‘But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’
BLOG DISCUSSION QUESTION: What does this parable say about examining world events and trying to determine what they say about the date of Christ's return?
3 comments:
THe one and only thing that comes to mind is "Let go and Let God". We silly humans think we can control everything, we think God is not doing his job so we will apply and get things done right. THis parable tells us that God knows his job, and we should leave everything to the master.
The concept of Christ's second coming is such an "unimaginable event", we don't look at the clouds and wonder if THIS is the day! And yet....Christ DID say He would return--and He's never gone back on His promises. Our imaginations are going to "have to work overtime", right?????
Quite an interesting parable!
As I read it, I find the crux in the statement that when the man left he put his "slaves in charge, EACH WITH HIS WORK." I find that central because it reminds us that until the "master" returns, we have work to do, daily. The temptation is to try and figure out when the master might return so that we can plan our work schedule accordingly....to know if and how much we can rest. After all, as with the servants in the parable, if we know he isn't coming until 1212, we can take some breaks in the mean time. Contrary to that temptation, Jesus tells us in this parable that to follow the desire to find out his return in not only counterproductive...it is just plain wrong. Rather than waste our time trying to figure that out, we've got work to do.....important work to do.
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