The Temple’s Destruction Prophesied
- And having gone out from the temple, Jesus was departing and His disciples approached Him to show Him the temple buildings.
- But answering, He told them: “Don’t you see all these things? Amen I tell you: there definitely won’t be one stone left upon another stone here which won’t be torn down.
- And while He’s sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him in private saying; “Tell us: when will these things be? And what’s the sign of your coming and the culmination of the age?
- And answering, Jesus told them; “Watch out, lest someone leads you astray.
- “For many will come in My name, saying; “I am the Anointed” and they will lead many astray.
- “And you will be about to hear of wars and rumors of wars. Behold, don’t be alarmed for it must happen, but it’s not yet the end.
- “For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places,
- “but all these things are merely the beginning of the birth pains.
- Then they will hand you over into persecution, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of My name.
- “And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and they will hate one another.
- “And many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.
- “And because disregard for God’s commands is to be multiplied, the ^love of many will grow cold.
- “But the man who endured to the end, he will be saved.
- “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- “Therefore, when you see that the abomination of desolation (the one spoken of through Daniel the prophet) *standing in the holy place, (let the man reading this understand)
- “then let the men in Judea flee to the mountains.
- “The man on the housetop must not come down to take things from his house,
- “and the man in the field must not turn back to take his cloak.
- “But woe to the women having a child in their womb, and to the women nursing in those days.
- “And pray that your flight won’t happen in winter, nor on a Sabbath.
- “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as hasn’t happened from the beginning of the world until now; and it most definitely won’t happen again.
- “And unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
- “Then if someone tells you; “behold, here is the Anointed”, or “He’s here” don’t believe it.
- “For false anointed ones and false prophets will arise. And they will give great signs and wonders in order to lead many astray; if possible, even the elect.
- “Behold; I have forewarned you.
The Coming of the Son of Man
- “So if they tell you; “Behold; He’s in the wilderness!” don’t go out. Or if they say “Behold; He’s in the inner rooms!” don’t believe it.
- “For just as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- “Wherever the carcass might be, the vultures will be gathered there.
- “And immediately after the tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened and the moon won’t give its light. And the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the land will mourn. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
- “And He will send His angels with a great trumpet call. And they will gather His elect from the four winds; from the ends of the heavens as far as their other ends.
The Fig Tree Explained
- “Now, learn from the parable of the fig tree. When its branch at last becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
- “And likewise, when you see all these things, you know that He is near; right at the doors.
- “Amen I tell you: this generation definitely won’t pass away until all these things happen.
- “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words definitely won’t pass away.”
Keep Watch
- “But concerning that day and hour, no one *knows except the Father alone; not even the angels of the heavens nor the Son.
- “For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
- “For as in those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving daughters in marriage, until that day Noah entered into the ark,
- “and they didn’t know until the flood came and took all of it away; the coming of the Son of Man will also be like this.
- “At that time, two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one is left.
- “Two women are grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.
- “So keep watch because you don’t *know what day your Lord comes.
- “And know this: if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief comes in, he would’ve watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
- “Because of this, you also must become ready, because the Son of Man comes in that hour you don’t expect.
- “Who then is the faithful and prudent slave whom the lord set over his household of servants to give them food in the proper season?
- “Blessed is that slave whom his lord will find doing likewise when he comes.
- “Amen I tell you: he will set him over all of his possessions.
- “But if that wicked slave says in his heart: “My lord delays”,
- “and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with the drunkards,
- “Then the lord of that slave will come on a day which he doesn’t expect and in an hour which he doesn’t know.
- And he will cut him in two and will set his place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.