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NASB | Matthew 24:34 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:34 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. |
Bible Question:
somewhere in the new testament Jesus says to his disciples that this generation will not pass away until his kingdom? return? happens. If anyone knows which passage I'm referring to please help me. I don't understand why this doesn't mean what it sounds like-- that that generation would have seen his return. |
Bible Answer: "The generation that lived concurrent with Jesus cannot be the generation that witnessed the return of Christ because the sign has not been given and He has not returned visibly. "The phrase "this generation", as used by Jesus in Matthew 24:34, clearly is not the generation of people living when He first gave the Olivet teaching." "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place." Matthew 24:34 You ask: "somewhere in the new testament Jesus says to his disciples that this generation will not pass away until his kingdom? return? happens. If anyone knows which passage I'm referring to please help me. I don't understand why this doesn't mean what it sounds like-- that that generation would have seen his return. My answer: "To say that Jesus returned in AD 70 in a spiritual sense, and not, as Jesus spoke of it, in a visible sense and indicated by a world-wide sign, is to manipulate the text and make it say what was not intended. The generation that lived concurrent with Jesus cannot be the generation that witnessed the return of Christ because the sign has not been given and He has not returned visibly. "The phrase "this generation", as used by Jesus in Matthew 24:34, clearly is not the generation of people living when He first gave the Olivet teaching. It is important, when studying Scripture, especially the apocalytic literature of the Bible, that one employs all the hermeneutical tools necessary to understand the historical setting of a passage, the meanings of words and, their relationship to each other, especially in the original languages, if a clear and correct interpretation is to be gained" (To read the rest of this article, Did Jesus Already Return in AD 70? by Bill Lee-Warner, go to www.signministries.org/articles/topic24_thisgeneration.htm). |