God Always Warns [Mark 13]

33"Take heed,keep on the alert;for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Throughout the Bible God always warned the people through prophets or angels before He did anything. In Mark 13, God provided us with a warning concerning the future events through Jesus. He described the difficult things that are going to happen. No one but the Father knows when these things will take place, but they will take place. The facts about this time are listed in Mark 13 and we would do well to keep these things in mind each day so we can be on the alert and live as if it could happen any day because it could! And know that we can endure because we are God's elect and we have His Holy Spirit to guide us and comfort us through whatever happens. And we also know the end of the story. God wins and we get to live with Him for eternity free of the evil that now overshadows everything and everyone on this earth.

26"Then they
    will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN CLOUDS
        with great
            power and glory.
27"And then He
    will send forth the angels,
    and will gather together His elect
        from the four winds,
        from the farthest end of the earth
            to the farthest end of heaven.

May you live today in God's power ready and alert for His coming. You have been warned.

Beth Warlick, 2/17/2009