Violent Political Events and Natural Catastrophes Will Not Be Signs of The Coming Destruction of The Temple, Nor Of The Coming Of The Son of Man (21:8-11).
Despite the warning of these verses each succeeding generation has among it some who have a huge interest in pointing to ‘the signs of the times'. But while all these signs are reminders along the way, and an encouragement to persevere when they occur, they had all already occurred in 1st century AD, which was a tumultuous century, and would continue to occur century by century. And such signs have been pointed to again and again over the last two hundred years as indications of the nearness of the end. But as Jesus warned, they must not be seen as necessarily indicating the close of the age. They are reminders that it is coming, but not necessarily indicators of the end. ‘The time is not (necessarily) yet', for when it does come, it will come with the suddenness and unexpectedness of a thief in the night, ‘in such an hour as you think not' (Matthew 24:44).