Mt 24:34 - I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
It will happen in a generation. Ever generation since Christ has had some of the signs, but, we are the only generation since Christ to see the Jews returning to Israel and establishing it as there home land again. Many other prophecys have been or are in the process of being fullfilled. One of them that sticks out in my mind is this one: Da 12:4 - "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."
Here's another one: Rev. 11:9 - For three and a half days they'll be there - exposed, prevented from getting a decent burial, stared at by the curious from all over the world. This verse reminds me that everyone all over the world can view news instantly. What generation before us was able to do that? Things are escalating very quickly now.
"More or less, we won't know the exact time. The Bible doesn't say we won't be able to figure out when it's near. We were given all the signs that would lead up to Christ second coming.
Mt 24:34 - I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
It will happen in a generation. Ever generation since Christ has had some of the signs, but, we are the only generation since Christ to see the Jews returning to Israel and establishing it as there home land again. Many other prophecys have been or are in the process of being fullfilled. One of them that sticks out in my mind is this one: Da 12:4 - "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."
Here's another one: Rev. 11:9 - For three and a half days they'll be there - exposed, prevented from getting a decent burial, stared at by the curious from all over the world. This verse reminds me that everyone all over the world can view news instantly. What generation before us was able to do that? Things are escalating very quickly now."
Yep, pretty interesting. Don't disagree at all.
When you say "More or less, we won't know the exact time. The Bible doesn't say we won't be able to figure out when it's near." The Scriptures tell we won't know the time, but you will know the season--just as in the example of the tree that was blooming--you know spring and summer are near.
"we are the only generation since Christ to see the Jews returning to Israel and establishing it as there home land again."
Yes, this is true. But God could take Israel away from the Jews for another couple of hundred years and then give it back. We don't know the mind of God, so it's possible. This will also reinforce the Scripture "where's the promise of his coming..." Personally, I don't think it will happen this way, but it could. And I still would have faith in God regardless. But many would fade away I'm afraid. This is why I always say "we could be, not we are, living in the last days" because we don't know the mind of God. If God doesn't take Israel away from the Jews again, then I'd say it's pretty close to the end of the age...
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