Did Jesus make a mistake here, or did Mathew? Or was God using some strange type of "technique"?
Or is it a matter of lying on purpose?
(Mathew is writing the words of Jesus)
Mathew 24:
31And 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.
32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
-There are many instances of Jesus talking about judgement day coming soon, as in the generation of the people around him.
Mistake.
What now? You`ll tell me a generation interpreted from Hebrew does not mean what I think it means or some other strange theology right? Well there is much more:
Mathew 16
28Verily 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.
This is Jesus talking to people standing right there in front of him. -they died thousands of years ago never having seen armaggeddon.
Mark 13
30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
John wrote in revelations:
3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
He believed the end was near because Jesus told him so. John is writing to the people of his day, not me and not people in another thousand years.
There`s more but I tire.
John, Luke, Mathew, Mark ALL either making mistakes themselves or reporting the mistakes of Jesus and God, as directly relayed to them.
Funny they all got together on this point but couldn`t agree on the ressurection stories..