Life of Christ Lesson 132: Olivet Discourse - Part II {Destruction of Jerusalem}

This second lesson from the greatest prophetic sermon (and the longest) by the greatest Prophet Who ever lived (the Lord Jesus) is Christ's answer to His disciples' first of two questions asked as they rested on the Mount of Olives on their return trip from Jerusalem to Bethany (where they spent the night with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary). The question had to do with when the destruction of the Temple would take place, which Jesus shocked His men by predicting on their way up the Mount. The disciples had no idea of the coming destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70 by the Romans, much less that it would be a "mini-picture" of an even worse, end-times' desolation of the rebuilt Temple by the Antichrist to occur shortly before the return of Christ at His Second Coming. In this lesson, we present the four interpretation views of this sermon (and the Book of Revelation), with seven valid reasons why this discourse (and Revelation) must refer to yet-future "end-times' events" and cannot solely apply to either the A.D. 70 destruction of Jerusalem or to events that have already taken place during the Church Age. This view is referred to as pre-millennialism. If you have no earthly idea what the differences are between amillennialism, post-millennialism, and pre-millennialism, this study makes it very simple to understand. Remember: it is very important to know why you believe what you believe and not just trust others to tell you what to believe! Examine the Scripture itself, for it is its own Interpreter!