What did Jesus mean when he said, "This generation shall by no means pass away , until all these things occur.

Answer 1

I think He meant the generation that is living at that particular time The time that these things occur

Answer 2

We think of a generation as a group of peple that live 70 or 80 years. He was talking about something different. That is obvious because all the things he was talking about have not come to pass yet the people of Jesus time passed away thousands of years ago. To understand a generation you can think of a generator. God breathed the breath of life in to the nostrals of Adam and he became a living soul. This breath of life is the generating life of the first creation . This generation is still unfolding today. We were all born of this generation. Unfortunately Adams sin brought the death penalty on the first generation. Through Jesus we are regenerated. When a person is born again, they become a part of a new generation. When a person receives the Holy Spirit they become a new creature and a part of a new creation. Adam is the first man of that generation. Jesus is called the second Adam because he is the first man of the new creation. Therefore the generation Jesus was referring to will not pass away until the end of the earth. Every person comes into this world born of the first generation. Every one that will live forever must be re-born of the second generation

Answer 3

The length of a biblical generaion is typically 40 years.

Exactly 40 years after Jesus spoke those words, beginning on Pentecost, the same feast day Jerusalem and the first Temple was earlier destroyed by the Babylonians, the Romans encircled Jerusalem, and the end of the Jewish world was truly at hand.

The events lasted throughout the summer, and signs in the heavens were reported by many.

Virtually no Christians died in the conflagration, as they recognized the events Jesus had warned them about, and they left town when they saw the Romans preparing to encircle the city.

The Romans were even considerate enough to delay their attack for a day.

And a number of the apostles were still alive to witness it.

So all these things did occur within the span of one biblical generation, just as Jesus predicted ... and it did spell the definitive end of the Jewish world.

Answer 4

Matthew 24:34. In the previous verses, Jesus, has been describing the beginning of sorrows. An age in which, I believe, we now live. This describes the time immediately before the rapture of His church. A generation generally is thought to be between 40 and 60 years. Two important events in this present generation which has monumental importance as concerning Bible prophecy are the rebirth of the nation of Israel in ,1948, and the recapture of Jerusalem in, 1967.

Answer 5

He wanted to stress the urgency of his message. Of course, "all these things" having failed to occur before "this generation" passed away, it became necessary to invent mystical meanings for the turn of phrase. Every single generation of Christians since the disciples has expected the "Son of man to come in his Father's glory" before it passes away. The fact that it's never happened is somewhat awkward, but apparently the Christians aren't bothered.

Answer 6

I think you will need to read the passage to find out what the context of what Jesus was saying was. It sounds as though the quote is at the end of a parable or a passage that Jesus used while talking to someone. It may have been his disciples.
If you had left what book this quotation had come from I may have been able to help you. Sorry I can't until I know though.

Answer 7

It is a generation described as the same as Lot, and Noahs days. Mainly wars and promiscuity are the norms. Signs in the heavens and fear of what is coming on the earth.

Would pin point the industrial revolution, global warming. The deceiver working at war keeping people in bondage to fear and hate.

The explosion of knowldege and travel.

The last generation of earth began at 1844.

Luke
25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Answer 8

Christ is talking about the destruction of the Temple by the Romans, which happened 35 years later, in 70 AD. And, the destruction of the current order in Jerusalem.

Answer 9

It means that he thought he was someone other than who he was. He thought a lot of things were going to happen, and that he was going to protect people when those things did happen. Those things are still described in Isaiah, the book that he used to fulfill the prohecy. It talks a lot about destruction that didn't happen following the life of Jesus, that were supposed to happen during the life of the Messiah.

Regards,

Chris

Answer 10

he was making an accurate prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 which was within 40 years (i.e. a generation) of when he made the statement. any other interpretation does violence to the text and makes Jesus a false prophet.