I respectfully disagree and think you need to read scripture my friend. I'm not at all sure how you come up with Jesus splitting the two events described in Matthew 24 into two completely different time frames...one of which (according to you) is some 2,000 plus years from the generation to whom Jesus was speaking at the time? The text just doesn't read that way in any way shape or form...at all! In verse 29 Jesus references the "Great Tribulation" of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD and then in that same verse speaks of the moon going dark, the stars falling and the powers of heaven being shaken and the very next verse Jesus describes His second coming. Then to add insult to injury to your argument, Jesus states in verse 33, "So likewise ye, (referring to the disciples to whom He was speaking)...YE, when YE shall see ALL these things, know that the END is NEAR (does that sound like 2,000 years to you?), even at the doors." And then to finish it off in verse 34, Jesus states, "Verily I say unto you, THIS GENERATION (the generation to whom He was speaking) shall NOT PASS, till ALL these things be FULFILLED." Jesus did return at that generation because He said he would...proof of which is the fact that not only did Jesus die and rise from the dead to completely annihilate satan's grip on mankind because of sin (the old covenant was replaced) and Jesus was officially (so to speak) instituted as our High Priest (the foundational placement of the New Covenant by the payment of our sins forever through the blood of our Savior) and His Kingdom (forever Kingdom) was established at THAT point when He came BACK to shake the powers of the heavens as described in verse 29. Please re-read these verses and please don't accuse me of not reading scripture...most unbecoming of you!

I also want to point out that so far...every prediction of Jesus second (according to the so called "prophecy experts like Hal Lindsey...et. all.) have been wrong...but not to be dissuaded by the mark of a true prophet of God as laid out in the Book of Deuteronomy, they continue to predict His second coming. How many times are they going to have to be wrong before Christians begin writing these freeloading charlatans off as false prophets? Now don't get me wrong, I do believe that Jesus is coming back to set up a New Heaven and a New Earth as describe in the Book of Revelation. Obviously when you look around its clear to see this has not yet happened. However, there is much evidence and motive on the part of the NWO cabal being the instigators monetarily and otherwise of the promotion of Darby's erroneous dispensational teaching. Remember, you will know them by their fruit and it's dispensationalism that's led the Church down this path to serfdom we now find ourselves in. Darbyism has led to the Church standing down (mainly because why would we fight the evil of the day when we are going to be raptured out before the bad stuff happens). And (according to modern, so called "prophecy experts," most of whom were trained in Darbyism at any one of innumerable so called "Christian colleges"...the worst of which is Dallas Theological Seminary) the NWO will inevitably win and for a period of time at least, mankind is going to serve under global government. What impetus (humanly speaking and taking into account our fallen human nature) do Christians have for fighting an enemy who they believe (at least according to Darby's take on things) they are powerless to win against...especially if their beloved Bibles teach them they cannot win?

Now, I'm not claiming to have the end times all figured out, but I do see a pattern here and I do see a correlation between the effectiveness of the Church in the affairs of the world (especially geopolitically) and the false teachings of Darbyism and the NWO Bibles! Another interesting study that most pastors refuse to teach their flocks...but I digress...

So much more I could say on this subject...but this is way too long as it is...

I respectfully disagree and think you need to read scripture my friend. I'm not at all sure how you come up with Jesus splitting the two events described in Matthew 24 into two completely different time frames...one of which (according to you) is some 2,000 plus years from the generation to whom Jesus was speaking at the time? The text just doesn't read that way in any way shape or form...at all! In verse 29 Jesus references the "Great Tribulation" of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD and then in that same verse speaks of the moon going dark, the stars falling and the powers of heaven being shaken and the very next verse Jesus describes His second coming. Then to add insult to injury to your argument, Jesus states in verse 33, "So likewise ye, (referring to the disciples to whom He was speaking)...YE, when YE shall see ALL these things, know that the END is NEAR (does that sound like 2,000 years to you?), even at the doors." And then to finish it off in verse 34, Jesus states, "Verily I say unto you, THIS GENERATION (the generation to whom He was speaking) shall NOT PASS, till ALL these things be FULFILLED." Jesus did return at that generation because He said he would...proof of which is the fact that not only did Jesus die and rise from the dead to completely annihilate satan's grip on mankind because of sin (the old covenant was replaced) and Jesus was officially (so to speak) instituted as our High Priest (the foundational placement of the New Covenant by the payment of our sins forever through the blood of our Savior) and His Kingdom (forever Kingdom) was established at THAT point when He came BACK to shake the powers of the heavens as described in verse 29. Please re-read these verses and please don't accuse me of not reading scripture...most unbecoming of you!