Ahhhhh that's not how I read it, or 98% of Christians. “This Generation” will not pass away is better interpreted in meaning the generation witnessing the end tome events. Jesus told the disciples they would be persecuted in his name, and he knew some would die as martyrs.
I seem to recall the rapture was supposed to be about 30 years ago and the "sign" was something about the Soviet Union.
>> Ahhhhh that’s not how I read it, or 98% of Christians. <<
Are you leaving Catholics out when you say “Christians”, or are you claiming knowledge about Catholic eschatology you don’t have?
While Catholics do not deny that the Apocalypses, Matthew’s or John’s, describe end-times events, they also find a fulfillment with the establishment of the Church, inasmuch as Christ is present within his church. Rome’s prosecution meant that most of the disciples (excluding John) were killed, and raised into Heaven. Also, by that time, the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed and a man nicknamed “the Beast,” and named Qsr Nrn in Hebrew (=666) rules over Rome while it was consumed in fire. The following year, Rome had fallen into four empires, divieded among generals Golbo, Otto, Vitellus and Vespasianus.