21:6Luke 21:6

As the disciples pointed out and admired the strength, beauty, great stones, gifts and splendor of the temple, Jesus declared its total demolition, with no stone left resting upon another despite its apparent strength and impressive buildings.DA 627.1–3+2 This was fulfilled when the Roman legions besieged Jerusalem and the temple burned and was destroyed despite Titus's efforts to save it, showing its ruin had been declared by One greater than Titus, and that its services were no longer needed after Jesus gave His life and the sacrificial types met their fulfillment in the Lamb of God.ST Dec 19, 1900+4 The prophecy reaches beyond Jerusalem, carrying thought from that calamity to the destruction of the world at the close of its history and the final day of judgment, when costly mansions, marvels of architectural skill, stately buildings supposed to be fireproof, and lofty city buildings will likewise lie in ruins by fire without a moment's notice.DA 627.1–3+3 Christ does not satisfy curiosity about the secret time of His coming, but bids hearers take heed, watch and pray rather than be caught unprepared, and prepare for that great event by faithfully performing individual duty and giving His warnings to others.Ms 1, 1906, par. 1–6+1

As the disciples pointed out and admired the temple's strength and beauty, its great and fine stones, its gifts and splendor, Jesus answered that the things they beheld adorned in that way would be utterly thrown down.DA 627.1–3+4
What was meant was total demolition of the temple they beheld, with not one stone left resting or standing upon another, despite the size, beauty and apparent strength of its stones and its impressive buildings.DA 627.1–3+4
Though the prediction seemed impossible, its fulfillment was certain, and it stands as a solemn warning from Christ to His disciples that God's people must heed.DA 627.1–3+1

The prediction concerned the coming assault on Jerusalem by the Roman legions.ST Dec 19, 1900
It was fulfilled when the temple burned and was destroyed during the Roman siege, despite the efforts of Titus to save it.GC 32.3–33.2+1
That outcome showed its ruin had been declared by One greater than Titus.GC 32.3–33.2

Its fulfillment showed the temple and its services were no longer needed after Jesus gave His life for sin, because the sacrificial types had met their fulfillment in the Lamb of God.3SP 69.3–70.1
John lived long enough to witness the prophecy fulfilled in the temple left in ruins.6RED 71.1

The doom pronounced on the temple reaches beyond Jerusalem itself, for two crises are blended in one discourse.DA 627.1–3+1 The destruction of that city is carried forward in thought to the destruction of the world at the close of its history.Ms 40, 1897, par. 34–36 That wider reach extends to the final day of judgment.DA 627.1–3 The judgment that fell on Jerusalem thus becomes the pledge of a universal judgment to come.DA 627.1–3+1

The words speak not of Jerusalem alone, even though many of these judgments came upon Jerusalem.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4 The gaze passes beyond its destruction down the ages to the end of this earth's history.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4 There the great and final visitation of God's wrath will be seen.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4

The same fate will fall on modern cities whose sins bring judgment, and on their architecture.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4+1 Costly mansions, marvels of architectural skill, will be destroyed without a moment's notice.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4 Stately buildings supposed to be fireproof will be destroyed by fire, and lofty city buildings will be thrown down.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4+1 This happens when the Lord sees that the owners have passed the boundaries of forgiveness.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4 Their ruin in fire illustrates how in a short time the earth's architecture will lie in ruins.Lt 90, 1902, par. 2–4

The warning belongs to a broader chapter portraying what may be expected in the last days.Lt 110, 1901, par. 8–11 It is part of a picture of coming troubles and the end.Lt 110, 1901, par. 8–11 The destruction and earthquake damage set forth in the surrounding context are presented as events that chapter had foretold.Lt 110, 1901, par. 8–11+1

The solemn warning that the temple beheld adorned with goodly stones and gifts would be utterly thrown down with not one stone left upon another prompted the question when these things would be and what sign would mark their coming.Ms 1, 1906, par. 1–6 Curiosity about the secret time of His coming is not satisfied, but the charge instead is to take heed to His words.Ms 1, 1906, par. 1–6 The warning about the temple's destruction belongs to a broader picture of coming troubles and the end, in a chapter that portrays what may be expected in the last days.Lt 110, 1901, par. 8–11 Its signs call to watch and pray rather than be caught unprepared, and to prepare for that great event by faithfully performing individual duty and giving His warnings to others.Ms 1, 1906, par. 1–6+1

Because the temple's impressive buildings would be completely thrown down, the same destruction is to be expected for cities whose sins bring judgment, where lofty buildings will be destroyed.Lt 132, 1908, par. 5 That expectation calls for building a modest chapel rather than an expensive building.Lt 132, 1908, par. 5 Such modesty is a sign of living in the closing days of earth's history.Lt 132, 1908, par. 5