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1 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Taleb | 96356 | ||
SUEDE, your posting in which you quoted Dairy Leader, “…what is a generation to God , its not stated in the scriptures…” and then added your comment: “Doesn’t have to be. Jesus is talking to his mortal disciples at the Olivet Discourse. It is HE that is telling THEM that a generation wouldn’t pass til He came back.” If I may, allow me to add some meat to your argument. You are correct in your conclusion about the fulfillment of Jesus’ words. But Scripture DOES state what He meant by generation. Throughout Scripture, a generation is 40 years. How long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness? One generation. Time for all the second generation to take the place of the first – 40 years. How long after Jesus uttered those words to His disciples about “this generation”? 40 years. Some, to fit their misconstrued doctrine, attempt to change the meaning of that word, in the verse we are referring to, to mean “race”. No where in Scripture is that same word used as even a concept of “race”. It is only used as Jesus meant it to be. Matthew 1:17 uses the same word. If the word translated generation really meant “race” (and, of course it doesn’t), that could only mean that there were 14 “races” from Abraham to David, 14 more between David to the exile, and 14 more races between the exile and Christ. Appreciate your Scripturally-based comments. Keep ‘em rolling. Taleb |
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2 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Suede67 | 96674 | ||
Hey Taleb, Thanks for writing me, and I appreciate your kind words and encouragement. Yes, you are correct, to the Jews, because of the OT, a generation DOES equal forty years. Dairy Leader was stating that what is a generation to God. Well, on that we don’t know. However, this isn’t a good angle if you’ll notice. Again, to paraphrase myself, you have the immortal talking to the mortal. Christ is telling his mortal disciples a timeline. Same in Revelation of course. Note, Christ tells John He is coming soon. Now remember, this again is an immortal telling a mortal, not the other way around! Thanks again, take care, SUEDE |
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3 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | DarcyA | 96678 | ||
Psa 90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. Matt. 24:34 "Truly I say to you, this generation WILL NOT PASS away until all these things take place. (Emp. Added) Why does it matter if a generation is 40 years? The olivet discourse does not say anything about a generation being 40 years it states that it WILL NOT PASS AWAY! My Generation hasn't passed away yet. |
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4 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | Suede67 | 96859 | ||
Hi Darcy, ….Why does it matter if a generation is 40 years?… Because that is the time frame that Christ said he would be back. Though we don’t know the day or the hour, we can ball park to around 70 AD. ….The olivet discourse does not say anything about a generation being 40 years it states that it WILL NOT PASS AWAY!…. It wouldn’t pass away UNTIL all these things have happened. All those things happened in the first century, and remember Christ was telling this to his disciples, these were things that THEY were to look for. ….My Generation hasn't passed away yet…. True, but Christ was speaking about the generation of the 1 st century. “I tell you the truth, THIS generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.” Either they did, or Christ lied or erred. It’s quite simple. I know it’s different then the traditions you’ve been taught, but we must turn authority over to the Bible. The Bible states Christ will be back in 40 years. Tradition says “Whenever!” I personally go with the Bible. Take care, SUEDE |
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5 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | DarcyA | 96863 | ||
The good ol' parable of the fig tree you ignored. | ||||||
6 | The second coming of Jesus | Bible general Archive 2 | DAIRYLEADER5 | 96869 | ||
For the past two thousand years weve had wars and rumors of wars, but what people wont see are the signs that Jesus mentioned and also Daniel 9, and Zechariah 14. Jesus and the other prophets were speeking of a special war, which has not happened yet. WW1 was close but these according to Jesus were the begining of travail pains. There was the first portion of the sign,war followed by famines, pestilence and earth quakes at the same time. These Jesus said were not the end but the begining of sorrows. 40, 70, 80, ect. Ad, does not match the sequence of events that is required before the rapture takes place, and the parable of the fig tree, Isreal at these times mentioned were not bloomning, they were under bondage to Rome and being scattered. A sign of blooming cannot be if Isreal was ubder bondage, second the Bible states that Isreals Land under the Promise of God to Abraham would be all under their controll, it wasnt then and not now.Some people believe that the war Jesus was speeking about would be ww3 or something catistrofick. I know there are people that believe that the rapture has allready taken place that is up to them, I will continue to teach, that the signs have not been fulfilled as of yet and am still waiting on the rapture. DL5 | ||||||