Stay Awake: Mark 13:28-37

"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near."

Simple observation. Every farmer knew it. The fig tree was one of the last trees to leaf in spring—when it budded, summer was certain.

"Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."

His words outlasting the cosmos. The universe would dissolve before a syllable of his teaching proved false.