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Day 286, or October the 13th. Don't worry about

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tomorrow. Our thoughts today are rooted in Mark

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chapter 13, verse 35. Therefore keep watch, because

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you do not know when the owner of the house will

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come back, whether in the evening, or at midnight,

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or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. Now the

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big picture surrounding this verse. Jesus has

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much to say about the end of time as his crucifixion

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approaches. He has a lot to be concerned about

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in the coming days, but proceeds with his triumphal

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entry into the city, knowing its implications,

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but also realizing that it was vital that the

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prophecy of Zechariah is fulfilled. Significantly,

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Jesus also knows that his followers need to know

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more about the resurrection and the end of times.

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so he takes time to cover these vital subjects

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in the closing days of his life. It's a sobering

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thought to remember that Jesus is doing all this

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because he loves us. Like us, he has the free

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will to accept or reject what his Father in heaven

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is telling him, and he decides to obey. And now,

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the action step for today. One major thing that

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is stressed by Jesus, as his life comes to a

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fleshly end, is the fact that we will not know

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when he will return. Amazingly, he tells us that

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even he, Jesus, does not know. Isn't it astonishing

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that since that time, books without number have

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been written by well -meaning people to explain

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when Jesus will return? We are not going to know,

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and we will not find out until that day. Which

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bit of not knowing is giving you problems? As

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we set off in our car when our sons were just

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small boys, our youngest, Paul, would often cry

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out, before we got off the drive, Are we nearly

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there yet? He couldn't wait a moment longer than

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necessary. Be assured, God will not make us wait

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a moment longer than we need to for the return

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of Jesus. In the meantime, make the most of today.

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rather than being concerned about tomorrow. It's

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a cliché, but if we all made the most of our

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todays, then our tomorrows would be much better.