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WHEN ALL THINGS WRITTEN WERE FULFILLED (Luke 21:22)

New American Standard Version

"because these are days of vengeance, in order that all things which are written may be fulfilled."
King James Bible

"FOR THESE BE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE FULFILLED."
The NASV's "days of vengeance" might refer to any vengeance at any time. But in the KJV, "the days of vengeance" gives us a clue that those days of vengeance were mentioned before in the Scriptures. Indeed they were. We remember back in Luke, Chapter 4: v16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

v17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, v18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

The poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, the blind, and the bruised, were Israel. This preaching was the confirming of God's covenant to Israel that their long awaited kingdom was at hand, ready to be delivered. The Holy Spirit anointed the Lord Jesus Christ to confirm that covenant. This was prophesied in Daniel chapter 9, although perverted doctrine has changed it to some wild-haired story about the Antichrist making a "firm covenant" with Israel in the far off future, then breaking it, making war and persecuting the Jews, and so on and so on.

v19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. "The acceptable year of the Lord..." That was the year when the Lord scheduled it all to happen, when all the promises would be fulfilled. That was the year Christ was baptized, and anointed Messhah.

v20 And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

v21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Jesus stopped reading here, but Isaiah had written more.

ISAIAH 61: v1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; v2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Later Jesus would announce the day of vengeance, but not yet, because the day of vengeance would take place for great sins that Israel would commit, but which the nation hadn't been guilty of just yet. Even though the Lord knew beforehand what was coming - that is - what Israel would do, in all fairness judgement could not be pronounced before the crime is committed. Judgement would be pronounced later.

Future minded Bible scholars believe that it will be much later. But they have nothing substantial to base that belief on. They should have read Luke 21:22 in the King James Bible, where Jesus completed the statement begun in Luke chapter 4: "For these be the days of vengeance..." and the time would be the destruction of the temple and the city, in AD70.