Another example where a significant time gap appears in the middle of a verse or sentence is when Jesus stood up in the synagogue and read from the book of Isaiah in Luke 4:16-21. In this passage, Jesus reads a portion of Isaiah 61:1-2, and then He abruptly stops. Here's the passage:
Luke 4:16-21 (NIV):
"So he (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And he was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.' Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down."
The gap in this passage represents the time between the first and second parts of Isaiah 61:2. In this passage, Jesus stops reading before the second part, which says, "and the day of vengeance of our God." Many theologians interpret this as a significant pause in God's redemptive plan. The "acceptable year of the Lord" (His ministry of grace and salvation) was fulfilled during Jesus' earthly ministry in His first coming, while the "day of vengeance" (a future time of judgment) is seen as a reference to His second coming, indicating a significant gap in time between these two events.
The "day of vengeance" occurred in 70 A.D. Jesus, pointing to the Temple told His disciples that "not one stone would be left upon another". The Jewish Historian Josephus reported that 1.1 million Jews perished and 93,000 led away captive. This ended the Old Covenant sacrificial system. It was truly the "end of the age". Jesus "came" in 70 A.D. in judgement on apostate Israel.
Another example where a significant time gap appears in the middle of a verse or sentence is when Jesus stood up in the synagogue and read from the book of Isaiah in Luke 4:16-21. In this passage, Jesus reads a portion of Isaiah 61:1-2, and then He abruptly stops. Here's the passage:
The gap in this passage represents the time between the first and second parts of Isaiah 61:2. In this passage, Jesus stops reading before the second part, which says, "and the day of vengeance of our God." Many theologians interpret this as a significant pause in God's redemptive plan. The "acceptable year of the Lord" (His ministry of grace and salvation) was fulfilled during Jesus' earthly ministry in His first coming, while the "day of vengeance" (a future time of judgment) is seen as a reference to His second coming, indicating a significant gap in time between these two events.
The "day of vengeance" occurred in 70 A.D. Jesus, pointing to the Temple told His disciples that "not one stone would be left upon another". The Jewish Historian Josephus reported that 1.1 million Jews perished and 93,000 led away captive. This ended the Old Covenant sacrificial system. It was truly the "end of the age". Jesus "came" in 70 A.D. in judgement on apostate Israel.
It sounds like you hold to some form of Preterism? Would that be accurate to say?