Re: The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

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> Matt 24:34  Verily I say unto you, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS,
> TILL ALL THESE THINGS BE FULFILLED.


This Generation


The Author uses three different words translated "generation," using the 
primary sense of the word generation: "what is generated by a generator;" 
for He is calling attention to the generator too. He uses "genea," a word 
used for a natural son to designate the people of Israel generated by
Jacob, 
as in "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled"

(Matt 24:34). The Author uses "genos," a word used for adopted son, to 
designate the church, generated by adoption: "ye are a chosen generation,
a 
royal priesthood" (1 Pet 2:9), and He uses "genemma" to designate all 
mankind generated by Adam: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye 
escape the damnation of hell?" (Matt 23:33).

This is apparent when looking at scripture in which two different words
for 
generation are used together, as in Matt 23:33-36:

You serpents, you generation [gennema: generated by Adam] of vipers, how
can 
you escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send to you
prophets, 
and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify;
and 
some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from

city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the

earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of 
Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say to

you, All these things shall come upon this generation [genea: generated by

Jacob].

That's the atonement. How does mankind, generated by Adam, escape the 
damnation of hell? Mankind escapes the damnation of hell by all the sins
of 
the world coming upon the one generated by Jacob, who bore those sins on
the 
cross.

Satan has been shown this many times, but his interest is in promoting his

own gospel, not the gospel of our Lord.