And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
'For there is indeed but a very little while ere He who is coming will have come, without delay;
Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with him, and he shall feast with me.