Mark 13

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25. And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven”

[Mark 13:24-27].

The only essential difference in this group of verses and those of Matthew 24 is that the expression “from the uttermost part of the earth” is left out of Matthew’s account.

“Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29. So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away”

[Mark 13:28:31].

At the mouth of two or three witnesses, everything is to be established, even to the point of the death penalty.



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But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” [Mat. 18:16].

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This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established

” [2 Cor. 13:1].

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Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses”

[1 Tim. 5:19].

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He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses

” [Heb. 10:28].



It did not take a jury of twelve of the criminal’s peers to put one to death.

We now have two witnesses. Matthew and Mark agree. Yahshua used the word “ye” when referring to the apostles to whom He was speaking almost 2,000 years ago. “They” would see the things of which were being spoken.

Then in v-30, Mark repeats what Matthew 24:34 says.



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Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

This generation, not some future generation would see all these things accomplished.


The two witnesses said that the things that happened in Matthew 24 and the same things that happened in Mark 13 would happen in the contemporary generation in which Yahshua lived biologically in the flesh. It was all done by 70 AD. See the more extensive notes on Matthew 24:32-34.

Two witnesses told of the exact timing – in the first century before all of those living at the time of Yahshua had died. Therefore the timing was “established” by Yahweh. Do we dare disregard the words of Yahweh, His Son and the “other” two witnesses? Four witnesses should be enough. Is it not time that we quit putting the fulfillment of these chapters into our time or a future time when God witnessed against such? [CONTINUED TOMORROW]