âO Lord,â said the disciples, âwhat will be the sign of your coming?
âI will tell you,â
[a] There will be an increase in errors and false teachers: Many will say, âLook, here is Christ,â and âLook, there is Christ.â
[b] There will be falling away from holiness: âLawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
[c] There will be great distress among the nations: âNation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.â
[d] There will be great persecution: âThen they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my nameâs sake.â
[e] There will be great tokens of Godâs wrath from heaven: âSigns in the heavens, the sun, moon and stars.â
The Lord Christ wished to inform believers of how they should look for his coming; he told them of all the dangers.
~ John Owen, Searching Our Hearts in Difficult Times, p. 77













