Ok, I suppose my next question then would be what you do with passages like Zechariah 14:6 and Isaiah 66:20?
So when does the following take place....,
KJV Revelation 6
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Or this....
KJV 2 Peter 3
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
We need to agree that there are yet two comings or advents of Christ. The first to take His bride to be presented to His Father. The second to take his bride to the promised home of a new earth, where the Father shall reign forever.
The details, such as those texts from Zechariah and Isaiah and Peter, need to placed in the context of those two great events. Now like when Jesus mixed two events together in prophecy, the destruction of Jerusalem and his second coming, so also there are two events mixed in some prophecies regarding the millennium... We need to discern which ends of the millennium we are talking about. Sometimes we cannot fit every detail into its correct context, because we haven't been there yet. Most of prophecy is given to us that we may be clairvoyants regarding the future. Jesus said himself regarding some prophecy that "when these things come to pass, you will know". Much of prophecy is confirmed by past history... We cannot 'prove' our eschatological beliefs by projecting what prophecy may or not mean for the future. Doesn't mean we may not have a very good idea regarding what is to come re the big picture, like the nature of the millennium, but the details....
For example. The early church agreed, and even prayed that pagan Rome would continue in power despite the persecutions that came from her. They were heeding Paul's warning that after he was gone, the power that held back the Antichrist, the son of perdition, would be raised to power. They saw the big picture. They recognised over the ensuing centuries the collapse of Rome and the encroaching barbarian hordes that took over. They knew Antichrist was next, but did not know more did they recognise it when he came. That was left up to later reformers who when studying the prophecies and comparing them with past history, all recognised the papacy as the Antichrist. So with some deals about the future .
Some things we don't see clearly. But we see the big picture... Unless of course our entire prophetic hermeneutic had been changed from historicism to futurism...