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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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"1For just as the lightningcomes from the east and flasheseven to the west, so will the 2coming of the 3Son of Man be.
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"4Wherever* the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
The Glorious Return
29"But immediatelyafter the 5tribulation of thosedays6THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND 7THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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"And then8the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and thenall the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see9the SON OF MANCOMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and greatglory.
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"And 10He will sendforth His angels with 11A GREATTRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHERTOGETHER His 12elect from 13the 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 14at the door.
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"Truly I say to you, 15thisgeneration will not passawayuntilallthesethingstakeplace.
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"16Heaven and earth will passaway, but My words will not passaway.