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Another thing to consider is that the preterists may be right, in that the prophesy in Matthew refers to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Romans, which did occur before that generation passed away.

Not unless the Bible is wrong...Just an example:

Mat 24:21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.

The destruction of Jerusalem was worse than the Flood??? How about WWI or WWII and Viet Nam, Korean War...Six million Jews at the Holocaust...How about the destruction of Carthage under Scipio??? What about the destruction of Kiev under Ghengis Khan??? The Crusades???...Atom Bombs in Japan???

Many scholars believe that the prophesy addressed both issues separately. That is to say that one part of the prophesy addressed the end times and the other addressed the destruction of the temple. Note that Christ told them that not one single stone would be unturned, and the Roman general that destroyed the Temple did indeed destroy not only the building, but destroyed the entire foundation and had it plowed up so that no stone literally remained unturned.

I don't speak Greek, so it's hard for me to have a concrete opinion on it either way other than this: operate under the assumption that at any moment Christ could make His appearance.

I hate to break it you people, but the majority of the adult males in 1948 when Israel was formed are either dead or well on their way. Only the very youngest would still be alive, and they would be in their upper 70s by now. If we take Christ's prophesy to mean that the generation alive when Israel became a nation again would live to see the Day of the Lord, then the Bible is dangerously close to being forsworn. Now, we all know that God does not lie. The logical conclusion of all this is that, perhaps, the fig leaf spoken of in the prophesy does not, in fact, represent Israel.