ANSWERS TO THE DISCIPLES' TWO QUESTIONS OF MATTHEW 24:3

SPECIAL TOPIC: THE DISCIPLES' QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEMPLE

Mark 13:4 and Luke 21:7 ask two questions
1. When will Herod's remodeled temple be destroyed?
2. What will be the sign when "all these things are about to take place"?
Matthew records long sermons of Jesus often combining His teaching on several occasions into one long sermon (i.e., the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7).
It appears from Matthew's list of questions (Matt. 24:3) that he has three questions. He explands Mark 13 and Luke 21:22-37 by including material from Luke 17, which adds information about a coming temporal judgment on Jerusalem and the temple and the beginning of the new age of the New Covenant.
I have become convinced that the Olivet Discourse, as well as 2 Thessalonians 2 and the book of Revelation, describes a temporal divine judgment on apostate Judaism by the Roman army (i.e., The Jewish War, A.D. 66-70; see Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews).
For more information on this eschatological perspective called Partial-Preterism see
1. John Bray, Matthew 24 Fulfilled
2. Kenneth Gentry
  1. Before Jerusalem Fell
  2. The Beast of Revelation
  3. The Apocalypse of John: A Preterist Commentary of the Book of Revelation
3. Four Views on the Book of Revelation, several authors, note pp. 39-92
4. Steve Gregg
  1. Revelation: Four views, Revised and Expanded
  2. Why Not Full-Preterism? A Partial-Preterist Response to a Novel Theological Innovation
  3. Many thought provoking YouTube videos on biblical issues and controversies; his website is www.thenarrowpath.com; I highly recommend this brother's Bible study and lectures on contemporary controversies.
5. Gary DeMar
  1. Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern Church
  2. End Time Fiction: A Biblical Consideration of Left Behind Theology
6. Bruce Gore, YouTube video, "The Apocalypse in Space and Time" (10 lectures with detailed historical and Early Church Father quotes; very detailed and interesting)
The Jews
1. rejected Jesus' claims
2. tried to kill Him
3. had Him arrested and taken before Pilate
4. wanted Jesus crucified
5. persecuted believing Jews in Palestine and beyond
6. Note the powerful condemnation in Rev. 1:7.
  
  Notice the first century time factors mentioned so often in the Gospels and Revelation (see Special Topic: Soon Return).
  The destruction of the temple closed the Mosaic period and separated the believing Jews from synagogue worship and allowed them to fulfill Acts 1:8; Matt. 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-47). A new age began! The gospel was offered to all humans (see Special Topic: YHWH's Eternal Redemptive Plan).