<p>24:26<i> Therefore, if they shall say to you- </i>This appears to be a laboured repetition of the warning in :23- see notes there. The Lord is really underlining the possibility of deception by false claims to be Him in the very last days of the tribulation. He will not be hidden &quot;in&quot; anything nor anywhere- His coming will be as clear as lightning.</p><p><i>Look, he is in the wilderness Do not go</i>- These are the identical Greek words as used about how the people of Jerusalem 'went forth' into the 'desert' to see John the Baptist (11:7 &quot;what&nbsp;<i>went you out&nbsp;</i>into the&nbsp;<i>desert</i>&nbsp;to see&quot;; 3:1), and how the crowds went out to see the Lord Himself in the &quot;desert place&quot; (14:13,15). It will not be a question of going forth to see Jesus, as it had been until recently in the Lord's ministry. Now it will be too late for that- His coming will be evident to all. Yet the Lord has introduced the Olivet prophecy by saying that the house of the temple has been left unto them &quot;desolate&quot;, the same word translated &quot;desert&quot; (23:38). He may be saying that any idea that He has appeared lurking around the desolated temple area will likewise be false; He will not be in any &quot;secret chamber&quot; of that temple. This would explain the parallel between &quot;desert&quot; and &quot;secret chamber&quot;. Do not &quot;go forth&quot; uses the same word as the Lord goes on to use in :27- His coming will be as the lightning 'goes forth'. They will not go to Him, He will come to them. But He is talking here concerning the unbelievers. The faithful will have already 'fled', and I have suggested that their dropping all things, even their jackets, to respond to that call is nothing less than their response to the news that 'He's back'. The same word translated &quot;go forth&quot; is used in 25:1,6 about the need to &quot;go forth&quot; and meet Him, and how the unfaithful amongst the ecclesia will delay in response to that call. Again, Revelation provides more detail, using the same word to describe the latter day call to 'go forth out of' Babylon or else they will be destroyed along with her (Rev. 18:4).&nbsp;</p><p><i>Look, he is in the inner chambers Do not believe it</i>- Seeing they were sitting near the temple, the reference would contextually have been to the chambers of the temple; see on&nbsp;<i>In the desert</i>.</p>