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The generation Jesus was addressing ("this" generation) did "see all these things", i.e. the end of the Jewish Age. Words matter. Jesus was talking to flesh and blood people who asked him two questions. The first question "when will this happen" was answered in vv. 4-35. The second part of...

His generation did see all those things. They saw the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Mat 24:36ff. answers the second question about the Parousia. You're conflating the two questions and therefore two very different answers which is why you can't understand the passage. And yes...

Everything. For those who do not obey the gospel of God don't obey the Law of Christ (1Cor 9:21; Gal 6:2; 2Jn 9) in this New Covenant economy (2Thes 1:8-9; 1Pet 4:17; Jn 12:48; 16:8-11) will be punished.

Only those justified by faith escape condemnation.

On the other hand, Capital Punishment is just when called for by God's holy law (Rom 6:23; 7:12).

But there's also a theological concept called divine prerogative, which only the King of the Universe has (Deut 32:34-35).

It's genocide for God to execute justice on his earth?

But this same Jesus also said through his apostle: 2 Tim 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. NIV And when Paul wrote that, only the...

It's not irrelevant since it set a precedent. In both cases, judgment was in view. I'm against "this generation" being "that generation" because words have meaning. The phrase "this generation" is used often in the Gospels and in all other instances it literally means the generation to whom...

The Egyptians didn't see YHWH when he rode on a swift cloud and CAME in judgement upon them, did they (Isa 19:1)?

The only thing Jesus' generation (i.e. "this generation") "saw" (vv.4-35) was his [invisible] coming in judgment against Israel in 70 A.D. for committing the greatest sin ever -- the rejection of Him as their Messiah. Jesus' invisible coming in judgment against Israel is analogous to God's...

In other words, personal pronouns make for nice stocking stuffers, perhaps, but they mean nothing in the Word of God? Your version of the Word of God uses different pronouns, does it? If I recall correctly, you attempted to justify, either last week or the week prior, Jesus' choice of second...

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Here's the following for your consideration: John 16:12-15 12 "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is...

Oh, so that is why Jesus used second person personal pronouns at least 13 times in that passage? Maybe he didn't know third personal pronouns existed? Or he really meant to say "they" -- i.e. the generation that would be the "last", but he became confused, did he? Or as you have done, you...

So, in your world, "this generation" really means "that generation"? Nice bit of mental gymnastics. :rolleyes: Does that mean, then, that every time when Jesus spoke of "this generation" he really meant "that generation" also? You're really full of yourself, aren't you when you accuse...

And didn't you read Mat 24:34? Every single thing he spoke up to that point pertained strictly to Jesus' generation -- ...until ALL these things have happened." Doesn't get any clearer than that.

That's because most of Revelation was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when Jerusalem fell. Ever notice in Revelation all the "half week" language in it -- as in the last half of Daniel's 70th week, e.g. 1,260 days (11:3; 12:6), 42 months (11:2), 3-1/2 days (11:9) ?

Exactly right! Plus the old temple was but a type of Christ. And Typology is only a one-way street. Antitypes never revert back to their shadows or types.

Those seven "signs" only apply to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple (Mat 24:4-35), which, of course, was fulfilled in 70 A.D. The rest of the prophetic discourse has to do the Parousia, in which no signs are given.