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Things to Come

^1 (C1)As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples ^(*)said to Him, "Teacher, behold ^(F1)what wonderful stones and ^(F1)what wonderful buildings!"² And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? ^(C1)Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down."

³ As He was sitting on ^(C1)the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^(C2)Peter and ^(F1)James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,⁴ "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the ^(F1)sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?"⁵ And Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.⁶ "Many will come in My name, saying, '^(C1)I am He!' and will mislead many.⁷ "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.⁸ "For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

⁹ "But ^(F1)be on your guard; for they will ^(C1)deliver you to the ^(F2)courts, and you will be flogged ^(C1)in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.¹⁰ "^(C1)The gospel must first be preached to all the nations.¹¹ "^(C1)When they ^(F1)arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.¹² "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and ^(F1)have them put to death.¹³ "^(C1)You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

¹⁴ "But ^(C1)when you see the ^(C2)ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.¹⁵ "^(C1)The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;¹⁶ and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.¹⁷ "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!¹⁸ "But pray that it may not happen in the winter.¹⁹ "For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^(C1)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.²⁰ "Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ^(F1)life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ^(F2)elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.²¹ "And then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is ^(F1)the Christ'; or, 'Behold, He is there'; do not believe him; ²² for false Christs and ^(C1)false prophets will arise, and will show ^(F1)(C2)signs and ^(C2)wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.²³ "But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.

The Return of Christ

²⁴ "But in those days, after that tribulation, ^(C1)THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,^25 (C1)AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and the powers that are in ^(F1)the heavens will be shaken.²⁶ "Then they will see ^(C1)THE SON OF MAN ^(C2)COMING IN CLOUDS with great power and glory.²⁷ "And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(C1)will gather together His ^(F1)elect from the four winds, ^(C2)from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

²⁸ "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.²⁹ "Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, ^(F1)recognize that ^(F2)He is near, right at the ^(F3)door.³⁰ "Truly I say to you, this ^(F1)generation will not pass away until all these things take place.³¹ "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.³² "^(C1)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³ "Take heed, ^(C1)keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time ^(F1)will come.³⁴ "^(C1)It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and ^(F1)putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.³⁵ "Therefore, ^(C1)be on the alert--for you do not know when the ^(F1)master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or ^(C2)when the rooster crows, or ^(C3)in the morning--³⁶ in case he should come suddenly and find you ^(C1)asleep.³⁷ "What I say to you I say to all, '^(C1)Be on the alert!'"