I ain’t gettin’ too hung up on the timeline. The preterist view does make sense to me. But Jesus may have been referring to something else when He said that even He doesn’t know when ‘those times’ will happen.
HE didn't say HE didn't know WHEN, HE said that HE didn't know the 'day nor hour'........ HE said it would happen to the generation then alive. HE said that the men HE was talking to would see it. HE said that it would IMMEDIATELY follow the abomination of Desolation, which they also would see.
Not knowing the 'day nor the hour' was a common phrase in the day........... it has an application to the feast of Trumpets: HINT. The Feast of Trumpets was one of the Jewish feasts, and unlike the others it began on the FIRST day of the month, another hint. Noone knew when the first day would be because of the way that they determined that the months began.... another HINT...
It's like a woman in labor, noone , truly, knows the day nor the hour. NOT that you are clueless!!!
