Luke 12:35-40 The Watchful Servants
35.Gird your loins and light your lamps
36. and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
37.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
38.And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.
39. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
In this parable, Jesus explains that the master of the house is happy to find his servants up and ready to welcome him home at any moment. He further states a blessing on the servants who are ready to receive their master at any time of the day (2nd shift, 3rd shift).
Jesus ends this parable in verse 40 stating "you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." He instructs his followers to be ready for the second coming at any hour.
Rose Publishing has the following summary: " A homeowner is pleased when he returns unexpectedly and finds his servants are ready to receive him at any time. Whether it is the master or a thief, the servants ought to be ready for each." (The Prodigal Son and other Parables of Jesus, Rose Publishing, 2012)
Be always waiting for the second coming of the Messiah. Don't lose faith. Don't turn away from God. Upon his return the faithful will receive blessings.
Caridad de las Mercedes
12.15.15
35.Gird your loins and light your lamps
36. and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
37.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
38.And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.
39. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
In this parable, Jesus explains that the master of the house is happy to find his servants up and ready to welcome him home at any moment. He further states a blessing on the servants who are ready to receive their master at any time of the day (2nd shift, 3rd shift).
Jesus ends this parable in verse 40 stating "you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." He instructs his followers to be ready for the second coming at any hour.
Rose Publishing has the following summary: " A homeowner is pleased when he returns unexpectedly and finds his servants are ready to receive him at any time. Whether it is the master or a thief, the servants ought to be ready for each." (The Prodigal Son and other Parables of Jesus, Rose Publishing, 2012)
Be always waiting for the second coming of the Messiah. Don't lose faith. Don't turn away from God. Upon his return the faithful will receive blessings.
Caridad de las Mercedes
12.15.15
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