In AD 66, the Roman Army entered Judea on the east side and carried on their conquest westward, being compared to the “lightning flashing from the east to the west,” as Jesus clearly stated. Cindye Coates

In the Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus, he wrote how false prophets led followers to believe they would be delivered by entering the inner rooms of the Temple. Josephus writes: “A multitude of men, women, and children, went up; accordingly, but instead of deliverance, the place was set on fire by the Romans and 6,000 perished miserably in the flames.” Cindye Coates

The Great Tribulation is not in our future – it is in our past! There will never be another Herod’s Temple. There will never be another Emperor Vespasian. There will never be another Great Tribulation. Cindye Coates

Because Matthew 24 has been incorrectly taught to be relevant to a modern-day church as opposed to its true first-century audience, Christian teens have had abortions based on this scripture. I was horrified to discover this years ago when speaking at a local high school and a cheerleader told me she wanted to have an abortion because Jesus said, “woe to those who are pregnant in those days.” This young lady was told by her ministers that we were in “those (last) days.” No telling how many children were aborted because of Dispensational Futuristic Eschatology. Cindye Coates

When the Romans worshipped the image of Vespasian in Herod’s Temple, General Titus ordered the army to slaughter all the people left in Jerusalem. The Roman Army was the abomination that brought desolation. Cindye Coates

In AD 70, the “abomination of desolation” was when the apostate Jewish priesthood stood in the Holy Place with the Roman (Gentile) Army. Cindye Coates

By the time of the Jewish Revolt in AD 66, the Gospel had spread from Britain to the Black Sea, from Gaul (France) to Galatia (Greece), and from Egypt to the banks of the Euphrates River, covering the Roman Empire into India where the apostle Thomas was martyred. We also see the expressions “all nations” and “every nation” mean those that make up the Roman Empire at that time in history. Cindye Coates

The letters Paul wrote to the Christians in the Early Church were written before the time of his death in AD 65. When he mentioned “the man of lawlessness…the son of destruction,” he was referring to Titus – son of Emperor Vespasian who led the Roman Army in the siege of Jerusalem. He permanently put an end to the practice of the Law of Moses by destroying the Jewish Temple in AD 70 – making it impossible to fully follow its religious customs. Cindye Coates

As long as the Temple remained standing, animal sacrifices were being conducted by the apostate Jewish priesthood. They were going through the religious motions to keep up the appearance of righteousness to deceive the people. The people believed the ark of the covenant was behind the veil in Herod’s Temple, like in the Tabernacle of Moses. Since the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, there had been no ark in the Holy of Holies. This is why it was significant when the veil was torn from the top to the bottom when Jesus died, to reveal the absence of the ark. Cindye Coates

First-century historians, artists, and architects confirm the fulfilled prophecies of Jesus. The Romans took Jews into slavery as they looted Herod’s Temple. Cindye Coates