Summary
- Only the Father knows when the day or hour of the end time;
- Always be prepared and ready – live every day like one’s last day – sense of urgency and purpose.
Matthew 24:36-51
[36]“No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come — neither the angels in heaven nor the Son; the Father alone knows.
[37]The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.
[38]In the days before the flood people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat;
[39]yet they did not realize what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.
[40]At that time two men will be working in a field: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
[41]Two women will be at a mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
[42]“Be on your guard, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
[43]If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, you can be sure that he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house.
[44]So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.
[45]“Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant? It is the one that his master has placed in charge of the other servants to give them their food at the proper time.
[46]How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!
[47]Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property.
[48]But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,
[49]and he will begin to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
[50]Then that servant’s master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know.
[51]The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the hypocrites. There he will cry and grind his teeth.