Matthew 24:34 — "this generation" does not mean the generation hearing Jesus speak; it refers to those who witness specific end-time events

Mike challenges the popular interpretation that ties "this generation" to Jesus's original audience (a preterist reading) or to a fixed span from 1948 (Israel's founding). He argues "this generation" refers to those who see all the specific signs Jesus enumerates — particularly the abomination of desolation — not to a generational clock starting in 1948.