Mark 13:28-31
28 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near—at the doors! 30 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
As Jesus told of the end to come before the new beginning of His kingdom, He likened it to signs of a tree with leaves that told of spring turning to summer. This was an analogy to the pressing times of tribulation showing the season of the coming judgment and gathering of the called out ones. Though the generation to see tribulation was the Jews at the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, in context it is also for the end of this world's generation when He comes back. Just as in the Prophets, so here there is the immediate and future meaning to consider.
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