Matthew 24

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The disciples ask Jesus when He will return again. He tells them how false prophets and people who call themselves the Messiah will appear for a while after Jesus leaves, but we must not believe them. He says that when He returns, we will know it because the Earth will shake, and we will hear trumpets across the sky. He says that He will be seen just as lightening is seen across the sky. When people say the Messiah is in the desert or a secret place, we cannot believe them because when Jesus returns, there will be no silent night with a baby tender and mild. People will see Jesus in all of His glory and cry out in terror if they did not believe. We do not serve a weak God. Just look at what will happen when He comes in all of His power. People will see what He can do and fear for not believing. We do not serve a secret God, He will make it clear when He returns for judgement day. He guarantees that He will not return until all of these things happen as He's said.

No one knows what hour or what day Jesus will return Jesus says the angels don't know, and He doesn't even know. Only the Father knows when He will send the Son back to Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, things will be like they were before Noah got on the boat. People went through their normal activities. They did what they always did because they did not sense any danger. Then, the flood came and swept them away. In this same way, people will be about together, but then some people, the believers, will vanish to be with God, and the others will remain. They will be there to see Jesus' wrath for the evil people of this world. He warns us to stay alert because He can come back at anytime. If you knew when a thief would break into your house, you would stay awake and wait up fo Him. Therefore, stay prepared for Jesus to return. Be like a servant who doesn't know when his master will return, so he does all that the master instructed him too. When the master returns, he will reward that servant. Don't be like the servant who thought he had a while, so he did his own thing because the master returned before the servant expected and gave that servant his punishment. No one can say when Jesus will return because it will be the moment people least expect. Just watch, Jesus will not return in 2012 because people expect the world to end then, but there is still time, but only God knows how much.