The End of This AGE.

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said,
"when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your
coming and of the end of the age?"
4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the
Christ,' and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars
and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not
alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to
come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in
various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth
pains. 9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted
and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations
because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from
the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many
false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most
will grow cold, 13 but he who stands firm to the end will
be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations,
and then the end will come. 15 "So when you see standing
in the holy place 'the abomination that causes
desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the
reader understand-- 16 then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the roof of his
house go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no
one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19 How dreadful
it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing
mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in
winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great
distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until
now--and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had
not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake
of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time
if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or,
'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and
false prophets will appear and perform great signs and
miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible.
25 See, I have told you ahead of time. 26 "So if anyone
tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go
out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe
it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is
visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son
of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures
will gather. 29 "Immediately after the distress of those
days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not
give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the
heavenly bodies will be shaken.' 30 "At that time the sign
of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the
nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of
Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great
glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet
call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds,
from one end of the heavens to the other.
Mathew 24 1-31