In the gospel of Matthew chapter 24, Jesus told His disciples in approximately 30 A.D. when He would return to this earth in what is referred to as the great Second Coming.
“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch Is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves,ye know that summer Is nigh: So like wise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.”
Note that Jesus said the generation that would see the fig tree put forth leaves would see His coming back to this earth.
The nation of Israel ended in 70 A.D. when the Roman general Titus destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the temple. About a million Jews died in this siege and close to 90,000 Jews lived through this ordeal and were led as male and female slaves to virtually every nation on earth.
In 1948 Israel became a nation again. The fig tree (Israel) had re-birthed. Then in 1967 the fig tree put forth leaves. That is , it expanded and grew in size. Through war after being attacked, Israel acquired the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza strip, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and all importantly East Jerusalem, the site of the Temple mount where the Temple of Solomon had been and Harod’s Temple had been destroyed in 70 A.D.
We are the generation that has seen Israel come to life again. First Jesus will remove from this earth all who truly believe in Him. Secondly will follow approximately seven years of tribulation on the whole earth. Thirdly Jesus comes again in the great Second Coming defeating the wicked. Fourthly He will reign in His kingdom of peace which will last for 1000 years. Then time moves to eternity.
Our Lord Himself said,
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
Receive Jesus as your personal Savior today. He is the only way to God.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
It may be necessary for you to die as a martyr for your faith but heaven forever will be your reward. Jesus first loved us by dying on the cross at calvary in order to pay the penalty for our sins.
Then on the third day (Easter) God the Father raised Jesus from the dead in order to authenticate His Son.