Mark 13:14-27

14“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 standing where it Or he does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18Pray that this will not take place in winter,

19because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again. 20“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

23So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

24“But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

25the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ Isaiah 13:10; 34:4 26“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

27And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.