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"1Wherever* the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
The Glorious Return
29"But immediatelyafter the 2tribulation of thosedays3THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND 4THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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"And then5the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and thenall the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see6the SON OF MANCOMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and greatglory.
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"And 7He will sendforth His angels with 8A GREATTRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHERTOGETHER His 9elect from 10the 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 11at the door.
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"Truly I say to you, 12thisgeneration will not passawayuntilallthesethingstakeplace.
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"13Heaven and earth will passaway, but My words will not passaway.
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"But 14of that day and hournooneknows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Fatheralone.
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"For the 15coming of the Son of Man will be 16justlike the days of Noah.
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"For as in thosedaysbefore the flood they were eating and drinking, 17marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that 18Noahentered the ark,