The Tribulatiion and the Second Coming (Olivet Discourse's second cycle)

Jesus' Olivet Discourse is in response to the disciples' questions, "When will these things be (destruction of the temple)?" and "What are the signs of Your coming?" Jesus' response is to clarify that the destruction of Jerusalem of AD70 is not the same or at the same time as 'the end'/the Second Coming, to explain there are signs for AD70 but not for the Second Coming, and to teach and warn about both events. And He does so in three cycles of information on the two events. The first cycle (vv4-14) focuses on the the "last days"--the period between Christ's two advents--in general, that there are not signs for Jesus coming, but general signs/characteristics of the times. With that clarification, now the second cycle (vv15-31) focuses on the horrific AD70 judgment on Jerusalem and its signs and warnings.

Matthew 24:15-31 – The Tribulation and the Second Coming
I. Judgment on Jerusalem (vv15-28)
---A. Fulfillment (v15)
---B. Flee! (vv16-22)
---C. Falsehood (vv23-28)
II. Christ's Second Coming (vv29-31)
---A. Finality (v29)
---B. Fulfillment (vv30-31)