It has been pointed out to me that the person I quoted re. the length of a Historic Generation may be inaccurate, because of the assumed timeline.  Therefore, it may not be 71+ years.  Some history buffs may have a more accurate conclusion about how long a Historic Generation is.
However, that does not change my conclusion: if WE are the "generation that will not pass away until all be fulfilled," there is not, likely, a real reason that we have to base the length of our generation on the days of Jesus, or even before.
This generation is NOW.  This is how long we live NOW.  Look at the obituaries.  Few live to age 70 (who have died of "old age.")  A few live to 70-80.  VERY FEW live beyond that.  So the Bible verse that says we can expect to live to 70/80 makes sense to me NOW.

Gloria McCrea (GlowJay@AOL.com)

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RE YOUR E-MAIL TO DOVES - YOU QUOTE 3000 YEARS FROM ABRAHAM TO JESUS - THIS WOULD  MEAN THAT ADAM DIED 70 YEARS BEFORE ABRAHAM
WAS BORN. AS FAR AS I CAN ASSATAIN THE PERIODS WERE AS FOLLOWS.
ADAM TO ABRAHAM    -WAS  2000 YEARS.
ABRAHAM TO CHRIST -WAS 2000 YEARS.
CHRIST TO NOW           -WAS 2000 YEARS
                                        TOTAL 6000 YEARS
 
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