Temple Destruction and Other Signs
(Mark 13:1–8; Luke 21:5–9)
As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. Mrk 13:1-37Ezk 8:6Luk 21:5-36Jer 6:8Jhn 2:20Mat 21:23Mat 23:39Hos 9:12
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Luk 19:44Jer 26:18Mic 3:12Ezk 7:20-221Ki 9:7-8Dan 9:26-272Pe 3:11
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?” Mrk 13:3-4Act 1:71Th 5:1-11Mat 13:49Mat 24:37Dan 12:6-8Luk 21:7Mat 13:39-40
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you. 1Jn 4:12Th 2:3Jer 29:8Col 2:8Eph 5:6Mrk 13:22Luk 21:8Mrk 13:5-6 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. Mat 24:11Mat 24:24Jer 14:141Jn 2:18Act 5:36-37Act 8:9-10Jer 23:25Jer 23:21 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. Mrk 13:7-8Luk 21:91Pe 3:14-15Isa 8:12-14Jhn 14:12Th 2:2Jhn 14:27Psa 112:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Luk 21:11Rev 6:8Isa 19:2Zec 14:132Ch 15:6Act 11:28Rev 6:12Jol 2:30-31 All these are the beginning of birth pains. 1Th 5:31Pe 4:17-18Deu 28:59Isa 10:4Isa 9:17Isa 9:12Isa 9:21Lev 26:18-29
Witnessing to All Nations
(Mark 13:9–13; Luke 21:10–19)
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. Jhn 16:2Jhn 15:19-20Luk 21:16-17Rev 2:10Luk 21:12Mat 10:17-22Mrk 13:9-13Rev 6:9-11 At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, Mic 7:5-6Luk 21:16Mat 11:6Mrk 13:12Mrk 4:172Ti 4:16Jhn 6:66-67Mat 10:21 and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. Mat 24:24Mat 7:15Mat 24:51Ti 4:1Mrk 13:221Jn 2:18Jud 1:4Rev 19:20
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Rev 2:4-5Jas 4:1-4Rev 3:15Rev 2:10Jas 5:1-6 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. Mat 10:22Mrk 13:13Rev 2:10Heb 10:39Heb 3:14Rom 2:71Co 1:8Luk 8:15
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Rev 14:6Rom 10:18Rom 16:25-26Luk 24:47Mrk 16:15-16Col 1:23Mat 10:7Mat 9:35
The Abomination of Desolation
(Mark 13:14–23; Luke 21:20–24)
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ 1 described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), Dan 9:27Dan 12:11Mrk 13:14Luk 21:20Dan 11:31Dan 9:23Rev 1:3Luk 19:43 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Gen 19:15-17Heb 11:7Luk 21:21-22Pro 22:3Exo 9:20-21Jer 37:11-12Jer 6:1 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. Luk 17:31-33Mrk 13:15-16Mat 10:27Act 10:9Luk 12:31Sa 9:25Deu 22:8Luk 5:19 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! Luk 23:29-30Deu 28:53-56Luk 21:23Mrk 13:17-18Lam 4:10Hos 13:16Lam 4:3-42Sa 4:4 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. Exo 16:29Act 1:12 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. Dan 12:1Jol 2:2Mal 4:1Zec 14:2-3Isa 66:15-16Luk 19:43-44Luk 21:24Mat 24:29 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. Mrk 13:202Ti 2:10Mat 24:24Mat 24:31Luk 18:7Mat 22:14Isa 65:8-9Rom 11:25-31
At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. Luk 21:8Luk 17:23-24Deu 13:1-3Mrk 13:21Jhn 5:43 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. 2Th 2:9-11Mrk 13:22Rev 13:13-14Mat 24:112Pe 2:1-3Mat 7:15Mat 24:52Pe 3:17 See, I have told you in advance. Jhn 16:1Luk 21:13Isa 44:7-8Isa 46:10-11Isa 48:5-6
The Return of the Son of Man
(Mark 13:24–27; Luke 21:25–28)
So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. Act 21:38Isa 40:3Luk 3:2-3Mat 3:1 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Luk 17:24-37Zec 9:14Isa 30:30Jas 5:8Job 37:3Mal 3:22Pe 3:4Mal 4:5 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. Luk 17:37Job 39:27-30Amo 9:1-4Deu 28:49Jer 16:16
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: Amo 8:9Jol 3:15Isa 13:10Isa 24:23Mrk 13:24-25Act 2:19-20Jol 2:30-31Rev 6:12-17
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 2’
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, 3 and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 4 Rev 1:7Dan 7:13Luk 21:27Act 1:11Mat 26:64Mat 16:27-28Mrk 13:26Zec 12:10 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. 1Th 4:16Mrk 13:27Isa 27:131Co 15:52Isa 11:12Mat 13:412Th 2:1Eph 1:10
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
(Mark 13:28–31; Luke 21:29–33)
Now learn this lesson 5from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. Mrk 13:28-29Luk 21:29-30 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, 6 right at the door. Jas 5:9Heb 10:37Ezk 7:2-141Pe 4:7Rev 3:20 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. Mrk 13:30-31Luk 21:32-33Mat 16:28Mat 23:36Luk 11:50Mat 12:45 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. Isa 40:81Pe 1:25Num 23:19Isa 55:11Mat 5:18Pro 30:5Isa 51:6Isa 54:10
Readiness at Any Hour
(Genesis 6:1–7; Mark 13:32–37; Luke 12:35–48)
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, 7 but only the Father. Mrk 13:32Act 1:7Mat 24:442Pe 3:101Th 5:2Mat 24:42Rev 16:15Mat 25:13 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Luk 17:26-27Gen 6:1-72Pe 2:5Heb 11:72Pe 3:6Mat 24:391Pe 3:20-21Gen 7:6-23 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Luk 17:26-28Rom 13:13-14Luk 14:18-20Gen 6:2Luk 12:451Co 7:29-31Amo 6:3-6Isa 22:12-14 And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Jhn 3:20Mat 24:37Act 13:41Isa 44:18-19Pro 24:122Pe 3:5Pro 29:7Isa 42:25 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Luk 17:34-372Pe 2:7-92Pe 2:52Ch 33:12-24Luk 23:39-431Co 4:7 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Exo 11:5Isa 47:2Luk 17:35
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. Luk 21:361Th 5:6Mat 25:13Rev 16:151Co 16:13Mat 24:36Luk 12:35-40Mat 24:44 But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. Luk 12:39Mat 24:441Th 5:2-62Pe 3:10-11Mat 20:11Exo 22:2-3Pro 7:19 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. Mat 25:10Mat 24:42Mat 25:13Luk 12:40Php 4:5Mat 24:27Rev 19:7Jas 5:9
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? Mat 25:211Co 4:1-2Luk 12:41-43Luk 16:10-12Mat 25:232Ti 2:2Mat 25:35-401Ti 1:12 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. Rev 16:15Luk 12:43Luk 12:372Pe 1:13-152Ti 4:6-8Mat 25:34Php 1:21-23Rev 2:19 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. Mat 25:23Mat 25:21Luk 12:37Luk 12:442Ti 2:12Luk 19:17Rev 21:7Rev 3:21
But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ 2Pe 3:3-5Mat 18:32Isa 32:6Luk 12:45Act 5:3Deu 9:4Jhn 13:2Mrk 7:21 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. Mat 7:15Mic 3:5Rev 17:61Pe 5:31Sa 2:13-161Sa 2:292Co 11:202Pe 2:13-14 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. 1Th 5:2-3Rev 3:3Mat 24:42-44Pro 29:1 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mat 8:12Luk 12:46Mat 22:13Isa 33:14Job 20:29Luk 13:28Mat 25:30