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Jesus of Nazareth walked out of the Jerusalem temple complex. Heading east, He crossed the Kidron Valley and slowly made His way up the slope of the Mount of Olives (or Mt. Olivet) on the opposite side. With Him were His disciples. At some point near the summit, under the shade of some trees, they stopped and looked back across the valley to the city and its magnificent temple.
Minutes earlier, as they left the temple, Christ's words had shocked the disciples. He told them that the time was coming when the massive temple would be utterly destroyed, without a stone left atop another. Now they sought to find out what He meant. "Tell us, when will these things be?" they asked. "And what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3).
Jesus responded with what would become known as the Olivet Prophecy-an overview of the trends and events that would lead up to His return. He listed several signs, but the first sign He gave was: "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (verses 4-5, King James Version).
This was to be followed by wars, famines and disease epidemics (verses 6-8). We should observe that each problem here often engenders the next one-false religion leading to wars leading to famines leading to disease. We consider here the first development leading to the second and how this is playing out on the world stage.
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