The qualifier Jesus gave is NOT the pronoun 'ye'.
The qualifier Jesus gave is the generation that would SEE all these things, meaning ALL those Signs of the end He gave. It's as simple as that.
That is obviously untrue. If the "qualifier" was a future generation that would see the restoration of Israel, then Jesus wouldn't have been addressing his Disciples in *his own generation.* But he specifically was, in fact, addressing his Disciples in *his own generation!*
How can it been seen as otherwise? Jesus was saying that they, ie his present Disciples, would suffer rejection and persecution, that *they* would preach the Gospel, that the temple they saw in their own time would soon be destroyed? You have it completely turned backward!
Matt 24.4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
How can you say with a straight face that Jesus was speaking not to his own Disciples but only to a future generation that would see the Antichrist? Jesus said pointedly that he was speaking of the destruction of Herod's temple--the one standing right in front of them!
In Daniel (ch. 9), whose prophecy Jesus was referring to, the AoD is identified as the "people of the prince to come," aka the Roman Army. Jesus said this Army would surround Jerusalem like vultures and destroy both Jerusalem and the temple in "this generation." How can you say Jesus was not addressing his Disciples and referring to what *they would see?*
I'm not a Preterist, and I do believe in the restoration of national Israel at the return of Christ, but I do agree with Preterists that the AoD was fulfilled in 66-70 AD, and that Jesus was addressing *his own generation.* This is not Preterism alone, but also what the early Church Fathers believed.
Modern Prophecy enthusiasts, who want everything to be about the endtimes, tend to interpret many historically-fulfilled prophecies as if they are still future. I think this is foolish. Give the Preterists their due, though again, I am *not* one of them!