Luke 21:34-36 (ESV Strong's)
“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Subject: Christ's Return
The world continues to reject the thought that Christ is returning to both complete His Kingdom by the glorification of His Bride, but also to judge the living and the dead. Since they see NO judgment in their future, the unbelieving world continues to party and stick their head into the sand of immorality and debauchary. Not so, says Christ, with the believer. Jesus tells us in the above text that our response to waiting for Christ's return is to be composed of watchfulness and not drunkenness. We are not, like the world, to get lost in this life. We have another life ... beyond the meaning of the world we see. We see the world as a path, a bad hiking trail, we must walk through to reach the final Home, with Christ. We ought not get caught up in the passing world we live in as though it is permanent, practical or precious. Standing with Christ, in Christ and for Christ will ensure we will stand before Him in the end.
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