September 9, 2012: Watch Out Here I Come – Michael Hidalgo

Jesus begins by telling the disciples that many would come who would try and deceive them. Modern scholarship suggests that he was referring to those who would claim to be Messiah and would come after Jesus and mislead many. They were the ones who often used the usual way of thinking – military, political, etc. – to establish God’s kingdom. They are not the ones who are from God. 

The one to come is Jesus himself. He warns them at the end by using a parable. One about not being caught sleeping. Like the servants in the parable, we need to be about our master’s business – hard at work. It’s the recognition that we all live in the moment when God could return to restore all things to himself. We must then be prepared.