The Days of the Son of Man

Nearly all prophetic content has 3 levels of fulfillment. This is true with regard to this prophetic passage. The Lord was honest in telling His disciples that there lives as believers would be difficult, exposing them to persecution and some confusing claims that Christ had appeared here or there. He exhorts them to faithfulness assuring them that, no matter how long it takes, He shall come at the appointed time and they will be delivered. He also exhorts them not to follow the example of Lot's wife who, in fear of losing this world's life, looked back to where her heart really was - in Sodom.