If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 24, as we continue our studies in the Lord Jesus’ teachings on the last days, on the end times. As we have said, it as difficult as these verses are, as difficult as the passages is as a whole, especially in its details, the main themes are very clear. God is gracious to us. And when He challenges us in His Word, even with hard passages, His point is to comfort and strengthen His people, and those messages have come through very clearly as we have worked through these verses together. You will see the same today as we come to verses 32-36. The Parable of the Fig Tree, and then Jesus’ words of explanation and exhortation which follow. So let’s turn in our Bibles, to Matthew 24, and we will begin in verse…