
Originally Posted by
DPMartin
this one chapter is always been either miss understood or deliberately used to deceive:
Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
note three questions are asked "when shall these things be?" the destruction of the temple, and not His coming but the sign, " what shall be the sign of thy coming" and, "the end of the world"
and after some explanations while at the place He is to return to, which include:
Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ................
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: ).............
Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
and states:
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
so what did Jesus mean by "this generation shall not pass"? many think in terms where generation is a one of, or usually considered a 40 year period in "modern" thinking. but the truth is the principal meaning of generation is: The action of generating
In this case, which shall not pass, hence, "The action of generating", souls shall be born again until the angels come and get us, which stands with Paul's explanation of coming in the clouds and those who are still here will be caught up. so everything that Jesus says will happen, to the born again as well as the wicked, until verse 31. so the true believer that is here in the world during these times will remain until the angels come to get you at the last trumpet. and by the looks of things that could be us who are here today.
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