"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (Matthew 24:34)
This exciting prediction by Christ climaxes His great prophetic discourse on the Mount of Olives. He had given His disciples the signs they had requested, then discussed the coming great tribulation and finally His glorious return in the clouds of heaven. And "all these things" were to be fulfilled before "this generation" would pass away.
And what generation would that be? Many commentators have taken it as the Jewish "race," but that would be redundant, since many other passages had already promised that the nation of Israel would never pass away. Furthermore, the Greek word for "generation" (genea) is never used elsewhere for any meaning but that of a particular age generation. A similar word genos sometimes means "stock" or "kind," but never genea.
Thus, the generation which Christ was predicting probably meant the generation that would see the events He had prophesied. "When ye shall see all these things," He said, "know that it is near, even at the doors"
This exciting prediction by Christ climaxes His great prophetic discourse on the Mount of Olives. He had given His disciples the signs they had requested, then discussed the coming great tribulation and finally His glorious return in the clouds of heaven. And "all these things" were to be fulfilled before "this generation" would pass away.
And what generation would that be? Many commentators have taken it as the Jewish "race," but that would be redundant, since many other passages had already promised that the nation of Israel would never pass away. Furthermore, the Greek word for "generation" (genea) is never used elsewhere for any meaning but that of a particular age generation. A similar word genos sometimes means "stock" or "kind," but never genea.
Thus, the generation which Christ was predicting probably meant the generation that would see the events He had prophesied. "When ye shall see all these things," He said, "know that it is near, even at the doors"
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