Joseph_Botwinick
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Chris Temple Wrote:
Joseph:
Jesus never believed that this would happen in his "lifetime". Jesus also said two verses later, "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." (Matt 24:36).
If Jesus chose not to know the timing of His 2nd coming, He certainly didn't expect it to occur while He was still in the First Coming!
The term generation does not mean in context a literal 40 year generation. Rather the Gk. word is genea which means race, family, generation. In context it means the evil age lived in which lasts until the 2nd Coming, when Christ will make all things new.
My reply:
Chris, did you get that definition from a Greek Lexicon or is that last part about "...evil age lived in which lasts until the 2nd Coming..." just your preferred interpretation. Because it surely isn't found within the context of that passage or within the actual definition of the Greek word "Genea". Take a look at a site that I am presently constructing a little at a time and I think you will see what I mean. Most of the Greek scholars I have read seem to agree with my interpretation of the passage.
http://communities.msn.com/TheBotwinickFamily&naventryid=113
Joseph
Joseph:
Jesus never believed that this would happen in his "lifetime". Jesus also said two verses later, "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." (Matt 24:36).
If Jesus chose not to know the timing of His 2nd coming, He certainly didn't expect it to occur while He was still in the First Coming!
The term generation does not mean in context a literal 40 year generation. Rather the Gk. word is genea which means race, family, generation. In context it means the evil age lived in which lasts until the 2nd Coming, when Christ will make all things new.
My reply:
Chris, did you get that definition from a Greek Lexicon or is that last part about "...evil age lived in which lasts until the 2nd Coming..." just your preferred interpretation. Because it surely isn't found within the context of that passage or within the actual definition of the Greek word "Genea". Take a look at a site that I am presently constructing a little at a time and I think you will see what I mean. Most of the Greek scholars I have read seem to agree with my interpretation of the passage.
http://communities.msn.com/TheBotwinickFamily&naventryid=113
Joseph