It's Tuesday afternoon of Jesus' final week in Jerusalem, and He and His disciples are heading back to the Mount of Olives where they will camp for the night. As the road rises, going up the hillside, the Temple comes into view with the setting sun glistening behind it. Though it has been 49 years in construction, it is still not completed, yet the beauty of the gold and white marble is breathtaking. While the disciples admire the view, Jesus stuns them by prophesying that it will one day be dismantled, stone by stone. They ask when this will happen and when He will come again, assuming the destruction of the Temple would take place at the end of the age (Mt 24:3). Over the next twenty-two verses Jesus answers both questions, though Luke leaves out some information supplied by Matthew (24:4-31) and Mark (13:5-27). He explains that the Temple wil be destroyed long before He comes again and gives signs to watch for and instructions to His followers for both events.

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