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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, look! ^(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, ^(F1)James, John, and Andrew were questioning Him privately,⁴ "Tell us, when will these things come about, 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 they will mislead many.⁷ "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; 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 only the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ "But ^(F1)be on your guard; for they will ^(C1)hand you over 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)And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.¹¹ "^(C1)And 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 at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit.¹² "And 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 "And ^(C1)you will be hated by everyone because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

¹⁴ "Now ^(C1)when you see the ^(C2)ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be—^(F1)let the ^(F2)reader understand—then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.¹⁵ "^(F1)(C1)Whoever is on the ^(F2)housetop must not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house.¹⁶ "And ^(F1)whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.¹⁷ "But woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days!¹⁸ "Moreover, pray that it will not happen in winter.¹⁹ "For those days will be such a time of tribulation as has not occurred ^(C1)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will again.²⁰ "And if the Lord had not 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, 'Look, here is the ^(F1)Christ'; or, 'Look, there He is'; do not believe it;²² for false christs and ^(C1)false prophets will arise, and will provide ^(C2)signs and ^(C2)wonders, in order to mislead, if possible, the elect.²³ "But beware; 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 the heavens will be shaken.²⁶ "And 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 end of the earth to the end of heaven.

²⁸ "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near.²⁹ "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 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 about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³ "Watch out, ^(C1)stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is.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 alert.³⁵ "Therefore, ^(C1)stay 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 so that he does not come suddenly and find you ^(C1)asleep.³⁷ "What I say to you I say to all: '^(C1)Stay alert!'"