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For when the Son of Man does come, it will be like lightning that flashes out of the east and fills the sky to the western horizon.
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Wherever there's a dead body, that's where you find the vultures.
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"But immediately following the trouble of those times, the sun will grow dark, the moon will stop shining, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in heaven will be shaken.
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"Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.
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He will send out his angels with a great shofar;m and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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"Now let the fig tree teach you its lesson: when its branches begin to sprout and leaves appear, you know that summer is approaching.
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In the same way, when you see all these things, you are to know that the time is near, right at the door.
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Yes! I tell you that this people will certainly not pass away before all these things happen.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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"But when that day and hour will come, no one knows -- not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father.
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For the Son of Man's coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach.