"... so what does Jesus mean here? Is the end of the world really going to happen? Or might he be talking about something else?
Jesus is talking about the day when God will come and there will be a new Israel upon the Earth.
Isaiah 65:17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 and 2 Peter 3:10
"... for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night."
Glenn Kirkland,
"Most people give-up just when they're
about to achieve success." ~ Ross Perot
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