The pagan historian Tacitus also mentions this event: “In the sky appeared a vision of armies in conflict, of glittering armour.”
This supernatural phenomenon also did not escape the notice of the medieval Jewish historian Sepher Yosippon who expounds upon this angelic army in the sky of A.D. 66 by saying, “Moreover, in those days were seen chariots of fire and horsemen, a great force flying across the sky near to the ground coming against Jerusalem and all the land of Judah.”
In the Bible, all the world generally means all of the Israel Nation.
“The pagan historian Tacitus also mentions this event: “In the sky appeared a vision of armies in conflict, of glittering armour.””
Ok, so that is perhaps 2 people mentioning something (neither of them Christians, who we would expect to mention the most anticipated fulfillment of prophecy), while the Bible says people of every nation will witness Christ’s return. Also, neither source actually describes anything that sounds like Christ’s second coming as it is described in the Bible.
“This supernatural phenomenon also did not escape the notice of the medieval Jewish historian Sepher Yosippon...”
A medieval Jewish historian couldn’t have witnessed anything in 70 AD, since he wouldn’t have been alive, so he is probably just paraphrasing Josephus. That is not an additional source.
“In the Bible, all the world generally means all of the Israel Nation.”
No it doesn’t. That’s just the type of foolishness you must try to assert once you follow a method like preterism where you put your preordained conclusion first, and the Bible second. You must try to twist the language of the Bible to something other than what it says because the Bible clearly contradicts the interpretation you are attached to.
Anyway, it’s a fool’s errand to look for signs of the second coming in 70 AD, since all of us can just look at our current situation and see that he promises God made concerning Christ’s return have not been fulfilled, so it could not have happened yet.
Here are a few of the promises that accompany Christ’s second coming, which clearly have not happened:
* Christians will be glorified like the risen Christ when Christ returns
(Col 3:4, 1 John 3:2, 2 Cor 5)
* Sinners will be judged after Christ’s return
(Jude 1:14-15, Rev 20, 1 Cor 4:5, 2 Thes 1:5-10)
* The earth will be destroyed with fire after Christ’s return
(2 Peter 3:7-13, Isaiah 24)
* God will rule the Earth from Mount Zion after the second coming
(Isaiah 24:23, Rev 14)
None of that has happened, so for your interpretation to be true, God would have to be a liar. That is impossible, so your interpretation cannot be true.