Comments on: March 14, 2010 http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2010/03/14/march-14-2008/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric Stillman http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2010/03/14/march-14-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Eric Stillman Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:23:45 +0000 http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2008/03/14/march-14-2008/#comment-282 The Matthew passage is a little hard to follow, because at times Jesus is referring to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, while at other times he is referring to the end of the age, which has obviously still not happened. It is possible that the author of Matthew thought the two would be one and the same, that the fall of Jerusalem would signal the end of the age, and so he compiled all of Jesus' sayings on it in this account. Either way, Jesus' call to us is unmistakeable - watch. Be prepared. He will come like a thief in the night, so be sure you are ready for His coming. Being watchful is often associated with being prayerful (like Colossians 4:2-3). The best way to prepare oneself for Jesus' second coming is to be a prayerful person; by spending time with God, we become more aware of His reality and what is truly real and what is passing away in this world. We learn what to spend our time and money on, and what is not worth our time. And, according to this passage, we may find ourselves noticing the signs of His coming, just like the lesson from the fig tree (v. 32-33). The Matthew passage is a little hard to follow, because at times Jesus is referring to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, while at other times he is referring to the end of the age, which has obviously still not happened. It is possible that the author of Matthew thought the two would be one and the same, that the fall of Jerusalem would signal the end of the age, and so he compiled all of Jesus’ sayings on it in this account. Either way, Jesus’ call to us is unmistakeable – watch. Be prepared. He will come like a thief in the night, so be sure you are ready for His coming.

Being watchful is often associated with being prayerful (like Colossians 4:2-3). The best way to prepare oneself for Jesus’ second coming is to be a prayerful person; by spending time with God, we become more aware of His reality and what is truly real and what is passing away in this world. We learn what to spend our time and money on, and what is not worth our time. And, according to this passage, we may find ourselves noticing the signs of His coming, just like the lesson from the fig tree (v. 32-33).

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