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Jeremiah chapter 24 clearly identifies the "good figs" of Judea
and the "bad figs" of the residue of Judah who were merely residents,
inhabitants of Judea like those Nethinim
who came back with Ezra for example, i.e. the kenites.

Look up the Greek word translated "Jew" in your concordance.
You will find it has two meanings:
1.) a person who is a resident of Judea,
or
2.) a Judahite, a descendant of the tribe of Judah

In other words one can be identified as Jew
          either because he lives in the land of Judea,
or he is descended from Judah,
or I suppose, if you or your ancestors once lived there.

For example,
if I tell you I am a Pennsylvanian
you cannot tell what nationality or race or religion I am,
can you?

Well, not all Jews are descendants of Judah!

 Many of the people, living amongst us, who we call Jews today See Revelations 2:9 & 3:9, (many falsely so, because they are not really descendants of the tribe of Judah, but instead are Kenites, descendants of Cain, just living amongst them, even back in Jesus' time walking this earth, see John 8:44); in our churches, even our so-called Christian churches and their denominations, in our media (news and schools, and our so called Christian publishing houses), in our government, and of course our banking systems (especially the International Banking System).

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Some were foreigners, carpenters and smiths from King Solomon's day
and some Jews of today, were Khazars 

 Have you ever heard of the Khazar empire?
If not, go get an Encyclopedia Britannica.

Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is near:

Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold,
two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD,
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
and the princes of Judah,
with the carpenters and smiths,
from Jerusalem,
and had brought them to Babylon.

Notice that the two baskets of figs were set before the temple!

[2] One basket had very good figs,
even like the figs that are first ripe:
and the other basket had very naughty figs,
which could not be eaten,
they were so bad.

[3] Then said the LORD unto me,
What seest thou, Jeremiah?
And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good;
and the evil, very evil,
that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Do not eat of the "bad figs"
for they come from the other tree which was in the midst of the garden of God
and
"they are evil".

Dig up the rest of this chapter carefully
and it will further identify the good and the bad figs.

By this we then know that on May 15, 1948,
when the United Nations declared Israel a nation for the first time in over two millennia,
that the two baskets of figs were now set forth in Jerusalem before the temple.

Let's return to Christ's words in Mark 13,
the subject of which is the events leading up to His destruction of that temple
at His return,
remember?

Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is near:

                    And so the tender shoot was planted and began to put forth leaves in 1948,
but oh my how it has grown in stature today.

[29] So ye, in like manner,
when ye shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is near,
even at the doors.

 Do you realize how near it is?

[30] Verily I say unto you,
that this generation shall not pass,
till all these things be done.

Wow,
the generation that began in 1948 shall not pass away
until all the "things" in Mark 13 are DONE!

Isn't it interesting that the generation which began in 1948
is specifically known as the Baby Boomers.

Jesus said, "Some of them
shall see the birth of a new age!"

Let's see... 2015 - 1948 = 67.
The Baby Boomers are aging fast and they will soon retire.

[31] Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.

Take Heed, His words are reality!

 Mark 13:33 Take ye heed,
watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is.

Dear readers, I may not be the smartest person in the world,
but I can add.
If the fig tree was planted in 1948
and
the average life span of those people is between 72 and 78 years,
the generation could be said to end in the year 2020.

The remaining time until the end is getting shorter every day.

Finally, to all of you I say,
Watch!

They are the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia
and
they BOTH know who the "bad figs" are,
which is a prerequisite for understanding the parable of the fig tree
so as to be able to identify the final generation.

Here are Christ's comments to the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia respectively:

Remember, John recieved this vision when taken in the Spirit to the Lord's day, which is the day of the Lord's return.
Rev. 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as a trumpet, 11 Saying ...
-Read it for yourself - Revelation 1:9 thur 3:22.