"While some people were talking about the Temple, remarking that it was adorned with fine stonework and rich gifts, JESUS said to them, 'The days will come when there shall not be left one stone upon another of all that you now admire; all will be torn down.' And they asked HIM, 'Master, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?'
JESUS then said, 'Take care not to be deceived, for many will come claiming MY title and saying: 'I am HE, the Messiah; the time is at hand.' do not follow them. When you hear of wars and troubled times, don't be frightened; for all this must happen first, even though the end is not so soon.'
And JESUS said, 'Nations will fight each other and kingdom will oppose kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and plagues; in many places strange and terrifying signs from heaven will be seen. - Luke 21:5-11
(When JESUS speaks of the destruction of the Temple, the apostles think of the end of time. The answer of JESUS is clear; the tragedy that will end with the destruction of Jerusalem is near but that would not be the end of the world.
This discourse contains JESUS' warnings about the destruction of the Jewish nation that would occur 30 years later, but what HE said regarding these agents clarifies the meaning of the conflicts that occur at present in the whole world.)
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