Well, there's your problem.
Verse 33 begins with "So likewise". That connects verses 33-34 to verse 32.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
It is not my problem Douggg, your understanding is the way many others have forced an understanding because of a misunderstanding of the Greek word translated as "generation" which also has the meaning of and "Age" with a duration of over 1,000 years, which is a season, plus the little while period during which time, Satan and the judged rebellious heavenly host will attempt to wrestle God for God's Saints during the little while period at the end of the Seventh Age.
Your argument that "So likewise," connects verses 33-34 to verse 32, however, I would suggest to you that "So likewise" actually only connects Mat 24:4-31 with verse 32, which is a more realistic perspective than what you suggest.
Verse 32 connects when, some of the Israelite descendants, return to the Land of Canaan, in their own strength, when the fig tree begins to bud new leaves as a sign for when the Nation of Israel will no longer be visited by the iniquities of their fathers upon their children and the children's children during the third and the fourth generation/age measured from the time of Isaac's birth at the beginning of the third generation/age of mankind which, I believe will end at the completion of the sixth generation/age of mankind, probably around the year 2044/2045 AD when the completion of the Gentiles trampling God's Sanctuary and His Earthly Hosts will also occur.
God foretold Jacob, that most of his descendants will remain scattered though the whole earth up and until His purposes for them has been accomplished so that they would become a Blessing for all of the people of the earth who deliberately chose to inhabit God's fertile soil.
When Israel choses to return to worship God at the beginning of the seventh generation/age, that He would also enter into a covenant of peace with the nation of Israel by removing all of the wild and evil beasts and Satan from the face of the earth for a period of time. Isaiah 24:21-22 informs us of the mechanism that God will use to remove the judged rebellious angels from off the face of the earth so that Israel will have peace during the time of the Great Harvest Season of souls.
Douggg your lack of wisdom in understanding the scripture is like a woman whose slip is showing to draw men away from their first love of God.
