II Pet. 3:1-18, Mark 13:24-31
The day the Lord will come like a thief in the night (II Pet. 3:10). A thief in the night creeps in when you least expect it. So also will the Lord's Day when we do not expect it. But when He Who is not expected, no preparation is made to meet him. Of fear that we allowed such neglect, the Lord commanded Watch! because you do not know what day your Lord will come (Matthew 24:42).
Meanwhile, what do we do? Make sure we? Are we waiting for? We must confess that not. Some at least wait for death, but almost no one expects the Lord's Day. And it's like they are right. Our fathers and forefathers have expected, but the day did not come. Because we do not see anything, why should we think he will come today? Thus, we do not believe, and we are not waiting.
It will not be surprising if such a provision it as ours, the Lord's Day falls on us like a thief. We will be like the inhabitants of a city whose chief province has promised to visit in the near future. They waited an hour, waited another hour, have waited a day and then they said: "I suppose it will come not ", and they returned home. But once they are gone and surrendered to sleep, it appeared.
It will be the same with us: that we expect or not, the day the Lord will come, and it will come without warning. For the Lord said: Heaven and earth will pass away but my words shall not pass (Mark 13:31). But is not it better to wait, for fear of being caught by surprise because we do not we will get without paying the price.
Version French Claude Lopez-Ginisty
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