March 8- Keep Watch!
For the past two months we have been going through Scripture on a daily basis. We have gone through John, Daniel, some of the Psalms and Proverbs and now we are almost through Mark. There is a common theme in both the books o f the Old Testament and the New Testament. That theme is, there is something next!
What do I mean by something next? We red in John Jesus had pointed to the afterlife. He had pointed to the end when all death and destruction would be gone away with. He wrote that there would be a better, perfect place. We read the same thing in Daniel and now in Mark that there is an eternal place, an eternal plan for those who follow the way of Yahwah, of Christ.
As we have read about the perfect eternal dwelling there is an urgency in the writers voice. Mark tells us to “Keep Watch, to Watch Out,” because noone knows when this will take place. He writes of Jesus teaching of a parable in reference to this. For some this maybe terrifying, thinking about the afterlife. That was not the intention, rather Jesus’ teachings and Daniel’s teachings were to encourage us, to prepare us for that which is better then now.
How do you react to the words of Jesus? Does fear creep in or excitement? Today, be alert to what is going on around you. God is preparing an eternal dwelling where there is no pain or sorrow, no fighting and only love and unity. May we be ready and say in confidence, “Come Lord Jesus, come!”
