What happens to the Jews at the end of the Tribulation according to Luke 21:24?
At the end of the Tribulation, the Jews will not be led captive into all nations. Instead, they will survive until their Messiah appears. Luke 21:24's captivity and dispersion into all nations describes 70 A.D., not the final Tribulation period.
Les teaches that Luke 21:23–24 is Jesus speaking in Palestine to Jews about the distress and wrath coming upon that people, but He is not talking about the end time. He is talking about 70 A.D., Titus' great invasion and destruction of the Temple. Verse 24 says the Jews of Jerusalem shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations. Les explains that this is the clue it refers to 70 A.D., not the last of the Tribulation. At the end of the Tribulation, the Jews are not going to be led captive into all the nations; they are going to just survive until their Messiah appears. In 70 A.D., however, they were emptied out of the land and dispersed into every nation on the face of the earth. Jerusalem was trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
More Questions
Who are 'they' in Luke 21:24?
In Luke 21:24, the 'they' who shall fall by the sword are the Jews of Jerusalem.
What does 'until' in Luke 21:24 indicate about the future of Jerusalem and the Gentiles?
The 'until' in Luke 21:24 does not give a specific day, but it does promise a coming time when Gentiles will no longer trample Jerusalem's streets.
Does Luke 21:24 give a specific day for when the Gentiles will stop treading down Jerusalem?
The word 'until' in Luke 21:24 is a time word that does not put a specific day on the end of Jerusalem being trodden down by the Gentiles.
Did Luke 21:24 refer to the second coming of Christ or to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D.?
In Luke 21:24, Jesus is not talking about the return of Christ or Armageddon; instead, His prediction that the Jews would fall by the sword and be led captive into all nations refers to what happened under Titus in 70 A.D.