SIGNS OF THE END - The great warning

Luke 21:5/36

Jesus and the disciples were on the Mount of Olives where they could see the beauty of the buildings of the temple. While the disciples were talking about the grandeur of the building, Jesus revealed to them that the temple in the future must be totally destroyed, so, they immediately thought it must be the end of time. After all, Jerusalem without the temple must to be the end of the world to them. But Jesus was prophesying about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, when more than one million people died and the few survivors were dispersed to other nations.
Jesus kept talking and at the same time that he answered their question about the signs of the End, he also talked about their own future with persecution and death for the faith.
Vs 8 / 11 - end of time; 12/19 - the future of the apostles with suffering and persecution; 20/24 - destruction of Jerusalem and 25/33 - end of time and the triumphant return of Jesus.

As has already fulfilled the prophecies of Jesus on the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, the dispersion of Jews to other nations and the suffering and death of the disciples for their faith, also currently are fulfilling the prophecies of Jesus about the signs of the End. "hey’re just signs! No fear", he said, "when wars, great earthquakes, tsunamis and pandemics begin to happen will be not still the end of time, but will be signs that the end is close and My return as well".

Vs 34/36 - The great warning for us:

34"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

The great warning of Jesus is not about the signs; it is about our way of life in the end times. We must be careful that our heart is in God and not only in the world, and we must pray for we can escape the evil that will grow the closer we are of the end.

Sanctified life and prayer until the end!

How have you been living your life?