Luke 17 corresponds and parallels extensively with Matthew 24. Consider the table below to see the comparisons:

Luke 17:

Matthew 24:

23) “..Look here or look there...”

23) “...Look here...or there...”

24) “For as the lightning flashes...”

27) “For as the lightning comes...”

25) “...this generation...”

34) “...this generation...”

26) “As it was in the days of Noah...”

37) “But as the days of Noah...”

27) “They ate...drank...married...”

38) “...eating...drinking...marrying...”

30) “...Son of man is revealed...”

39) “coming of the Son of Man...”

31) “...He who is on housetop...”

17) “...him...on housetop...”

34) “...two women grinding...”

41) “...two women grinding...”

36) “...two men...in field...”

40) “...two men...in field...”

37) “...body...eagles...”

28) “...carcass...eagles...”

Undoubtedly Luke 17 and Matthew 24 speak of the same event. So if Matthew 24 speaks of the end of the Jewish age (Matt 24:3), then so does Luke 17. But we agreed that the “day when the Son of Man is revealed” (Luke 17:30) is “the revelation of Jesus Christ” of 1 Peter 1:13. Therefore the timing of 1 Peter 1 must harmonize with the timing of Luke 17 and Matthew 24. In this light, 1 Peter 1 relates perfectly with the AD 70 timeframe because the events in Matthew 24 were fulfilled in (1) the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and (2) Christ’s contemporary generation (Matt 24:34). Even John said the “Revelation of Jesus Christ” would “shortly come to pass” (Revelation 1:1) and it was “at hand” (1:3).

There are more critical results of this. If “the revelation of Jesus Christ” is tied to the AD 70 timeframe, then so is “salvation” because it was to happen at “the revelation of Jesus Christ”. This sheds much light on the rest of the “salvation” texts. In Hebrews those who were eagerly in anticipation of Him were promised he would “appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation” (9:28). Is this “salvation” different from the “salvation” of 1 Peter 1? Notice that “The Day” was so close they could see it approaching (Heb 10:25). If kept in context “the Day” is the day of salvation. But the day of salvation was “ready to be revealed” (1 Peter 1:5) at “the revelation of Jesus Christ”. Doesn’t “ready to be revealed” and “as you see the Day (of salvation) approaching” express imminence?

Hebrews 9:28 also says he would appear a “second time” (i.e. Second Coming, parousia). Jesus placed his second coming within his generation (Matt 10:23; 16:27-28; 24:3, 34). So he would come again for salvation in his generation.

Our next observation is so clear and astounding. Paul states in Romans 13:11, “And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.” The word “nearer” shows how those in Hebrews could “see the Day approaching”. He goes on to say “the day is at hand” (vs. 12). These clearly express imminence.

Back to 1 Peter 1.

10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into. – 1 Peter 1:10-12

Peter says that the salvation the prophets spoke of wasn’t for their (prophets) days but for their (Peter’s) days, thus putting it in the first century context. He even states this in Acts 3:24, “Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.”