28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
When everyone else is hanging their head in shame, when everyone else is terrified and their heart is failing, lift up your head, the salvation which you have been preaching is drawing nigh. Do not listen to anyone telling you not to look up.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Our faith must believe that heaven and earth will pass away but the Lord's words will not pass away. That is what makes our faith unshakeable. What gives us peace that passeth all understanding is that we understand what is going on while everyone else is perplexed and terrified. In verse 28 we are told to look up when we see these things begin to pass and in verse 29 the signal that these things are beginning to come to pass is when the UN was formed in 1945 and then established a bunch of countries (trees) in the Middle East including Israel in 1948. That was the signal to us to look up and know that our redemption draws near. We are also given the time range which is one generation. In Psalm 91 we are told that this is 70 to 80 years in length. When you are speaking in decades you are talking about a ten year period. So 70 = 65-74, and 80 = 75-84. The generation that is most willing to repent and follow the Lord passes away 74 years after they were formed. For the UN that would be 2019 the year Covid19 was released in China. For Israel that would be 2022, prior to the invasion by Hamas in 2023. The Lord told us to look up, that our redemption was drawing near from the time the Jews returned to the Land of Israel. Don't let anyone tell you to not do that, Jesus is Lord, not these false teachers.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Think about the term "binge watching", that is to be overcharged with surfeiting. During the Covid lockdown it gave me lots of extra time. I saved close to two hours a day because I didn't need to commute, and it was even easier than that for me since I had already created a complete online curriculum for my students. I used the extra time to dive into the word of God and journal what I was discovering on a blog which ultimately became this blog. But that is not what others did. They binge watched TV. They were overcharged with drunkenness as extra money was given to people during the pandemic and then when the reality of the inflation hit they were overcharged with the cares of this life.
The day of the Lord comes as a snare on all them that dwell on the earth. You don't see a snare, you are walking along the path and by surprise you trip a snare and get caught. This is how it will come on the earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
We should be extra vigilant. I saw a documentary of people who were the first to take the Covid vaccine in the US and who are now sick with many symptoms. They explain why they did that and why they were unsuspecting. But the truth is they were unsuspecting because they were not listening to the word of God. Because I had dived into the word during the Pandemic I had realized that the Day of the Lord was at hand, this was something the Bible prophesied. I also realized that Fauci was a liar. So when they announced they were mandating the vaccine I immediately knew something was not right and don't trust them. I was extra vigilant because of my time in the word and that is why I did not get snared by the vaccine. This is all part of what it means to have an unshakeable faith, you need the word of God to be a light to your path so that you can avoid the snares.