Preterist Eschatology: What is It? Part 2

Part 1 closed with this paragraph: Why do we believe all these "End of the Age" events have already taken place? It merely comes down to accepting the Scriptures as they're written in regards to the "Timing" of their fulfillment. In addition to John (In the Revelation of Jesus Christ) writing in Revelation 1:1 & 22:6 that the things listed between would "Shortly come to pass" and "Shortly be done" we also have the very words of Christ Himself stating " Verily I say unto you, this (THEIR/THAT) generation would not pass till all these things be fulfilled" Matthew 24:34 in the Olivet Discourse but unfortunately; most people are not familiar with what exactly Christ meant when He said "all these things" this was simply an answer in response to part of the question(s) asked by the Disciples in verse 3 "Tell us; when shall these things be"

In the 1^st part of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24) Jesus is seen coming out of the Temple "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple" The Disciples were extremely proud of their Temple for it was claimed to be the House of God. The Temple was a magnificent building. Someone once stated that "Unless you had seen the Temple in Jerusalem, you have not seen a beautiful building" King Herod had the old dilapidated (war torn Temple) torn down; the Temple Mount expanded and constructed a glorious new Temple. This Temple was now called "Herod's Temple"

Jesus' response to the Disciples was "And Jesus said unto them, See YE not all these things? verily I say unto YOU, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down" The Disciples were dismayed & dumbfounded; verse 3 "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the AGE?" We seem to have an immediate problem: Christ just mentioned the impending destruction of the Temple but in the Disciples' question, they asked "When shall THESE THINGS be"