Today, I want to talk a little more about Mark 13.
Let's start in verse 24.
The Bible reads, but in those days after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and
the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken, and then shall they see the Son of
Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and then shall He send His
angels and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Now let's keep reading though when we finish that part.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree.
Winter branches yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh.
So ye, in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it
is nigh even at the doors.
Verily I say unto you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be
done.
And what he's saying there is when you see these things begin to come to pass, that
generation will not pass till all these things will be done.
So it's not spread out over generations.
It's all going to happen at one generation.
Now what's interesting about this, he said after the tribulation, the sun and moon
will be darkened and Jesus will gather the elect.
He says when you see these things come to pass, you'll know that it's nigh even
at the doors.
Listen to this in verse 31, the next verse, we've read through 30.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.
But of that day and hour, knoweth no man, know not the angels which are in heaven,
neither the Son but the Father.
So people will point at that verse and say, see right there, the Bible says no man
knoweth the day or the hour.
It can happen at any moment.
But he said that it was after the tribulation and then he said no man knoweth the day
or the hour.
It would be like as if I said, well, you know, I'm going to leave Phoenix for a long extended
trip and I'm coming back after the summertime.
I don't know when I'm going to be back, just be ready for me to arrive at any moment.
It's after the summertime, but no man knoweth the day or the hour, but I'm coming back
after summer.
Does that mean I can come at any moment?
No, because I'm coming back after summer.
No one knows the day or the hour of my return, but we do know one thing, it's going
to be after summer.
Well, Jesus says no man knoweth the day or the hour of his return, but it will be
after the tribulation.