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He gave His second coming with that acknowledgement that "This generation will not pass away" qualification.He told the Jews living at that time to watch for that sign. In the parallel passage of Luke 21:20-24, it's indicated that what they were supposed to watch for was Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. That is exactly what happened around 70 AD when the Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem and then attacked and destroyed the city and the temple buildings just as Jesus said would happen (Luke 19:41-44, Matt 24:1-2, Mark 13:1-2, Luke 21:5-6;21-24).
What many miss is that Jesus was asked 2 questions and they were about 2 different events. The first related to when the temple buildings would be destroyed. Remember, Jesus very specifically told the disciples that the temple buildings would be destroyed with no stone left upon another. That is exactly what happened in 70 AD.
But, He was also asked about His coming and the end of the age which has not yet occurred. His second coming is for the church, so the events of His second coming center around the church and not Jerusalem and Israel.
Jesus didn't come in the clouds in AD70, so "this generation" was not the Apostles. But rather "this generation" meant the generation that began to see the signs of the end, and... many futurists, if not most, consider baby boomers to be the fig tree generation (I'd see an argument for Gen X because Jerusalem was not retaken until 1967)
But not the first century.
Revelation was written after AD70, and has references to a physical temple.
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