documented from God’s Word, that the "secret rapture" doctrine is a false doctrine. The evidence in God’s Word is overwhelming, that His children will be on earth during that tribulation of the false Messiah, and will not be gathered to Christ until all of these signs in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 have been fulfilled. These signs, or events, are the seven seals, trumpets, and vials of Revelation. Merely because Jesus covered these seven signs in the Gospel should tell the informed reader that Revelation is meant to be understood also. Anyone telling you different is a false prophet. The Book of Revelation was penned by John the apostle, as it was given to him by Jesus Christ, making Revelation a direct message to God’s people. Don’t let any man or system take that away from you.

The Parable of the Fig Tree.

Continuing in Mark 13, here’s the next verse:

Mark 13:28   Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know summer is near:

     When the fig tree puts forth leaves in the spring, you know that summer is around the corner. Simple horticulture, and common sense verse, but Christ is starting a very important analogy.

Mark 13:29   So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

     Just like the fig tree, when you see the events given here in Mark 13 by Jesus covering the end of this earth age, know that the ‘summer’ of His returning, which is harvest time, is just around the corner also.

Mark 13:30   Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

     What’s the subject Jesus is teaching here in Mark 13? The signs of the end of this world age ('aion'), as asked by His disciples privately, at the Mount. Is He talking about the generation of the disciple’s time? No, for that generation is already passed, and Jesus has not returned yet. Jesus is teaching Christians to ‘learn’ the ‘parable of the fig tree’. Understanding this parable is of extreme importance. Why? Because once understood, it gives the season; not the day or hour of the end of this earth age, but the generation that will experience ‘these things’, the end time events. It will put you in the ballpark to view these events in order to prepare. This parable also gives knowledge of who the ‘bad figs’ are, making it possible to discern those who work the ‘mystery of iniquity’, the Kenites. (2 Thess.2)

Mark 13:31   Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.

     Jesus Christ is The Living Word; All of It not just the New Testament, but every Word given by God through His prophets. You’ll find in John 1 that The Word existed in the beginning, before the creation of heaven and earth, for by the Word, everything was created.

Mark 13:32   But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

     It is true that no man knows the ‘day’ or ‘hour’ of His coming, but God did teach in The Word to know the ‘season’, or generation that these events would happen to. Let’s begin an understanding of the ‘parable of the fig tree’ in Matthew 7:

Matthew 7:15   Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

     The subject here in Matt.7 is false prophets, or false teachers, who teach contrary to The Gospel of Jesus Christ, using man’s philosophical and religious systems, i.e., anything opposite to The Word. But these false prophets, in this verse, purposefully deceive, because they teach ‘sweetness’