Matthew 24: 37-44

The Day and Hour Unknown

This is intense! A reality that most do not think about, but should……

Matthew 24: 37-42

“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.”

Matthew 24: 42-44

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.”

“Keeping watch” is difficult. It is a daily challenge. “Keeping watch” is not simply knowing the Lord, but constantly holding ourselves accountable for what we say, do, and do not do. Being ready is not looking up at the sky anxious to view His dissension from the clouds, but keeping our nose to the grindstone day after day doing His work. Much of the world seems oblivious to this coming day; this unknown hour. Though it may seem to often fall on deaf ears, we are called to live out His truth and share what we know.

This is intense! A reality that most do not think about, but should……

Read/Listen to Matthew 24: 37-44