With all the books written on the signs of the end and the many warnings given by various religious leaders and groups of "the gathering storm" and "signs of the end," it appears that many, if not most, have decided it is the signs of the times or end that we are to watch.
Against the tide of religious and popular thought, I would like to challenge that notion for a couple of reasons: 1) if you were to see enough signs to suggest that His coming was imminent, just what would you do? What would you change? What about you or your circumstances would need to change in that event? And, knowing that there are things that you would need to change to prepare for Christ's return, why wouldn't you go ahead and do that now, regardless of when He will return?
2) Verses 33, 34 are a synonymous parallelism with verse 32, which clearly state, "If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
Get the picture? Since we do not know just when He will return, we need to keep watch of our own house, of our own life so that we will be ready whenever He may come. Don't waste time watching the sky or the signs of the times or listening to the latest "prophetic warning," instead watch your life and what you are doing - be ready now - today. Tomorrow might not come or you might not be here.
Jus' Sayn
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