Originally posted by RJHinds
What single generation did Christ promise to return? Where is the scripture that backs up your statement?
well let's go over his failed prophecies then.
mat 24 - sets up the whammy scenario ...
false christs...
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
wars and rumors of wars...
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
famines, pestilences, earthquakes...
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places
more so called false prophets...
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
people will stop loving...
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
the gospel will spread to all the world...
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
woe to the pregnant...
Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
the great tribulation...
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
sigh, more false christs (as if the first one was true)...
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
the sun will go dark and the moon won't shine...
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
hurrah, good 'ole christ will come down from heaven and save us all (at least the survivors)
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
angels and trumpets...
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
when will it all happen?
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
hate to break it to you buddy, your false prophet failed. none of those things happened.
and don't even think about using some absurd interpretation for "generation" because mat 16:27-28 makes it crystal clear:
Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Mat 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
christ is talking about a single generation, a single lifetime till ALL be fulfilled and the son of man coming in his kingdom.
the kingdom didn't come. the son of man didn't come. nothing was fulfilled. you're still waiting on a false hope that died about 2000 years ago with the death of the last of jesus christ's alleged audience.
i'm sure you can search and find soothing apologies that will lie to you and convince you to forget these verses and failed prophecies, claiming that something else is meant by them. and you will of course believe those lies because of your emotional and spiritual investment in this false prophet.
you can do the above, but it will not change the fact that you lay your hopes on a false messiah who failed to fulfill messianic prophecies and failed to fulfill his own promises.