A Study of the A.D. 70 Doctrine
Was All Prophecy Fulfilled By A.D. 70?

A major tenant of the "A.D. 70" {or Realized Eschatology} doctrine is that ALL prophecy was fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem. Here is a quotation from Max King's book 'The Spirit of Prophecy'.

"Prophecy found its complete fulfillment in the second coming of Christ, and now may be regarded as closed and consummated" {pg. 65}. Let us notice the following passages.

Psalms 110:1-2 - "The Lord said to my Lord; sit at My right hand, til I make your enemies Your footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies!"

In 1 Cor. 15:24, Paul by inspiration says that Jesus will reign until the last enemy is destroyed. He then identifies that last enemy as death. There is nothing in this context that demands a figurative use of death. In the rest of this chapter Paul shows how that physical death will be destroyed in the resurrection when Jesus returns. If the last enemy was destroyed at A.D. 70, then the reign of Christ would've ended then! A.D. 70 doctrine has the church of our Lord 'dead' in Judaism until Jerusalem's fall when the kingdom of Christ was 'resurrected'. However, as we see in Psalms 110:2; Jesus must have enemies in His reign and there are no enemies past the last one. No enemies, no reign!

Psalms 102:25-27 - "You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands, They will perish,..." God through his Son created the universe and God through His Son will destroy it. {Heb. 1:10-11}

Gen. 3:15 - "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." Here in the first prophecy about Christ, we have a final victory foreseen over Satan. This is will come at His Second Coming. {Matt. 25:41} The A.D. 70 people have this happening at Jerusalem's fall with Satan being cast into Hell at that time!

Hoses 13:14 - "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction!..." Paul again in 1 Cor. 15, applies this prophecy to the future resurrection when Christ returns {1 Cor. 15: 23-25, 54}.

Isaiah 66:22-24 In this prophecy Isaiah speaks of a New Heavens and a New Earth and of a place where "the worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched." Jesus applies the latter to the future suffering in eternal hell and the apostle Peter applies the former to the future heavenly reward of the righteous. {Mark 9: 43-48; 2 Peter 3:13}.