kjv@Luke:21:1@ And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
kjv@Luke:21:2@ And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
kjv@Luke:21:3@ And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
kjv@Luke:21:4@ For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
kjv@Luke:21:5@ And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
kjv@Luke:21:6@ As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
kjv@Luke:21:7@ And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
kjv@Luke:21:8@ And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
kjv@Luke:21:9@ But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
kjv@Luke:21:10@ Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
kjv@Luke:21:11@ And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
kjv@Luke:21:12@ But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
kjv@Luke:21:13@ And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
kjv@Luke:21:14@ Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
kjv@Luke:21:15@ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
kjv@Luke:21:16@ And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
kjv@Luke:21:17@ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
kjv@Luke:21:18@ But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
kjv@Luke:21:20@ And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
kjv@Luke:21:21@ Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
kjv@Luke:21:22@ For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
kjv@Luke:21:23@ But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
kjv@Luke:21:24@ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
kjv@Luke:21:25@ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
kjv@Luke:21:26@ Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
kjv@Luke:21:27@ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
kjv@Luke:21:28@ And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
kjv@Luke:21:29@ And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
kjv@Luke:21:30@ When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
kjv@Luke:21:31@ So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
kjv@Luke:21:32@ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
kjv@Luke:21:33@ Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
kjv@Luke:21:34@ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
kjv@Luke:21:35@ For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
kjv@Luke:21:36@ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
kjv@Luke:21:37@ And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
kjv@Luke:21:38@ And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
Great and terrible things shall come. He could have said be strong or be prayerful etc... but He says to be patient. It is not that these other things are not each important, it is that they all come as a result of patience. Therefore posses your soul in patients.
This prophecy was fulfilled near AD 70 at the destruction of the temple by the Romans. It is said by critics that Jesus cannot be classified as a prophet because none of His prophecies have come true. Well what is this prophecy, chopped liver?
Many believe that since the temple destruction AD70 and resultant worldwide dispersion of the Jews that we have now lived in an "time of the gentiles" era. With drawing of the Jews back to Jerusalem since 1948 we now see a signal of the closing of the age and the drawing near of our redemption; The Lord's second coming. There are others that say that this all happened AD70 and that the Lord has already returned. Some believe that none of this happens until the end of the world. I believe that kjv@Luke:21:24 is the key verse suggesting the dispersion/age interpretation, "be led away captive" I have yet to find evidence of in other end time prophecy.
Three ways I can think of for this to have been fulfilled even though we are now 1990+ years down the time line. 1. "Generation" can just as easily be translated "period" thus within this age/period of time this will be fulfilled. 2. The specific of the prophecy can be interrupted as having been fulfilled in AD70 and the actual Lord's latter return fulfillment of a greater prophecy in whole. 3. There are also the considerations of God's eternal perceptions of time (thousand years as a day) (time relativity) (the possibility that time is not sequentially serial but rather sequentially parallel). How deep do you want to go with it?
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