What Happened, How was it fixed?
What Happened, How was it fixed?
Sin caused Adam and Eve to die spiritually. Jesus came to fix spiritual death not physical death. John 11:25 Jesus is the resurrection. He is spirit, He is the kingdom, He is the new Jerusalem, He is the church. When we die to our old self we are resurrection into Him. After Jesus' resurrection He became the resurrection and we are resurrected in Him. We become one in Christ. Jesus said in John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one. Go here for more about Jesus Came to Fix Spiritual Death
When will it take place
Let's read some passages with one question in mind, "When will it take
place"
Rom. 13:12; Phil. 4:5; James 5:8; 1 Pet. 4:7, Rev. 22:10, Matt. 24:33; Mark
13:29; Luke 21:20; Luke 21:28; Luke 21:31; Rev. 1:3; Rev. 1:1; Rev. 22:6; Rev.
3:11; Rev. 22:7; 22:12; 22:20; Matt. 10:23; Matt. 24:34; Mark 13:30; Luke 21:32;
1 Cor. 7:29; 1 Cor. 7:31; 1 Cor. 10:11; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Cor. 16:22; Heb.
10:37; 1 Peter 4:5
It looks like all the verses show evidence that the New Testament writers knew
these events would happen in their lifetime and used words like soon, shortly,
near, quickly, and at hand. I see it no other way, these events took place in
the first century generation, not some 2000 years later in history.
There is evidence by first century historians that wrote about the destruction
of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD. This was the Old Covenant and The New
Covenant is the spiritual kingdom which was fully established by Jesus (70 AD)
and continues to this day and forever, until we die a physical death. Then we
will be in the heavenly kingdom. Go here for more
Time Statements or here for
When
the World Ended
This Generation
See also Generation and More About Generation
Matthew 10:23 - This generation will not pass away before all these things are fulfilled.
Matthew 16:27-28 - This clearly shows that Jesus would return before some of them died. Jesus said He is coming within the lives of his audience. It's not hard to see, that Jesus would return before some of them died.
Matthew 24:33-34 - Jesus said "This generation will not pass away before all these things are fulfilled"
Matthew 26:63-64 - This high priest Jesus was answering, died during the AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem. If he did not see the coming of Christ in the events that took place at that time, Jesus was mistaken.
Luke 21:22,32,36 - Jesus said all prophecy would be fulfilled in there life time. It was about to happen it was near. These are not future events. Jesus tells the disciples how to avoid it by going to the mountain. Jesus says desolation is near. Jesus tells us this is the time of punishment (judgment) Jesus was telling them they were in the days of Vengeance. And We are told all things written will be fulfilled. Jesus is talking about the Destruction of Jerusalem, where all prophecy is fulfilled. See also Matthew. 24:15-21; Mark 13:14-19
Luke 21:24 - They were to die in the last day by the sword. A literal sword. This is not Jesus. If this was not true and was to take place in the 21st century, are you telling me we're going to have a sword fight?
1 Peter 1:3-5 - salvation is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:20 - shows they were living in the "last times"
1 Peter 4:7 - the end of all things is at hand. Soon! Not some 2000 years into the future.
See also Generation and More About Generation
Kingdom
Matthew 4:17 - Jesus preached the Kingdom is at hand.
Luke 17:20-21 - The kingdom is spiritual you cannot see it, it's within us.
The kingdom to come was to be "soon", "at hand" and it would not be of this world. Jesus said the kingdom would not be visible, that the kingdom would be within them, making it a spiritual kingdom not a physical kingdom. The kingdom that came, was spiritual and within us. Unbelieving Jews and Pharisees expected a physical kingdom for Israel. Jesus rejected the idea. The Kingdom was established at Pentecost and fully established at the second coming (parousia) in 70 AD. All those that repented and believe the Gospel are in Christ by faith. Each of us are spiritually in the Body of Christ and the Holy Spirit lives in us. Since Christ' Parousia, our sins are permanently and eternally atoned for. His New Covenant kingdom is a spiritual one in which righteousness dwells. Rom. 11:36; Rom. 13:12; Phil. 4:5; Titus 3:5; James 5:8; 2 Peter 3:13; Rev. 22:10 For studies on Kingdom see 1. The Kingdom of God 2. Daniel 2 - The Metal Man Statue 3. Delivering The Kingdom To God 4. The Eyes to See His Kingdom 5. New Jerusalem 6. Where are we to look, to see Him?
Gospel
preached in all the world
Gospel preached in all the world
Matthew 24:14 Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world. Then the end will come.
Notice in all the world not that everyone will hear it.
Paul claimed that the gospel had been preached throughout the whole world.
Romans 1:8 - If faith is spoken of throughout the whole world, the Gospel has been preached in all the world.
Romans 10:18 - The gospel was preached to the ends of the world.
Romans 16:26 - Scriptures have been made known to all nations.
Colossians 1:6 - It's talking about the Gospel that came into all the world. You know the gospel that brings forth fruit.
Colossians 1:23 The gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven.
Titus 2:11 - Has appeared to all men.
In 30 AD Jesus told His disciples, before His second coming, one of the signs
would be the preaching of the gospel in all the world. Jesus told them that it
would be before the end of their generation in that first century (Matt. 24:34)
Evidence shows that Apostle Paul said the gospel had been preached in all the
world.
The New Testament writers were not referring to the entire planet. The world was
the Roman Empire. See: Luke 2:1; Acts 2:5; Acts 17:6; 1 Tim. 3:16
For us to understand what God is teaching us, we cannot interpret scripture from
our own standard pattern We
need to think about every word in the verse. We cannot skim over it like I know
that verse without seriously thinking about it. Jesus and His Apostles used
their words in their generation but words like "soon" mean the same thing they
mean soon! not in about 2,000 years. See complete study for
Has the Gospel Been Preached in all the World?
Every Eye Will See Him
John would reveal things that would shortly take place in the first century
generation. Rev.1:1-3
In Rev. 1:7 John tells us it was the first century Jews that would see Him. They
were the ones who had Him crucified. They were the ones who pierced Him. They
were every eye in Israel. They were the the twelve tribes of Israel. This is not
talking about the entire planet, It's the unbelieving Jewish people who saw
their city be destroyed right in front of them. Matt. 24:30 This occurred in 70
AD just like Jesus said it would. Jesus said "not one stone shall be left upon
another" Matt. 24:1-2 Josephus, wrote: "Where is this city that was believed to
have God Himself inhabiting therein? It is now demolished to the very
foundations." (Josephus, Complete Works, Wars 7.8.7) The signs of Christ's
presence in the clouds were witnessed by all of those Jews and reported by the
Jewish priests as recorded by Josephus. (Wars 6.5.3). For studies see
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Matthew 24:6 - Jesus is telling His disciples they will hear rumors of wars but the end is not yet. And we know this because it all revolves around the destruction of Jerusalem 40 years after Jesus returned to Heaven.
Hebrews 8:13 - The old covenant is ready to vanish away. And become obsolete. Both Covenant's existed side by side from 30 AD to 70 AD. Notice vanish away was about to happen, which would be the Destruction of Jerusalem. These were not events thousands of years in the future. They were not world wide events, Jesus told His disciples they could avoid them by fleeing to the mountains.
Matthew 21:40-45 The Pharisees knew it was them. This is a prediction of Jesus and was in fulfillment by the Destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, throughout the whole world. Go here for complete study on Wars and Rumors of Wars
World is Passing Away
1 John 2:17-18 - John knew the old world was passing away (Old Covenant) and the new world would be better and replace it. (New Covenant) The New Testament writers tell us the end time events would happen in their lifetime. Some people today call this the end of the world. Well in the First Century it was called "This Age" (The old Covenant) And after 70 AD, it became the "New Age" (The New Covenant).
Hebrews 1:1-2 - Again the writer knew they were in the last days. See a complete study on The world is passing away (Heaven and Earth)
End of This Age
Matthew 13:39-40 - What is the end of this age? Remember there are only two ages spoken about at this time in the bible "this age" and "new age" which is The old Covenant age and the The New Covenant Age.
Matthew 24:3 - This is the End of the Age. We see "end of the age" it refers to the old covenant age. The KJV uses the word "world" here instead of "Age". It's the only version that has not corrected this mistake. Other translations have made the correction. Here the Greek word for world (kjv) is aion and aion is described as age. If Jesus wanted us to know the world was coming to an end he would have used the Greek word kosmo as used elsewhere.
The text "end of the age" is not the end of the earth. It's about the end of the Old Covenant Age. The Old Covenant Age ended in AD 70 when the temple was destroyed. See Luke 21:20-24
1 Corinthians 10:11 - The Apostle Paul taught that all of the people in his generation were living at the "end of the age" Paul told Timothy to avoid certain people in the last days. If the last days were generations to come, Timothy would have to be alive today. See a complete study on Ages and World
Salvation
Romans 13:11 - It's time it's now. Throughout the NT, salvation is equated with the second coming of Christ, and we know that the second coming and Christ, the resurrection equals Salvation. Which all happens together.
Ephesians 4:30 - Those that are in Christ are sealed for the day of redemption.
1 Peter 1:5 - Peter tells us that salvation is
ready to be revealed in the last time
If Christ has not yet returned as He said He would in the first century, we are
still waiting for salvation!
For more on "Salvation" 1. go here 2. What do we need for Salvation? see also What is the Gospel?
Resurrection
There are two places in the bible that tell us when the resurrection would occur Daniel 12 and Luke 20:27-35
Daniel 12:2 - Is about the resurrection. Nobody can deny this.
Daniel 12:5 - The question is asked "How long will it be to the resurrection"
Daniel 12:7 - Tells us when the resurrection would happen. It would be "when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered" then all these things shall be finished.
Now, the "holy people" cannot be the church and
the power of the holy people cannot be the Gospel. The Kingdom of Christ has no
end. And the church will never be destroyed. Daniel's "holy people" was Old
Testament Israel. And her only power was, her covenant relationship with the
Lord.
So, the resurrection would happen, when Israel and her covenant relationship was
"completely shattered"
The only age predicted to come to an end in the entire bible was the old covenant age of Israel. It would be when Israel's covenant power, torah was destroyed. Daniel 12 predicted the end of the age.
There are some great parallel passages that
cannot be missed. I hope you take the time to review them in this study. Compare
Daniel 12 to Matthew 13, 1 Corinthians 15 and Revelation 11. It's all in this
study.
The Christian Age has no end Ephesians 3:20-21
The Church will never be destroyed Daniel 7:13
The Gospel will never pass away. Matthew 24:35
Also Jesus said the resurrection was to occur at the changing of the ages. (the Old Covenant age and the New Covenant age) Luke 20:27-35
See studies 1. Resurrection 2. End Time Prophecy-Part 2 Daniel 12 The Resurrection 3. Physical vs. Spiritual, Earthly Bodies or Heavenly Bodies
Heaven and Earth
Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:1 - God is talking to Israel He calls them, "O heavens," and, "O earth." He is clearly not speaking to the physical heavens and earth. He's talking to Israel.
Isaiah 1:1-2 God is talking to Israel. He calls them heavens and earth.
Isaiah 1:10 He calls them "Sodom and Gomorrah." We see "rulers" used for "heavens" in verse 2, and "people" used for "earth." We see "heaven and earth" are used to speak of rulers and people of a nation.
Isaiah 13:6 - Notice "at hand" didn't take 2,000 years. This is the destruction of Babylon which took place in 539 BC.
Isaiah 13:9-13 - Here we see the sun moon and stars of heaven, but all it means was Babylon was destroyed.
Isaiah 13:17 When the Medes destroyed Babylon, the Babylonian world came to an end. The physical heaven and earth were still in tact, but for Babylon, they had collapsed. This is symbolic language. This is the way the Bible discusses the fall of a nation. This is obviously figurative language.
Isaiah 24:3-6 - God refers to Israel as the
earth. He says, "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved,
the earth is moved exceedingly.
Isaiah 24:19-20 - The earth fades away "Notice how many times God referred to
Israel as the "earth." This symbolic language is speaking of the destruction of
the people of Israel.
Isaiah 34:4-5 This is describing the fall of Edom. And not to be taken literally!. God says, "His sword will be bathed in heaven," then explains what He means by saying, "It shall come down on Edom." His sword being bathed in heaven, means the nation Edom, not the literal heaven. This is not a literal sword coming down out of Heaven crushing Edom.
In Nahum 1:1-5 Notice the word "burden" as we discussed earlier. Doom is about to take place. This is the judgment of Nineveh, not the physical world. This is the way God describes the fall of a nation. If we know this to be true why do some make it out to be the destruction of the world?
If the destruction of heaven and earth were to be taken literally in all of the Old Testament, that would mean, heaven and earth were destroyed many of times. This language is not literal!
Hebrews 1:10-12 - this is quoted from Psalm 102. If we were a new Christian, one would think that was referring to the physical earth. This is saying the heavens will perish. But the Heavens will grow old like a garment. How is the world, (heavens and earth) of old going to perish?
Psalm 102:26 - This is saying the old covenant would grow old and it would be changed to a new covenant.
Hebrews 8:13 - The Bible speaks of the passing away of the old covenant using the same language. He clearly says the old covenant will be obsolete! NOT in addition to a new covenant. So in reality, what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away? Well, the writer of Hebrews teaches us that the "Old Covenant" and the "Heavens and earth" are the same. The Greek word palaioo means "to make worn out, or declare obsolete" It's use in Hebrews 1:11 of the heavens and earth and 8:13 of the Old Covenant.
Matthew 5:18 - If we don't understand the use of "heaven and earth", we will not understand and end up in confusion.
The Old Covenant has NO place in the New Covenant! Why is that so hard to understand? The New Covenant replaced the Old. And believers today live under the New, not the Old Covenant. Jesus lived in what the Bible calls "this age". Today we live in what the Bible calls the "age to come".
Hebrews 8:13 In AD 65, when this epistle was
written, the old covenant was "ready to vanish away". The Greek word for
"vanish" is aphanismos which means: "disappearance or abrogation".
Matthew 5:18 "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one
jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
(For assuredly, I say to you, till the old covenant and Israel pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.)
The law remains in tack, every bit of it, until it is all fulfilled and heaven and earth pass away. That's what Jesus said, isn't it? Now compare that to what Jesus says in Matthew 24:35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
This means the old covenant and Israel will pass away but my gospel will by no means pass away.
When the "the law" and "the prophets" is spoken
it indicates the entire Old Testament. The Law of Moses and the Prophets
and the Psalms describes all of the Old Testament.
The phrase "till heaven and earth pass away" refers to the duration of the whole
Old Testament's authority. So, Jesus is saying that not a single item of the Law
- the Old Testament will ever be changed until heaven and earth pass away.
I hope you see the studies of heaven and earth there are two parts.
Part one here and
Part two here
Sun Moon and Stars
Genesis 1:14-17 - God tells us the stars were for signs and to rule the day and night. When God spoke about the clouds darkening and the stars falling He was talking about the judgment about to take place and there was going to be a change in rulership.
Ezekiel 32:7-8 - When God judged Egypt He didn't literally cover the heaven or literal make the stars dark. He may have covered the sun with a cloud. Dark clouds seemed to be the norm. Again God used another nation to judge Egypt and change the rulership.
Isaiah 13:9-11 - The constellations (heavens, sun and stars) where not literally darkening, God used another nation to judge Babylon.
In Genesis 37:5-11 - Joseph tells his father and brothers he would rule over them some day. Notice the sun, moon and stars were not literal but referring to Josephs father, mother and his brothers. And what happened? Joseph became 2nd only to Pharaoh in rulership and ruled over the land & over his family. Now does that sound like literal.. No!.
When God was going to changed rulership, He
always came in judgment and the same biblical language used in the old testament
sounds just like the end times prophecy futurist use for a future coming. Which
is not literal! God did not come literally in the old testament.
God Comes To Judge Ancient Babylon Using the Medes
Isaiah 13:6-11, 13,15-19; Jeremiah 4:13-14, 23-30
Here again, the sun moon and stars in bible prophecy referred to a change in
rulership. There is no literal sun, moon and stars turning to blood and falling
to earth. The bible does not teach that the earth will be destroyed. If a star
would literally fall to earth, the world would indeed be destroyed. Bible
prophecy is symbolic, if you don't find it's meaning in the old testament that
happened naturally you will never see the spiritual meaning. The natural comes
first and then the spiritual. See 1 Corinthians 15:46
See complete study on The Sun Moon and Stars
Second Coming
John 21:22-23 - If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you
Jesus is saying, If I keep John alive until I come at the 2nd coming what is it to you
Jesus was saying that its none of Peter's business if John remains alive until his return?
1 Cor. 10:11 - "On [us] the ends of the ages have
come."
Phil. 4:5 - "The Lord is at hand."
James 5:8-9 - "The coming of the Lord is at hand .... Behold, the Judge is
standing
at the door."
1 Pet. 4:7 - "The end of all things is at hand."
1 Jn. 2: 18 - "It is the last hour ... we know that it is the last hour."
It was also crystal clear that his coming was imminent and that Christ coming
was going to be in that generation (Matt 24:34). He gave the Jews one generation
to repent of their sins. He gave them from the time he was crucified in 30 AD
until 70 AD.
See studies on Second coming and Return 3. Bible Truth About End Times 4. Has Bible Prophecy Been Fulfilled? 5. The 2nd Coming of Christ Jesus 6. What did the Disciples believe about the Lord's Return? 7. Will, Did, Christ Return Like The Father 8. How many judgments (Parousia's) were there, and to come? 9. Matthew 24 10. The Coming of The Lord - Drawing Near 11. Beliefs of the Olivet Discourse 12. The Greek word Mello, will change how we see Prophecy
Flee To The Mountains
Matt. 24:3-28; Matt. 24:16
Before Jesus' second coming, He told His disciples, there would be signs of His
coming and that it would be the end of the age. Jesus is talking to His
disciples not us, 2000 years later. He tells them there will be trouble and some
will be killed. He said there would be many false prophets and many would be
deceived and would be breaking Gods law. And they would violate the holy place.
And that would be it. The final warning for them to get out of the city and flee
to the mountains. This was not for future believers 2000 years later. The
warning is for His disciples in Judea (Matt. 24:16) Are we in Judea? No! Jesus'
first century disciples obeyed and fled Judea to the mountains. They escaped to
the mountains before they could be killed by Jewish Zealots and Roman soldiers.
The city and the temple were destroyed in the 3-1/2 year Jewish-Roman war ending
in 70 AD. See Luke 21:20-22
The Old Covenant system was shaken and completely destroyed. God then fully
established His kingdom the New Covenant. Heb. 12:28; 2 Pet. 3:10-13
See complete study for Flee To The Mountains
No More Sin
I would almost bet that those hearing or reading this now, think there will be
no more sin after Jesus second coming. Well, the bible does not say that. It's not
until were in the Heavenly Kingdom where there is no more sin. At Jesus return
He will destroy the Old Covenant, The Jewish religious temple system then
complete His final judgments. Then He will establish His New Covenant, The
spiritual kingdom.
The Bible does not say that there will be "no more sin" when the Lord returns.
Instead, He will destroy the Old Covenant Jewish religious temple system;
complete His final judgments; and then fully establish His New Covenant
spiritual gospel kingdom.
Hebrews 12:27-28 - old covenant temple could be
shaken and removed. New covenant kingdom cannot be shaken.
He shakes Israel and removes the old covenant temple.
Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being
shaken (old covenant temple system), as of things that are made, that the things
which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we (first century
saints) are receiving a (new covenant spiritual gospel) kingdom which cannot be
shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear. Hebrews 12:27-28
The Old Covenant Jewish temple system is described as the "old heavens and old
earth". It will be shaken and pass away. This occurred with the destruction of
the Temple in 70AD. The New Covenant Kingdom is described as the "new heavens
and new earth". It is a spiritual kingdom that is within each of His born-again
believers. (Luke 17:20-21).
"Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved (old covenant system), what
manner of persons ought you (first century saints) to be in holy conduct and
godliness, looking for and hastening the (soon) coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens (old covenant temple system) will be dissolved,
being on fire, and the elements (laws, principles, rudiments) will melt with
fervent heat?" (2 Pet. 3:11-12).
"Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth
(new covenant spiritual kingdom) in which righteousness dwells." (2 Peter 3:13).
It is an everlasting spiritual kingdom that cannot be shaken. The Holy Spirit
indwells each of His elect believers and only righteousness dwells in the
spiritual Kingdom. All believers after 70ad live their physical lives on earth
until their deaths. But they also live their kingdom lives in the spiritual Body
of Christ during their lifetimes on earth.
The transition saints participated in the foundation of the New Covenant
Kingdom, while still living with the Old Covenant Jewish temple system. They
looked for Christ to return soon in their near future. Their salvation was not
yet consummated until Christ came back out of the heavenly holy of holies and
returned in 66-70ad. They suffered extreme persecutions from the unbelieving
Jews and the Romans for their faith. They had to go through the resurrection and
the judgment. Those who endured until the end were judged to be righteous and
received eternal life with great rewards for their faithfulness. This occurred
at Christ's second coming Parousia in 66-70AD.
"So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those (first century
saints) who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin,
for salvation." (Heb. 9:28).
We born again believers after 70AD have our salvation fully consummated. We are
securely and eternally in Christ. We do not have to go through the resurrection
and judgment as the pre-70 saints did. We are permanently indwelt by the Holy
Spirit and have a fully consummated eternal life in Christ.
When we die in this human life, we immediately "put on" our new immortal,
incorruptible, glorified, heavenly, visible bodies and spend eternity.
See complete study for No More Sin
No One Knows The Day or The Hour
No One Knows The Day or The Hour
Just prior to the "no one knows the day or the hour" in Matthew 24:36, Jesus said "Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place".(Verse 34) We cannot ignore verse 34 It's saying In "this generation", the first century, no one knows the day or the hour of these things to take place but when you see the armies surround the city its about to happen flee to the mountain. When we compare Matthew 23 and 24 with Luke 17 and 21 which covers the same material but in a different order. Jesus confirms that its the same subject all in its continuous flow by saying "But concerning that day. . . ." What day are we talking about? He's talking about the same day as the Destruction of Jerusalem, the fall of the Temple, His Parousia, Resurrection etc. No one knows the day or hour because it was a 3-1/2 year period that would happen in their lifetime not ours. What Jesus was teaching was: "I cannot tell you the day or the hour when all these things will take place, but I assure you that they will happen in this generation, before some of you die."
For study on No One Knows The Day or The Hour For more about this see Matthew 24, Is it The End of the World?
New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:4 Tells us the first things (old order of things/former things) have passed away. This is clearly speaking of the end of the old covenant. In Revelation 21:1-7 we see that The dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people. So, again, this about the new covenant relationship with God's people, not a literal city or building. Nor is it about heaven, as some people think.
The church no longer needs a temple because Christ brings the presence of God to his people. Christ replaced the temple (Revelation 21:22). This is theologically significant because no longer could anyone claim that salvation was in the temple rituals. Salvation rests only in Christ.
The New Jerusalem is the bride (Revelation 21:2), which means the bride of Christ (Matthew 22:1-14; John 3:29; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:22-32; Revelation 19:7-8). The picture that is painted for us by John is that Israel was a harlot (Revelation 17:1, 5, 15; 19:2). Israel was the original bride of the LORD (Jeremiah 2:1). But, throughout the Bible, whenever Israel is unfaithful, she is characterized as a "harlot" and an "adulterer." See: Deuteronomy 31:16-18; Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:6-9; Ezekiel 16:15, 26, 28; Hosea 9:1.For her marital unfaithfulness, she received divorce and punishment. Then we see the new bride-the church (The Kingdom), coming to take her place. Old Covenant Jerusalem is destroyed and replaced by the New Jerusalem of which first-century Christians were citizens. For studies on New Jerusalem See 1. New Jerusalem
Hell
Did the people in the Old Testament days believe there was a Hell? Can anyone prove from the Old Testament (Tanakh) that there is a place called Hell? The answer may surprise you. Even in the New Testament, Christ never taught on Hell, because there is no biblical concept of Hell. The only reason people believe there is a Hell is, they were taught that way.
For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Those who trust in Christ don't perish (die) Those that don't
trust in Christ will die. If you're dead your dead. How can you
be anywhere else? So that means the one that doesn't trust in
Christ does not have everlasting life anywhere else like some
make up to be hell. If Jesus wanted us to know that sinners went
to hell, don't you think it would say so right here. Another
point, the Greek word "perish" is used literally of death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Death is dead not eternal punishing and torment in some place
called "Hell." The context is Adam would result in "the death,"
and those faithful in Christ have eternal life. This is about
death and eternal life, not eternal torture.
"Hell" is Gehenna. It is Not eternal torment in a after life. The wicked do not have after life. Gehenna or if you have to call it "Hell" is a national judgment. This came upon Jerusalem in the first century. The only people ever threatened with Gehenna were the Judean Jews of Jesus' generation. For studies on Hell See 1. Hell is it, or not? 2. Hell, How Can It Possibly Be True? 3. Is Satan Still around Today?