The Generation Controversy

So maybe you didn't know about a generation controversy.  The popular view in Christianity today is that we are living in the biblical last days.  There are a 37 verses in the bible that use the Greek word "genea" which is translated in to the English word "generation".  Below I have copied all 37 verses for ease of reading. Read them and decide for yourself what the word "generation" means.  Leave a comment as to what you determine with an explanation to support your definition.

1. Mat 1:17 NASB - So all the generations[1074] from Abraham to David are fourteen generations[1074]; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations[1074]; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations[1074].
2. Mat 11:16 NASB - "But to what shall I compare this generation[1074]? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,
3. Mat 12:39 NASB - But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation[1074] craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
4. Mat 12:41 NASB - "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation[1074] at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
5. Mat 12:42 NASB - "The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation[1074] at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
6. Mat 12:45 NASB - "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation[1074]."
7. Mat 16:4 NASB - "An evil and adulterous generation[1074] seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away.
8. Mat 17:17 NASB - And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation[1074], how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."
9. Mat 23:36 NASB - "Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation[1074].
10. Mat 24:34 NASB - "Truly I say to you, this generation[1074] will not pass away until all these things take place.
11. Mar 8:12 NASB - Sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation[1074] seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation[1074]."
12. Mar 8:38 NASB - "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation[1074], the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
13. Mar 9:19 NASB - And He answered them and said, "O unbelieving generation[1074], how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!"
14. Mar 13:30 NASB - "Truly I say to you, this generation[1074] will not pass away until all these things take place.
15. Luk 1:48 NASB - "For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations[1074] will count me blessed.
16. Luk 1:50 NASB - "AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION[1074] AFTER GENERATION[1074] TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
17. Luk 7:31 NASB - "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation[1074], and what are they like?
18. Luk 9:41 NASB - And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation[1074], how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here."
19. Luk 11:29 NASB - As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation[1074] is a wicked generation[1074]; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
20. Luk 11:30 NASB - "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation[1074].
21. Luk 11:31 NASB - "The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation[1074] 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.
22. Luk 11:32 NASB - "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation[1074] at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
23. Luk 11:50 NASB - so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation[1074],
24. Luk 11:51 NASB - from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation[1074].'
25. Luk 16:8 NASB - "And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind[1074] than the sons of light.
26. Luk 17:25 NASB - "But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation[1074].
27. Luk 21:32 NASB - "Truly I say to you, this generation[1074] will not pass away until all things take place.
28. Act 2:40 NASB - And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation[1074]!"
29. Act 8:33 NASB - "IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION[1074]? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH."
30. Act 13:36 NASB - "For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation[1074], fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;
31. Act 14:16 NASB - "In the generations[1074] gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;
32. Act 15:21 NASB - "For Moses from ancient generations[1074] has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
33. Eph 3:5 NASB - which in other generations[1074] was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
34. Eph 3:21 NASB - to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations[1074] forever and ever. Amen.
35. Phl 2:15 NASB - so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation[1074], among whom you appear as lights in the world,
36. Col 1:26 NASB - that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations[1074], but has now been manifested to His saints,
37. Hbr 3:10 NASB - "THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION[1074], AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS';