Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.“ (Luke 21:27-32) --------------- We can find out which generation Jesus refers to here by reading the verse in its context. (Luke 21:29-33) With that he told them an illustration: “Notice the fig tree and all the other trees. 30 When they are budding, you see it for yourselves and know that now the summer is near. 31 Likewise also you, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly I say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all things happen. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
Jesus said it was the generation that would ''see these things happening''. That was the punch line of his illustration. It was not those that he was talking to at the time that were the generation he spoke of, but the ones that would see the ''things happening'' that were to be a sign of his presence that was to occur in the future. This does not allow for a date to given. It does however allow us to examine to the many facets of the sign Jesus said would happen that convince us we are in the last of the last days.
