29 Then He spoke to them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
Luke 21:29-33
The parable of the fig tree. Jesus likens the signs of His return to the signs of summer indicated by the budding of a fig tree. Seeing these signs and knowing what they are should be clear indicators of what is to come next. Those who believe, know. The choice of a fig tree is also used as a symbol of the nation of Israel here, budding with life and growing with further signs of the Lord’s eventual return.
The signs will endure until summer comes and the figs grow just as the signs of eventual Revelation will continue in Israel (and our world) until the Kingdom is upon us at the end of the age. He ends with one final contrast, how the heaven and earth will pass away (to make way for the new heaven and new earth of Revelation 21), but that His Word is eternal, as it was in the beginning and ever shall be.
