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"Soif they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the innerrooms,' do not believe them.
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"4For just as the lightningcomes from the east and flasheseven to the west, so will the 5coming of the 6Son of Man be.
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"7Wherever* the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
The Glorious Return
29"But immediatelyafter the 8tribulation of thosedays9THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND 10THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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"And then11the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and thenall the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see12the SON OF MANCOMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and greatglory.
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"And 13He will sendforth His angels with 14A GREATTRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHERTOGETHER His 15elect from 16the fourwinds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Parable of the Fig Tree
32"Nowlearn the parable from the figtree: when its branch has alreadybecometender and putsforth its leaves, you know that summer is near;
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so, you too, when you seeallthesethings, recognize that He is near, right 17at the door.
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"Truly I say to you, 18thisgeneration will not passawayuntilallthesethingstakeplace.