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And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
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"If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it.
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For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
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Remember, I have forewarned you.
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If therefore they should say to you, `See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or `See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.
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For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.
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Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together.
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"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
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Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.
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And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other.
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"Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.