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Hal was right about this!
What you and your commentators miss - avoid and ignore, is the CONTEXT. Matthew 24:32 plainly prophesies the re-establishment of the House of Judah, allegorically; the fig tree. Now known as the Jewish State of Israel.
The "fig tree" allegory was just used to bolster a modern wish to make this about Israel in the contemporary world. Futurists want every prophecy to be about our own generation! That's what makes prophetic interpretation a form of "sensationalism," which I think the Bible wishes to prohibit.
"With respect to the coming Kingdom, don't let anything *excite you* unduly." Paraphrased from 2 Thes 2.1
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
Matt 24.26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it...36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Acts 1.7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
THEREFORE; the next verse; Matthew 24:33-34 When you see these things, [also referring the the labor pangs; Matthew 24:6-8] you will know the end is near; at the very door. Truly I tell you the present generation, [or the generation present] will [live to] see it all.
WE are that generation. And not believing that; simply leaves people in the dark.
No, I think believing that misleads people. We need to understand what Jesus was saying--not what *we think* helps people better. The truth is what helps us--not doctored Scriptures.
Trotting out old commentators, who never saw Judah back to a small part of the holy Land, is quite wrong; making them and yourself look silly.
Funny, I don't feel "silly."
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