Expect the Unexpected
Mark 10:42-56
November 27, 2022
Be ready, for the Son of Man is coming
at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:44
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"Be ready," Jesus says. Be ready because the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected time. Be ready.
It is tempting to think that Jesus is speaking to a gathering of notorious sinners, but he isn't. He is speaking to his inner circle of disciples, not the crowds. He is calling on those closest to him to be ready.
The church season of Advent is about the coming of Jesus, the advent of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, as well as his coming return.
We don't know the hour or the day of his coming again, but Jesus calls for us to live every day ready for his return.
