"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.
And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.