1 Thess.  4:15-17 w/ Gary DeMar Part  #4:  The Thessalonians "caught away" in the "air" in AD 70

1 Thess. 4:15-17 w/ Gary DeMar Part #4: The Thessalonians "caught away" in the "air" in AD 70

Since Jesus confirms that His Second Coming and "gathering" of His people at the end of the old covenant age would take place in the contemporary "this generation" of His first century Apostles (Mt. 24:3, 27-34), and Paul tells us this "catching away" event in the "air" would also take place during some of their lifetimes (1 Thess. 4:15-17), how was this event fulfilled in AD 70? Gary and I discuss how theologians have missed Paul's use of apocalyptic language in 1 Thessalonians 4 while some affirm its use in Matthew 24 and I seek to harmonize the arrival of the spiritual "within you" Messianic kingdom at Christ's Second Coming in Luke 17:20-37 with Paul's use of harpazo and aer in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. Don't miss this one - there isn't a passage more misunderstood and twisted than 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, especially from Evangelical Zionists who want to start and self-fulfill what they think is "Armageddon" so they can fly off the earth per what they misunderstand 1 Thess. 4:16-17 to be teaching!