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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.
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So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.
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I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.
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Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
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"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
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`For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
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At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
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nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
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Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
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Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.