13:26,27
“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory”. The primary focus of this is on the second coming of Jesus, but has relevance for AD 70, and many other times in between as well! At many points in history, and in many places today Christians face great danger, including death and torture. Even in those times God will be working to “gather His elect from the four winds”. And at some point Christ will come “with great power and glory”.
13:28,29
Earlier, Mark 11:13, we had the incident of Jesus cursing the fig tree. Jesus’ words here could be referring back to that lesson, or it could just be a general lesson to be learnt from fig trees. “These things” in this section (13:26-31) are referring primarily to the destruction of Jerusalem. As the fig tree in chapter 11 did not fare well, there could be a lesson relating to Jerusalem, i.e. God will actually destroy Jerusalem and the temple. If it is a more general lesson from fig trees, Jesus is telling them to take the warnings seriously. In v29 NIV has “it”, with “he” as a footnote, ESV has “he”.
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