Timtofly
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I think their argument was that buildings don't have walls, only doors and windows. Obviously walls don't have doors or windows, until they actually do. Seems to me they cannot see the Forrest for the trees.Most of the temple complex is made of WALLS!
In this case they cannot see the stones for the one single building they are attempting to define. All these things still include all these stones. The western wall is the one in the back. It would be the least likely one needed to be removed, by the Romans. The eastern wall would have been breached by the time the temple was set on fire.
The fact is that the Romans did remove more of the foundation than necessary, in search of some melted gold. But not every stone at every foundation point needed to be removed at all by an army.
The argument is between why the Romans point of view is different than the Second Coming point of view. Like Amil, Preterist have no logical reason to deny the future Second Coming, nor a future Millennium. They are just attached to the notion such future events will never happen, so they give as many excuses possible, why they will never happen.
I agree that one day an earthquake will split that wall in half to allow for a river. They will have to bring that last stone back and reset it when they start over to rebuild an entire structure. That 70AD temple complex was totally scattered and later rebuilt upon, which was unfortunate, as now no one can prove it was ever all removed.
Yet there is still the reasonable doubt that parts remain to this day. So even if some here are right that it was all removed, even lacking proof, it all has to be done all over again, because in 70AD, they forgot to install the two rivers. There will obviously be another chance to remove every stone. At that point 70AD will not even matter, as the point will be settled once and for all. I am sure Jesus can allow those alive today some flash back ability to see 70AD if they are so OCD in being right about everything.
Interestingly enough no temple will be built prior to the Second Coming. So the Second Coming happens prior to the temple Satan will sit in. At the Second Coming all stones will be moved out of their places. Then a new temple and throne will be set up by Jesus the Prince. This throne will be set up way before the battle of Armageddon is ever even needed. Armageddon is not the Second Coming. Armageddon is only an event to reclaim this throne set up at the Second Coming. There is only one future temple destruction not two. There is only one Second Coming to set up this temple. There will also be two new rivers flowing out of Jerusalem at the same event.