Luke 21:5-24 “Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, (6) “These things which you see--the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down." (7) So, they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?" (8) And He said: … (20) "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. (21) Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. (22) For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. (23) But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. (24) And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”
This brings us to the next key event that must take place before our Lord Jesus returns to the earth. And that is the event of the Jewish believers fleeing Israel. As we have already seen in a previous section, there is coming a time when the Anti-Christ will be manifested in the city of Jerusalem. So just how will this happen? In the gospels, our Lord Jesus spoke of two separate occasions where He warned His disciples to flee Judea. The first occasion was when the Roman Empire destroyed the temple and the city of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD. That account was recorded for us in Luke’s gospel which I have quoted above. As we can see, in Luke’s gospel account our Lord was speaking to all His disciples while they were standing in the temple, and He was answering their question regarding what would happen to the temple that they were standing in.
Michael E.B. Maher
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