Depends on bible commentary interpretations you used.
There is a clear argument for saying Jesus was talking to who, Jews, so Israel was the key.
Yet today we look in the west for some anti-christ from Europe that's gonna so called microchip us and control us and so on.
On the other hand, and again, can be debated, when saying things like all the earth, clear, but nations, can be debated as I just said cause of the nations at that time, around Israel.
Anyway, as I was saying, in some commentaries says things like race, and it applies to the whole of then until now.
However if we delve deeper, it seems often when the word generation was used in the Bible, even by Jesus, it was referring to a particular time.
If that is so and there really is this 70 weeks, split up, meaning years in daniel and all the rest what gives.
I get sick and tired trying to point out the biggest clue and key of all, concerning is it really our generation and believe me I have huge doubts sometimes.
Could it be said, though Jesus Himself claimed not to know, that He had an idea that would span the generations, seems the first part was applied to the Jews, not one stone left standing, flee to the hills, so on, which some interpret and yes Bible history does repeat itself as applying today.
But where you gonna flee from, if it's gonna come on all the earth.
Here is the key for me:
Matthew 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
People also say we have always had those things, when talking of earthquakes, famines and diseases, but they miss the point. In verse 8 in Matthew 24, that is so key. A woman can't stay pregnant forever, think, so eventually these things either 1: Get worse. Some could say where earthquakes are concerned we've had bigger one's and far more people killed centuries ago, but also, which I think is more the key, hence my 1 and a half folder full of such news relating to weather and diseases and whatever else disasters since 2003, that 2: These things shall happen more often.
The above and much more taken from my homepage.
In the Old Testament, it predicts Israel will become a nation again.
So obvious Hitler was not the one, as we had to wait for that, and in fact whatever satan does backfires.
How satan celebrated, opening bottle of bubbly, ha ha, done it.
3 days later, GRRRRRRRR, Jesus rose from the dead.
Satan tries to wipe out the Jews through Hilter.
Failed and Israel as a nation actually gets set up, failed.
So the key is Israel, so we need to look now at world events since 1948.
Especially since 2001.
Does God punish nations, did in the Old Testament, and I know He certainly allows things to happen.
WHY?
For correction.
The US and UK are now deserting God faster than you can say Bye God.
We have learned nothing, when Israel did this, during the good times, they were taken captive.
Hence 911.
Since 911, having monitored since 2003, I see the headlines:
Worse floods for a century.
Worse snow storms in decades.
Earthquake and Tsunami killing over 250,000 people.
So it goes on.
Another clue is the sun, moon, stars, not global warning con.
We cause very little of this.
BUT what does the sun and moon do, effect the earth.
We need now then to look at Luke 21 and pooh our pants:
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Now some believed as I did that verse 24 refers to 1967.
However some believe when Jesus actually returns.
But who is on control of Jerusalem as such, even if secular in nation, not us, not UN, not Europe, otherwise they let Gaza carry on shelling them, or would they.
Birth pangs, she can not stay pregnant forever.
Think, UK right now, in recession, deep trouble, got unrest, that will get far worse, wild cat strikes, so on, maybe riots, so on.
Bad weather, snow, costing millions to a billion a day, adding more debt and worry to an already collapsing situation.
Volcano in Japan, did not know they had one, erupting, first time in 5 years.
Say one event, people say we have always had them, but then, like me collecting them all over the years, when you add them up you think, heck and it's gonna get worse, if Jesus did not return, be no flesh to return to.
We are evolving, but devolving as John Mackay would say, getting worse and worse.
Mentally we should be prepared, after my experience in 2003:
http://www.4hurtingchristians.com/my_powerful_story.html
I was, willing to die for God.
What changed, why now running from Him, why depressed, because of the cost.
Genuine Christian does not sit on his butt, but bravely get out there, reach people.
If I'm wrong and we sit here in 20 years, be very surprised.
The beast is already forming, a one world system.
They know, even if they don't cause it, about the world collapsing, and allow it, for reasons like, well Iceland now wanting to be fast tracked into the EU.
All about power and money.
The mark is money, do you live for money or God.
Do you wake up and think, got to give to the Alpha course, or some good cause to reach people and do a Christian website and discs and let people know what's going on.
Or wake up and go, money money money, yep must remember to do the lottery, cause I wanna boat, mansion, and nice car and, yeah man.
Don't let satan through money buy your soul.
What makes this generation the one, events that, yes have happened before, but are now happening, firstly more often and secondly more closely together.
Think, throw in an earthquake, Tsunami caused by it, then hurricane and then recession and then this and then that and one think, heck someone trying to tell us something, this carries on and starts happening all in the same month, week, day even, millions will die.
Not to mention wars, ethnic one's that Jesus meant, have gone nuts.
Hence the so called need to untie everyone under peace, same currency, cause it well solve it won't it.
NO IT WON'T.
Can be no peace until the prince of peace returns, amen.
