7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
Mark 13 is Jesus’s Olivet Discourse, a prophetic sermon delivered just days before his crucifixion. It begins with a startling prediction of the Temple’s destruction, then moves through a tapestry of future events: wars, persecutions, the abomination of desolation, cosmic signs,
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