"This generation" is clearly defined in the NT. It is
wicked
perverse
evil
adulterous
faithless
crooked
untoward
This generation is that generation. People of the same *character*. It is axiomatic that "this generation" won't pass until all is fulfilled (completed, as in not everything happens at once - foundational rot takes time and requires that the homeowner not pay attention).
As long as the termites remain or repairs continue, the work's not done. It's getting to the point where the only effective solution will be to burn the whole house to the ground. The wise have left the building. In essence they fled Egypt and Sodom, carrying with them a supply of unpopped popcorn.
So was Jerusalem in the first century. In fact, the Orthodox Jewish Priest and historian, Flavius Josephus, stated the following about Jerusalem of his generation:
"That neither did any other city ever suffer such miseries, nor did any age ever breed a generation more fruitful in wickedness than this was, from the beginning of the world." Wars Of The Jews V.10.5
Wow! That came from an Orthodox Jewish Priest! Jesus and the apostles said, pretty much, the same thing:
"A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed." (Mat 16:4 KJV)
"And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither." (Luke 9:41 KJV)
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;" (Phi 2:15 KJV)
>>>This generation is that generation. People of the same *character*. <<<
I cannot deny your second sentence. The Devil is also the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow (until destroyed.) The difference is, that generation received the punishment in AD 66-70: over 1.1 million slaughtered or starved to death in Jerusalem, alone! A horror of horrors! Truly the great tribulation, as Jesus prophesied.
>>>It is axiomatic that "this generation" won't pass until all is fulfilled (completed, as in not everything happens at once - foundational rot takes time and requires that the homeowner not pay attention).<<<
All the things Christ prophesied to his disciples during the Olivet Discourse (Matt 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) were fulfilled during the contemporary generation of his disciples (by AD 70,) exactly like he said they would.
>>>As long as the termites remain or repairs continue, the work's not done. It's getting to the point where the only effective solution will be to burn the whole house to the ground. The wise have left the building. In essence they fled Egypt and Sodom, carrying with them a supply of unpopped popcorn.<<<
It is much easier to simply destroy Satan and his angels, and their days are numbered .
Philip