Being Ready Mentally ready Physically ready Provisionally ready

Being Ready • Mentally ready • Physically ready • Provisionally ready • All at the same time

Mark 13: 28 -37 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door. Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

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

It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. What I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’ ”

Go Back and Be Reminded • • • Entrance into Jerusalem Teaching Disciples Topic…The Second Coming – Question of when – Destruction – Persecution

The Parable of The Fig Tree • Signs of Summer – Nearness – Hope • Swiftness • Certainty

“…like every Christian doctrine, that of the second coming has a moral goal; it is designed to promote action more than contemplation, and that action is to be a growth in holiness. ” (Cole, pg. 205)

The Parable of The Traveler • The Slaves • The Tasks

The Point of the Parables • Perceptivity – Know – See – Understand

The Point of the Parables • Alertness – Focus – Faithfulness – Readiness

“It gives us the great task of making every day fit for him to see and being at any moment ready to meet him face to face. All life becomes a preparation to meet the King. ” (Barclay as quoted by Hiebert, pg. 388)

Don’t Miss the MARK • “The End” is not about “when” • “The End” is all about hope • “The End” is all about faithfulness • “The End” is about focus