That Generation â€å“will Not Pass Away Until He Comes Again

A generation in the Bible is 40-70 years:
Tribulation "ane generation" from 33 A.D. is exactly seventy AD

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	The Titus Arch in Rome that celebrates the devastation of the Temple in lxx Ad by Titus as Matthew 24 prophesied.
The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly non some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD past John Darby. When Christians saw the signs, they fled the urban center and were saved. Get to Rapture Refuted home page

When and how long is "This Generation"?

Tribulation "i generation" from 33 A.D. is exactly 70 AD

Second coming or devastation of Jerusalem in 70AD?

1. "Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. " (Matthew 23:36)

2. "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. " (Matthew 24:34)

3. "But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. " (Luke 17:25)

Introduction:

one. Jesus said in Matthew 24 that the tribulation and the "end of the Temple" would come up inside i generation.

2. A generation is xl years. Jesus prophesied in 30 AD. The Temple was destroyed seventy AD… exactly i generation later.

iii. The speculation of how long a generation is in the Bible is wide and varied considering Rapture advocates ignore the obvious contextual fulfillment of lxx Advertizing and wait to some time to come generation "fourth dimension clock", commonly in 1948 when Israel gained statehood. They saw 1988 equally a time of the second coming because it was forty years afterwards 1948. They were wrong again.

I. Volition Occur In This Generation: MT 23:36; 24:34; LK 17:25

A. Generation: Greek: Genia,

1. Translated 42 times, "generation(s)"; 1 fourth dimension, "kind": Lk 16:8

ii. "So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the displacement to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the displacement to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. " (Matthew 1:17)

3. "which in other generations was not fabricated known to the sons of men, equally information technology has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; " (Ephesians 3:five)

four. "The men of Nineveh will stand with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is hither. "The Queen of the South volition rise upwardly with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, considering she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. " (Matthew 12:41–42)

5. "Truly I say to yous, all these things volition come upon this generation. " (Matthew 23:36)

six. "Sighing securely in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation." " (Marking viii:12)

7. "As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and even so no sign will be given to it only the sign of Jonah. " (Luke eleven:29)

B. It Is Quite Obvious That Jesus Refers To 30 AD Generation:

1. In the parallel of Lk 17:25 He says, "Start Christ must be rejected past this generation"

ii. Jesus said this generation will be held especially responsible for his crucifixion

a. Mt 23:34-36 You will crucify prophets I transport, guilt upon volition be on this generation

b. Lk 13:31-35 it cannot be that a prophet perishes exterior of Jerusalem, Oh Jerusalem...

3. To make this refer to 1947 AD is totally contrary to the context.

C. Three Basic Interpretations of Generation in Mt 24:34:

Iii interpretations		Comments
1	-Near 40 years -Average age of first time fathers -Fourth dimension between generations in genealogy	Agrees totally with Bible's usage: Lk 17:25 To Greeks, generation was 30-33 years (Herodotus 2:142; Heraclius Ch 11)
2	-Generation refers to the entire "race" of Jews	Where does Bible use the discussion this fashion "This race is a wicked race?" Lk 11:29
iii	-"This generation" In Mt 24:34 refers to some distant time to come 40 year menses, (ie.1990'south)	Jesus' hearers did come across signs & did flee urban center! Why utilise it to any other generation?

Two. Heaven & earth vs Jesus words

1. Jesus interjects, for the get-go time, a comment on the ultimate cease of the world where he says that no man can know the 60 minutes. This straight contrasts with the signs of the end of the Jewish Temple which man can know the hour.
2. Keep in mind that although there were signs of when Jerusalem would be destroyed, that they were commanded to go along on the warning because they would non get more than a days detect! Harold Camping predicted the very day, to the very hour: Dusk May 21, 2011. This is contrary to even the signs Jesus gave the Christians in the start century to keep warning when the temple would be destroyed.
3. Simply every bit Noah did non know the day till God told him to enter the ark, so likewise Jesus' disciples did not know the day until Titus surrounded the city with his army. Harold Camping'south slogan, "Noah Knew" is every bit ridiculous as it is unbiblical.
4. Peradventure Jesus used s simply a figure of spoken communication like He used in Mt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until sky and earth pass abroad, non the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. " (Matthew 5:xviii)

III. No homo knows hour

1. "this hour" refers dorsum to when sky and world will laissez passer away.
2. Pre-tribulation rapture teachers demand to keep this in mind that date setting is forbidden in relation to the second coming and the end of the world.

Iv. One Left-Ane Taken:

1. A Christian and a non-Christian are working in a field. The armies of Titus approach to surround the city. The Christian remembers Jesus' words and flees to the mountains (one is taken) but the non-Christian runs into the city and dies (one is left)
2. Unbeliever left, Christian taken when warning signs are heeded in 70 Advertizing by fleeing city
3. This certainly doesn't teach anything like the pop "rapture theory"

Five. Keep alert: "Noah didn't know"

1. While Jesus gave signs of 70 AD, the Christians were commanded by Jesus to go along warning so the day does not end in their death.
2. This to a higher place all, refutes the idea of a Rapture because if we live as Christians solar day to day and ignore whatsoever supposed "signs" of the 2d coming, nosotros will exist saved anyway.
3. Jesus warned that if they disciples did not keep alert, they would suffer dead and loss.
4. What is fascinating about the signs Jesus gave the Christians in keeping watch about when the urban center of Jerusalem will be destroyed, is that they did non know the day or the hour merely like the second coming.
5. False instructor Harold Camping predicted the end of the globe in 2011 Advertising. One of his slogans was, "Noah Knew… and then tin we". Of course this is pure deception because although Noah, like usa, know the end is coming, Noah did non know the day or hour until God told him to enter the Ark and God sealed the door with pitch. Camping ground uses this slogan to justify his ridiculous date setting of 1994 and 2011, both of which failed.
6. Here Are Some Parables Jesus Applied TO 70 AD were in that location were signs merely no human knew the day or hour:

PARABLE	Meaning
Like lightning	Highly visible to all	Merely no man knows the 24-hour interval or hour
Parable Of Fig Tree	Signs, merely be alert	But no human knows the 24-hour interval or hour
Similar Days Of Noah & inundation	No signs so exist alarm	But no human knows the day or hour
Similar Days Of Lot & Sodom	No signs so be alarm	But no man knows the day or 60 minutes
Like Thief	No signs then be alert	But no man knows the solar day or hr
Like Principal Returning To Slaves	No signs so be alert	Just no homo knows the day or hour
Similar ten virgins	No signs so be alert	But no man knows the 24-hour interval or hr
Similar talents	No signs and so be alert	But no man knows the day or hr
Mt 24:36 "no man knows the 60 minutes"	No signs so be alert	Only no human being knows the day or hour
2d coming, end of the globe	No signs so be alert	Simply no human being knows the day or hr

Conclusion:

1. It is crystal clear that the tribulation of the Jews in 70 AD was within i generation of when Jesus said information technology would happen. The temple was destroyed by Titus.

2. Rapture teachers and premillennialists are ignorant and blind to this elementary teaching and look to the generation starting in 1948 when Israel became a nation.

Steve Rudd

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