Speaking of the phrase "This Generation will not pass away..." in Matthew chapter 24 what do does it mean?

Question

Dispensationally speaking of course...
Some say it refers to the generation of the "end times" and it is a future (or current) event. The most recent dates of "This generation" (last 100 years) began during the begginning of WWI. The next date was around 1947 when Israel was established as a nation again. Well taking the 40 or 60 year rule of thumb for a "generation that would mean that that time frame has expired. By my understanding of modern Dispensationalism the time for the generation now is 1967 when Israel took control of Jureslam once again. Once again the rule of thumb (in bible terms) for a generation is 40-60 years. Well it is near the end of 2007 so the 40 year rule of thumb is out. Are those of you that believe we are living in the generation of the "End Times" still holding on to the assumption that 1967 is the magic number for "This Generation"?

I myself find all this junk amusing since I have began to study the Bible with out Dispensational dogma attached.

I believe Jesus meant what he said. He told THEM, the people he was talking to....THE PEOPLE OF HIS TIME...in the 1st Century that these things would pass in their life times...and it surely did.

Answer 1

It did.
It refers to the coming destruction of Jerusalem in A.D.66. The "Abomination of Desolation" refers to the fact that the Romans put idols of Roman gods in the temple of Jerusalem at that time.


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Answer 2

The Nation of Israel was under Roman Control in the days of Jesus and the apostles. the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D just as Jesus said it would. Modern Israel did not come together again as a nation in Palestine until 1948, under the Balfour Agreement and the Six Day War in 1967..There are many other scriptures concerning the End Times, signaling His return. One of them is in Daniel 11:33-37, (the character and nature of the anti Christ, the End of the Church Age) Jeremiah 50, Joel, 2nd Peter 3. One day is as a Thousand years those two thousand years on the Biblical calendar is almost up! The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is about to take place, between Jesus, the Jews and the Believing Faithful Church.. Revelation19.

Answer 3

The fig tree is used figuratively in the Bible to represent Israel. The lesson of the fig tree (Matthew 24:32-35) is given to us by Jesus as a sign of the end times. It is generally interpreted as the point in time when Israel becomes an autonomous nation again, and when the Jews begin to return to Israel. Verse 34 states: "Amen I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.". Jesus told us in Holy Scripture that the generation of people who live at this time, will live to witness the second coming of Christ.


Israel became an autonomous nation on May 14, 1948.

The Jews have been returning to Israel since such time. The West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements that have angered the Palestinians are a result of such immigration.



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Answer 4

This generation will not pass away until all things are fulfilled, then this one can as the next passes the message along, then this one can as the next has the message, a father, a son and his son.
EXAMINE:
Thus Babylon world Empire ended kings year 3460, [ 606 BC ], Satan cast out of heaven at 2520 years, Rev.9:1-5 [ 5x 30 = 150 ]; Pit open for Satan, THE SEALED OF GOD ARE THERE, Satan cast down has a short time in the end time Rev.12:7-12; this ends Empire #7. Satan down Apostles up Rom.16:20; John 6:39,40,44; 14:3; Mark 13:27; Heb.12:22-24; Rev.3:12;
Rev.17:10-14 [ 1 to 5 fallen, 6 is and John, 7 to be, 8th is of the 7 ];
Jesus second coming ends the 8th Matt.24:3,14,36 [ this accouns for 6130 years from Eden in day six , and it seems that a day must be 7000 years in God's time as Heb.4:1-12; says we are still in day seven, the day God rest from creationg and all things have to be made as new as before Eden 2Pet.3:13 ]; Satan is put in the pit 1000 years Rev.20:1-6,12,13; 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; Rev.21:1-5;
Dan.12:1-13 [ time of the end ];
Dan.12:11 [2x 1290 = ] 2580 less 2520 is 60 and is this the generation?
Dan.12:12 [ 2x 1335 = ] 2670 less 2520 is 150 years or 3 generations, 1914
is WW1, the bible has been in circulation 303 years, bible now in circulation 396 years at 2613 after Babylon and 2007 after Jesus was in Rome.

Answer 5

Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This technology shall no longer bypass, till finally all those issues be fulfilled. (KJV) ???? ok - i'm going to answer with a partial answer and you will see something. beginning right here: Matthew 24: 25 Behold, I even have advised you before. 26 Wherefore in the event that they shall say unto you, Behold, he's interior the desolate tract; bypass no longer forth: behold, [he's] interior the secret chambers; have faith [it] no longer. 27 For because of the fact the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall additionally the appearance of the Son of guy be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there'll the eagles be gathered mutually. 29 as we communicate after the tribulation of those days shall the solar be darkened, and the moon shall no longer supply her mild, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens would be shaken: 30 and then shall seem the sign of the Son of guy in heaven: and then shall each and every of the tribes of the earth mourn, and that they shall see the Son of guy coming interior the clouds of heaven with skill and massive glory. 31 And he shall deliver his angels with a brilliant sound of a trumpet, and that they shall assemble mutually his choose from the 4 winds, from one end of heaven to the different. of course it extremely is the technology that sees the ""sign of the Son of guy interior the heavens"". This has no longer yet come. Nor has the tribulation of those days exceeded Nor have the saints been assemble from the 4 corners of the heavens. Saints are: Christians that have exceeded from this life. "gathered from the 4 courners of the heavens" does no longer mean raptured from earth.

Answer 6

I believe Jesus was talking to the generation in His time. I used to think He was talking about my generation. I was born in 48 when Israel became a nation again. What I have seen that is left to be done is for the Temple to be rebuilt. Bottom line is nobody knows.

Answer 7

"This generation" in Matthew 24:34 could also be translated "race". I believe that Jesus was saying that the Jewish people, the chosen race of God, will remain on earth until "all these things have happened." Because Jesus is the fulfillment of the law, anyone can now be a "Jew", or a part of God's chosen people. All they have to do is believe in Jesus, the one who was sent to take away the sins of the world.

Answer 8

Doesn't matter. Once we all aren't killed by vengeful Mayan spirits in 2012, we all won't be hit by a meteor in 2029, and then we all won't be sucked up into the sky when the last person still living in 1967 dies.

Answer 9

From the time of Christ onward is the generation he was
speaking,nature tell,s us we all die,but Christ is eternal
and in his generation we will see the end of this evil
world.

Answer 10

Some will reincarnate again and again until He returned again!