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Here I'll post my last to you again so you don't have to wade through a bunch of distractions.
Originally Posted by cfultz3
It is true that Jesus said that we would know the season, but not the day or hour. (Mat 24:36-39). He also said that the generation which sees all these things shall not pass away (v34). I do not see you predicting a date but a season.
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You are exactly right, let me give you a little Scripture. When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem for the final time, He saw a fig tree and walked up to it to see if there was any fruit on it. There wasn't, because it wasn't the season for figs and Jesus knew it. So why was he looking for fruit? Well, in Jeremiah and Hosea we see figs or a fig tree used figuratively to describe the Jewish people. Jesus is about to go to the Cross, which will usher in the church, bringing the time of Jewish ministry to the surrounding nations to a close.
Next day the Lord, Peter and John are walking by that fig tree and Peter says, "Look Lord, the fig tree you cursed has died from the roots up." Jesus replies, "Have faith in God." Now is Jesus telling the apostles, if they have faith in God, that they too can curse of fig tree? Makes no sense, but if you look at that fig tree figuratively, as Israel, then it appears that Jesus is telling the apostles that no matter what happens to them, have faith in God for the Jewish people. Then in the Olivet discourse Luke 21:29-32 we read the following . . .
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree (Israel), and all the trees (the other Middle Eastern nations); When they now shoot forth (leaves not fruit, i.e., after the new nation of Israel is established in 1948), ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation (of the Jews who freed the holy land from Gentile control) shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Anything left out that would not be fulfilled? Nothing according to that Scripture! Did those verses say it would be only one generation, usually considered to be 40 years before Jesus returns? No, it stated that some of the Jews who helped free the holy land from Gentile control will still be alive when the day of the Lord arrives, and those beloved Jews, and the rest of us, will look upon Him whom all of us have pierced.
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You are exactly right, let me give you a little Scripture. When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem for the final time, He saw a fig tree and walked up to it to see if there was any fruit on it. There wasn't, because it wasn't the season for figs and Jesus knew it. So why was he looking for fruit? Well, in Jeremiah and Hosea we see figs or a fig tree used figuratively to describe the Jewish people. Jesus is about to go to the Cross, which will usher in the church, bringing the time of Jewish ministry to the surrounding nations to a close.
Next day the Lord, Peter and John are walking by that fig tree and Peter says, "Look Lord, the fig tree you cursed has died from the roots up." Jesus replies, "Have faith in God." Now is Jesus telling the apostles, if they have faith in God, that they too can curse of fig tree? Makes no sense, but if you look at that fig tree figuratively, as Israel, then it appears that Jesus is telling the apostles that no matter what happens to them, have faith in God for the Jewish people. Then in the Olivet discourse Luke 21:29-32 we read the following . . .
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree (Israel), and all the trees (the other Middle Eastern nations); When they now shoot forth (leaves not fruit, i.e., after the new nation of Israel is established in 1948), ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation (of the Jews who freed the holy land from Gentile control) shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Anything left out that would not be fulfilled? Nothing according to that Scripture! Did those verses say it would be only one generation, usually considered to be 40 years before Jesus returns? No, it stated that some of the Jews who helped free the holy land from Gentile control will still be alive when the day of the Lord arrives, and those beloved Jews, and the rest of us, will look upon Him whom all of us have pierced.