“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away.” Matt. 24:34, 35.
Note.—Every one at all acquainted with history knows that what Christ foretold concerning the destruction of Jerusalem came true to the very letter. So likewise may we be assured that what He has said concerning the end of the world will as certainly and as literally be fulfilled.
31. Who alone knows the exact day of Christ's coming?
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” Verse 36.
32. What did Christ say would be the moral condition of the world just preceding His advent?
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Verses 37-39.
33. In view of the fact that we do not know the exact time of Christ's coming, what important admonition has He given us?
“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” Verse 44.
34. What will be the experience of those who say in their hearts that the Lord is not soon coming?
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder [cut him off, margin], and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Verses 48-51.