Coming of the Son of Man

by Damien F. Mackey “Coming with clouds, and lightning is a portent of total destruction, such phraseology being used before, in the Old testament, when Judgment by Yhwh came on Jerusalem by Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, and other "executioners", and now it's Rome”. U.S. researcher, Bob Guyrik, has provided some excellent comments here with reference to my most recent (26th September, 2025) article: Christian Zionists a boon to Israel, but sadly mistaken about Final Coming and Third Temple (5) Christian Zionists a boon to Israel, but sadly mistaken about Final Coming and Third Temple Dear Damien: You nailed it here! The Wailing Wall is part of The Temple to Jupiter, a part of Roman Fort Antonia still remaining. The Mount never had a temple, and the second temple was smashed to powder by the catapults and Scorpiones of which each Roman legion of Titus had 40-60 of these horrendous machines, some weighing 400 pounds dragged by horses dressed in Bronze armor so their faces looked like men with long hair—see internet pictures of these war horses. The siege lasted 5 months (yes, observe in Revelation 9:10 - "They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails"), at the end of which the entire city and temple were smashed, then burnt, the the foundations plowed under (Josephus) leaving nothing. 1.1 million were slaughtered and 93,000 captured with many of these latter sent to die in colosseums around the empire. All of the Levites were found hiding in the temple and were brought out to Titus. He proclaimed "execute them"! (As an aside, Levite priesthood is hereditary, so where will any new priests come from?) All of "these things" was predicted by Jesus in Matthew 23-25, and Luke 19 ff., and Jesus said it would happen within "this generation" (a generation being 40 years historically), and that ""some standing here will witness it" (so the "coming of the Son of Man already happened in August, 70 AD. Not 2 or 3 thousand years in the future! (what good would that be to Jesus' listeners to the Olivet Discourse in 30 AD?) 70 AD is when Jesus "came with clouds", as "predicted by the Prophet Daniel". Coming with clouds, and lightning is a portent of total destruction, such phraseology being used before, in the Old testament, when Judgment by Yhwh came on Jerusalem by Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, and other "executioners", and now it's Rome. It was also called "The Day of the Lord" when Yhwh was the formal judge. Now with Jesus given charge of judgment, the destruction of Israel, Judah, Samaria,and Jerusalem, is named "The Coming of the Son of Man". My wife and 3 grown children identify as believers who will become spiritual living stones, with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone of the Third Temple when we pass this mortal coil. The delusion that the Second Temple built by Herod was on the Temple Mount (it was clearly in the City of David above the only spring with "living waters" on any of the mountains), such imaginings will preclude attempts to build a third temple at the real site. Besides, with no Ark of the Mosaic Covenant, no Priesthood, no Song of Moses, no Ten Commandments, no Sacrifices, no Propitiation, what a meaningless temple it would be! (The Ark doesn't even have golden rats anymore!) The Mosaic Age is over. We are now in the Messianic Age! Hallelujah! Yes, Damien, I know some muslims which have said the same things as Dr. Ataie, and now belong to Christ. I pray that he follows through and can see, by induction and deduction, his life and the world created by God for all of us, Jew, Gentile, and Muslim, makes sense. The first book of the Bible begins the wonderful story where the Scarlet Thread (Jesus) which saves Job begins, and it continues weaving its way through every book of the Old and New Testament until He is observed at the end of the Apocalypse of John. Beginning and End; Aleph and Tav; Alpha and Omega. ….