This section reads like two people looking at totally different things. Regarding the temple, the disciples see an amazing enduring structure while Jesus sees something about to be raised to the ground. Regarding going to trial, the disciples naturally felt fear but Jesus saw an opportunity for witness. Regarding death, most would see it as the end but Jesus does not equate death with perishing, i.e., it is not the end.
It is the last statement that stands out to me. ". . . they will put some of you to death. . . But not a hair on your head will perish." Death is not the same as perishing for those who follow Jesus.
How hard it is to keep his perspective in life. Yet what a great world his is -- a world where hard times can be a blessing and where death is not the end.
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