I John 1:8-2:06, Mark 13:31-14:2
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to what the Apostle led us yesterday, the Gospel suggests we now directly: Take heed, watch and pray because you do not know when the time ... So be careful .... lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping (Mark 13:33, 35-6). It is necessary to wait, and every moment to keep in mind that the Lord is about to appear and shine like lightning from one end of the universe to another.
Some think it is possible to replace this expectation of the Lord by the expectation of death . This is good, or at least it should be done. But awaiting the coming of the Lord is one thing, and the expectation of death otherwise. They lead to different thoughts, different feelings and born under the impact of these different thoughts.
Expect the Lord's Day, when all will end in an irrevocable determination. After our death, time will continue always in a state undecided, but the Lord's day stop all the ages forever, and it will be sealed, you can not expect to change. "I waited," you say. So wait no longer, and continue to wait. "But this," you say, "poison all my joys." It does not poison all your joys, that only alienate your everyday joys that these are illegitimate so called. You will always have the joy only in the Lord. It is possible to wait for the Lord with such joy, and if the Lord finds you in this joy, he will not ask you to account, but it will rent you.
Version French Claude Lopez-Ginisty
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