Section 4
"generation" in verse 32 is not the generation according to age or people, as the generations in Matthew 1:17. Rather, this is the generation according to the moral condition of the people, as the generation in Luke 11:29-32 and Proverbs 30:11-14. "All things" in Luke 21:32 refer to the things predicted in the foregoing verses. The word "until" implies that some things have not yet taken place. Therefore, more time is needed for all things to take place.
A WARNING CONCERNING DISSIPATION, DRUNKENNESS,
AND ANXIETY
In Luke 21:34-35 the Lord says, "And take heed to yourselves lest at some time your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunk enness and anxieties of life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare; for it will come in upon all those dwelling on the face of all the earth." The Greek word rendered "dissipation" indicates a drunken hangover. The phrase "dis sipation and drunkenness" refers to indulgence in the enjoyment of eating and drinking.
The Lord's word here is similar to that in Luke 17:27: "They were eating, they were drink ing, they were marrying, they were being given