The Fig Tree-pt.1

Introduction

Daniel 2:31–35 NASB95

31 “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. 32 “The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 “You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. 35 “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

First Kingdom:

Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 2:37–38 NASB95

37 “You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory; 38 and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

Daniel (1) The Meaning of the Statue (2:36–43)

Daniel therefore interpreted the first kingdom to be the ancient Babylonian Empire represented by its king, Nebuchadnezzar. For sixty-six years (605–539 B.C.) the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled the Near East

Second Kingdom:

Medo-Persian empire

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 2

39 “After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you

Daniel (1) The Meaning of the Statue (2:36–43)

This empire is symbolized by the silver chest and arms of the great statue, the two arms conceivably representing the two parts or divisions of the empire. Medo-Persian dominance continued for approximately 208 years (539–331 B.C.).

Third Kingdom:

Greece:

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 2

then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.

Daniel (1) The Meaning of the Statue (2:36–43)

In 332 B.C. the armies of the great conqueror Alexander the Great marched against the Medo-Persian Empire and defeated it in a series of decisive battles. The Greek Empire dominated for approximately 185 years (331–146 B.C.).

Fourth Kingdom

Roman

Daniel 2:40–43 NASB95

40 “Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. 41 “In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. 42 “As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. 43 “And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.

Daniel (1) The Meaning of the Statue (2:36–43)

Rome ruled the nations with an iron hand and like a huge iron club shattered all who resisted its will. The Roman Empire dominated the world from the defeat of Carthage in 146 B.C. to the division of the East and West empires in A.D. 395, approximately five hundred years.

Daniel 7:7–8 NASB95

7 “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. 8 “While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

Why should I review this information?

Because, the world is separated into kingdoms by God’s own purpose in the end times.

The end times are identified as that time from the time of Messiah and the time of His second arrival on the earth.

During that time, as outlined here, the kingdom of heaven will arrive and never leave.

The kingdom will come after the arrival of the Anti-Christ.

The arrival of the Anti-Christ will signal the soon arrival of the Christ.

The Anti-Christ comes during the reign of the fourth kingdom.

We will learn from this passage today that the soon arrival of the kingdom of God is signalled by the events described in Luke 21:25-28.

Consider - “Son of Man” :

Daniel 7:9–14 NASB95

9 “I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. 10 “A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. 11 “Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire. 12 “As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time. 13 “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. 14 “And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.

The point is that everything is right on schedule.

It was during the fourth kingdom that Jesus established his kingdom, made without hands.

Matthew 28:18–20 NAS

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Therefore when you see these things happening, know everything is near.

OUTLINE:

The Comparison - vv.29-31

The Preservation - vv. 32-33

The Comparison - vv.29-31

v.29

Luke 21:29 NAS

Then He told them a parable: “Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

Luke 21:29 UBS5

29 Καὶ εἶπεν παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς· Ἴδετε τὴν συκῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ δένδρα

Reiteration of v. 28

Luke 21:28 NASB95

28 “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

= because of the return of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and glory, it is critical that the disciples be prepared; i.e. live their lives with expectation and anticipation.

Notice v.28 in that the Son of Man will return in clouds and glory.

This is a statement of His second coming.

When He does come, dominion is given to Him, all peoples will bow to Him, the Jews will recognize Him as the One Whom they pierced, and His kingdom will never end.

“Behold the fig tree and all the tree...”

= “I want you to think about this...”

There is something about the fig tree, which they would comprehend, that is also true of other trees.

= they put out leaves when warmer weather comes.

= This is how you will know that fruit is coming.

Jesus’ previous teaching of the fig tree not showing fruit is not the same as this one.

This is a parable of the appropriate indications of the Second Coming.

The other parable of the fig tree was about Israel and her lack of fruit for the Lord’s long-time investment.

Jesus taught often of the need to recognize the times:

Luke 12:54–59 NASB95

54 And He was also saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out. 55 “And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way. 56 “You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time? 57 “And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right? 58 “For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 “I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

Luke 12:35–40 NASB95

35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 “Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 “Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. 38 “Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. 39 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 40 “You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

The result of not being able to discern the times is told here:

Luke 13:24–30 NASB95

24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 “Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ 26 “Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; 27 and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers.’ 28 “In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. 29 “And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. 30 “And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

Luke 14:16–24 NASB95

16 But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; 17 and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’ 18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’ 19 “Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ 20 “Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ 21 “And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 “And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 “And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. 24 ‘For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’ ”

But, for those who do discern the times, there is joy in heaven!

Luke 15:4–7 NASB95

4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 “When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ 7 “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Luke 15:8–10 NASB95

8 “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 “When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’ 10 “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:29–32 NASB95

29 “But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; 30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ 31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 ‘But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”

NOTE: figs were used to illustrate to the Jews how God will punish and reward His people.

Jeremiah 24:1–10 NASB95

1 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord! 2 One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. 3 Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 ‘For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. 7 ‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. 8 ‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the Lord—so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt. 9 ‘I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them. 10 ‘I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.’ ”

Also used to illustrate:

God’s blessing and cursing:

Isaiah 34:4 NASB95

4 And all the host of heaven will wear away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree.

Jeremiah 8:13 NASB95

13 “I will surely snatch them away,” declares the Lord; “There will be no grapes on the vine And no figs on the fig tree, And the leaf will wither; And what I have given them will pass away.” ’ ”

The quality of devotion of Israel at one time:

Hosea 9:10 NASB95

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

As here, figs and other fruit trees are used to illustrate a person’s life:

Matthew 7:16–20 NASB95

16 “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 “So then, you will know them by their fruits.

James 3:12 NASB95

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

Fig trees, because of their proliferation in Israel, are a common means of illustration.

v.30

Luke 21:30 NAS

as soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near.

Luke 21:30 UBS5

ὅταν προβάλωσιν ἤδη, βλέποντες ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν γινώσκετε ὅτι ἤδη ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν

The obvious is referred to here.

When a fruit tree puts out leaves, then you know that the fruit is sure to follow.

Rare is the tree that puts out leaves and does not put out fruit.

Notice that in this use of the fig tree for illustration there is no mention of fruit.

Jesus also refers to other trees.

He is referring to the basics of the behavior of plants.

Everyone can agree on this.

A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. Luke Luke 21:30

i.e. with out being told.

Word Pictures in the New Testament Luke 21:30

Shoot forth (προβαλωσιν [probalōsin]). Second aorist active subjunctive of προβαλλω [proballō], common verb, but in the N. T. only here and Acts 19:33. Summer (θερος [theros]). Not harvest, but summer. Old word, but in the N. T. only here (=Mark 13:28=Matt. 24:32).

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Luke 12:54–57

54 And He was also saying to the crowds, “aWhen you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.

55 “And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a ahot day,’ and it turns out that way.

56 “You hypocrites! aYou know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but 1why do you not analyze this present time?

57 “And awhy do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

Luke Luke 21:29–33

Just as a fig tree (and most other trees) gives certain signs that reveal summer is near, so there will be certain signs that will reveal that the redemption brought by the Son of Man is also near.

The Gospel of Luke (Luke 21:30)

(30) The construction (ὅταν … ἤδη …) follows Mk. The force of ἤδη is ‘after they have put forth leaves’. προβάλλω normally means ‘to put forward’ (Acts 19:33**), here ‘to put forth foliage, fruit’ (Jos. Ant. 4:226), but the absolute use is unusual. Luke is paraphrasing Mk. βλέποντες ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν (cf. 12:57) gives the sense ‘you can see for yourselves’. θέρος is ‘summer’ (Mk. 13:28; Mt. 24:32**); Luke repeats ἤδη to stress that the period of proximity has already arrived. The point of the parable is clear: certain events convey the unmistakable message to any observer that a climax is about to happen.

v.31

Luke 21:31 NAS

“So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

Luke 21:31 UBS5

οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.

“So you also...”

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Daniel 2:44–45

44 “In the days of those kings the aGod of heaven will bset up a ckingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be 1left for another people; it will dcrush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

45 “Inasmuch as you saw that a astone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the bgreat God has made known to the king what cwill take place 1in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

“so you also”

- in the same way that a farmer might witness a tree budding leaves and realize that summer is near, so should a disciple see the indications of the coming of the Lord.

“whenever you might see,,,”

= indeterminate time frame. The indicators are the things that tell you that the coming is near. And, it may not be the “one and done” kind of thing, but repeated indicators of the times.

“...know!...”

= imperative. This is a command/instruction to depend upon what they see. These “signs” are true indications of His soon arrival. Or, at least, of the Kingdom’s sure, soon, arrival.

This should create in us a sense of immediacy, imminency.

“...the kingdom of God is near...” What does this mean?

Word Pictures in the New Testament Luke 21:30

Shoot forth (προβαλωσιν [probalōsin]). Second aorist active subjunctive of προβαλλω [proballō], common verb, but in the N. T. only here and Acts 19:33. Summer (θερος [theros]). Not harvest, but summer. Old word, but in the N. T. only here (=Mark 13:28=Matt. 24:32).

Six facts concerning the kingdom of God:

Christians are commanded to seek it:

Matthew 6:33 NASB95

33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

The it is nearly impossible for the wealthy to enter it.

Matthew 19:24 NASB95

24 “Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

There are mysteries about the kingdom that only the church knows.

Mark 4:11–12 NASB95

11 And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, 12 so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.”

A person cannot enter the kingdom unless he becomes as a child.

Mark 10:15 NASB95

15 “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

The kingdom of God is the constant theme of apostolic ministry.

Acts 28:23–24 NASB95

23 When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. 24 Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.

Jesus will one day cast Satan out of His kingdom.

Revelation 12:10 NASB95

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

The Preservation - vv.32-33

v.32

Luke 21:32 NAS

“Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

Luke 21:32 UBS5

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται.

Matthew 23:38 NASB95

38 “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!

Crux of the matter:

“…this generation...”

The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition (with Morphology) Chapter 21

ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη

Luke

Cf. Luke 7:31; 11:29–32, 50, 51; 16:8; 17:25; Acts 2:40

Luke 7:31 NASB95

31 “To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

Luke 11:29–32 NASB95

29 As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. 30 “For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 “The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 “The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Luke 17:25 NASB95

25 “But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

“…pass away...”

Matthew 24:32–34 NASB95

32 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33 so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. 34 “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

The word can mean: “be destroyed/destroy.”

Luke 16:17 NASB95

17 “But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

The word can also mean: “disregard/ignore/reject.”

Luke 11:42 NASB95

42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Luke 15:29 NASB95

29 “But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

The word can also mean: “to travel by/close to something/someone.”

Mark 14:35 NASB95

35 And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by.

Luke 18:37 NASB95

37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

A Greek-English Lexicon παρέρχομαι

παρέρχομαι (the other moods of the pers., and the impf. (παρήρχοντο is found in Alciphr.Fr.6.15), as also the fut., are borrowed from πάρειμι (εἶμι ibo), cf. ἔρχομαι): aor. παρῆλθον, inf. -ελθεῖν, more rarely -ήλῠθον Theoc.22.85 (for παρενθεῖν, v. παρέρπω II):—go by, beside, or past, pass by, of a ship, Od.16.357; ἧος μέγα κῦμα παρῆλθεν 5.429; of birds, 12.62; of persons, A.Supp.1004, etc.; [παρῆλθεν ὁ κίνδυνος] ὥσπερ νέφος passed away, D.18.188.

2. of Time, pass, Hdt.2.86; παρεληλύδει τὰ Δινούσια Aeschin.3.69; ὁ παρελθὼν χρόνος time past., E.Fr.1028 (anap.); ὁ π. ἄροτος the past season, S.Tr.69; π. ὁδοί wanderings now gone by, Id.OC1397; οἱ παρεληλυθότες πόνοι Pl.Phdr.231b, X.An.4.3.2; τῆς πρελθούσης νυκτός Pl.Prt.310a; ἐν τῷ παρελθόντι χρόνῳ in time past, of old, X.Cyr.8.8.20, etc. τὰ παρεληλυθότα past events, D.18.191; τὸ παρελθόν, opp. τὸ μέλλον, Arist.Ph.218a9; ὁ παρεληλυθώς (sc. χρόνος) Id.Po.1457a18, cf. Cat.5a8, S.E.P.3.106.

II. pass by, outstrip, esp. in speed, τινα Il.23.345; ποσὶν μή τίς με παρέλθῃ Od.8.230; π. ἐν δόλοισιν surpass in wiles, 13.291; οὔ με δόλῳ παρελεύσεαι Thgn.1285; δυνάμει E.Ba.906 (lyr.); ἀναιδειᾳ Ar.Eq.277; π. τῇ πρώτῃ στρατείᾳ to be superior, have the advantage, Aeschin.3.129; τοὺς λόγους τἄργα παρέρχεται D.10.3; τὸ ψυχρὸν τοῦτʼ ὄνομα, τὸ “ἄχρι κόρου”, παρελήλυθε has outdone that hackneyed phrase, ‘to satiety’, Id.19.187.

2. outwit, elude, ‘give the go-by to’, μὴ δὴ οὕτως .. κλέπτε νόῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις (unless in signf. V) Il.1.132; οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον οὐδὲ παρελθεῖν Hes.Th.613; φυλακὰς .. ἐούσας οὐδὲν χαλεπὰς παρελθεῖν Hdt.3.72; π. τὴν πεπρωμένην τύχην E.Alc.695; τὴν ἐν τῷ ὅλῳ ψυχήν Plot.6.7.11; τὰς αἰτίας καὶ τὰς διαβολάς D.18.7.

III. pass on and come to a place, arrive at, ἐς τὰ δίκαια Hes.Op.216; εἰς τὴν δυναστείαν D.9.24; εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν Luc.Gall.12; ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα Id.DMort.12.4; abs., X.Smp.1.7.

2. pass in, ἐς τὴν αὐλήν Hdt.3.77, 5.92.γ ́; ἔσω or εἴσω π. go into a house, etc., A.Ch.849, S.El.1337, etc.; ἔσω θυρῶνος Id.OT1241; εἴσω παρὰ τοὺς γηγενεῖς Ar.Nu.853: c. acc., π. δόμους E.Med.1137, Hipp.108; of an army, π. εἰς τὴν πόλιν βίᾳ X.An.5.5.11; π. εἴσω Πυλῶν D.18.35.

3. metaph., εἰς παροιμίαν παρῆλθε τὸ πρᾶγμα passed into a proverb, Arist.Fr.593; εἰς τὴν τραγικὴν .. ὀψὲ π. [ἡ ὑπόκριθις] Id.Rh.1403b23.

IV. pass without heeding, τεὸν βωμόν Il.8.239; disregard, slight, θεούς E.Supp.231; νόμους D.37.37; pass over, omit, οὐδὲν π. Ar.V.637, cf. Pl.Phdr.278e, etc.

2. overstep, transgress, Antipho 5.12, Lys.6.52.

V. pass unnoticed, escape the notice of (v. supr. II. 2), mostly of things, πολλά με καὶ συνιέντα π. Thgn.419; οὐδέ μʼ ὄμματος φρουρὰν παρῆλθε τόνδε μὴ λεύσσειν στόλον S.Tr.226; τουτὶ γὰρ αὖ μικροῦ παρῆλθέ μʼ εἰπεῖν D.21.110: abs., ὡς μὴ παρέλθωσʼ αἱ κόραι S.OC902.

VI. come forward to speak, ἐς τὸν δῆμον π. Th.5.45; εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν Aeschin.3.95: freq. abs., ταῦτα ἔλεγε παρελθὼν ὁ Ἀριστείδης Hdt.8.81; ὀλίγων ἕνεκα καὐτὴ παρῆλθον ῥημάτων Ar.Th.443, cf. Av.1612; παρελθὼν ἔλεξε τιάδε, π. εἶπε, Th.2.59, X.Ap.10; ὁ βουλόμενος παρελθὼν ἐλεγξάτω Lys.25.14.

VII. pf. παρελήλυθα, = πάρειμι, adsum, Th.4.86.

Therefore, given that:

-”this generation” most regularly refers to the generation present when Jesus lived.

-”pass away” most regularly refers to generally “coming along someone,” or, “ignoring” someone/something, the idea of destruction, which typically is a different word, does not have the weight of semantic use on its’ side.

-the OT/LXX synonym predominantly means something spatial

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volumes I–XV 1. Occurrences, Linguistic Peculiarities, Synonyms

Various synonyms are found within the narrower and broader context of ʿbr. Parallels to ʿbr qal include gûz, “pass by” (Nu. 11:31; Ps. 90:10); ḥlp I, “continue on, pass by, go away, pass away” (Job 9:11; Cant. 2:11; Isa. 8:8; 24:5; Hab. 1:11); ʿtq, “go further, advance, age” (Job 14:18; 18:4; 21:7; Ps. 6:8[7]); klh, “be over, at an end” (Jer. 8:20); mûṯ, “die” (Job 34:20). Parallels to ʿbr hiphil include sûr hiphil, “remove” (Zec. 3:4); nāśāʾ pešaʿ, “take away iniquities” (Job 7:21). Finally, general verbs of motion frequently parallel ʿbr: → הלך hlk (e.g., Am. 6:2); → בוא bôʾ (e.g., Am. 5:5); → נגע ngʿ, “reach as far as, extend to” (Jer. 48:32; cf. 1 S.14:1).

It seems best to me to take the higher use of the word, “to pass by/neglect/avoid” and plug that in.

“This generation will no, in any way, be neglected/or pass on, until all things come to be..”

That is, the generation of Jesus Christ, the one that is most responsible for disregarding Christ and putting Him to death, will be the reason for the way the world is, as it were.

Jesus Christ will bring upon the world the covenantal judgments of Israel for their apostasy.

Consider this:

Matthew 23:34–36 NASB95

34 “Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, 35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 “Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

v.33

Luke 21:33 NAS

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Luke 21:33 UBS5

ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.

This is the most-often quoted phrase of Jesus wherein He uses this same word-παρέρχομαι

Using the above, “Heaven and earth will pass by/go away/move from one space to another, but My word will stay right where it has always been.”

Conclusion

Psalm 119:89 NASB95

89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.