“And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.”
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come — the wars and rumors of wars are not signs of the end but pre-end events that characterize the period between the resurrection and the final consummation. Do not be alarmed (mē throeisthe): the wars are not the end-signal the disciples might assume. Such things must happen (dei genesthai) — the must is the divine necessity that governs history. But the end is still to come: wars do not announce the end; they are part of the ongoing condition of this age.
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