Mark 13-14: Be Ready

 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.  It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
    “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.  If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” - Mark 13:32-37 NIV

For centuries, there have been those who would predict the end of the world and countless numbers of others who paid attention to their predictions.  That flies in the face of what Jesus said.  Not even the angels in heaven or the son himself know the hour.  Signs?  The signs are everywhere, but we forget that God's time is not our time.  Haven't you noticed that when you pray for something.  It seems that you pray forever, that the answer never comes.  Then one day, the answer is there and along with it is all of the reason for the wait and anticipation...God's perfect timing.  It becomes obvious that there was never another time when the answer could have come; all of the preceding events had to fall into place before the perfect answer.  The Son is coming back.  That we know and that it may be soon many of us can sense.  But the day or the hour?  Only God knows when that will be.  But we can know that one day the father will say to the son, 'it is time.'  It is time to go get the bride.  We don't have to know when it will be, we just have to be ready.   

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