“Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.
He saw a fig tree by the side of the road and went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. So he said to the tree, “You will never again bear fruit!” At once the fig tree dried up.
He will send the angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather God's chosen people from one end of the world to the other.
In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.