25 And there shall be Bigns in the Bun, and in the moon, and in the Stan ; and upon the earth dlBtress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
2/ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption
draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable ; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees ;
30 When tiiey now shoot forOi, ye see and know of your own selves tliat summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of Goa is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This gen- eration shul not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away : but my words shall not pass away.
The 8ubject«of this portion of our Lord's great prophecy is His own second coming to judge the world. The strong expressions of the passage appear inapplicable to any event less important than this. To confine the words before us, to the taking of Jerusalem by the Bomans, is an unnatural straining of Scripture language.