Scripture
36Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
Observation
Jesus is teaching is teaching about what will be happening in the world before His return. As the scripture above says, it will be a horror. Famine, disease, war, earthquakes, etc.
Application
This pinged me because this just sounds terrifying. Way back in the day I used to enjoy watching movies or T.V. shows about how things went terribly wrong in the world, daily life is thrown back into the stone ages, and society has to restart again. These stories make it sound romantic, but, Jesus tells us quite different. The more I get older the more I realize just how fragile our world is. If the Internet went off for a day we'd be thrown into chaos, not to mention if computers, power, hospitals, and everything else we rely on is compromised. I just don't know how I would get myself through it, let alone my family. So Jesus' words hear are so important, "pray that might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors…" Will they occur in my lifetime? Not even Jesus knows.
36Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
Observation
Jesus is teaching is teaching about what will be happening in the world before His return. As the scripture above says, it will be a horror. Famine, disease, war, earthquakes, etc.
Application
This pinged me because this just sounds terrifying. Way back in the day I used to enjoy watching movies or T.V. shows about how things went terribly wrong in the world, daily life is thrown back into the stone ages, and society has to restart again. These stories make it sound romantic, but, Jesus tells us quite different. The more I get older the more I realize just how fragile our world is. If the Internet went off for a day we'd be thrown into chaos, not to mention if computers, power, hospitals, and everything else we rely on is compromised. I just don't know how I would get myself through it, let alone my family. So Jesus' words hear are so important, "pray that might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors…" Will they occur in my lifetime? Not even Jesus knows.
