"Tonto, we are surrounded by Indians!"
"What you mean we, paleface?
Perhaps, Jesus said what He meant and meant what He said when He addressed His warnings to the "this generation" He was speaking to. The advice he gave -- watch for trends, make a run for it when you get the chance, and don't try to save anything more than your life -- was excellent advice to THAT generation. Thousands of His saints heeded and obeyed the prophetic word He gave them, and escaped the fall of Jerusalem.
Good advice for citizens of a damned, doomed, and dying civilization. A generation that had committed history's greatest crime, by crucifying the Son of God. And reaped in full the consequences of that act.
However, 21st century America is not 1st century Israel. Those prophecies don't apply. We have other challenges to face.
Please don't assume to lecture me on biblical context. I'm well aware of the context of Jesus's Words. He also referred to some things in that same context which have not occurred yet - for example, the abomination of desolation.
As a "grafted in" Gentile, I believe that ALL of us can look at Jesus' words and take them for what they mean. Sure, he could mean "this generation" as in the one he was talking to or "this generation" as in the one who will experience the events described. I believe it is the latter. Apparently, you believe the former.
We will simply disagree.