Sticktoitiveness
Google Images I am not one to calculate the time of Lord’s return according to every natural disaster or news report. When the Lord said that no one knows the time (Matthew 24:36), I take that to mean that I won’t be likely to figure it out anymore than anyone else will. However that same chapter, Matthew 24, reminds us that we need to be ready simply because we don’t know when the Lord will return (24:42-51). There has been an endless debate about which parts of Matthew 24 speak of the destruction of Jerusalem, which some of Jesus’ followers would probably still be around to experience, and the return of the Lord when He comes to gather His followers and take them to glory, an event we are still waiting for. But the debates often shift our focus away from the message that Jesus is delivering here: Be Watchful and Be Ready. We are to watch out, not for the signs of the end, but for the dangers associated with the end: the false prophets and the coldness of our hearts toward the Lor...