“Learn a lesson from the fig tree. As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
He saw a fig tree by the road and went up to it, but he didn’t find anything on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Right away the tree dried up.
He will send his angels to gather his chosen people from the north, south, east, and west—from all over the earth, right to the edges of the sky.
In the same way, when you see these things happening, you’ll know that the end is near, right at the door.