Re:Going out on a limb here... (Score 1)

Then perhaps you missed the one two verses before that: "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened."

Perhaps even a little of: "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." Matthew 16:28.

Or: "After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." I Thessalonians 4:17.

"Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour." I John 2:18

"This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none..." I Corinthians 7:29.

"They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.' These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit." Jude 18-19.

I don't think Harold Camping was the first kook by a looong shot.

I'm not an expert, but ...

Your first verse about "this generation" is referring to the generation that sees all the things mentioned before that verse. Not the "current" generation.

The second one, some of the apostles saw Jesus transfigured into his heavenly glory, and later John saw the future of Jesus coming.

The third one, That refers to dead and living believers all together. It is true that early on people thought they would be that generation but Jesus never said that.

The last hour refers to the end of that dispensation.

The one about wives, read the verses before and after. The Christians of that time were under tremendous pressure. His point was serving Christ during this time ... "He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. 33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife."

I don't know your point with Jude, he is obviously talking about future events.

Most prophecies don't make complete sense until after they happen, then after they happen people say "ohhhh now I see I was unbelieving." If even the angels don't know when it is, I just don't know why these so called preachers do this. Money and attention I guess, all the while being yet another bad testimony for the Lord.