Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 21:9

"And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately." — Luke 21:9 (ASV)

Everywhere throughout the Scriptures there is this double message of our Lord – "Watch, for I may come at any moment.

Expect me to come, and to come soon; yet never be terrified as though the time were immediately at hand, for there are certain events which must occur before my advent." How to reconcile these two thoughts, I do not know, and I do not care to know. I would like to be found in that condition which consists in part of watching and in the other part of patiently waiting and working until Christ appears.