Bible Question:
Matthew 24:34 It sais that this generation will not pass away until they see all that he said they will see which is the beginning pains of the time right before he comes. But they are of course not alive any more so they can't be there to see that. So what is Jesus meaning by "this generation will not pass away" etc. Does he mean all of mankind to be generations? |
Bible Answer: The Lockman Foundation does not pre-screen Postings. Postings are the opinions of others and may or may not represent a commonly held view. Hello eascusa, This definition is from the word "generation", as used in Matthew 24:34, By definition, first and foremost it means "race". genea; from 1096; race, family, generation. Just from simply reading the verse, and seeing the implication makes it difficult for it mean that this is just for a contemporary group of people standing there listening to the words of the Master, But rather their race. He was speaking with the disciples. Some will still maintain that it can mean nothing more than that definition of those living at that time. The history and events show that some of these things were going to happen a little farther along than before the death of the people He was speaking in front of. Some of the things also did happen in the lifetime of those contemporaries, but not all of them. As an example the same word is used in 1 Pet 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE,… My FOUNDATION PUBLICATIONS NASB, gives the word “race”, in the verse reference for the passage in Matthew . In the context of the verses, He has just mentioned a fig tree in verse 32. Something to consder in light of this is; Jer 24:5 "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. Judg 9:14 "Finally all the trees said to the bramble, 'You come, reign over us!' Mark 8:24 And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around." 10 Jude 1:12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; wordoer |