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.’
Ekuphenduleni kwakhe uYesu walatha phambili kwixesha leemfazwe, ‘uhlanga luvukelana nohlanga nobukumkani buvukelana nobukumkani,’ ukunqongophala kokudla, iinyikima zomhlaba, ukwanda kokuchasa umthetho, ukushunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke ‘kwezi ndaba zilungileyo zobukumkani,’ ukumiselwa ‘komkhonzi othembekileyo noqondayo phezu kwayo yonke impahla yakhe’ nezinye iinkalo ezininzi zomqondiso oyintlanganisela oza kuphawula ‘ukufika koNyana womntu esebuqaqawulini bakhe ukuze ahlale kwitrone yobuqaqawuli bakhe.’jw2019 jw2019