Matthew 5:14

5:14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 4:8

4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. ¹ 

Matthew 24:21

24:21 For then there will be great suffering ²  unlike anything that has happened ³  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Matthew 25:34

25:34 Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “glory.”

[24:21]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “great tribulation.”

[24:21]  ² sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.