The main points of Christianity?

[Huggy Bear]

As I read the Gospels, and Paul for that matter, the second coming should have been about 60 to 90 A.D. (before the generation listening to Jesus died) and nothing like it has happened then or since. However, current Christians obviously don't read it that way, or there wouldn't be any current Christians. One of the many reasons there are so many sects of Christians is that there is no straight forward way to get around Luke 23:32-32:

So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near. "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

I suppose when you take a scripture out of context you can interpret it any way you want.
Here it is in full context, and by the way, it's Luke 21 not 23.

Luke 21
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Jesus had just finished describing to his disciples what the end of the world would be like.
What he means by "This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled" is that all those signs would occur within the lifetime of the generation that witness them.

And Mark 9:1

Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

So they all finagle their way around the problem differently.

That's an easy one..

Mark 9
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

Revelation 21
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.