Luke 21:28

21:28 But when these things ¹  begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption ²  is drawing near.”

Luke 12:33

12:33 Sell your possessions ³  and give to the poor. ⁴  Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven ⁵  that never decreases, ⁶  where no thief approaches and no moth ⁷  destroys.

[21:28]  ¹ sn These things are all the events of vv. 8-27. Disciples represent the righteous here. The events surrounding the fall of the nation are a down payment on a fuller judgment to come on all humanity. The presence of one guarantees the other.

[21:28]  ² sn With Jesus’ return comes the manifestation of judgment and final salvation (redemption).

[12:33]  ³ sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.

[12:33]  ⁴ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.

[12:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the heavens.”

[12:33]  ⁶ tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”

[12:33]  ⁷ tn The term σής (shs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.