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>>>>It all happened in 70 AD, the Second Coming happened already, the resurrection is past history<<<

No. I believe there was a partial fulfillment around AD 70, including the first resurrection for the elect. At least, I think that is when the scriptures said it occurred. I believe our resurrection will occur after Satan is defeated in the future, hopefully soon.

For the record, how do you interpret the terms "this generation," or similar phrases, in the following verses? Actually, my question is, are any of these to be interpreted as a generation other than the generation of Jesus Christ and his disciples?

"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." (Mt 1:1 KJV)

"But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation." (Lk 17:25 KJV)

"And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation." (Mk 8:12 KJV)

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (Mt 24:34 KJV)

"Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." (Mk 8:38 KJV)

I personally believe they all mean the generation of Christ; and there are these supporting statements by Jesus to his disciples that reinforce my belief:

"But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come." (Mt 10:23 KJV)

"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. 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." (Mt 16:27-28 KJV)

Those passages are most convincing that Christ was to (first) return within his own generation to take control of his kingdom. And, of course, there are these statements that make it virtually impossible for the Great Whore, Babylon the Great, to be any other city than 1st century Jerusalem:

"That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation." (Lk 11:50-51 KJV)

"Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem." (Lk 13:33 KJV)

"Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her." (Rev 18:20 KJV)

"And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev 18:24 KJV)

Daniel also wrote of a partial resurrection; and his words indicate it was only for his people, Israel. Note in the following passage the use of the term "thy people," and the term "many of them:"

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." (Dan 12:1-2 KJV)

I believe the second resurrection--our resurrection--will occur in the future, exactly as written, when that deceitful Satan and his angels are defeated. It will occur in this manner:

". . . we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." (Rom 14:10-12 KJV)

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Rev 20:11-15 KJV)

I am aware that the new-agers have tried to reinterpret "judgement according to works" into a bad thing. But don't believe them. Jesus and the apostles spoke of both good and bad works, and Jesus said that he would judge, both good and bad, according to works. In fact, one of the last things he said was this:

"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Rev 22:12 KJV)

Would Jesus use the word "reward," if his judgement was strictly for punishment?

>>>... and we are currently in Revelation 20 ...<<<

Correct. That is the traditional postmillennial position.

>>>but you're not a preterist ...<<<

I am a postmillennialist, according to Wikipedia. Did you not read the post where I explained how I fit that definition? You should. LOL!

For the record, I personally have no agenda, one way or the other; so I am not forced to mistranslate the Bible to make it fit an agenda.

>>>Are you in one of those King James Only cults?<<<

King James Only Cult? That is a new one. Is that the latest "Dispy Smear" phrase? LOL!

Are you asking if I use the same bible used by all the great protestant ministers for hundreds of years? Yes, mostly. I do occasionally use Young's Literal Translation, and, rarely, some of the others. But mostly the Authorized Version of 1611.

How about you? What translation do you use? Holman's, where they alter the translation of Genesis 15:18 to better fit the new-fangled doctrine of the Southern Baptists?

"On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:" (Gen 15:18 HCSB)

Or, how about the New King James Version, where they completely mistranslate that verse so that, "surprisingly," it becomes a perfect fit for the new-age doctrine of the dispensational cult:

"On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--" (Gen 15:18 NKJV)

Of course, most of the new-age translations make that error, in one manner or another, most likely because of those so-called "older" manuscripts they used. But none could get around the plain reading of Galatians 3:16, which the New King James translators were forced to write as follows:

"Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ." (Gal 3:16 NKJV)

However, to the new-age cults, which are obsessed with the old testament (hint: not the one that Christ shed his blood for,) that verse in Galatians, and the related verses in that chapter, are treated as little more than an annoyance, like a gnat.

Philip