Subject: The second coming of Jesus |
Bible Note: 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 |