Mark 13:1-37

Contents: The course of the present age its culmination in the great tribulation and the Second coming of Christ. Parable of the fig tree.

Characters: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Daniel, Peter, James, John, Andrew.

Conclusion: The end of the age will be marked by religious apostasy (Mark 13:6), wars and rumors of wars (Mark 13:7), upheavals among kingdoms (Mark 13:8), earthquakes, famines, and trouble (Mark 13:8), the publishing of the gospel in all nations (Mark 13:10), disregard of law (Mark 13:12), and manifestations of hatred toward the preachers of the gospel (Mark 13:13). The age will culminate in a time of trouble such as the world has never known (Mark 13:19), and will end in the glorious appearing of the Christ in the clouds (Mark 13:26). Let it be our care that whenever He will come He may find us at our duty, ready to meet Him.

Key Word: Signs of the times, Mark 13:4; Mark 13:29.

Strong Verses: Mark 13:13; Mark 13:26; Mark 13:27; Mark 13:31; Mark 13:33; Mark 13:35; Mark 13:36.

Striking Facts: Mark 13:28-30. The fig tree is a type of Israel. When Israel again starts to bud as a nation, after hundreds of years in dispersion, we may be sure Christ's coming is near. The word «generation» in Mark 13:30 is literally «race.» The nation of Israel has a promise here that it will be preserved until these things are fulfilled. Israel is even now budding His coming is therefore «even at the doors.»