Matthew 24:23-35
Then if anyone says to you, 'Look! Here is the Messiah!' or 'There he
is!' — do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will
appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible,
even the elect. Take note, I have told you beforehand. So, if they say
to you, 'Look! He is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say,
'Look! He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as the
lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be
the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures
will gather.
"Immediately after the suffering of those days
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see 'the Son of Man coming
on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory. And he will send out
his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender
and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when
you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these
things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away.
