1. What happened in verse 1? What was so impressive about the temple? What did Jesus predict? What was he trying to teach his disciples?
2. What happened in verses 3 and 4? Why were they so alarmed?
3. How did Jesus reply in verses 5 and 6? Why do you think he warned them about false messiahs? What are the false messiahs of our times?
4. What characterizes the sings of the end of the age? (7,8) Why do such signs produce fear? How does this fear deceive people? What did Jesus think about these terrible signs? (7b) What did he mean by "birth pains"? (8c)
5. What did Jesus tell his disciples to expect? (9) How could they be his witness in such threatening circumstances? (11)
6. What did Jesus tell them to expect in verses 12 and 13? Why do people hate his disciples? What promise did he give them when even their closest human relations are betrayed and they are utterly alone? (13)
7. In this troubled world, what does God want his people to do as first priority? (10) What does this mean to us?
