what does the bible say?
Several events happened in AD 70 that matched some of the descriptions of the end times: Jerusalem was sieged, the temple was desecrated and destroyed, and Jews who survived the revolt were sold into slavery. The Bible warned of some of these events, some in the Old Testament and some in the New. Daniel 9:26, for example, predicted the destruction of the temple, which was fulfilled when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70, but the final "week" prophesied in Daniel 9 is still a future event. Jesus also foretold the temple's destruction (Matthew 24:2; Luke 21:6), and some signs, like wars and persecution, occurred before AD 70, but His second coming and final judgment did not happen then. There are varying beliefs in terms of the end times. Those who hold to preterism argue that Revelation 6—18 symbolically describes the Roman siege, but futurists note that key events, such as global catastrophes and the Antichrist's rule, remain unfulfilled. Biblical prophecy is often symbolic and open to interpretation, making it difficult to fit all end-times prophecies into AD 70. While the destruction of the temple and Jewish genocide were fulfilled, much of what the Bible predicts about the end times is still awaiting fulfillment.