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• Christ tells them, that when that end comes, it will be very obvious:
• v.27 “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
• He tells them that the eagles (the ensign of the Roman army in battle) would be gathering over the carcase of Israel, that is, over Jerusalem, which was now doomed to death and destruction:
• v.28 “For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”
• It would be a time of massive spiritual and political upheaval:
• v.29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:”