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What I meant, in terms of what Paul was talking about, is that the ones who were cut off because of unbelief (lack of faith in Christ specifically) were people like the Pharisees and scribes that Jesus called hypocrites. They were physical descendants of the nation of Israel and therefore...

But, you are giving a false definition of the word "parousia". It does not refer to the nearness of His coming (assuming "His coming" refer to His coming/descending bodily from heaven), it refers to His coming itself, as I showed in another post. As I indicated in that post, if it referred to...

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend) συντέλεια syntéleia, soon-tel'-i-ah; from G4931; entire completion, i.e. consummation (of a dispensation):—end. τέλος télos, tel'-os; from a primary τέλλω téllō (to set out for a definite point...

I disagree with how you are defining the word "parousia" as if it only refers to the nearness of His coming rather than to His coming itself, as in the act of Him descending from heaven to "the air" which will occur as fast as lightning shines from the east to the west. When the disciples...

Please don't take offense at the way I chose to refer to the fact that I disagree with your interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15:24. I didn't mean any offense by it. I'm honestly baffled at how you interpret that verse. Let's take one more look at it (I'll add some surrounding verses for context)...

Think about what you're saying here. I couldn't disagree more. They are synonyms. That is a fact. You said yourself they both are "the end". Words that share the same definitions are synonyms. Would it be wrong to use the word "telos" in combination with the word "aion" for some reason if...

Yes, I know that and did not say otherwise. The point I've made several times now is that the words are synonyms and can be used interchangeably. How can you think that about 1 Corinthians 15:24? Look at the context of the verse. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ...

I'm sorry, but I don't see any reason to see Jesus as speaking of anything but literal wars, famines, earthquakes, etc. in the Olivet Discourse. I think His reasoning for mentioning that was for people to not think that the end must be at hand when those kinds of things are happening. He made it...

Are you even trying to understand what I'm saying? Are you actually reading what I'm saying? Your response would indicate that you're not since your response doesn't address what I was saying whatsoever. Are your reading comprehension skills just extremely horrible or are you just not trying...

The nation of Israel, for the most part, rejected Jesus. How can you think they were the Israel of God when most of them rejected His Son Jesus? That makes no sense. Instead, it makes sense to see the Israel of God as being the one whose people love God and accept His Son. Nope. You are reading...

Let's look at the text itself to determine that. Revelation 20:9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning...

You have evidence that you base on Scripture and I can appreciate that. But, I don't consider it as proof since there are other words that are used in scripture, like "telos" to refer to the end that will occur when Jesus comes again. You don't think Jesus would use that word in that way, but I...

I'm not a futurist or a preterist. They're all wrong to claim it only has one definition. The Greek word "genea" has more than one definition. Do I need to prove this to you or can you acknowledge that? You indicated what Strong thinks. Key word there is "thinks". Even he would acknowledge...

We're speaking from different perspectives here. I'm saying that what happened back then was mostly local. Was it not? Did the Roman armies attack other countries or was it Israel that they attacked? Did they destroy temple buildings and kill many people in some other city besides Jerusalem...

Then why wouldn't He have said "the end of the temple buildings" (since spoke of their destruction/end) or "the end of Jerusalem" if He was trying to be "logical and reasonable"? Why didn't He say "To answer your first question..." followed by an answer to their first question and then later say...

I would say it was mostly local. That event was all about God's wrath against unbelieving Jews. But, that is beside the point. If I believe that those things (wars, famines, earthquakes, etc.) relate to being signs of His approaching second coming at the end of the age rather than being things...

I understand your point, but you seem unwilling to acknowledge that you were wrong about claiming that the word "sunteleia" means "end of the age". It doesn't. I understand that every time Jesus used the word "sunteleia", He used it in conjunction with the word "aion". Is that proof that He...

How do you have a choice exactly? If you see everything up to the end of verse 28 as referring to things related to 70 AD, then you should see that what is described in verse 29 immediately follows what was described just before that. What do you think are "those days" that Jesus referred to in...

You can believe what you want, but you falsely claimed that I made it as if Jesus's predictions were useless, but you don't seem to have any problem with making false claims like that. It's not what I would expect from you.

You are not getting the point. You need to step back and look at what was actually being discussed here, which was the meaning of the word "sunteleias". I said it means "the end". Which is true! It does not mean "the end of the age" as you are trying to claim. Again, the word "age" is a separate...