In answer Jesus points forward to a time of wars, ‘nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom,’ food shortages, earthquakes, an increasing of lawlessness, the earth-wide preaching of “this good news of the kingdom,” the appointment of “the faithful and discreet slave . . . over all his belongings,” and many other features of the composite sign that is to mark ‘the arrival of the Son of man in his glory to sit down on his glorious throne.’
Bilang sagot inihula ni Jesus ang digmaan, ‘bansa laban sa bansa at kaharian laban sa kaharian,’ taggutom, lindol, paglago ng katampalasanan, pandaigdig na pangangaral ng “mabuting balita ng kaharian,” pag-aatas sa “tapat at maingat na alipin . . . sa lahat ng kaniyang ari-arian,” at iba pang pitak ng maramihang tanda ng ‘pagdating ng Anak ng tao sa kaluwalhatian upang lumuklok sa kaniyang maluwalhating trono.’jw2019 jw2019