Originally posted by Prophecy Countdown
The generation question is a good one to ask. I will try to answer.
Psalm 95:9.When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. <SUP>10</SUP>Forty years long was I grieved with <I>this</I> generation, and said, It <I>is</I> a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. Now we can clearly understand our Lords meaning of that generation not going into the promise land.
My versions read:
New Revised Standard
Psalm 95:10: For forty years I loathed
that generation and said, They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.
New American Standard
Forty years long was I grieved with
that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
God was indeed speaking about the generation which wandered in the wilderness for 40 years......
that generation.
Let's look at some New Testament examples on how "generation" is used.
Matthew 1:17:
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
Matthew 12:39:
But he answered them, An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
(The sign of the prophet Jonah was Christ being raised from the dead after 3 days. This only happened in Christ's generation)
Matthew 17:17:
Jesus answered, You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you?
Luke 1:48:
for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
Luke 17:25:
But first He (Christ) must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation. (Christ was rejected by the generation of Jews at that time - hence, His crucifixion)
Ephesians 3:5:
In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:
Generation is obviously a period of time guaged by elements of lifespans of humans living at that time.
In Noah & Enoch's day, a generation was probably 200 years.
In Moses's day it took 40 years to wipe out the exodus generation.
In Christ's time a generation was about 40 years.
Today, it is still generally accepted as 40 years.
A generation cannot consist of multiple generations like you suggest.
A generation = multiple generations
That just doesn't make sense logically.
There is obviously a time limit on a generation. For example:
My father was born in 1940.
My mother gave birth to me when my father was 35.
My wife gave birth to my son when I was 30.
My son dies when he is 70 yrs old.
Here we have three generations: Grandfather, Father, Son.
Total lifespan beginning from my father's birth to my son's death is 135 years. 135 divided by 3 generations = 45 years per generation.
I'm still a bit confused how you are currently justifying your interpretation of "this generation" as mentioned in Matthew 24.
-A