The passage does not refer to Christ's second coming, but to the destruction of Jerusalem, when the Jews should be scattered and Jerusalem destroyed. The disciples asked three questions: (1) "When shall these things [the destruction of the temple] be?" (2) "What shall be the sign of Thy coming?" What shall be the sign of "the end of the world" or age? See verse 3. Jesus answers the last question first, closing with verse 14. He then answers the first, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, in verses 15 to 20. From that He goes forward through the great tribulation to the special times of His coming. If we will keep the questions in mind, the answers will be clear. Women burdened as indicated in the text would have a pitiful time in famine and flight; and this will also be true in the increasing troubles of the last days.
1488.—Forbidding to Marry, and Commanding to Abstain from Meats.
Who is it that "no man hath seen nor can see"? 1 Tim. 6:16.
A. K. H.
God the Father, invisible to mortal men because of His overpowering glory and splendor. But sometime, when they are immortal, He will dwell personally with His people (Rev. 21:3), "and they shall see His face" (ch. 22:4).