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When was Christ’s second coming and the end of terrestrial things to take place?
“There be some standing here that shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom” ([Matthew xvi, 28]).
“This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled” ([Luke xxi, 32]).
Seventy-five generations have passed, and still the world rolls on, unmoved by Christ’s and Mother Shipton’s prophecies.