context, is a
representation of the people — the
Old Testament congregation who rejected the Son and persecuted the prophets. Christ is addressing a
family line of rebellion, stretching all the way back to Cain murdering Abel — not the physical soil of the land or the city’s architecture. Because of their rejection, the kingdom representation was taken from the Old Testament congregation and given to the New Testament congregation to produce more fruits, the one which Christ has confirmed a covenant with!
So, like you, when people try to shift the blame to the Romans in 70 AD and say
“See? They destroyed it!”, they completely miss the point. The
real destroyers were the professed believers from within the Old Testament Congregation — the ones Christ came to first, who should have known better, and who
will be held accountable.
So yes, like the blind Pharisees and scribes, many today still cling to a
carnal reading — obsessed with physical stones, physical kingdoms, and physical armies — while ignoring the very heart of Christ’s warning. He wasn’t pointing to buildings. He was pointing to
them — and by extension, to all who claim to be His people but reject His truth.
Selah!
Daniel 9
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Desolations upon the Old Testament congregation - the people who went against Christ and put him to Death.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
See? The covenant being confirmed? That has everything to do with the
New Testament Church, the true congregation —
not with the Old Testament Church where you claim the desolation of verse 27 was upon some. So naturally, the
desolation that follows is also directed at the Church,
not Jerusalem in 70 AD and certainly
not the Roman soldiers. The one that Christ confirmed a covenant with!
Let’s be honest — Christ also didn’t confirm a covenant with the Romans. He confirmed it with
His people,
His body, the
Church the one that Christ rebuilt in 3 days after the Old Testament congregation fell! So in the time of the end, after the building of the church is finished, the visible Church turns away from truth, rejects the Gospel, and silences the voice of the
Two Witnesses — the Elect —
that’s when desolation comes, just like the Jews did with Christ at the Cross! DejaVu! The armies that compass the New Testament church were not the Romans or anything but the
false prophets and christs - the body of the beast of Revelation 13.
But hey, if you still want to pin all this on Titus and some bricks in Jerusalem, maybe you missed who the real covenant was even made with in the first place!
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Matthew 24
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:
Note: You might want to slow down and actually apply the wisdom of Christ here — you know, that part where He says,
"whoso readeth, let him understand"? Yeah, that. Do you even grasp what the
abomination of desolation really is? Spoiler alert: it’s not about some Roman soldiers stomping around the old temple ruins.
It’s about what stands in the
New Testament Congregation — the Church — not some bricks and mortar in Israel. The true desolation happens when false gospels and false christs take over the visible church. But hey, keep chasing Roman centurions if you insist.
Luke 21
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
You
still think God is talking about physical Jerusalem in Luke 21:20? Really? I hate to break it to you, but you might want to take another look. Luke 21 isn’t fixated on a patch of land — it’s pointing to the New Testament Congregation of Israel, the Church, which Jerusalem
represents.
And those “armies”? Oh sure, everyone loves to say they’re the Romans — because, you know, prophecy always has to be about the first century, right? No. The real “armies” are the false prophets and false christs that invade and corrupt the unfaithful New Testament Church. That’s the true desolation.
God’s Elect are told to come out — not out of a city with stone walls, but out of a spiritually fallen congregation. You’re looking at the wrong Jerusalem. Might want to update the map.
