« “Now learn a parable of the fig tree : When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer is nigh : so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it (the Kingdom of God—Luke 17:21) is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.ˮ “Heaven and earth [the present ecclesiastical and social order] shall pass away : but my word shall not pass away.ˮ — Matt. 24:32-35. » — Livre : Millennial dawn, volume IV, The day of vengeance, first edition of 1897, page 602 § 1.