What if Jesus had failed?

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Actually he did not. He said he would return before these wicked people/nation or nationality of people were wiped off of the face of the earth. Again as I and the strongs lexicon and concordance pointed out the word for generation is the same word for a given group of people/race of people.

In short Christ promised to return before the Jews were wiped out. As they are still (miraculously) here (as no people has ever survived without a nation) Christ's prophesy still stands.

Twist it all you like, as I'm sure you need to in order to get a good night's sleep. But the fact remains that your assessment is inconsistent with all other uses of the term "Jews" in the New Testament.

Like I said, it's blatantly clear what is being said here, and I will demonstrate that by showing what Jesus' followers response was:

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son…”

(Hebrews 1:1-2)

“Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.”

(1 Corinthians 10:11)

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

(Hebrews 10:24-25)

“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.”

(1 John 2:18)

“Do not seek a wife. This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.”

(1 Corinthians 7:27,29-31)

“The end of all things is near…”

(1 Peter 4:7)

If that was clear enough, let me be even more clear:

“For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”

(1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)

“We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed“

(1 Cor. 15:51)

“…the coming of the Lord is near. …the Judge is standing right at the door.”

(James 5:8, 9)

Call me crazy, but these don't seem like people who are expecting the entire Jewish race to be exterminated prior to Jesus return.

But it should be entertaining watching you twist this one up.