32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 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; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Matthew 24:32-44)
Here the Lord Jesus said that when you see the branches of the fig tree become tender and leaves come out, you know that summer is near. When you see all these things, you know that the Son of Man is near. What are all these things? All these things are what the Lord Jesus said earlier about the things will happen before his coming. The Lord Jesus continued to say: This generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled. What does this generation mean? This generation is obviously not the generation of the Lord Jesus’ audience at that time, because the Lord Jesus has not come yet. The Lord Jesus meant that the signs before His return mentioned earlier will occur in a generation, that is, when you see these signs, the Lord will come again in your generation. But no one knows that day or hour, not even the angels know, and the Lord Jesus himself does not know either, only the Heavenly Father knows. The Lord Jesus continued to say that the day of His return will be as unexpected as the day of Noah. At that time, two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left; Two women will be grinding at a hand mill; one will be taken and the other will be left. This is talking about the rapture, one of the two will be raptured and the other will be left behind.
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
This is talking about the rapture, the Lord’s coming again, he will descend from heaven, and believers will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the clouds and will be with the Lord forever.
The Lord Jesus said that his return is unexpected, so we must be alert, be prepared, prepare ourselves.
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