Matthew 23 - 24

Jesus warns His followers about the false religiosity of the Pharisees, who made a show of their worship to gain the attention and favor of men.  In doing so, they actually made the God they claimed to worship less attractive to those not rightly related to Him.  They had reduced the worship and praise of Almighty God to a grocery list of do's and don't's, rituals and regulations.  The holy city of Jerusalem, instead of welcoming His arrival, rejected their promised Messiah when He arrived.  As a result, the temple and the land would be destroyed and the people scattered.  Jesus' followers ask when these events will occur and Jesus takes time to discuss with them events as they would unfold in the future.  Some events would occur rather soon, others have yet to occur.  The question is not so much "What is going to happen and when?" as it is "Am I prepared if these events occurred today?"