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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    I agree the olivet discourse is what he taught on the mount. But contextually, the olivet discourse is triggered by the 2 questions...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Regarding Matthew 24:34 — the phrase “all these things” (Greek: panta tauta) refers to “all” of what Jesus just finished describing...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Any understanding of the “times of the gentiles” is going to be a subjective interpretation, because the NT doesn’t explicitly state...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Joshua, who entered the promise land, was the 10th generation from Ephraim. Eleazar, who entered the promise land, was the 4th...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Jesus said they would be - “this generation will not pass away until all these things happen”. Additionally, the Olivet discourse is...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    This doesn’t answer my clarifying question. What grammar rules did I create? Grammatically, the antecedent of “all these things” in...
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    I do agree with you about this. The fig tree does not represent anything in particular there. Jesus was simply saying that just as you...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Please give an example, instead of a generic statement. What “grammar rule” did I create? you are giving me your framework again. I...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    The parable of the fig tree in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:28; Luke 21:29) is framed as an analogy about timing, not...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    You’re making a subjective interpretational claim, not providing “evidence”. The fact that the disciples were not “gathered” according...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    Your entire premise falls apart if you can’t demonstrate which specific descendant of ephraim first went into slavery in Egypt.
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    You stated “70ad is deception”. Pointing out that subjectively calling it deception is not a red herring. I could easily subjectively...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    That’s simply not true, I do take all other scripture into consideration, but in proper order. Proper exegesis begins with understanding...
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    No Christians were gathered into heaven within Jesus’ first century generation?
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    claninja replied to the thread Interesting preterist argument.
    And I could subjectively say dispensational premil is a deception, but that’s just a poor argument. Which descendant of ephraim was...