Signs of Christ’s Return

1 aJesus bcame out from the temple and was going away 1when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

2 And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, anot one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

3 As He was sitting on athe Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of bYour coming, and of the 1end of the age?”

4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “aSee to it that no one misleads you.

5 “For amany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the 1Christ,’ and will mislead many.

6 “You will be hearing of awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

7 “For anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be bfamines and earthquakes.

8 “aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.