(Matt 24:21) For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
(Matt 24:34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
It doesn't get much simpler, and plainer.
Jesus said there would be great tribulation, then said it would happen before the generation of His contemporaries all passed away.
That's exactly what happened. The great tribulation happened from 66AD - 70AD, and some of the contemporaries of Jesus' generation were still alive when it happened.
It's about time you unearthed this text.
And just like that... your holy grail gets shattered.
Matthew 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed
But it doesn't stop there...
Jude 5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Sodom and Gomorrah was a literal fire and Malek YHWH was present to Abraham in His Glory and Presence, physically that day.
But there's more,
This generation refers to the generation that is part of GLOBAL Judgment. If God has cast all evil away, then why is evil still here Tetty?
If this is the new heaven and the new earth and Jesus has already come in the clouds in glory, why do the wicked still exist and who is the Anti-Christ that Revelation speaks of?
You see Tetty... you forget that the dead are ressurected for judgment in the book of Revelations. Because the dead are either with the lord right now, or in Sheol, you have an enormous theological issue on your hands. But wait... there's more.
Have you got an explaination for the earth waxing old as we speak? Is this earth new Tetty?
You have finally unleashed the beginning of the forging of your....
Wait for it... "Death Knell".
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I think it's time for the true meaning of "This generation to be exposed". I'm so glad you brought this up.