Episode 205: Mark 13

Today's meditation is on Mark Chapter 13

I do not put my hope in things made by man... whether it's great architecture or human wisdom. I know that there is no stability in these things. Anything made without God will end up in a heap of rubble. 

I know that Jesus' return is coming closer and closer. All of the events he said would happen, are taking place. There are many doomsday deceivers. There are even some who have claimed to be Jesus himself. There are wars and rumored wars. Many claim we are on the brink of a third world war. 

But I do not panic. This is just history repeating itself again. Nations fighting nations. Rulers fighting rulers. Earthquakes happening in places where they haven't occured before. Famines, droughts and climate change are daily news. But Jesus said this is only the beginning of the end. 

The time will come when we will be persecuted for our faith. Already, there is a strong anti-Christian bias in the nation and in the world. But, I have been placed here as a sentinel to Truth. God's good news message has to be preached  across the world.

I don't worry about what I will say. When the time comes, I will simply say what’s on my heart. Holy Spirit will make his witness in and through me.

Brother will turn against brother, father against children, children against parents. There is no telling who will hate me because of my love for Jesus. But I will stay with it. That's what's required. I will stay with it to the end. Following God's path never leads to regret.

I will be ready to run for higher ground. If I'm working in the yard, I won't go back to the house even for a coat. These are going to be hard days—nothing like it from the time God made the world right up to the present. And there will be nothing like it again. But God in his mercy, will shorten these days because of his chosen people. 

Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and bewitching performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I won't be deceived. 

The sun will fade out, the moon cloud over, the stars fall out of the sky, and the cosmic powers tremble. Then I’ll see Jesus enter in grand style, his arrival filling the sky. No one will be able to miss it. Every eye will see him. He will dispatch his angels; to pull in the chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.

I take this lesson from the fig tree. When I see its buds form, the merest hint of green, I know summer is around the corner. It is the same with the signs. When I see all these things that Jesus foretold, I will know that he is at the door. I don't take anything he said lightly. These things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out, but his words will last forever.

No one knows the exact day or hour. Not heaven’s angels, not even Jesus. Only Father God. So I keep a sharp lookout, because I don’t know the timetable. But I have been assigned a task, and told to stand watch. So, I will stand at my post, watching. I have no idea when He is returning, whether evening, midnight, dawn, or morning. I don’t want him showing up unannounced, only to find me asleep on the job. 

I will stay at my post. I will keep watch. For I know Jesus is coming soon.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.

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