When is the end? What do we look for?

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!
   Yesterday the study stopped at Jesus telling the disciples the temple would be thrown down and with a structure of that magnitude it was hard to imagine.  160 columns, over 500 yards long, wow---what a building.  But, Jesus did say it would be gone, kapish, no mas, kaput, outta there, you get the idea.
   So, then the disciples asked the same questions we would ask- when and how will we know.  But let's back up slightly.  Where were they when they were talking?  Why, Jesus was at the Mount of Olives.  Hmmm!  Look at Zechariah 14:4 "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west..........."
    Zechariah wrote this approximately 480 years before the coming of Christ.  Hmm, and the Bible is just a big history book with many errors or mistakes?  I don't think so.  Okay, let's go on.
   Matthew 24: ³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
    Jesus is sitting at the very place the prophet Zachariah had predicted the Messiah would stand when he came to claim his kingdom. Again, Zach said this 480 years before Jesus entered the scene.  Jesus was more concerned with the disciples being PREPARED, rather than knowing when the end times were coming.  How do we prepare?  By living God's way consistently so that no matter when Jesus returns, we will be ready.  We need to be as the 5 virgins who carried extra oil for their lamps - prepared.
   In Matthew 24: ⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Take heed that no man deceive you."
Jesus' response indicates that if we are looking for 'signs' for His return, we could easily be deceived in to following or believing false teachers or doctrines.
   We need to stay focused on God, on Jesus, and be always prepared for the end to come, not focusing on end times as this (focusing on end times) may lead to our deception.  Stay focused on Jesus, son of God and be ready.  What else did Jesus say?  Oh, well, uh---tomorrow. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
   Johnny
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