And they match with the stones at the surfice, Herodian stones.
I wouldn't worry about a few bricks still standing. When Jesus said you see ALL these things HERE, I'm fairly sure He was talking about ALL buildings around the world. Think about it in the context of Revelation's great earthquake and every mountain and island moved out of it's place. Or the OT stories of the earth staggering like a drunkard. I think a few of the disciples figured out the gravity, or the finality of what Jesus was pointing to.
Since there's still a few bricks standing, that means the first couple verses of the Olivet are not fulfilled yet. Because there are still many stones in place, I would agree with those that think the first couple verses of the Olivet are not fulfilled yet, but I would suggest it's something else. Something much more dire. Something much more final.
Jesus was leaving the temple and walking away. Earlier in that day, in Luke 21, Jesus had addressed the destruction of Jerusalem when it would be surrounded by armies. Now the timeline shifts into the final destruction of earth when time is no more. The disciple who pointed out the multiple amazing buildings of the temple must have been proud, must have been in awe of the temple complex. The most glorious complex of buildings constructed by mankind on the planet at that time. In their view would have been, not just the temple, but many of the amazing buildings of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Antonia Fortress, the Royal Portico, the Theater and the two massive arch constructions. The Wilson's Arch construction by itself was an engineering marvel. It is still standing today.
The name Wilson's Arch is also used to denote the hall that it partially covers, which is currently used as a synagogue. This hall opens towards the
Western Wall Plaza at the Plaza's northeast corner, so that it appears on the left of the prayer section of the Western Wall to visitors facing the Wall.
The Arch once spanned 42 feet (13 m), supporting a bridge that carried both a
street and an
aqueduct.
Wilson's Arch was built as part of a bridge described by
Josephus that connected the Temple Mount to the Upper City on the Western Hill; it carried a road as well as the last section of an aqueduct bringing water from
Solomon's Pools near
Bethlehem to the Temple Mount.
Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia
Jesus asked: “Do you not see all these things?
"Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
That was the end of another long day which was spent INSIDE the temple. For everyday He was teaching in the temple, but at night He lodged on the Mount called Olivet.
Once they made that familiar trip, down the temple mount, across the Kidron Valley, and up to the Mount called Olivet, the disciples must have been tired. They must have been ready for sleep time. But the seriousness of the subject sinks in with four of the disciples. They are wondering what was Jesus talking about? They are wondering was Jesus talking about something much more sinister than just the destruction of Jerusalem. Was Jesus talking about all the stones of the whole City of Jerusalem? They must have recalled the OT prophecies of the earth utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently, the earth sways to and fro like a drunkard. Was this what Jesus was talking about with saying there would not be left here one stone upon another?
When Jesus said: "all these things, could He have been talking about every man made building on the earth?
When Jesus said: there will not be left "here", does He mean every building here on the earth?
Four disciples came to Him privately and asked when shall these things be?
"And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?”
When we are here after the thousand years are finished, the lost are going to be brought back to life. They are going to march across the broad plain of the earth. The earth will be turned into a "broad plain".
The earth will be turned into a "broad plain" because every island and mountain will have been moved out of it's place, and every man made wall will be thrown down when the earth staggers to and fro like a drunkard. There will not be left here, on the planet, one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.
A day like no other.
"On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.
It makes me think of that Salvador Dali painting of the melting clocks.
Surreal.
